JPH08337201A - Method and apparatus for continuous packaging powdered medicine and tablet - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To efficiently making packages without need for waiting for all prescriptions of powdered medicine to be packaged by a method wherein even if a single patient has a plurality of prescriptions of powdered medicine, tablet prescriptions of other patients are settled meanwhile. CONSTITUTION: A prescription of powdered medicine is registered with respect to its packaging order when the powdered medicine prepared based on the prescription data is ready to be supplied in subdivisions by a powdered medicine processor 31, while a packaging order of a tablet prescription is registered when a tablet cartridge selected based on the prescription data is mounted on a tablet feeder 43. The registered order is re-arranged so that a plurality of prescriptions of powdered medicine for a single patient are interleaved with tablet prescriptions for other patients.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a continuous method for packaging powdered tablets and a device therefor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, various devices have been proposed and provided which are provided with a powdered medicine processing device, a tablet processing device and a packaging device, and which are configured to continuously package powdered medicines and tablets. For example,
Japanese Examined Patent Publication No. 1-14082 discloses a first annular rotating body for distributing and storing tablets supplied from a tablet feeder, and a second annular rotating body for distributing and storing powdered medicine supplied from a powdered medicine feeder.
Disclosed is an automatic medicine dispensing machine which is provided with an annular rotating body, and these rotating bodies are vertically shifted and overlapped with each other, and tablets or powders discharged from each rotating body are guided to a packaging device through a hopper. There is. In this case, if the first ring-shaped rotary body and the second ring-shaped rotary body are simultaneously driven, the powdered medicine and the tablet are
It can be packaged in one package at the same time, and by driving alternately, powder and tablets can be packaged alternately.

In Japanese Patent Publication No. 58-43282, there is provided a compound ring-shaped divided mass composed of an outer mass and an inner mass for receiving a tablet supplied from a tablet feeder and a powdered powder supplied from a powdered medicine feeder, respectively. A powdered medicine tablet packing machine has been proposed in which powdered medicines or tablets discharged from a divided mass are guided to a packaging device. Also in this device, the outer mass and the inner mass can be separately used to continuously package the powder or tablets, or can be simultaneously used to package the powder and tablets simultaneously or alternately.

Further, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 327115 and the like are equipped with a tablet feeder and a powdered medicine processing device for cutting out and discharging the powdered medicine distributed in an annular shape on a turntable at arbitrary angles and ejected from the tablet feeder. There is disclosed a medicine packing machine in which a tablet and a powdered medicine discharged from a powdered medicine processing device are guided to a packing device. In this device, the powdered medicine which is annularly arranged on the turntable is ejected, so that the powdered medicine can be discharged without a division error. Further, either the tablet feeder or the powdered medicine processing device is continuously driven, or simultaneously or alternately, the tablets and the powdered medicine can be arbitrarily combined and packaged.

[0005]

However, in any of the above-mentioned devices, in the case of tablets, the required number of tablets can be immediately supplied to the packaging device according to the prescription, but in the case of powdered medicine, it can be prepared according to the prescription. After the teacher has weighed the ingredients and put them into the dispensing processing apparatus, the dispensing processing apparatus needs a preparatory operation for dispensing into a distribution turntable and divided masses, so that the dispensing processing apparatus cannot be immediately supplied.
Therefore, when packaging is performed according to a prescription in which a powder prescription and a tablet prescription that have packaging conditions such as simultaneous packaging and alternate packaging are mixed, the tablet supply must be stopped until the powder powder preparation operation is completed. However, there was a problem that it was very inefficient.

Therefore, in Japanese Patent Publication No. 63-50243, a large number of prescription data are classified into tablet information and powdered medicine information and stored in a queuing system, and a powdered medicine preparation operation is performed in parallel with the tablet packaging operation. A medicine packing machine has been proposed in which the powder packing operation is prioritized when the powder preparation operation is completed. However, with this device, tablets can be packed in sequence during the powder preparation operation, but if there are multiple powder prescriptions for the same patient, all of the powders for that patient will be packed until the other patients are packaged. Unable to package tablets.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and even when there are a plurality of powder prescriptions in the same patient, the tablet prescriptions of other patients are processed in the meantime to wait for packaging of all powder prescriptions. It is an object of the present invention to provide a powdered tablet continuous packaging method and device capable of efficiently packaging the powdered tablet without the use of the powdered tablet.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, a powdered tablet continuous packaging method according to a first aspect of the present invention continuously packs the medicines based on prescription data in which a powdered medicine prescription and a tablet prescription are mixed. In the continuous powder tablet packaging method, for the powdered medicine prescription, when the powdered medicine prepared based on the prescription data can be supplied one by one by the powdered medicine processing device, the packaging order of the powdered medicine is registered, For the tablet prescription, the packaging order of the tablets is registered when the tablet cartridge selected based on the prescription data is attached to the tablet feeder, and the registered packaging order is used for a plurality of powder prescriptions of the same patient. The tablet prescriptions of other patients are rearranged and changed so as to interrupt, and according to the packaging order,
The dispensing powder supplied from the powder processing device and the tablets supplied from the tablet feeder are packed in a packing device.

On the other hand, the powdered tablet continuous packaging apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention comprises a powdered hopper for receiving a prepared powdered medicine, a distribution dish for uniformly distributing the powdered medicine flowing out from the powdered medicine hopper in an annular shape, and a powdered medicine on the distribution tray. 1 tablet according to the prescription from a powdered medicine processing device consisting of a dividing device that divides and supplies each package according to the prescription, a plurality of detachable tablet cartridges that store tablets, and a tablet cartridge that stores tablets corresponding to the prescription A tablet processing device consisting of a tablet feeder that supplies each package, a packaging device that packages the dispensing powdered drug supplied from the powdered drug processing device and the tablets supplied from the tablet processing device, and the powdered drug and the tablet prescription according to the prescription are displayed. The prescription display means for controlling the powdered medicine and the packaging order of the powdered medicine when the powdered medicine is dispensed and the distribution is completed in the powdered medicine processing device. And the packaging order registration means for registering the packaging order of the tablet when the tablet feeder accommodating the tablet is attached to the tablet processing device, and is registered in the packaging order registration means. The packaging order changing means for rearranging the packaging order so that the tablet prescriptions of other patients are interrupted between a plurality of powder prescriptions of the same patient, and the powdering treatment according to the packaging order registered in the packaging order changing means. It is provided with a packaging control means for driving the device and the tablet processing device to control the dispensing powder and the supply of tablets to the packaging device.

[0010]

In the method according to the first aspect of the invention, when the prescription is a powdered medicine, the preparation is finished and the preparation is put into the preparation processing device, and when it is a tablet, the tablet cartridge is mounted on the tablet feeder. The powder dispensing can be supplied one by one in the dispensing processing device, and the tablet cartridge is attached to the tablet feeder, so that the packaging order is registered from the one in which the powder and the tablet can be packaged. Then, when there are a plurality of powder prescriptions for the same patient, tablet prescriptions for other patients are interrupted and packaged in the meantime.

In the device according to the second aspect of the present invention, when the powdered medicine prepared according to the prescription displayed on the prescription display means is put into the powdered medicine hopper of the powdered medicine processing device, the powdered medicine is uniformly distributed in the distribution tray in a circular shape. It Then, when the distribution is completed, the packaging order registration means registers the packaging order of the powdered medicine. Further, when the tablet cartridge accommodating the tablets of the prescription displayed on the prescription display means is mounted on the tablet feeder of the tablet processing device, the packaging sequence registration means registers the packaging sequence of the tablets at that time. Then, if there are a plurality of powdered medicines registered in the packaging order registration means for the same patient, the packaging order change means rearranges the packaging order so that the tablet prescriptions of other patients may be interrupted during the powdered medicine prescription. . next,
The packaging control means drives the powdered medicine processing device and the tablet processing device according to the packaging order. As a result, the powdered medicine and the tablets are supplied to the packaging device where they are packaged.

[0012]

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 shows the overall arrangement of an automatic powdered tablet packing device in which the method according to the present invention is carried out. The powder medicine storage rack 1 is arranged on the right side, the tablet storage rack 2 is arranged on the left side, and the powder medicine tablet packing device 3 is arranged between the two racks.

A large number of powder medicine bottles 4 are placed and stored in the powder medicine storage rack 1. As shown in FIG. 2, a base 5 is attached to the bottom of each powder bottle 4. The recessed portion 6 formed on the lower surface of the pedestal 5 includes a battery 7, a transmitter 8 which uses the battery 7 as a power source, and a switch 9 which connects and disconnects the power line from the battery 7 to the transmitter 8. The device 10 is incorporated. The recess 6 is covered by a lid 11.
The switch 9 is turned on when the powder medicine bottle 4 is taken out of the shelf and tilted, and turned off when it is returned to the shelf.
The transmitter 8 outputs the name of the powder medicine contained in the powder medicine bottle 4 as a coded identification signal.
Instead of the identification device 10 for the powdered medicine bottle 4, a perforation,
The identification can be made by a bar code, magnetic recording, or the like, and the identification can be made by using optical communication or a hall element.

On the table of the powder medicine storage rack 1, as shown in FIG. 1, a medicine prescription container 12 and a measuring device 13 for medicine powder are placed. A storage device 12a for storing prescription data (prescription number and the like) of the dispensed powdered medicine is attached to the bottom of the dispensed prescription container 12 (see FIG. 7). Further, as shown in FIG. 7, the powder medicine storage rack 1 has a prescription indicator 14, a powder medicine discriminator 15, and a tablet discriminator 16.
A prescription control device 2 including a packaging sequence storage unit 17, a powdered medicine prescription reader 18, and a central processing unit (CPU) 19.
0 is provided. The prescription control device 20 constitutes the prescription display means and the packaging order registration means of the present invention.

The prescription indicator 14 is placed on the table of the powder medicine storage rack 1, as shown in FIG. Prescription data including a prescription number of each prescription, a patient name, a drug type, a drug name and a single dose, a total drug amount, a drug number, and dose data is displayed on the prescription display 14 in the order of prescription. (See Table 1). The powder medicine distinguisher 15
As shown in FIG. 1, it is provided so as to be flush with the table of the powder medicine storage rack 1. The powder medicine discriminator 15 receives the identification signal from the transmitter 8 of the powder medicine bottle 4 and the prescription data of the powder medicine in the storage device 12 a of the prescription container 12.
Equipped with a transmitter to send to. Tablet discriminating machine 16
1, as shown in FIG. 1, is equipped with a transmitter that is stored inside the tablet storage shelf 2 and that transmits a tablet identification signal to a tablet cartridge 23 described later to search for tablets that correspond to the prescription, A tablet identification signal from a tablet feeder 43 described later is received.

As shown in FIG. 1, the packaging order storage unit 17 is a prescription control device 20 provided inside the powder medicine storage rack 1.
It is built into the device, and the powder and tablet packaging sequence is stored and registered in sequence from the one ready for packaging. As shown in FIG. 1, the powdered medicine prescription reader 18 is provided so as to be flush with the table of the powdered medicine tablet packaging device 3, and reads the prescription data stored in the storage device 12a of the dispensing prescription container 12. is there. As shown in FIG. 7, the prescription control device 20 exchanges information with a host computer 21 installed in a hospital or a pharmacy. That is,
The prescription data input according to the prescription of the doctor by the prescription input device 22 is transmitted to the prescription control device 20 via the host computer 21.

As shown in FIG. 1, a large number of tablet cartridges 23 are stored in the tablet storage shelf 2. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, each tablet cartridge 23 includes a case 24 having a mortar-shaped bottom for accommodating tablets, and a case 24.
The rotor 26 is rotatably attached to the bottom and has a plurality of tablet pockets 25 on the outer periphery, and a lid 27 that detachably covers the case 24. Further, in the tablet cartridge 23, an identification device 28 for identifying the tablets contained therein, a display lamp 29 composed of a light emitting diode (LED), and identification of the medicine from the tablet identification device 16 of the prescription control device 20. A receiver 30 is provided for receiving the signal and turning on the indicator lamp 29 when the identification signal matches the stored tablet.

As the identification device 28 of the tablet cartridge 23, it is preferable to record the stored tablet information by utilizing punching, bar code, magnetism or the like. Instead of the powder medicine bottle 4, the identification may be performed by a wireless method or may be performed by optical communication or a hall element.

As shown in FIG. 1, the powdered medicine tablet packaging device 3 comprises a powdered medicine processing mechanism 31, a tablet processing mechanism 32, a packaging mechanism 33, and a packaging control device 34. As shown in FIG. 6, the powdered medicine processing mechanism 31 includes a powdered medicine hopper 35,
Distribution board 37 provided with a distribution tray 36 formed of an annular groove on the outer circumference
And a divider 38. Powder medicine hopper 35
Is provided with a chute 39 that vibrates in the vertical direction in order to uniformly supply the introduced powdered medicine onto the distribution tray 36 of the distribution board 37.

The distribution board 37 is rotatable about a rotation axis a and rotatable about a rotation axis b. As a result, the powdered medicine supplied from the powdered medicine hopper 35 is distributed to the distribution tray 3
6, one end of the distribution dish 36 is distributed to the powder medicine hopper 3
5 and a distribution position located below the divider 38 so that the powdered medicine on the distribution tray 36 is divided into a fixed amount and scraped out by the divider 38. .

The divider 38 is the distribution plate 3 of the distribution plate 37.
A scraping plate 41 is provided on the front surface of a disk 40 having a diameter corresponding to the curved surface of 6, and an arm 42 is used to move the disk 40 between a position where the disk 40 is fitted into the distribution tray 36 and a position where it is retracted therefrom. In addition to being capable of undulating, the disk 40 can be rotationally driven. Incidentally, the powdered medicine hopper 3
Sensors S ₁ and S ₂ for detecting the vacant state of each of the 5 and the divided plate 36 are provided. As shown in FIG. 7, these detection signals are sent to the CPU 19 of the prescription control device 20.
It is designed to be input to.

The tablet processing mechanism 32 comprises a plurality of tablet feeders 43 and a tablet hopper 44. A plurality of tablet feeders 43 are annularly arranged around the rotation axis e, and are arranged in a plurality of upper and lower stages so as to be rotatable around the rotation axis e. Each tablet feeder 43 is equipped with the tablet cartridge 23 stored in the tablet storage rack 2. Only a relatively small number of necessary tablet cartridges 23 can be mounted on the tablet feeder 43. Most of the tablet cartridges 23 are stored in the tablet storage shelf 2. Further, the mounting position of each tablet cartridge 23 is not fixed, and it can be mounted on any vacant tablet feeder 43, and if there is no vacancy, it can be replaced with an appropriate tablet cartridge 23.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, each tablet feeder 43 has a drive motor 46 connected to the shaft of the rotor 26 of the cartridge 23 via the gear 45 when the tablet cartridge 23 is mounted, The identification device 2 of the cartridge 23 is arranged at a position corresponding to the identification device 28.
An identification sensor 47 for reading the identification code of the tablet from 8;
A chute 49 for guiding the tablets discharged from the cartridge 23 to the central passage 48 arranged on the rotation axis is provided. As shown in FIG. 6, the tablet hopper 44 includes a packaging mechanism 3 which will be described later for the tablets supplied from the tablet feeder 43.
3 to the packaging hopper 53.

As shown in FIG. 6, the packaging mechanism 33 folds a wrapping paper 51 wound around a roll 50 into two in a longitudinal direction through a triangular plate 52, and the powder-folding treatment mechanism 31 is provided at the folded portion. Alternatively, after the powdered medicine and / or the tablet supplied from the tablet processing mechanism 32 through the packaging hopper 53 is put in one by one, the heat sealing device 54 welds the three sides other than the two-folded portion and packages them. , Which is discharged to the outside. In addition, in the upper opening of the packaging hopper 53,
Doors 55a and 55b for temporarily receiving the powdered medicine discharged from the divider 38 of the powdered medicine processing mechanism 31 and the tablets discharged from the tablet processing mechanism 32, respectively, are provided.

The packaging control unit 34, as shown in FIG.
Packaging display unit 56 and operation keys 57, standby data storage unit 58, packaging storage unit 59, central processing unit (CPU)
It consists of 60. The packaging control device 34 constitutes the packaging order changing means and the packaging control means of the present invention.

The packaging display section 56 and the operation keys 57 are shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, the powder medicine tablet packaging device 3 is placed on the table. The packaging display unit 56 is the prescription control device 2
The medicine prescription is displayed in a predetermined packaging order format with the packaging order stored in the packaging order storage unit 17 of 0 or the packaging order changed by the control device 34. The operation key 57 is for changing the packing order displayed on the packing display unit 56 by the operator's own judgment.

The standby data storage unit 58 stores prescription data during packaging and standby in the packaging sequence stored in the packaging sequence storage unit 17 of the prescription control device 20 or in the packaging sequence changed by the packaging control device 34. It is something to keep.
The packaging storage unit 59 stores prescription data that has been packaged. The central processing unit (CPU) 60 changes and registers the packaging order of each drug prescription transferred from the prescription control device 20, and according to the packaging order, the powdered medicine processing mechanism 31, the tablet processing mechanism 32, and the packaging mechanism 33. To drive.

The operations of the CPUs 19 and 60 of the prescription control device 20 and the packaging control device 34 will be described below with reference to the flow charts shown in FIGS. It is assumed that prescription data has already been input to the host computer 21 according to the prescription. First, C of the prescription control device 20
The operation of the PU 19 will be described according to the flowchart of FIG. In this flowchart, the steps of the operation performed by the operator (dispenser) are indicated by [] for clear distinction from the operation performed by the CPU 19.

First, in step 101, the prescription data transferred from the host computer 21 is displayed on the prescription display 14. In step 102, the top prescription data is called, and in step 103, it is determined whether or not the prescription data is a powdered medicine prescription. If it is a powdered medicine prescription, it transfers to step 104. At the time of this step 104, the operator selects the required powdered medicine bottle 4 according to the prescription data displayed on the prescription indicator 14 and takes it out from the powdered medicine storage rack 1, and places it on the powdered medicine discriminating machine 15 on the table. To do. At the moment when the powder medicine bottle 4 is taken out, the switch 9 of the powder medicine bottle 4 is turned on, and the identification signal is output from the transmitter 8. This identification signal is read by the powder medicine discrimination machine 15.

Therefore, the CPU 19 judges whether or not the prescription data read by the powder medicine discriminator 15 in step 105 corresponds to the powder medicine of the prescription data called in step 102. If it is not the corresponding powder, the process returns to step 104 and waits until the powder bottle 4 according to the prescription is selected, and if the powder is the corresponding powder, the process proceeds to the next step 106. Here, the operator measures the powdered medicine according to the prescription by the measuring device 13, puts the powdered medicine into the medicine prescription container 12, and puts the medicine prescription container 12 on the medicine medicine discriminating device 15 in step 107.

In step 108, the CPU 19 writes the prescription data (prescription number, etc.) of the powder in the storage device 12a of the dispensing prescription container 12. When the operator places the dispensing prescription container 12 on the powdered medicine prescription reader 18 in step 109, the CPU 19 transfers the prescription data of the powdered medicine to the packaging control device 34 in step 110. In addition, when one of the prescription data of a plurality of powdered medicines with a pair condition described later is already read by the powdered medicine prescription reader 18, as a result of reading the prescription data of the next powdered medicine, it is read first. If you are not the other party of the powdered medicine, delete the read data and refuse the acceptance,
A message to that effect is displayed. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the powdered medicines other than the pair from being accidentally thrown into the hopper.

Next, in step 111, it is judged whether or not the powdered medicine hopper 35 has an empty space.
In step 2, the prescription indicator 14 is displayed for permission of injection. When the operator puts the powdered medicine in the dispensing prescription container 12 into the powdered medicine hopper 35 in step 113, the CPU 19 causes the CPU 19 to execute step 114
It is determined whether or not the distribution tray 36 has an empty space, and if there is an empty space, the distribution is started in step 115. When the distribution is completed in step 116, the packaging order of the powdered medicine prescription is registered in the packaging order storage unit 17 in step 117. next,
In step 118, the CPU 19 determines whether or not there is an unprocessed prescription, and if there is no unprocessed prescription, the process ends, and if there is, it returns to step 102 and calls the next prescription data.

If there is no empty space in the powder hopper 35 in step 111, the prescription indicator 1 is displayed in step 119.
4, the charging disapproval display is performed, the hopper standby flag is set in step 120, and the process returns to step 102. If it is determined in step 114 that the distribution tray 36 is empty, the distribution tray standby flag is set in step 121 and the process returns to step 102. Further, if the distribution is not completed in step 116, the distribution standby flag is set in step 122 and the process returns to step 102.

On the other hand, if the prescription is a tablet in step 103, the corresponding cartridge 23 is searched by transmitting an identification signal of the tablet corresponding to the prescription to each tablet cartridge 23 in step 123. As a result, the receiver 30 of each tablet cartridge 23 receives the identification signal and turns on the display lamp 29 if the identification signal matches the stored tablet.

As a result, only the indicator lamp 29 of the tablet cartridge 23 corresponding to the tablet prescription is turned on, so that the operator finds the location of the corresponding tablet cartridge 23 in step 124 and stores it in the tablet storage rack 2. If so, the cartridge 23 is taken out and attached to the tablet feeder 43. As a result, the identification sensor 47 of the tablet feeder 43 is attached to the tablet cartridge 2
The identification code is read from the identification device 28 of No. 3 and is output to the tablet discriminating machine 16.

Next, in step 125, the CPU 19 waits until the corresponding cartridge 23 is mounted if none of the identification code signals from the identification sensor 47 of each tablet feeder 43 corresponds to the searched tablet prescription. Further, when the mounting of the cartridge 23 is completed,
In step 126, the prescription data of the tablet prescription is transferred to the packaging control device 34, and in step 127, the packaging order of the tablet prescription is registered in the packaging order storage unit 17.

Thereafter, the CPU 19 determines in step 128 whether or not the hopper standby flag is set,
If the hopper standby flag is set, the process proceeds to step 111, and the above-mentioned steps are repeated by checking the availability of the powdered medicine hopper 35 again. If the hopper standby flag is not set, it is determined in step 129 whether the distribution dish standby flag is set. Here, if the distribution dish standby flag is set, the process proceeds to step 114, and the above-mentioned steps are repeated by checking the empty condition of the distribution dish 36 again.

If the divided dish standby flag is not set in step 129, it is determined in step 130 whether the distribution standby flag is set. Here, if the distribution standby flag is set, the process proceeds to step 116 and the distribution status is checked to repeat the above steps. If the distribution standby flag is not set, the process proceeds to step 118. If there is the next prescription, the process returns to step 102 to perform the same process for the next prescription, and if not, the process ends.

Next, the operation of the CPU 60 of the packaging control device 34 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. In step 201, the leading unwrapped prescription data stored in the standby data storage unit 58 is called, and in step 202 the prescription data is displayed on the packaging display unit 56 in a predetermined packaging data format.

This format includes a packaging sequence indicating whether the product is in package or waiting, a code for identifying a patient, a prescription type indicating whether it is a powdered medicine or a tablet, and a packaging condition or pair condition indicating simultaneous, alternating or each code. A column for prescription data such as drug name and prescription quantity is provided (see Table 2 (A)).

In step 203, it is judged whether or not there is a pair condition in the prescription data, and if there is a pair condition, step 204
Perform pair processing with. The term "pair condition" here means that if there are multiple powder prescriptions for the same patient, packaging of the powder prescriptions in sequence will delay the packaging of tablet prescriptions, so there is no packaging condition between the pair. It is a condition for interrupting the tablet prescription and packaging. Figure 1 shows the pair processing.
As shown in 0, in step 301, it is determined whether or not the partner's prescription of the pair is registered. If it is not registered yet, it is determined in step 302 whether or not there is a waiting tablet prescription having no packaging condition. If there is such a tablet, the packaging order of the prescription data is advanced before the tablet prescription having the smallest waiting number (hereinafter referred to as the intermediate prescription) in step 303, and the pair processing cannot be performed unless the prescription data is packaged. On the other hand, if the partner's prescription is registered in step 301, the packaging order is advanced after the intermediate prescription.

As a result, the intermediate prescription of tablets intervenes between the powdered prescriptions of the same patient having a pair condition, so that the packaging of the first powdered prescription of the pair is completed and the second powdered prescription is distributed. The intermediate formulation of tablets can be packaged during this. In this case, the tablet intermediate prescription of another patient is located between the packaged first powdered medicine prescription and second packaged powdered medicine prescription, but it is known in advance that the operator has a pair condition. Therefore, if a powdered drug with a pairing condition is packaged, the intermediate prescription of the tablet to be packaged next at that time may be cut.

Next, the CPU 60, in step 205,
Determine whether the prescription data has simultaneous packaging conditions,
If there is, the packaging order of the prescription is rearranged in step 206. Here, the simultaneous packaging condition is a condition in which the powdered medicine and the tablet to be taken at the same time are packaged at the same time so as to form one minute package.
In step 207, it is determined whether or not the prescription data has an alternate packaging condition, and if there is, the packaging order of the prescription is rearranged in step 208. Here, the alternate packaging condition is a condition in which a powdered medicine and a tablet, which are taken at the same time but cannot be packaged in a single packet, are separately and alternately packaged so that the patient does not have to separate each time. Then, step 2
At 09, it is determined whether or not the prescription data has a packaging condition for each code, and if so, the packaging order of the prescription is rearranged at step 210. The code condition is a condition for collectively packaging for each patient, that is, for packaging a tablet of a certain patient and then performing powder packaging of the same patient, thereby reducing the collection and arrangement work after packaging.

As for the rearrangement of the packaging order, as shown in FIG. 11, it is judged in step 401 whether or not the corresponding prescription is registered, and if it is not registered yet, step 40 is executed.
In step 2, the packaging order of the prescription is lowered by one. If already registered, the packaging sequence is advanced after the corresponding prescription in step 403. As a result, among multiple prescriptions with simultaneous, alternating, and packaging conditions for each code,
If one of the packaging orders is registered but the other is not yet registered, the packaging is waited until the prescription is registered, and the packaging sequence of the prescribable prescriptions is advanced to be packaged first. Also, in that case, when the other prescription is registered,
Prioritize other prescriptions and advance the packaging order for packaging.

Next, the CPU 60, in step 211,
It is judged whether or not it is currently packaged. If it is packaged, the prescription cannot be packaged. Therefore, the process returns to step 201 and the packaging sequence of the next prescription is rearranged through the same steps. If the prescription data is not being packaged, the prescription data that has already been packaged is deleted from the prescription data displayed on the packaging display unit 56 in step 212, and the prescription data waiting for the start is called in step 213. Then, in the packaging data format displayed on the packaging display unit 56 in step 214, the packaging sequence of the prescription is displayed as being packaged, and in step 215, the standby sequence after the prescription is advanced.

Then, in step 216, the powdered medicine processing mechanism 31, the tablet processing mechanism 32, and the packaging mechanism 33 are controlled to start packaging the prescription called. In the case of simultaneous packaging, the powder medicine processing mechanism 31 and the tablet processing mechanism 32 are simultaneously driven, and the packaging mechanism 33 is driven. In the case of alternate packaging and code-by-code packaging, the processing mechanism for the medicine in the previous packaging order is driven and then the processing mechanism for the subsequent packaging order is operated. Next, if there is standby prescription data in step 217, the process returns to step 201 to repeat the above steps, and if not, the packaging control ends.

A series of operations of inputting prescription data, registering a packaging sequence, rearranging and packaging by the above-mentioned device will be described below by using a specific example of prescription. FIG. 12 is a time chart of operations performed according to this prescription, and Table 1
Is an example of the prescription displayed on the prescription display.

[Table 1] In the prescriptions shown in Table 1, prescriptions and prescriptions, prescriptions and prescriptions, and prescriptions and 10 prescriptions are prescriptions for the same patient. In addition, prescription and prescription are paired, prescription and prescription are simultaneously packaged, and prescription and 10 prescriptions are alternate packaging.

Since the first prescription is tablets, the CPU 19 of the prescription control device 20 searches for the corresponding tablet cartridge 23, and the display lamp 29 thereof is turned on. When the operator takes out the tablet cartridge 23 and mounts it on the tablet feeder 43, the prescription packaging order is registered first, and at the same time, the prescription data of the prescription is transferred to the packaging control device 34. Since this prescription has no packaging condition or code condition, packaging is immediately started.

Next, the operator selects and takes out the powdered medicine bottle 4 containing the powdered medicine of the prescription from the powdered medicine storage shelf 1, and after the medicine is detected by the powder medicine discriminating machine 15, it is weighed and dispensed into the medicine prescription container 12, If you put it on the powder medicine distinguisher 15,
The prescription data of the prescription is stored in the storage device 12 of the dispensing prescription container 12.
Written to a. Subsequently, when the operator puts the dispensing prescription container 12 on the powdered medicine prescription reader 18, the prescription data is transferred to the packaging control device 34. Then, when the operator confirms that the powdered medicine hopper 35 has a vacancy and puts the powdered medicine in the dispensing prescription container 12 into the powdered medicine hopper 35, the powdered medicine processing mechanism 31 operates to start distribution in the distribution tray 36.

Since the powdered medicine of the next prescription is currently being distributed and the hopper is full, the powdered medicine of the next prescription is temporarily reserved and the next powdered medicine is moved to. When the tablet cartridge 23 of the prescription is attached to the tablet feeder 43, the packaging order of the prescription is registered second, and one standby is set.

When the distribution of the powdered medicine of the prescription is completed, the packaging order of the prescription is registered in the third order, and the waiting time becomes two. Also, since the hopper becomes empty after the distribution of the prescription powder is completed, the operator dispenses the prescription powder and then the powder hopper 3
Put in 5. However, since there is an unpackaged prescription powder in the distribution dish 36, the distribution dish is on standby.

The powder for the next prescription is postponed because the powder for the present prescription is currently waiting for the distribution dish and there is no empty space in the hopper. Then, when the tablet cartridge 23 of the prescription is attached to the tablet feeder 43, the packaging order of the prescription is registered as the fourth, and the waiting time becomes 3 times.

At this time (t ₁ ) the packaging display section 56
The display of the packaging data format is as shown in Table 2 (A). The data of the four prescriptions registered so far are displayed here.

[Table 2]

Here, since the powdered medicine of the prescription of 2 standbys has a pair condition, the packaging order is advanced before the tablet of the prescription of 1 standby which does not have any packaging condition. This rearranged state is shown in Table 2 (B).

When the packaging of the tablets of the prescription is completed, the packaging of the powdered medicine of the one waiting is started. When the packaging of the prescription powder is completed, the distribution of the prescription powder that is the other party of the pair is started, and the packaging of the prescription tablet is started. Next, the prescription tablet cartridge 23
When is mounted on the tablet feeder 43, the packaging order of the prescription is registered, and the prescription and simultaneous packaging conditions are established.

When the distribution of the powdered medicine in the prescription is finished, the prescription has a pair condition with the prescription, so that the prescription and the prescription in which the wrapping sequence is already registered are interrupted by the wrapping sequence after the prescription. Registered,
1 stand-by. The packaging display unit 5 at this time (t ₂ ).
The display of the packaging data format of No. 6 is as shown in Table 3.

[Table 3]

When the packaging of the tablets of the prescription is completed, the packaging of the powdered medicine of the next prescription is started. During this period, the operator dispenses the prescription powder and puts it into the powder hopper 35, but since the distribution tray 36 is currently empty in the packaging of the prescription powder, the operator waits for the distribution tray. In addition, the operator
The prescription tablet cartridge 23 is attached to the tablet feeder 43. Thereby, the packaging order of the prescription is registered. Table 4 shows the display of the packaging data format of the display unit at this time (t ₃ ).

[Table 4]

When the packaging of the powdered medicine of the prescription is completed, the distribution of the powdered medicine of the prescription waiting in the powdered medicine hopper 35 is started, and the packaging of the prescription and the tablets of the prescription under the simultaneous packaging condition is started at the same time. To be done. The next process is the prescription powder according to the prescription order, but since the prescription powder is currently being dispensed, the operator only prepares the prescription powder, and the 10-prescription tablet cartridge 23 is placed in the tablet feeder. Attach to 43. Thereby, the packaging order of 10 prescriptions is registered.

When the distribution of the prescription is completed, the packaging order of the prescription is registered after the 10 prescriptions. However, since the 10 prescriptions are subject to the condition of alternate packaging and the prescription of the other party has not been registered yet, the 10 prescriptions are rearranged in order of registration after the prescription. Table 5 shows the display of the packaging data format of the packaging display unit 56 at this point (t ₄ ).

[Table 5]

When the prescription and the simultaneous packaging of the prescription are completed,
Prescription tablet packaging begins. Table 6 shows the packaging data format of the packaging display unit 56 at this point (t ₅ ).

[Table 6]

Next, when the packing of the prescription is completed, the packing of the powdered medicine of the prescription is started. Then, when the packaging of the prescription powder is completed, the prescription powder previously prepared is put into the powder hopper 35. As a result, the distribution of the prescription is immediately started. Eventually, when the distribution of the prescription is completed, the packaging order of the prescription is registered, and at this time (t ₆ ).
As shown in the packaging data format display in Table 7,
Since the alternating packaging condition with the 10 prescriptions already registered has been established, the prescription and 10 prescriptions are alternately packaged,
Packaging is finished.

[Table 7]

Although the packaging order is automatically changed in the above embodiment, the packaging data displayed on the display 56 by using the operation keys 57 of the packaging control device 34 may be used if necessary. The formats can be freely rearranged to form a packaging order according to the prescription situation.

In the above embodiment, when there are two powder prescriptions having simultaneous packaging conditions, if the respective powders are separately put into the powder hopper 35 and distributed on the same distribution tray 36, the two powders are evenly distributed. Since the powder is mixed with the powder, the powder is scraped out by the divider 38, and the two powders are packaged in a state of being mixed at a uniform ratio for one minute each. In this case, even if only one of the powdered medicine prescriptions is registered at the time when the distribution on one distribution dish 36 is completed, they are packaged at the same time,
No problem. It is also possible to add mixing conditions to the two powdered medicine prescriptions and register them with the same number.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the powder medicine is manually prepared by the dispenser, but it may be automatically prepared like the tablet. That is, a plurality of powdered medicine cartridges capable of accommodating and storing powdered medicines and a powdered medicine feeder capable of discharging and supplying the powdered medicines of the powdered medicine cartridge in a prescribed amount are prepared.
5, the powdered medicine cartridge required is selected and mounted on the powdered medicine feeder so that the prescribed amount is distributed on the distribution tray 36. This can greatly save the labor of the pharmacist.

In this way, the powdered medicine is made into a feeder system like the tablets, and the powdered medicine cartridge and the tablet cartridge are stored in the storage shelf so that the necessary cartridges are automatically conveyed to the feeder and mounted. If so, a completely automatic packaging device can be provided.

[0066]

As is clear from the above description, according to the inventions of claims 1 and 2, when there are a plurality of powder prescriptions for the same patient, the tablet prescriptions of other patients intervene between them. The packaging order is rearranged. Therefore, the tablets of other patients can be processed while the packaging of the first powder is completed and the packages of the next powder are being distributed, so that only the time-consuming powder medicine processing device is driven and the tablets cannot be processed. The conventional inconvenience can be avoided, efficient packaging can be performed, and the easy packaging processing time can be shortened.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a powder medicine tablet continuous packaging device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway front view of a powder medicine bottle.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a tablet cartridge and a tablet feeder.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a tablet cartridge and a tablet feeder.

FIG. 5 is a bottom view of the tablet cartridge.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a powdered medicine processing mechanism, a tablet processing mechanism, and a packaging mechanism.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a continuous powder medicine tablet packaging device according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation of the CPU of the prescription control device.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the operation of the CPU of the packaging control device.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an operation of pair processing by the CPU of the packaging control device.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the operation of rearranging the packaging order by the CPU of the packaging control device.

FIG. 12 is a time chart of the operation of the continuous powdered medicine tablet packaging device according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

14 ... Prescription display device, 17 ... Packing order storage unit, 19 ... Central processing unit (CPU), 20 ... Prescription control device, 23 ... Tablet cartridge, 31 ... Powder processing mechanism, 32 ... Tablet processing mechanism, 33 ... Packaging mechanism , 34 ... Packaging control device, 35a,
35b ... Hopper, 36 ... Distributing dish, 38 ... Divider, 43 ...
Tablet feeder, 60 ... Central processing unit (CPU).

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A powdered medicine tablet continuous packaging method for continuously packaging medicines based on prescription data in which a powdered medicine prescription and a tablet prescription are mixed, wherein a powdered medicine prescription is dispensed based on the prescription data. When the powdered medicine can be supplied one by one by the powdered medicine processing device, the packaging order of the powdered medicine is registered, and for the tablet prescription, the tablet cartridge selected based on the prescription data is attached to the tablet feeder. Registered the packaging sequence of the tablet at the time of, the registered packaging sequence is changed by rearranging so that tablet prescriptions of other patients may be interrupted between a plurality of powdered drug prescriptions of the same patient, according to the packaging sequence, A continuous powder medicine tablet packaging method, characterized in that a dispensing powder medicine supplied from the powder medicine treating device and tablets supplied from the tablet feeder are packaged in a packaging device. 2. A powder hopper for receiving a prepared powder, a distribution dish for uniformly distributing the powder flowing out from the powder hopper in an annular manner, and a division for supplying the powder on the distribution dish by one package according to a prescription. A powdered medicine processing device comprising a device, a plurality of detachable tablet cartridges containing tablets, and a tablet processing device comprising a tablet feeder that supplies tablets one by one according to a prescription from a tablet cartridge containing tablets corresponding to a prescription A packaging device for packaging the dispensed powder supplied from the powder processing device and the tablets supplied from the tablet processing device; a prescription display means for displaying a powder and a tablet prescription according to a prescription; When the powdered medicine is dispensed and the distribution is completed in the powdered medicine processing device, the packaging order of the powdered medicine is stored, and the tablet is stored in the tablet. The packaging order registering means for registering the packaging order of the tablets when the tablet feeder is attached to the tablet processing device, and the packaging order registered in the packaging order registering means are used for a plurality of powdered medicine prescriptions of the same patient. Packaging order changing means for rearranging and changing so as to interrupt the tablet prescription of another patient, and driving the powder medicine processing device and the tablet processing device in accordance with the packaging order registered in the packaging order changing means to prepare a dispensing powder. A continuous powder medicine tablet packaging device comprising: and a packaging control means for controlling supply of tablets to the packaging device.