JPH11314601A - Medicine packaging device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To form a compact device and make the handling of exploration, storage, fitting and the like for a medicine container. SOLUTION: A packaging device is used for feeding medicines in compliance with prescriptions and packaging them. In that case, the device is provided with a prescription data input means, powder medicine processing means 32 disposing powder medicine in compliance with prescriptions by one pack portion respectively, tablet processing means 31 of comparatively small number provided with tablet containers 11 storing tablets and feeding the tablets in compliance with the prescription data by one back portion respectively and packing means 33 packing the medicines fed by the powder medicine processing means 32 and the tablet processing means 31 by one pack portion respectively, and tablet processing means 31 of comparatively small number are provided on the upper rear sections of the powder medicine processing means 32.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a medicine packaging device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a plurality of medicine cartridges each containing a medicine such as a tablet are mounted on a medicine feeder, and a medicine is selectively supplied from each medicine feeder and automatically packed for one minute. Is provided.

[0003]

This kind of medicine packaging apparatus is very large because a large number of medicine feeders are arranged in a cylindrical shape or a drawer shape. For this reason, it is too much to install in a medicine room or a pharmacy of a small hospital, and it is difficult to insert and remove a medicine cartridge. Each medicine cartridge has a medicine feeder to which the medicine cartridge is attached is predetermined.
Therefore, for example, when a plurality of drug cartridges are taken out for refilling a drug, they may be mounted on an incorrect drug feeder and a drug different from the prescription may be packed. Furthermore, in the conventional medicine packaging apparatus, the names of the medicines supplied from each medicine feeder are registered in advance. For this reason, every time the medicine cartridge mounted on a certain medicine feeder is exchanged for another medicine, the name of the medicine must be re-entered, which is troublesome.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and has as its object to provide a compact medicine packaging apparatus which is easy to handle.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a medicine packaging apparatus capable of easily and quickly finding and taking out a medicine container according to a prescription from a large number of medicine containers stored in a medicine storage shelf. It is still another object of the present invention to provide a medicine packaging device that can easily be found later by identifying a storage place at that time even if the medicine is stored in an arbitrary position on a medicine storage shelf.

In addition, even if a medicine container is mounted in a wrong place or replaced with another medicine container, identification means is provided which can identify an installation place at that time to prevent erroneous packaging. It is an object to provide a medicine packaging device.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a medicine packaging apparatus for selectively supplying a medicine according to a prescription and packaging the same, comprising: a prescription data input unit; Powder dispensing means for dispensing and supplying an amount of powder in units of one minute in accordance with the number of tablets, and a relatively small number of tablets each of which is supplied in units of one minute in accordance with prescription data by mounting a tablet container containing tablets. Tablet processing means, and packaging means for packaging the medicine supplied from the powder processing means and the tablet processing means for one minute, and the relatively small number of tablet processing means are provided at the upper rear of the powder processing means. (Claim 1).

[0008] In a second aspect based on the first aspect,
In a place away from the medicine packaging device, a tablet storage shelf for storing a large number of tablet containers containing tablets is installed, and a tablet container containing tablets according to the prescription is taken out of the tablet storage shelf, The detached tablet container is mounted on the empty tablet processing means or replaced with the already mounted tablet container, and the removed tablet container is returned to the tablet storage shelf (claim 2).

In a third aspect, in the second aspect,
An identification device for identifying the tablet container mounted or stored in the tablet processing unit and the tablet storage shelf, an exploration unit for exploring a mounting or installation location of the tablet container of the tablet corresponding to the prescription data, and Display means for displaying the location of the searched tablet container (claim 3).

[0010] In a fourth aspect based on the second aspect,
Based on the tablet processing means and storage means for storing the location of the tablet container mounted or stored respectively on the tablet storage shelf, based on the storage location of the tablet container stored in the storage means,
The apparatus further includes a search means for searching for a mounting or installation location of the tablet container corresponding to the prescription data, and a display means for displaying a location of the tablet container searched by the search means (claim 4). .

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. (1) First Embodiment FIG. 1 shows the overall arrangement of a medicine packaging apparatus according to the present invention. The present apparatus is an apparatus capable of packaging both tablets and powders, and is an example in which the storage locations of the tablets and powders are arbitrary and the mounting locations of the tablets are fixed. This medicine packaging device,
Tablet storage shelf 1, powder storage shelf 2, packaging device 3, control device 4
It is composed of

A large number of tablet cartridges 11 are stored in the tablet storage shelf 1. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, each tablet cartridge 11 has a case 12 for accommodating tablets having a mortar-shaped bottom, and a plurality of tablet pockets 13 rotatably mounted on the bottom of the case 12 and mounted on the outer periphery. And a lid 15 that detachably covers the case 12.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the tablet cartridge 11 is provided with an identification device 16 for identifying tablets stored therein. This identification device 16
Is composed of a reflection plate, and is provided with a portion that reflects light from the light emitting elements 17a and 40a of the reading devices 17 and 40, which will be described later, and a portion that does not reflect light (indicated by a circle in FIG. 4) to identify the tablet. It is supposed to.

Each storage location of the tablet storage shelf 1 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 1A, a reading device 17 is embedded and a display lamp 18 is attached so as to be visible from the front. The reading device 17 constitutes the reading means of the present invention, and includes a plurality of units in which a light emitting element 17a and a light receiving element 17b are integrated. And FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, when the tablet cartridge 11 is placed in the storage place, light emitted from the light emitting element 17a is reflected by the reflector of the identification device 16 of the tablet cartridge 11 and received by the light receiving element 17b. , Tablet data is read. The display lamp 18 constitutes a storage location display means of the present invention.

A large number of powder bottles 21 are placed and stored in the powder storage shelf 2. A pedestal 22 is attached to the bottom of each powder bottle 21 as shown in FIG. A battery 23 and a battery 2 are provided in a recess 22 a formed on the lower surface of the base 22.
A powdered medicine discriminating device 26 comprising a transmitter 24 having a power source of 3 and a switch 25 for interrupting a power supply line from the battery 23 to the transmitter 24 is incorporated. The recess 22a is covered by a cover 22b. The switch 25 is
When the powder bottle 21 is taken out of the shelf and tilted, it turns on, and when it is returned to the shelf, it turns off. The transmitter 24
Outputs the name of the powder stored in the powder bottle 21 as a coded identification signal.

In the storage place of each shelf of the powder storage shelf 2,
As shown in FIG. 8, the receiver 27 is buried,
An indicator lamp 28 is attached so as to be visible from the front (see FIG. 1). The receiver 27 constitutes the reading means of the present invention, and receives the identification code from the transmitter 24 of the identification device 26 of the powder bottle 21 when the powder bottle 21 is placed in the storage place, and outputs the powder. Read data. The display lamp 28 constitutes the storage location display means of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, a dispensing container B and a meter M for dispensing powder are placed on the table of the powder storage shelf 2 and a receiver 29 is embedded therein. This receiver 29 constitutes the reading means of the present invention.

The packaging device 3 includes, as shown in FIGS.
Tablet processing mechanism 31, powder processing mechanism 32, packaging mechanism 3
It consists of three.

The tablet processing mechanism 32 comprises a plurality of tablet feeders 34 and a tablet hopper 35. The tablet feeders 34 are of a so-called cylindrical shape, are arranged in a plurality of rings around the rotation axis o, and are arranged in a plurality of stages vertically,
It is rotatable around the rotation axis o. The tablet cartridges 11 stored in the tablet storage shelf 1 are mounted on each tablet feeder 34. A relatively small number of the tablet feeders 34 are provided so that only necessary tablet cartridges 11 can be mounted. Most of the tablet cartridges 11 are stored in the tablet storage shelf 1.

As shown in FIG. 2B, each tablet feeder 34 has a drive motor 37 connected to the shaft of the rotor 14 of the cartridge 11 via a gear 36 when the tablet cartridge 11 is mounted. And a chute 39 for guiding the tablets discharged from the cartridge 11 to the central passage 38.

Each tablet feeder 34 has a reading device 40 arranged at a position corresponding to the identification device 16 of the cartridge 11 and reading tablet data from the identification device 16.
And a display lamp 41 are provided. The reading device 40 is a reading unit of the present invention, and has the same configuration as the reading device 17 of the tablet storage shelf 1 shown in FIG. That is, the tablet cartridge 11 is connected to the tablet feeder 34.
Identification device 1 for tablet cartridge 11 when attached to
6 comprises a plurality of units in which a light emitting element 40a for transmitting light to the reflector and a light receiving element 40b for receiving light reflected by the reflector are integrated. The display lamp 41 constitutes the mounting place display means of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 6, the tablet hopper 35 guides the tablets supplied from the tablet feeder 34 to a packaging hopper 55 of a packaging mechanism 33 to be described later.

As shown in FIG. 6, the powder treatment mechanism 32
Two powder dispensing hoppers 42a and 42b and two distributing plates 44a and 44b each having a distributing plate 43 formed of an annular groove on the outer periphery.
And a splitter 45.

Each of the powder hoppers 42a and 42b is provided with a chute 46 which vibrates in the vertical direction in order to evenly supply the supplied powder onto the distribution plate 43 of the distribution boards 44a and 44b. The powder hoppers 42a, 42b and their chutes 46 are vertically movable so that powder can be supplied to the distribution plate 43 of any of the distribution boards 44a, 44b. Furthermore, each powder hopper 4
The detectors 2a and 42b are provided with detectors 47a and 47b for detecting the respective empty states, and display lamps 48a and 48b for displaying hoppers into which powder can be put.

The two distribution boards 44a, 44b are arranged one above the other, are rotatable independently around the rotation axes a, b, respectively, and have a common swivel provided between the axes a, b. It is pivotable about the axis c, and can be moved up and down integrally in the vertical direction. As a result, one end of the distribution plate 43 is connected to the powder hoppers 42a and 42b so that the powder supplied from the powder hoppers 42a and 42b is distributed to the distribution plate 43.
The dispenser moves to a dispensing position located below 42b and a dispensing position located below divider 45 so that powdered medicine on dispensing plate 43 is divided and scraped out by divider 45 by a fixed amount.

The splitter 45 is provided with the distribution boards 44a and 44b.
A scraping plate 50 is provided on the front surface of a disk 49 having a diameter matching the curved surface of the distribution plate 43, and the disk 49 is
The arm 49 is capable of moving up and down so as to move to a position where the disk 49 is inserted into and retracted therefrom, and the disk 49 is rotatable.

As shown in FIG. 6, the wrapping mechanism 33 folds the wrapping paper 53 wound around the roll 52 in the longitudinal direction via a triangular plate 54, and places the foldable portion in the folded portion at the tablet processing mechanism 31. Alternatively, after the tablets and / or powder supplied from the powder dispensing mechanism 32 through the packaging hopper 55 are charged one by one, the three sides other than the folded portion are welded and packaged by the heat sealing device 56. , To be discharged outside. In the upper opening of the packaging hopper 55,
Doors 57a and 57b for temporarily receiving the powder discharged from the splitter 45 of the powder processing mechanism 32 and the tablet discharged from the tablet processing mechanism 31, respectively, are provided.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the control device 4
Prescription display section 61, operation keys 62, storage location storage section 6
3, mounting location storage unit 64, and proper mounting location storage unit 65
And a central processing unit (CPU) 66.

The prescription display section 61 is a host computer 6
The prescription data is displayed in accordance with the prescription input from Step 7. The operation keys 62 are for changing the packaging order displayed on the prescription display section 61 at the operator's own discretion.

The storage location storage unit 63 stores the tablet storage shelf 1
The storage location of the tablet cartridge 11 in the powder storage bin 2 (see FIG. 7) and the powder bottle 21 in the powder storage shelf 2 (see FIG. 8).
Is stored. The mounting location storage unit 64 stores which tablet feeder 34 the tablet cartridge 11 is mounted on. The proper mounting location storage unit 65 has different attributes such as ease of repelling when dropped, ease of sliding on a slope, ease of rolling, etc., so that the time from the mounting position to the packaging position is different, Affects packaging speed. Therefore, in this embodiment, an appropriate mounting location (up-down direction) according to the attribute of each tablet is set and stored in advance.

A central processing unit (CPU) 66 manages a storage location and a mounting location of the tablet cartridge 11 and the powder bottle 21 and a tablet processing mechanism according to the packaging order of the prescription data displayed on the prescription display unit 61. 31, driving the powder treatment mechanism 32 and the packaging mechanism 33.

The operation of the CPU 66 will be described below with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. FIG. 9 shows the operation of the CPU 66 for tablet prescription. In step 101, the prescription information is read, and in step 102, the mounting location storage unit 64
To the mounting location of the tablet cartridge 11 corresponding to the prescription,
Is determined to be mounted on any one of the tablet feeders 34. If the tablet cartridge 11 is not mounted, the storage location storage unit 63 is inquired in step 103 to search for the storage location of the tablet cartridge 11, and the display lamp 18 of the storage location found in step 104 is turned on. The storage location is displayed, and at step 105, the display lamp 4 of the tablet feeder 34 is displayed.
By lighting 1, a mounting place suitable for the tablet prescription is displayed.

Here, when the operator (dispenser) takes out the tablet cartridge 11 at the location indicated from the tablet storage shelf 1 and mounts it on the tablet feeder 34 at the location indicated, the reading device 40 of the tablet feeder 34 reads the tablet cartridge 11. The tablet data of the identification device 16 is read, and the tablet data and the mounting location are stored in the mounting location storage unit 64.
Registered in.

In step 106, the mounting location storage unit 64
Is checked again to see if the corresponding tablet is mounted, and if not, waits until it is mounted. If so, the storage location display is erased in step 107, the installation location display is erased in step 108, and packaging is performed in step 109. If the tablet corresponding to the prescription has already been mounted in step 102, the process proceeds to step 109 without performing display and packaging is performed immediately. If there is the next prescription information in step 110, the process returns to step 101 and repeats the above steps.

FIG. 10 shows the operation of the CPU 66 for a powdered drug prescription. In step 111, the prescription information is read, in step 112, the storage location storage unit 63 is inquired to search for the storage location of the powdered bottle 21, and in step 113, the display lamp 28 of the storage location discovered is turned on to turn on the powdered drug. The storage location of the bottle 21 is displayed.

When the operator takes out the medicine bottle 21 on the displayed shelf and places it at a predetermined position on the table, the CPU 66
Makes the reading device 29 read the powdered drug data of the powdered bottle 21 in step 114, and checks in step 115 whether the powdered drug corresponds to the prescription. If it is not the powdered medicine, the flow returns to step 114 and waits until the correct powdered bottle is taken out. If it is the powdered medicine, the storage location display is erased in step 116.

Next, at step 117, the detectors 47a, 47
7b, it is determined whether or not there is a vacancy in the hopper. If there is no vacancy, the process waits.
The empty hopper is displayed by turning on. At this point, the operator can use the measuring device M to dispense the removed powder, put it in the dispensing container B, and put it into the indicated hopper.

In step 119, the detectors 47a, 47
Based on the signal from b, it is determined whether or not the powder is put into the hopper. If not, the process waits until the powder is put into the hopper. Next, in step 121, the powder treatment mechanism 32
Is driven to distribute the input powdered medicine, and step 12 is performed.
In step 2, the dividing machine 45 and the packaging mechanism 33 are driven to perform packaging. If there is the next prescription information in step 110, the process returns to step 101 and repeats the above steps.

In the first embodiment described above, the storage location of tablets and powders is arbitrary, so that the removed tablet cartridge 11 and powder bottle 21 can be freely placed in a low and close place. The storage location for tablets and powdered medicines is displayed so that they can be easily taken out. Also,
Since the mounting location suitable for the attribute of the tablet is displayed, the user does not get lost in the mounting location.

Although the powdering process in the first embodiment is performed by the operator himself and dispensed it into the hopper, it can be automated like a tablet. That is, a plurality of powder cartridges having substantially the same structure as the tablet cartridge 11 and a plurality of powder feeders to which the powder cartridge is removably mounted and which can discharge a predetermined amount of powder are provided. The identification of the powder cartridge in this case can be performed in exactly the same manner as the identification of the tablet cartridge of the first embodiment.

(2) Second Embodiment FIG. 11 shows an example in which the storage place for tablets is fixed in advance, and the mounting place is also fixed. In this embodiment, the reading device of the tablet cartridge 11 as in the first embodiment is not provided in each storage location of the tablet storage shelf 1, and the tablets to be stored in each storage location are stored in advance in the storage location storage unit 63. Registered in. Then, the storage location of the tablets according to the prescription is displayed by the display lamp 18. The operation of the CPU 66 in this embodiment is the same as that in FIG. In addition, the storage place of powdered medicine can be fixed similarly.

(3) Third Embodiment FIG. 12 shows an example in which the storage location of the tablet is arbitrary and the mounting location is fixed. The storage location is not managed or displayed. Is simply displayed on the prescription display section 61. Therefore, in this device, the reading device and the display lamp as in the first embodiment are not provided on the tablet storage shelf 1, and the storage location storage unit is not provided.

The operation of the CPU 66 of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 13. In step 301, prescription information is read, and in step 302, it is determined whether the tablet cartridge 11 corresponding to the prescription is mounted on the tablet feeder 34. If it is not mounted, the mounting location corresponding to the attribute is displayed in step 303, and the cartridge number of the tablet is displayed on the prescription display unit 61 in step 304.

As a result, the operator can search and retrieve the tablet cartridge 11 having the number displayed on the prescription display section 61 from the tablet storage shelf 1 and mount it on the tablet feeder 34 at the displayed mounting location. Therefore,
The CPU 66 determines in step 305 that the tablet cartridge 1
Wait until 1 is mounted, and if mounted, go to step 30
In step 6, the display of the mounting location is deleted, and in step 307, the display of the cartridge number is deleted.

If it is determined in step 309 that there is next information, the flow returns to step 301 to repeat the above steps. Similarly, the storage location of the powdered bottle 21 may be freely set, and the operator may search for the drug bottle by simply displaying the drug bottle number without performing display or management.

(4) Fourth Embodiment The device shown in FIG. 14 is an example in which the storage location of the tablet is arbitrary, the mounting location is not fixed, and the tablet can be mounted freely. There is no display lamp on each tablet feeder 34,
The configuration is the same as that of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 7 except that a packaging condition storage unit 68 is provided instead of the proper mounting location storage unit.

The operation of the CPU 66 of this apparatus will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 15. In step 401, prescription information is read, and in step 402, the mounting location storage unit 6
4 to determine whether or not the corresponding tablet cartridge 11 is mounted, and inquires the storage location storage unit 63 in step 403 to search for the tablet cartridge 11 corresponding to the prescription. The stored storage location is displayed on the display lamp 18.

When the operator takes out the tablet cartridge 11 at the displayed location and mounts the tablet cartridge 11 at an arbitrary location on the tablet feeder 34, the identification device 16 of the tablet cartridge 11 is read by the reading device 40 at the location where the tablet cartridge 11 is mounted. The location is registered in the mounting location storage unit 64. Therefore, the CPU 66 inquires again of the mounting location storage unit 64 in step 405, and determines whether or not the corresponding cartridge 11 has been mounted on the basis of whether or not the mounting location of the corresponding tablet cartridge 11 is registered therein. If it is not mounted, it waits until it is mounted, and if it is mounted, the storage location display is erased in step 406.

Next, in step 407, an inquiry is made to the packaging condition storage section 68 to select a packaging condition in accordance with the attributes of the tablets contained in the tablet cartridge 11 and the mounting location. Here, in the case of a tablet having the property of being easily repelled, when the loading place is high, the tablet is largely repelled and it takes time to reach the packaging position, so a slow packaging speed is selected. Is selected. Then, in step 408, packaging is performed under the packaging conditions, and
If the next information is found at 09, the above steps are repeated, and if not, the process is terminated.

(5) Fifth Embodiment FIG. 16 shows an example in which the storage place for tablets is fixed in advance, and the mounting place is not fixed. In this embodiment, a reading device for the tablet cartridge 11 is not provided in each storage location of the tablet storage shelf 1, and tablets to be stored in each storage location are registered in the storage location storage unit 63 in advance. Then, the storage location of the tablets according to the prescription is displayed by the display lamp 18. C in this embodiment
The operation of the PU 66 is the same as that in FIG.

(6) Sixth Embodiment FIG. 17 shows an example in which the storage location of the tablet is arbitrary and the mounting location thereof is also optional. The number of the corresponding tablet cartridge 11 is simply displayed on the prescription display section 61. Therefore, in this device, the tablet storage shelf 1 is not provided with a reading device or an indicator lamp as in the fourth embodiment, and is not provided with a storage location storage unit.

The operation of the CPU 66 of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 18. At step 601, prescription information is read, and at step 602 it is determined whether or not the tablet cartridge 11 corresponding to the prescription is mounted on the tablet feeder 34. If not, the cartridge number of the tablet is displayed in the prescription display section 61 in step 603.
To be displayed.

As a result, the operator can search for the tablet cartridge 11 of the number displayed on the prescription display section 61 from the tablet storage shelf 1 and take it out, and mount it on an arbitrary tablet feeder 34. Thereby, the identification device 16 of the tablet cartridge 11 is read by the reading device 40 at the mounting location, and the mounting location is registered in the mounting location storage unit 64.

Then, the CPU 66 inquires the mounting place display section 64 again in step 604, and if it is not mounted, waits until the tablet cartridge 11 is mounted, and if it is mounted, deletes the cartridge number display in step 605. Then, in step 606, as in the fifth embodiment, packaging conditions are selected in accordance with the attributes of the tablets and the mounting location, and packaging is performed in step 607. And step 6
In step 08, if there is the next information, the flow returns to step 601 to repeat the above steps, and otherwise ends.

(7) Specific Example of Means for Identifying Tablet Cartridge or Powdered Bottle In the above embodiment, identification of tablet cartridge 11 is performed by reading device 17 including light emitting element 17a and light receiving element 17b provided on tablet storage shelf 1, or Reading device 40 including light emitting element 40a and light receiving element 40b provided in tablet feeder 34
And the reflection plate 16 provided on the tablet cartridge 11. The powder bottle 21 is identified by the powder storage shelf 2.
This is performed by the receiver 27 provided in each storage place or the receiver 29 provided in the table, and the transmitter 24 provided in the powder bottle 21. In addition, the following identification means can be used. Here, the tablet storage shelf 1, the tablet feeder 34, and the powder storage shelf 2 are referred to as fixed sides, and the tablet cartridge 11 and the powder bottle 2 placed or mounted on these are fixed.
1 is simply called the container side.

A. Magnetic sensors (Hall elements, reed relays) + magnets A plurality of magnetic sensors such as Hall elements or reed relays are arranged on the fixed side, and the presence or absence of a magnet is given to the position facing each of the Hall elements on the container side to name the drug The drug is coded and the drug is identified as binary data by the output of the magnetic sensor. b. Light-emitting element and light-receiving element + blocking plate A light-emitting element and a plurality of light-receiving elements for detecting light of the light-emitting element are arranged on the fixed side, and a presence or absence of a blocking plate on the container side for blocking light from the light-emitting element to the light-receiving element. Is performed to encode the medicine name, and the medicine is identified as binary data by the output of the light receiving element. c. Microswitch + projection A plurality of microswitches are arranged on the fixed side, and the presence or absence of a projection for turning on the microswitch is provided at a position facing the microswitch on the container side, and the drug name is encoded,
The drug is identified as binary data by the output of the microswitch.

D. Bar code reader + bar code A bar code reader is provided on the fixed side, a bar code corresponding to the drug name is provided on the container side, and the bar code is read by the bar code reader to identify the drug. e. Magnetic reading head + magnetic recording medium A magnetic reading head is provided on the fixed side, a magnetic recording medium on which magnetic information corresponding to the medicine name is recorded is provided on the container side, and the magnetic information on the magnetic recording medium is read by the magnetic reading head. To identify the drug. In the case of d and e,
Barcodes and magnetic recording media include not only drug names,
Information such as a drop condition can be added.

(8) Other Embodiments In the above embodiments, a cylindrical (see FIG. 1) tablet feeder was used, but a drawer-type tablet feeder may be used. This drawer-type tablet feeder cannot be pulled out and replaced during operation. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 19, a sub-tablet feeder 72 is provided in front of each drawer rack 71, and even if the other tablet feeders 73 are in operation, the tablet is supplied to the sub-tablet feeder 72 without pulling out the rack 71. The cartridge 11 can be mounted. Thus, even if the next tablet is not mounted on the tablet feeder 73, the corresponding tablet cartridge 11 can be taken out from the tablet storage shelf 1 and mounted on the sub-tablet feeder 72 to prepare for the next packaging.

The packaging device in the above embodiment inserts the tablet cartridge from the side.
As shown in (1), the present invention can also be applied to a packaging device 80 of a type in which a cylindrical tablet cartridge 81 is inserted from above into a tablet feeder 82 arranged in a lattice. That is,
The identification device 83 is provided at the bottom of each tablet cartridge 81 in the same manner as in the above-described embodiment, and the reading device 8 is attached to the tablet feeder 82.
4 is provided. In order to make the packaging device 80 as small as possible, the number of tablet feeders 82 is relatively small so that only frequently used tablet cartridges 81 can be mounted. It is preferable to keep it. The storage 85 is provided with a storage table 86 in which storage locations are divided into a lattice shape, and a reading device 87 for reading the identification device 83 of the tablet cartridge 81 and a display lamp 88 for displaying the storage location are provided in each storage location. .

However, in this case, the storage table 8 of the storage 85
Even if the display lamp 88 is provided on the 6, it cannot be seen from outside. Therefore, the optical fibers 89 extend from the bottom surface to the top surface of each tablet cartridge 81 stored in the storage table 86.
And the indicator lamp 8 is connected through the optical fiber 89.
Preferably, the light of No. 8 is guided to the upper surface of the tablet cartridge 81. In the packing device 80 in which the cylindrical tablet cartridges 81 are arranged in a lattice, the conditions for dropping each tablet to the hopper 90 are the same, but the rolling conditions are different, so that the mounting place is fixed taking this into account. It is desirable.

Further, the above embodiment relates to a packaging device for medicines such as tablets and powders, but the present invention can also be applied to a dispensing device for medicine bottles such as ampules which do not require packaging. . This dispensing device has a storage shelf for storing a large number of cartridges, such as ampules, and a feeder to which a relatively small number of cartridges can be mounted. Therefore, the dispensing device can have the same configuration as the above-described tablet packaging device. .

[0061]

As is clear from the above description, according to the first aspect, since a relatively small number of tablet processing means are provided at the upper rear portion of the powder processing means, they are compact and easy to handle. In addition, a conventional powdered tablet packaging apparatus is provided with a split cell manual dispensing processing apparatus in addition to a powder processing mechanism, and dispenses tablets in the divided cell manual dispensing processing apparatus one minute at a time by manual dispersing operation. However, the present invention can reduce the preparation work for packing tablets.

According to the second aspect, only a relatively small number of drug containers are mounted, and most of the remaining drug containers are concentrated and stored in the drug storage shelves. It can be easily installed in drug rooms and pharmacies of small hospitals. In addition, it is convenient to take out the medicine container according to the prescription and attach it to any empty medicine supply means, or simply replace the already attached medicine container and attach it.

According to the third and fourth aspects of the present invention, the storage location of the medicine container according to the prescription is displayed, so that the trouble of searching can be saved, and the medicine container can be easily and quickly taken out. And
The medicine container can be stored in an arbitrary place, and when it is taken out, it is only necessary to take out the one in the displayed place. Therefore, the storage place is not limited, and the trouble of searching is omitted, and the medicine container can be taken out easily and quickly. Furthermore, it is only necessary to attach the medicine container to the displayed location, and it is possible to quickly and easily attach the medicine container because the user does not get lost in the attachment place.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view showing a first embodiment of a medicine packaging device of the present invention.

2A is a cross-sectional view of a tablet cartridge and a tablet storage shelf, and FIG. 2B is a cross-sectional view of a tablet feeder.

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

FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the tablet cartridge.

FIG. 5 is a partial sectional view of a powder bottle.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a powder treatment mechanism, a tablet treatment mechanism, and a packaging mechanism.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a tablet processing operation of the first embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram of a powdering operation of the first embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart of a tablet processing operation of the first embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart of a tablet processing operation according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram of a tablet processing operation according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram of a tablet processing operation of the third embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart of a tablet processing operation according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a block diagram of a tablet processing operation of the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart of a tablet processing operation of the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a block diagram of a tablet processing operation of the fifth embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a block diagram illustrating a tablet processing operation according to a sixth embodiment.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart of a tablet processing operation according to a sixth embodiment.

FIG. 19 is a horizontal sectional view of a drawer-type tablet feeder.

FIG. 20 is a perspective view of a packaging device using a cylindrical tablet cartridge and its storage.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... tablet storage shelf, 2 ... powder storage shelf, 3 ... packaging device, 4 ...
Control device, 11: tablet cartridge, 16: identification device,
17 ... Reading device, 18 ... Display lamp (storage location display means), 21 ... Powder bottle, 26 ... Powder identification device, 27 ... Receiver (reading means), 28 ... Display lamp (storage location display means), 29 ... Reception Device (reading means), 31: tablet processing mechanism, 32: powder treatment mechanism, 33: packaging mechanism, 34: tablet feeder (drug supply means), 40: reading device, 41: display lamp (proper mounting location display means), 48a, 48b ...
Hopper, 63: storage location storage unit, 64: mounting location display unit, 65: proper mounting location storage unit, 66: central processing unit (exploration means / detection unit), 68: packaging condition storage unit.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A medicine packaging apparatus for selectively supplying and packaging a medicine according to a prescription, a prescription data input means, and a powdered medicine supplied and distributed in an amount of one minute per powder according to the prescription data. Processing means, a relatively small number of tablet processing means for mounting a tablet container accommodating tablets and supplying the tablets in an amount corresponding to the prescription data for one minute, and supplied from the powder treatment processing means and the tablet processing means. Packaging means for wrapping the medicines one by one, wherein the relatively small number of tablet processing means are provided above and behind the powder processing means. 2. A tablet storage shelf for storing a large number of tablet containers containing tablets is installed at a location distant from the medicine packaging device, and the tablet container containing tablets according to the prescription is stored in the tablet storage shelf. 2. The tablet storage device according to claim 1, wherein the tablet container is taken out of the shelf and mounted on an empty tablet processing means, or replaced with a tablet container already mounted and mounted, and the removed tablet container is returned to the tablet storage shelf. 3. The drug packaging device according to item 1. 3. An identification device for identifying a tablet container mounted or stored in the tablet storage means and the tablet storage shelf, respectively, and an exploring means for searching for a mounting or installation location of a tablet container for tablets corresponding to prescription data. 3. The medicine packaging apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising: display means for displaying a location of the tablet container searched by the search means. 4. A storage means for storing the locations of the tablet containers mounted or stored in the tablet processing means and the tablet storage shelf, respectively, and prescription data based on the storage locations of the tablet containers stored in the storage means. 3. The apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising: an exploration unit for exploring a mounting or installation location of the tablet container corresponding to the tablet, and a display unit displaying a location of the tablet container searched by the exploration unit. Drug packaging equipment.