JP6566234B2 - Powder dispensing business support system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a powder dispensing service support system for providing a patient with a powder based on prescription data in a medical facility such as a hospital, a clinic, or a dispensing pharmacy.

Conventionally, when a medicine is provided to a patient at a medical facility, a doctor conducts a medical examination, issues a prescription, and a dispensing pharmacy receives the prescription and dispenses it.
In recent years, a dispensing device for supporting such a dispensing operation has been introduced in a medical field and used in various processes in the dispensing operation. Examples of such a dispensing device include a drug weighing device for weighing and auditing a drug, a drug packaging device for packaging a drug, and the like.

  However, it is very troublesome to input data related to prescriptions to a plurality of dispensing devices and to make settings in accordance with prescriptions, and there is a problem that the work becomes complicated. Therefore, there may be a case where a control device for controlling a plurality of dispensing devices is further provided, a dispensing operation support system for centrally managing each dispensing device is constructed, and dispensing operations are performed using this dispensing operation support system.

For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a dispensing device control device that can be used in such a dispensing business support system.
In the dispensing device control device disclosed in Patent Document 1, it is possible to easily set a plurality of types or a plurality of dispensing devices in the same method, and accurately manage the occurrence status of errors, etc. It has a possible configuration.

Japanese Patent No. 4580456

By the way, in a conventional dispensing operation, after a user weighs with a medicine weighing device, the medicine weighed is manually stored in a medicine container, and this medicine container is carried to a medicine packaging machine, and the medicine is dispensed with a medicine packaging machine. Work such as packaging was carried out.
In other words, prescription data exchange between each dispensing device and setting according to the prescription of each dispensing device can be performed automatically, but there are still many tasks that must be performed manually by humans, which further increases the efficiency of dispensing operations. It was hoped that

  Then, this invention makes it a subject to implement | achieve the efficiency improvement of a dispensing operation | work by aiming at further automation of a dispensing operation | work.

  The invention for solving the above-mentioned problems includes a dispensing device control device for controlling a plurality of dispensing devices based on prescription data including prescription data including information on medication to be provided to a patient, and at least an automatic powder. The automatic powder dispensing device includes a plurality of drug containers for storing powder for each type, a distribution unit that distributes the powder discharged from the drug containers, and a drug packaging device. Further, the automatic powder packaging apparatus is configured to perform an operation of discharging the powder from the moved drug container to the distribution unit and an operation of measuring the powder to be discharged based on the prescription data. A dispensing operation for dividing the powder discharged into the distribution unit into a predetermined number and individually dividing the powder divided by the drug packaging device; At least one of the device and the automatic powder dispensing device can perform a determination operation for determining whether or not all of the medicines to be provided to the patient can be packaged by the packaging operation based on the prescription data. It is a powder dispensing service support system characterized by being.

Another invention relates to a dispensing device control device for controlling a plurality of dispensing devices based on prescription data including prescription data including information on medication to be provided to a patient, and at least an automatic powder dispensing package. The automatic powder dispensing device is provided with at least a drug container for containing the powder and a drug packaging device for packaging the powder discharged from the drug container. Based on the prescription data, the packaging device performs an operation of measuring the powder discharged from the drug container containing a predetermined powder, and can execute a packaging operation of individually packaging the measured powder. Then, at least one of the dispensing device control device and the automatic powder packaging device can package all of the medicines to be provided to the patient by the packaging operation based on the prescription data. A powdered medicine dispensing business support system characterized by whether it can implement the determination operation for determining.

  The powder dispensing operation support system of the present invention performs an operation of discharging a powder from a drug container containing a predetermined powder and an operation of measuring the discharged powder, and divides the discharged powder into a predetermined number. And an automatic powder dispensing device capable of performing a packaging operation for individually dividing the divided powders. And based on prescription data, the discrimination | determination operation | movement which discriminate | determines whether all the chemical | medical agents which should be provided to a patient can be packaged by the said packaging operation is implemented. This makes it possible to sort prescriptions (or prescriptions that can be carried out almost automatically) that can be performed automatically, and prescriptions that involve manual operations, so that efficient dispensing operations according to each prescription are possible. Can be implemented.

The dispensing device control device can perform a data transmission operation to be transmitted to the automatic powder dispensing device and the determination operation by the automatic powder distribution device, and should be provided to a patient as a result of the determination operation. When all of the medicine cannot be packaged by the packaging operation, it is desirable that the automatic powder packaging device performs a data return operation in which data related to the prescription is transmitted to the dispensing device control device .

According to such a configuration, when the medicine provided in the target prescription includes a medicine that cannot be packaged by the automatic powder medicine packaging device, the data return operation is performed to transmit data related to this prescription to the dispensing device control device. We are carrying out. As a result, not only the automatic powder dispensing apparatus but also the dispensing device control apparatus can identify prescriptions that cannot be handled by the automatic powder dispensing apparatus alone. In other words, information related to the determination result can be shared by a plurality of devices.
Therefore, for example, a prescription involving manual operations can be set to be preferentially processed by a normal packaging device different from the automatic powder packaging device, and the entire dispensing device can be efficiently handled. It becomes possible to operate.

The automatic powder packaging apparatus is provided with a container storage unit for storing some of the drug containers, and based on the prescription data, removes the drug container containing a predetermined powder from the container storage unit. Fully automatic packaging operation to move to the container mounting part, measure the powder discharged from the moved drug container, and package the discharged powder individually for each dose by the drug packaging device Can be performed, and based on the prescription data, it is possible to perform a determination operation for determining whether or not all of the medicines to be provided to the patient can be packaged by a fully automatic packaging operation. As a result, when all of the medicines to be provided to the patient cannot be packaged by the fully automatic packaging operation, a data return operation is performed to transmit data related to this prescription to the dispensing device controller. Rukoto is desirable.

In the powder dispensing operation support system of the present invention, the automatic powder dispensing apparatus can perform a fully automatic packaging operation in which a series of steps of powder weighing (weighing), dividing, and individual packaging are automatically performed.
And when prescription data is input to the controller for dispensing equipment, the prescription data is sent to the automatic powder medicine packaging device, and whether or not all the medicines provided by the prescription for every prescription are possible by fully automatic packaging operation Can be determined.
In other words, prescriptions that can be performed automatically up to all the sachets and prescriptions that involve manual operations are sorted, and prescriptions that can be performed automatically up to the sachets are handled automatically, so that manual handling in the entire dispensing operation is possible. The amount of work can be reduced. In addition, prescriptions that involve manual operations can be set to be processed preferentially with normal packaging equipment that cannot perform fully automatic packaging operations, and the entire dispensing device can be operated efficiently. Is possible.

The drug container includes an automatic drug container and a manual drug container, and the automatic powder packaging apparatus introduces the packaging operation using the automatic drug container and the pre-weighed powder. A manual packaging operation using a manual medicine container is possible, and the determination operation is performed based on the following criteria (1) to (3). It is desirable that the system is a powder dispensing operation support system characterized in that it corresponds to a case where all of the medicines to be provided cannot be packaged by the packaging operation.
(1) All of the medicine to be provided to the patient specified based on the prescription data is accommodated in the automatic medicine container.
(2) One or a plurality of types of drugs to be provided to a patient identified based on prescription data, and the total amount of each drug is a predetermined amount or more.
(3) When there are a plurality of types of drugs to be provided to a patient specified based on prescription data, and it is necessary to mix and package a plurality of drugs, the number of drugs to be mixed is a predetermined number or less. .

  According to such a configuration, it is possible to perform a highly accurate discrimination operation, and it is possible to reliably select prescriptions that can be performed only with an automatic powder dispensing device, and to support more efficient operations. Can do.

  By the way, when there are drugs that cannot be packaged by the fully automatic packaging operation in the drugs provided by the prescription, all drugs cannot be packaged by the automatic powder packaging device, and some drugs are automatically powdered. The case where it cannot be packaged by the packaging apparatus is considered. In the latter case, for some medicines, manual operations can be carried out by automatically carrying out operations such as powder weighing (weighing) and drug container transportation, as in the case of the packaging operation by the automatic powder packaging device. There is an advantage that it can be reduced.

Therefore, there is a display device that displays information about a medicine, and medicines that can be packaged by the packaging operation and drugs that cannot be packaged by the packaging operation are mixed in medicines to be provided to the patient. If the display device is, it is desirable to display the display device so as to distinguish between the two .

  According to this configuration, the user can easily identify the medicine that can be packaged using the automatic powder dispensing apparatus and the drug that cannot be packaged by the automatic powder packaging apparatus. For this reason, for example, a medicine that can be packaged using an automatic powder dispensing device can be operated so as to encourage the use of the automatic powder dispensing device, and it is urged to reduce manual operations as much as possible. It becomes possible.

The dispensing device includes a drug weighing device for weighing a target drug. The drug weighing device has a display device capable of displaying a selection screen for selecting a drug, and the selection screen includes The displayed medicine can be selected, the selected medicine can be weighed, and as a result of the discrimination operation, the medicine provided in the target prescription can be packaged by the packaging operation, and When the medicine that cannot be packaged by the packaging operation is mixed, the selection screen displays information indicating the medicine that can be packaged by the packaging operation in an unselectable state. It is desirable to display information indicating a drug that cannot be packaged in a selectable state .

The present invention includes a drug weighing device for selecting a drug displayed on the selection screen and weighing the selected drug. In this medicine weighing device, information indicating medicines that can be packaged by the automatic powder dispensing device is displayed in a non-selectable state.
From this, it is possible to automatically carry out the medicine that can automatically carry out operations such as weighing powder (weighing) and transporting the medicine container, and can be carried out automatically by the automatic powder medicine packaging device. Work can be performed automatically and reliably. Therefore, even when a predetermined prescription contains a medicine that cannot be packaged by the fully automatic packaging operation, the manual operation can be reduced as much as possible.

The dispensing device includes a drug weighing device for weighing a target drug, the determination operation by the dispensing device control device can be performed, and as a result of the determination operation, a drug to be provided to a patient When a part of the medicine cannot be packaged by the packaging operation, data related to the medicine that can be packaged by the packaging operation is transmitted to the automatic powder medicine packaging device, and the packaging operation cannot be performed by the packaging operation. It is desirable to perform a prescription data division and transmission operation for transmitting data relating to a different drug to the drug weighing device .
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  According to such a configuration, since the prescription data division transmission operation for dividing and transmitting the prescription data is performed, it is possible to reduce the amount of data transmitted to one device, and to improve the data transmission speed. Can do.

After the prescription data division transmission operation is performed, data relating to the weighing result is transmitted from the drug weighing device to the dispensing device control device, and data relating to the drug used in the packaging from the automatic powder dispensing device is the dispensing. On the condition that the data is transmitted to the device control device, a data integration operation is performed to integrate data relating to the medicine that can be packaged by the packaging operation and data relating to the medicine that cannot be packaged by the packaging operation. It is desirable.

According to such a configuration, the prescription data division transmission operation is performed to divide and transmit the data related to the medicine that can be packaged by the automatic powder dispensing device and the data related to the medicine that cannot be packaged. After the above process is completed, a data integration operation for integrating these data again is performed. From this, it becomes possible to centrally manage information on one prescription after the processing in each dispensing device is performed. That is, when information about one prescription is shared between each dispensing device after each dispensing device has performed processing, it can be suitably executed. The invention described in claim 1 is a dispensing device control device that controls a plurality of dispensing devices based on prescription data that includes prescription data that is data related to prescription and is to be provided to a patient, and at least automatic powder distribution. A packaging device and a plurality of medicine containers, wherein the automatic powder packaging device is provided with at least a medicine packaging device for packaging the powder discharged from the medicine container; , Based on the prescription data, it is possible to perform an operation for measuring a powder discharged from a medicine container in which a predetermined powder is accommodated, and a packaging operation for individually packaging the powder, Based on the prescription data, at least one of the automatic powder dispensing devices can perform a determination operation for determining whether all of the powder to be provided to a patient can be packaged by the packaging operation. The dispensing device includes a drug weighing device for weighing a target drug, and the drug weighing device has a display device capable of displaying a selection screen for selecting a drug, and the selection screen A drug that can be packaged by the packaging operation into the powder provided in the target prescription as a result of the discrimination operation. When the medicine that cannot be packaged by the packaging operation is mixed, the selection screen displays information indicating the medicine that can be packaged by the packaging operation in an unselectable state, and the packaging operation It is a powder dispensing operation support system characterized in that information indicating a drug that cannot be packaged is displayed in a selectable state.
The invention described in claim 2 is a dispensing device control device for controlling a plurality of dispensing devices based on prescription data including prescription data including information on medication to be provided to a patient, and at least automatic powder distribution. A packaging device and a plurality of medicine containers, wherein the automatic powder packaging device is provided with at least a medicine packaging device for packaging the powder discharged from the medicine container; , Based on the prescription data, it is possible to perform an operation for measuring a powder discharged from a medicine container in which a predetermined powder is accommodated, and a packaging operation for individually packaging the powder, Based on the prescription data, at least one of the automatic powder dispensing devices can perform a determination operation for determining whether all of the powder to be provided to a patient can be packaged by the packaging operation. The dispensing device includes a drug weighing device for weighing a target drug, and can perform the determination operation by the dispensing device control device, and is provided to a patient as a result of the determination operation. When a part of the powder to be divided cannot be packaged by the packaging operation, data related to the medicine that can be packaged by the packaging operation is transmitted to the automatic powder packaging device, and the data is separated by the packaging operation. It is a powder dispensing operation support system characterized by performing a prescription data division transmission operation for transmitting data relating to a drug that cannot be packaged to the drug weighing device.
The invention according to claim 3 has a control device for a dispensing device that controls a plurality of dispensing devices based on prescription data including prescription data that is data related to prescription and is to be provided to a patient. The device includes at least an automatic powder dispensing device and a drug weighing device for weighing a target drug. The automatic powder dispensing device performs an operation of measuring powder based on the prescription data, and a predetermined amount of powder. A dividing operation for dividing the divided powders into individual numbers, and at least one of the control device for the dispensing device and the automatic powder packing device is based on the prescription data. A determination operation for determining whether or not all of the powder to be provided can be packaged by the packaging operation is possible, and the drug weighing device can display a selection screen for selecting a drug Have equipment The medicine displayed on the selection screen can be selected, and the selected medicine can be weighed. As a result of the discrimination operation, the powder provided in the target prescription is packaged by the packaging operation. When a possible medicine and a medicine that cannot be packaged by the packaging operation are mixed, the selection screen displays information indicating a medicine that can be packaged by the packaging operation in an unselectable state. It is a powder dispensing business support system characterized in that information indicating a drug that cannot be packaged by the packaging operation is displayed in a selectable state.
The invention according to claim 4 includes a control device for a dispensing device that controls a plurality of dispensing devices based on prescription data including prescription data that is data relating to a prescription and is to be provided to a patient. The device includes at least an automatic powder dispensing device and a drug weighing device for weighing a target drug. The automatic powder dispensing device performs an operation of measuring powder based on the prescription data, and a predetermined amount of powder. The dispensing operation can be performed to divide the divided powder into the numbers and individually divide the divided powder, and the dispensing device control device can distribute all of the powder to be provided to the patient based on the prescription data. When it is possible to carry out a discriminating operation for discriminating whether or not packaging is possible by the packaging operation, and as a result of the discriminating operation, a part of the powder to be provided to the patient cannot be packaged by the packaging operation, For the packaging operation The prescription data division transmission operation is performed to transmit the data related to the medicine that can be packaged to the automatic powder medicine packaging device and to the data relating to the medicine that cannot be packaged by the packaging operation to the drug weighing device. It is a powder dispensing service support system characterized by
According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, after the prescription data division transmission operation is performed, data relating to the weighing result is transmitted from the drug weighing device to the dispensing device control device, and the automatic powder dispensing device is used for packaging. On the condition that the data on the medicine used in the dispensing device is transmitted to the controller for the dispensing device, the data on the medicine that can be packaged by the packaging operation, and the data on the medicine that cannot be packaged by the packaging operation; 5. The powder dispensing operation support system according to claim 2 or 4, wherein a data integration operation for integrating is performed.
The invention according to claim 6 is capable of performing the discrimination operation by the automatic powder medicine packaging device, and as a result of the discrimination operation, all the medicines to be provided to a patient are packaged by the packaging operation. 6. The powder dispensing operation support system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein when the automatic powder dispensing device is unable to transmit, the automatic powder dispensing device transmits data related to the prescription to the dispensing device control device.
The invention according to claim 7 includes a plurality of drug containers, and the drug container includes an automatic drug container and a manual drug container, and the automatic powder medicine packaging device includes the automatic drug container. The packaging operation to be used and the manual packaging operation using the manual drug container into which the pre-weighed powder is introduced are possible, and the discrimination operation is based on the following criteria (1) to (3) 7. The method according to claim 1, wherein, if any of the following is not satisfied, all of the medicines to be provided to the patient cannot be packaged by the packaging operation. The powder dispensing business support system according to any one of the above.
(1) All of the medicine to be provided to the patient specified based on the prescription data is accommodated in the automatic medicine container.
(2) One or a plurality of types of drugs to be provided to a patient identified based on prescription data, and the total amount of each drug is a predetermined amount or more.
(3) When there are a plurality of types of drugs to be provided to a patient specified based on prescription data, and it is necessary to mix and package a plurality of drugs, the number of drugs to be mixed is a predetermined number or less. . The invention according to claim 8 includes a plurality of medicine containers, and the automatic powder medicine packaging device includes a container storage unit for storing some of the medicine containers and a medicine packaging device inside, Based on the prescription data, the medicine container containing the prescribed medicine is moved from the container storage section to the container mounting section, and an operation for measuring the powder discharged from the moved medicine container is carried out and discharged. It is possible to execute a fully automatic packaging operation in which powder is individually packaged by the drug packaging device at each time of taking, and the discrimination operation is performed based on the prescription data. The powder dispensing operation support system according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein it is determined whether or not packaging is possible by an automatic packaging operation.
The invention according to claim 9 is provided with a plurality of drug containers, and the automatic powder medicine packaging device includes a container storage unit for storing some of the drug containers, and a drug packaging device inside, Based on the prescription data, the medicine container containing the prescribed medicine is moved from the container storage section to the container mounting section, and an operation for measuring the powder discharged from the moved medicine container is carried out and discharged. It is possible to execute a fully automatic packaging operation in which powder is individually packaged by the drug packaging device at each time of taking, and based on the prescription data, all of the drugs to be provided to the patient are processed. A discriminating operation for discriminating whether or not the device can be packaged, and a discriminating operation for discriminating whether or not all the medicines to be provided to the patient can be packaged by the fully automatic packaging operation based on the prescription data. Can be implemented A powder dispensing operation support system according to any one of claims 1 to 7.
In the invention according to claim 10, when all of the medicines to be provided to the patient cannot be packaged by the fully automatic packaging operation as a result of the discrimination operation, the prescription data is sent to the dispensing device controller. 10. The powder dispensing operation support system according to claim 8 or 9, wherein a data return operation for transmission is performed.
The invention according to claim 11 has a display device for displaying information related to a medicine, the medicine to be provided to a patient, the medicine that can be packaged by the packaging operation, and the packaging by the packaging operation. 11. The powder dispensing operation support system according to claim 1, wherein when a medicine that cannot be used is mixed, a display for distinguishing between the two is made on the display device.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to improve the efficiency of dispensing operations.

It is a block diagram which shows the powder medicine dispensing operation | work support system concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the control apparatus of FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the chemical | medical agent weighing apparatus of FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the apparatus main body of the chemical | medical agent weighing apparatus of FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the fully automatic powder medicine packaging machine of FIG. It is a perspective view which permeate | transmits and shows the housing | casing of FIG. It is a perspective view which expands and shows the chemical | medical agent division | segmentation area | region of FIG. FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing the automatic medicine container of FIG. 6 and shows a state of being placed on a container holding table. It is a perspective view which shows the manual medicine container of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the powder packaging operation | movement which can be implemented with the powder dispensing operation | work support system of FIG.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The following embodiments are examples embodying the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to these examples. In the following description, “powder” includes a drug made into a powder by pulverizing a solid drug such as a tablet.

As shown in FIG. 1, the powder dispensing operation support system 1 of the present embodiment includes a control device 2 (dispensing device control device), a drug weighing device 3, a drug packing machine 4, and a fully automatic powder packing machine 5. (Automatic powder dispensing device), and the control device 2 and other dispensing devices (drug weighing device 3, drug packaging device 4, fully automatic powder dispensing device 5) communicate via a local area network (LAN) or the like. Data (signals) are connected to each other via a network.
The control device 2 is also connected to an external PC 6 used by a doctor so that data can be transmitted and received between them. And when a doctor inputs the information regarding prescription into external PC6, the prescription data used with each apparatus which comprises the powder medicine dispensing work support system 1 will be created.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the control device 2 includes a device main body 8 including a CPU, ROM, RAM (EEPROM), HDD (Hard Disk Drive), a communication unit, a display device 9, and an input device 10. ing.

  The CPU is a processor that executes various arithmetic processes. The ROM is a non-volatile memory in which programs such as BIOS are stored in advance, and the RAM is a volatile memory or non-volatile memory used for developing various programs and temporarily storing data.

  The HDD is a storage device that functions as a data storage unit that stores various programs and data, and stores data related to settings of each dispensing device, data related to registered medicines, data related to errors in each dispensing device, and the like.

  A communication part is a well-known I / O port, and is a part which can transmit / receive an input / output signal with each external dispensing device.

The display device 9 is a device for displaying the content input by the user, the usage status of each dispensing device, and the like, and a known display device such as a CRT, liquid crystal, plasma, or organic EL can be suitably employed.
The input device 10 is a device that is used when a user inputs data or the like to the control device 2, and a known mouse, keyboard, or the like can be suitably employed.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the drug weighing device 3 includes a control unit 15, a weighing unit 16, an operation display unit 17 (display device), a storage unit 18, an audio output unit 19, and a device main body 25 including a USB port 20. The printing apparatus 26 and the information reading apparatus 27 connected to the apparatus main body 25 are provided.

  The control unit 15 includes a CPU, a memory (ROM, RAM), and a communication unit. The communication unit is a known I / O port and is a part that can transmit and receive input / output signals to and from the control device 2.

  The weighing unit 16 includes a balance unit including a balance table 30, a balance circuit 31, a fall coil 32, a current / voltage conversion circuit 33, and an A / D conversion circuit 34. The weighing unit 16 can convert the weight of the medicine placed on the balance table 30 into a digital signal and transmit it to the control unit 15.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the balance table 30 is arranged at a position surrounded on three sides by the windshield case 38. Thus, when the weighing operation is executed, the medicine placed on the balance table 30 can be brought into a state where it is not affected by the air flow.

  The operation display unit 17 is a known touch panel, and is provided in front of the balance table 30. That is, the operation display unit 17 functions as both a display device and an input device, and is a portion used for performing various input operations such as an input operation of weighing conditions by the user.

  The storage unit 18 is a part in which weighing-related data that is not changed and a program for operating the drug weighing device 3 are stored (not shown in FIG. 4, refer to FIG. 3). In the present embodiment, a CF (Compact Flash) card is employed as the storage unit 18.

  The audio output unit 19 is a known speaker and is attached to the front side of the apparatus main body 25 (not shown in FIG. 4). The sound output unit 19 is a part for emitting an alarm sound or the like as necessary.

The USB port 20 is attached to the rear side (not shown in FIG. 4) of the apparatus main body 25. More specifically, a detachable cover 39 (see FIG. 4) is attached to the rear side of the apparatus main body 25, and the USB port 20 is provided in a portion covered with the cover 39.
The USB port 20 has a structure in which a USB memory functioning as a storage medium can be attached and detached. Then, by attaching a USB memory to the USB port 20, information stored in the USB memory can be captured.

In other words, the drug weighing device 3 can read from the USB memory data related to the drug handled in the dispensing operation.
If it demonstrates in detail, the chemical | medical agent weighing | measuring apparatus 3 of this embodiment can implement the automatic acquisition operation | movement of the data regarding the chemical | medical agent containing prescription data by receiving the data transmitted from the control apparatus 2. FIG. However, there are cases where it is desired to manually capture data, such as when some abnormality occurs in the communication network. For this reason, in the medicine weighing device 3 of the present embodiment, the operation display unit 17 is operated so that data relating to the medicine can be input, and the data can also be read from the USB memory. As a result, the data reading operation according to the situation can be executed.

  The printing device 26 is a device similar to a known printer, and can print audit results and the like.

  The information reading device 27 is an RFID reader / writer or a barcode reader, and both are devices that can convert the read information into a signal and transmit it to the device body 25. In this embodiment, both an RFID reader / writer and a barcode reader are provided.

An RFID reader / writer is a device that can read information from an RFID tag or an RFID label and write information to the RFID tag or the RFID label by using an RFID wireless communication technology. That is, the RFID reader / writer is a device that also functions as an information writing device. As a result, information can be read and written to an RFID tag or the like provided on a medicine container, a medicine bottle, a prescription or the like.
A barcode reader is a device that can read information from a barcode attached to a label such as a medicine container, a medicine bottle, or a prescription.

The medicine packaging machine 4 is the same as that known in the art, and is an apparatus capable of packaging medicine one by one.
More specifically, a predetermined amount of drug weighed by the pharmacist is introduced into a dedicated container, the container is fixed at a predetermined position of the drug packaging machine 4 and a predetermined operation is performed, whereby the drug can be dispensed. Manual packaging operation that outputs in the state of being packaged one by one is possible.

  The fully automatic powdering and dispensing machine 5 is housed in an external management shelf in addition to the above-described manual packing operation, a fully automatic packing operation that performs weighing and packing of the powder using a built-in container. It is configured to be capable of operations such as semi-automatic packaging operation that performs weighing and packaging of powder using a container (the operation that can be performed by the fully automatic powder packaging machine 5 will be described in detail later). .

As shown in FIG. 5, the fully automatic powder dispensing machine 5 has a structure including an apparatus main body 45 containing an automatic medicine container 46 (not shown in FIG. 5, see FIG. 6) and a manual medicine container 47. It has become.
The fully automatic powder dispenser 5 receives the signal from the control device 2 and automatically takes out and measures the powder contained in the automatic drug container 46 (described in detail later), and divides it into a predetermined number. The operation of wrapping is possible. Further, the user can automatically take out the powder stored in the medicine container (automatic medicine container 46 or manual medicine container 47) by operating the operation display unit 48 integrally attached to the apparatus main body 45. The operation of weighing, dividing into a predetermined number and packaging is possible.

  The apparatus main body 45 is formed by housing various devices in a housing 50. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 6, a medicine container placement region 52, a medicine division region 53, Each of the medicine packaging areas 54 is provided. A dehumidifying device (not shown) and a temperature controller (not shown) are provided inside the housing 50 so that the internal temperature and humidity can be maintained within a certain range.

As shown in FIG. 5, a door portion 56 is provided in a portion of the housing 50 that forms the outer wall surface of the medicine container arrangement region 52.
The door part 56 is a part for putting the automatic medicine container 46 into and out of the housing 50, and a container temporary placement part (not shown) for temporarily placing the automatic medicine container 46 is provided inside thereof. . The door portion 56 and the container temporary placement portion function as an introduction portion when the drug container is introduced into the housing 50 and also function as an extraction portion when taking out the drug container from the inside of the housing 50.

The container temporary placement portion (not shown) is a portion that can hold the automatic medicine container 46 by mechanical engagement. By placing the automatic medicine container 46, the automatic medicine container 46 and A container temporary placement part will be in an engagement state. On the other hand, when the automatic medicine container 46 and the container temporary placement portion are in the engaged state, the automatic medicine container 46 is lifted to be in the disengaged state. That is, the automatic medicine container 46 can be detached from the container temporary placement part.
In addition, the container temporary placement section is provided with information reading means for reading information from the automatic medicine container 46 and weight measuring means for measuring the weight of the automatic medicine container 46.

As shown in FIG. 6, the medicine container placement region 52 is provided with a container storage unit 57 that holds the automatic medicine container 46. In FIG. 6, only some of the automatic medicine containers 46 are denoted by reference numerals, and the reference numerals for the other automatic medicine containers 46 are omitted.
The container storage unit 57 includes a drum member 58 installed in an upright posture, and the drum member 58 is rotatable about a rotation axis extending in the vertical direction. That is, the vertical drum member 58 can rotate in the horizontal direction using a motor or the like as a power source.

A plurality of container setting portions are provided on the outer peripheral surface of the drum member 58, and the automatic medicine container 46 is held in the container setting portion.
Each container installation part holds the automatic medicine container 46 by mechanical engagement, and the automatic medicine container 46 and the container installation part are brought into an engaged state by pushing the automatic medicine container 46. . On the other hand, when the automatic drug container 46 and the container setting portion are in the engaged state, the automatic drug container 46 is pulled out by engaging the automatic drug container 46 outward.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6, the drum member 58 is divided into three parts in the vertical direction, and a plurality of container installation portions are formed in each of the divided areas. In other words, a group of 11 container installation parts is provided in three stages. That is, the container storage unit 57 can hold 33 automatic medicine containers 46 in total.

  More specifically, the fully automatic powder dispensing machine 5 can use the automatic drug container 46 held in the container storage unit 57 and the automatic drug container 46 stored in the external management shelf. . The container storage unit 57 can hold a maximum of 33 automatic medicine containers 46. When the number of the automatic medicine containers 46 held in the container storage part 57 is less than 33, they are stored in the management shelf. It is possible to further hold an external automatic medicine container 46. It is also possible to replace the automatic medicine container 46 held in the container storage unit 57 with the external automatic medicine container 46 stored in the management shelf.

  The container installation portion of the drum member 58 has a structure including a protruding member that protrudes outward. When the automatic drug container 46 is attached in a normal posture, the protruding member is immersed. Yes.

  In addition, an optical sensor is provided on each of the inside and the outside of the drum member 58, and it is possible to detect whether or not the protruding member of the container installation portion is protruding.

  In the medicine container arrangement region 52, information reading means (not shown) is provided in the vicinity of the drum member 58. For this reason, it is possible to acquire information from each automatic medicine container 46 held by the drum member 58. More specifically, information can be acquired from container-side information storage means (details will be described later) attached to each automatic medicine container 46.

A container moving unit 60 is provided in an area from the medicine container arrangement area 52 to the medicine division area 53. The container moving unit 60 has a structure including an arm portion 61 and an elevating mechanism 62, and the arm portion 61 can be moved in the vertical direction by the elevating mechanism 62.
Further, a magnet is provided at the distal end portion of the arm portion 61, and the automatic drug container 46 can be held by adsorbing an iron plate attached integrally to the automatic drug container 46.

In the medicine division region 53, as shown in FIG. 7, in a space located on the rear side of the front door 65 (see FIG. 5), a distribution unit 68, a container holding base 69 (container placement unit), and a scraper are provided. A dispensing device 70, a cleaning device 71, a drug introduction port 72, and a camera member 73 are provided.
More specifically, in the medicine division region 53, two distribution units 68 arranged in parallel are respectively installed in an embedded state.

  A container holding stand 69, a scraping device 70, and a cleaning device 71 are provided around each distribution unit 68. In addition, three container holding stands 69, one scraping device 70, and one cleaning device 71 are associated with one distribution unit 68.

  Further, around the distribution unit 68 and between the two distribution units 68, a drug introduction port 72 for supplying the powder into the drug packaging region 54 one by one is provided.

  The distribution unit 68 is provided with an annular continuous drug introduction groove, and is rotatable by a rotation mechanism (not shown).

  The container holding stand 69 has a structure including a vibration table portion and weight measuring means.

  The vibration table is provided with a container holding means for holding a medicine container (automatic medicine container 46 or manual medicine container 47). In this embodiment, a magnet (electromagnet) is employed as the container holding means.

  The gravity measuring means measures the weight of the drug container directly or indirectly.

  Therefore, by placing the drug container on the container holding stand 69, it is possible to vibrate the drug container and to discharge the powder contained in the drug container to the distribution unit 68. And the gravity change means can detect the weight change of the medicine container accompanying discharge of this powdered medicine.

The camera member 73 is installed at a position where the periphery of the container holding base 69 can be photographed, and the periphery of the medicine discharge part (discharge port part, which will be described in detail later) of the medicine container placed on the container holding base 69 It functions as an imaging device for photographing. For this camera member 73, for example, a digital imager such as a CCD camera can be suitably employed.
In the present embodiment, a camera member 73 that images the periphery of the container holding base 69 adjacent to the distribution unit 68 on one side and a camera member 73 that images the periphery of the container holding base 69 adjacent to the distribution unit 68 on the other side are separately provided. The imaging operation can be performed separately.

The medicine packaging region 54 is provided with a known medicine packaging device and printing means.
The medicine packaging device is a machine for packaging medicine one by one, and is formed by a sheet supply device and a sealing device. That is, the sheet supplied from the sheet supply device is formed into a bag shape to create a sachet bag, and the powder supplied from the drug dividing region 53 is introduced into the created sachet bag, and further taken by the seal device It is possible to seal and package each minute.
The printing means is a machine for printing predetermined information on the packaging bag.

As shown in FIG. 8, the automatic medicine container 46 is a container having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, and is provided with a medicine discharge portion 46a for discharging powder medicine or powder medicine contained inside to the outside. Yes. The medicine discharge portion 46a is an opening-like portion that opens downward, and communicates inside and outside. The medicine discharge part 46a is a part that opens larger by removing peripheral members and functions as a medicine input part for introducing the medicine.
The automatic medicine container 46 is provided with iron plates 46b (not shown on one surface) on two different surfaces. The iron plate 46 b provided on one surface is a portion for adsorbing the magnet of the arm unit 61 when the automatic drug container 46 is held by the arm unit 61. Further, an iron plate 46b (not shown) provided on the other surface is a portion for adsorbing to the magnet of the container holding table 69 when it is installed on the container holding table 69 (described in detail later).
In addition, the automatic medicine container 46 is provided with an RFID tag and can store information relating to the medicine contained therein. That is, the RFID tag functions as a container side information storage unit.

The operation display unit 48 is a so-called touch panel, and is formed by combining a display device such as a liquid crystal panel and a position input device such as a touch pad.
The fully automatic powder medicine dispenser 5 of the present embodiment can perform various operations described later by operating the operation display unit 48.

  Moreover, the fully automatic powder medicine packaging machine 5 of this embodiment has a configuration including a control unit (not shown).

The control unit includes a CPU, a ROM, a RAM (EEPROM), and a data storage unit.
The CPU is a processor that executes various arithmetic processes. The ROM is a non-volatile memory in which programs such as BIOS are stored in advance, and the RAM is a volatile memory or non-volatile memory used for developing various programs and temporarily storing data.
The data storage unit is an HDD (Hard Disk) in which various programs and data are stored.
Drive) or the like.

As shown in FIG. 9, the manual medicine container 47 is a substantially rectangular parallelepiped container and has substantially the same structure as the automatic medicine container 46. The manual medicine container 47 is different from the automatic medicine container 46 in that a medicine input section 47b is provided at a position different from the medicine discharge section 47a.
That is, in the manual medicine container 47, the medicine input part 47 b is provided on the upper part of the manual medicine container 47. This medicine injection part 47b is a through-hole-shaped part communicating between the inside and the outside, and is formed so that the outer part has a larger cross-sectional area than the inner part.

  Next, the packaging operation that can be performed by the fully automatic powder dispensing machine 5 will be described.

As described above, the fully automatic powder dispensing machine 5 of the present embodiment uses the fully automatic packaging operation using the built-in automatic drug container 46 and the automatic drug container 46 stored in the external management shelf. The semi-automatic packaging operation and the manual packaging operation using the manual medicine container 47 into which the powder previously weighed by the pharmacist is introduced can be performed.
Further, only when a plurality of medicines are mixed and packaged, at least one medicine is supplied to the dispensing unit 68 in the same procedure as the fully automatic packaging operation or the semi-automatic packaging operation, and at least the other one medicine is used. Is supplied to the distribution unit 68 in the same procedure as the manual packaging operation, and a semi-automatic packaging operation for performing the packaging operation can be performed.
Each of these operations will be described in detail below.
[Fully automatic parcel operation]

  When it is confirmed that all powders to be packaged are stored in the automatic medicine container 46 currently held in the container storage section 57, the selected automatic medicine container 46 is taken out from the container storage section 57. A cassette removing operation is performed.

That is, the fully automatic powder dispensing machine 5 rotates the drum member 58 to bring the automatic drug container 46 to be taken out and the container moving unit 60 close to each other. Then, the automatic medicine container 46 is held by the arm portion 61 which is a part of the container moving unit 60. In other words, the iron plate integrally attached to the automatic medicine container 46 is adsorbed by the magnet provided on the distal end side of the arm portion 61.
Then, the arm unit 61 takes out the automatic drug container 46 from the container storage unit 57, moves the automatic drug container 46 to the container holding table 69, and places the automatic drug container 46 on the container holding table 69.

In the present embodiment, information reading means is provided in the vicinity of the container holding table 69, and an information reading operation for reading information stored from the RFID tag of the automatic medicine container 46 placed on the container holding table 69 is performed. It is possible.
By this information reading operation, the type of medicine (powder) contained in the automatic medicine container 46 is confirmed. That is, a confirmation operation is performed to confirm whether the automatic medicine container 46 containing the medicine to be used is correctly selected and transported.

  As a result of the confirmation operation, when it is confirmed that the automatic medicine container 46 containing the medicine to be used is placed on the container holding table 69, the vibration table portion of the container holding table 69 starts a vibration operation, The automatic medicine container 46 vibrates, and the powder contained in the automatic medicine container 46 slowly falls into the distribution unit 68. That is, the powder is supplied (discharged) from the inside of the automatic drug container 46 to the distribution unit 68.

  Further, a feeder rotation operation for rotating the distribution unit 68 is performed in accordance with the powder supply operation (discharge operation) from the automatic medicine container 46 to the distribution unit 68.

Here, before and during the start of the vibration operation by the vibration table unit, the weight measurement for measuring the weight of the placed automatic medicine container 46 based on the value detected by the weight measurement means of the container holding table 69. Operation is being performed.
That is, while the powder is being supplied (discharged) from the automatic drug container 46 to the distribution unit 68, the weight of the automatic drug container 46 is constantly detected, and the supply amount of powder (the discharge amount is the distribution unit 68). The vibration operation of the vibration table portion is stopped on the condition that the amount dropped on the head becomes a predetermined amount.
In addition, the weight of the automatic medicine container 46 acquired before the start of the vibration operation is stored as the original weight, and the current weight acquired during the execution of the vibration operation is stored as the current weight.

During the vibration operation, the weight of the automatic medicine container 46 is always detected to check whether the powder is supplied to the distribution unit 68 without any delay. In other words, it is confirmed whether or not the powder is properly supplied without clogging the powder at the outlet of the automatic medicine container 46.
That is, the fully automatic powder dispenser 5 of this embodiment continues to acquire the current weight of the automatic drug container 46 during the vibration operation, and compares the acquired current weight with the original weight acquired before the start. The powder supply (the value obtained by subtracting the current weight from the original weight) is constantly being calculated.
And the vibration operation | movement is stopped on the condition that the supply amount of powdered medicine became the regulation amount. In other words, the vibration operation is stopped on condition that the current weight of the automatic medicine container 46 is reduced by a specified amount with respect to the original weight acquired before the vibration operation is started.

When a plurality of powders are mixed and packaged, the operation of placing the automatic medicine container 46 on the container holding base 69 is repeated, and the plurality of automatic medicine containers 46 are respectively placed on different container holding bases 69. Let me put it. A plurality of types of powders are supplied to the distribution unit 68 by performing a vibrating operation on each container holding stand 69.
In this case, a plurality of types of powder are mixed with the feeder rotating operation.

Then, when a prescribed amount of powder is supplied to the distribution unit 68 and the vibration operation is stopped, the automatic medicine container 46 is returned to the container storage part 57 by the arm part 61. At this time, an information writing operation is performed in which the weight of the automatic medicine container 46 when the medicine supply to the distribution unit 68 is completed is measured by the weight measuring unit of the container holding stand 69 and the measured weight is stored in the RFID. Thereafter, the automatic medicine container 46 is returned to the container storage unit 57.
That is, the arm unit 61 moves the automatic medicine container 46 from the container holding stand 69 to the container storage unit 57.

On the other hand, in the distribution unit 68, after the vibration operation is stopped, the rotation of the distribution unit 68 is stopped. Then, a medicine dividing operation is performed in which the powder supplied to the distribution unit 68 is put into the medicine introduction port 72 for each dose.
In the medicine dividing operation, the tip side portion of the scraping device 70 is lowered and brought into a state of being close to the distribution unit 68. Then, the distribution unit 68 is rotated by an angle corresponding to the number of divisions, and the powder for one dose is put on the periphery of the tip side portion of the scraping device 70. In this state, the scraping device 70 is operated to scoop up the powder sprayed around the scraping device 70 and put it into the drug introduction port 72.
By repeating such an operation, a medicine dividing operation for putting the medicine supplied to the distribution unit 68 into the medicine introduction port 72 for each dose is performed.

The medicine for one dose put into the medicine introduction port 72 reaches the medicine packaging area 54 and is supplied to the medicine packaging apparatus. Then, the medicine is packed by the medicine packaging device.
When this series of operations is completed, all the medicines supplied to the dispensing unit 68 are supplied to the medicine packaging device, and the packaging is completed, whereby the fully automatic packaging operation is completed.
[Semi-automatic packaging operation]

  The semi-automatic packaging operation is that the medicine is supplied from the automatic medicine container 46 stored in the external management shelf to the distribution unit 68 instead of the automatic medicine container 46 held in the container storage section 57. It is different from fully automatic parcel operation. Detailed description of the same operation as the fully automatic packaging operation described above will be omitted.

First, the door part 56 is opened, and the automatic medicine container 46 manually taken out from the external management shelf is placed on a container temporary placement part (not shown) located on the back side of the door part 56.
At this time, an information reading operation for reading information stored in the RFID tag of the automatic medicine container 46 is performed, and it is determined whether or not the automatic medicine container 46 placed by the user on the container temporary placement portion is correct. A confirmation operation to confirm is performed. That is, the type of medicine provided in the prescription included in the prescription data (the kind of medicine to be packaged) and the kind of medicine stored in the automatic medicine container 46 placed on the container temporary placement unit It is determined whether or not they match.
In addition, a weight measurement operation for measuring the weight of the automatic medicine container 46 placed on the temporary container placement unit is performed, and an information writing operation for storing the measured weight in the RFID tag is performed.

  When the door portion 56 is closed, the arm portion 61 moves the automatic medicine container 46 from the temporary container placement section to the container holding stand 69, and the automatic medicine container 46 is placed on the container holding stand 69. .

From this state, the medicine is supplied to the dispensing unit 68 in the same manner as in the fully automatic packaging operation described above, and is supplied to the medicine packaging device for each dose. Moreover, in the medicine packaging device, the supplied powder is packaged for each dose. Thereby, the medicine supplied to the distribution unit 68 is packaged in a predetermined number.
When the medicine supply operation to the distribution unit 68 is completed, the arm portion 61 performs an operation of returning the automatic medicine container 46 to the container temporary placement portion, and shifts the door portion 56 to an open state. The drug container 46 is manually removed. This completes the semi-automatic packaging operation.
[Manual packing operation]

In the manual packaging operation, first, a predetermined operation is performed on the operation display unit 48 so that the front door 65 is slid upward and the front of the medicine division region 53 is opened.
When the front door 65 is raised, the operator manually installs the manual medicine container 47 prefilled with medicine on the container holding stand 69.

At this time, an information reading operation for reading information stored in the RFID tag of the manual medicine container 47 is performed, and confirmation to confirm whether or not the manual medicine container 47 to be used is correctly placed on the container holding stand 69 The operation is performed.
In this confirmation operation, when it is confirmed that the manual medicine container 47 is correctly placed on the container holding stand 69, the front door 65 becomes rotatable, so that the front door 65 is opened. Transition to the closed state.

  Then, the vibrating table portion of the container holding table 69 starts a vibrating operation, and the drug is supplied from the manual drug container 47 to the distribution unit 68. At this time, similar to the fully automatic packaging operation and semi-automatic packaging operation described above, a feeder rotating operation for rotating the dispensing unit 68, a medicine dividing operation for dividing the medicine into single doses, etc. It will be supplied to the medicine packaging device in minutes.

  When the manual packaging operation is completed, a message “Please take a hand cassette” is displayed on the operation display unit 48. In this state, a predetermined operation is performed and the front door 65 is raised again. After taking out the manual medicine container 47, the user operates the operation display unit 48 to lower the front door 65 and close the front door 65.

By the way, in this manual packaging operation, unlike the above-described fully automatic packaging operation, the operation for measuring the supply amount of the medicine is not performed, and all the medicines stored in the manual medicine container 47 are supplied to the distribution unit 68. To do. That is, the user needs to manually weigh in advance and fill the manual medicine container 47 with a prescribed amount (finally supplied amount) of medicine.
[Semi-automatic packaging]

  In the semi-automatic packaging operation, similarly to the manual packaging operation described above, a predetermined operation is performed on the operation display unit 48, the front door 65 is rotated upward, and the front of the medicine division region 53 is opened. And Then, the operator manually installs a predetermined number of manual medicine containers 47 filled with medicine in advance on the container holder 69.

  On the other hand, in the other container holding stand 69 on which the manual medicine container 47 is not placed, the automatic medicine container 46 currently held in the container storage unit 57 or the automatic medicine stored in the external management shelf. The type medicine container 46 will be placed.

That is, when the automatic medicine container 46 currently held in the container storage unit 57 is placed on the container holding stand 69, the arm unit 61 is moved from the container storage unit 57 in the same manner as the fully automatic packaging operation described above. The automatic medicine container 46 is moved to the container holder 69 and the automatic medicine container 46 is placed on the container holder 69.
Further, when the automatic medicine container 46 accommodated in the external management shelf is to be placed on the container holding stand 69, the user is positioned on the back side of the door portion 56 as in the above-described semi-automatic packaging operation. The automatic medicine container 46 is placed on a container temporary placement section (not shown). Then, by closing the door portion 56, the arm portion 61 moves the automatic medicine container 46 from the container temporary placement portion to the container holding stand 69, and places the automatic medicine container 46 on the container holding stand 69. .

  Therefore, when the semi-automatic packaging operation is performed, the manual medicine container 47 is placed on at least one container holding base 69, and the other container holding base 69 is transported from the container storage part 57 or the container temporary placement part. The automatic medicine container 46 that has been released is placed.

  Here, in the semi-automatic packaging operation of the present embodiment, both the automatic medicine container 46 carried from the container storage section 57 and the automatic medicine container 46 carried from the container temporary placement section are used. Good. That is, in the semi-automatic packaging operation, among the three container holding bases 69 associated with one distribution unit 68, the manual medicine container 47 is placed on one container holding base 69 and the other one stores the container. The automatic medicine container 46 carried from the unit 57 may be placed, and the automatic medicine container 46 carried from the container temporary placement part may be placed on the remaining one. Then, another medicine may be discharged from each of the three medicine containers (automatic medicine container 46 and manual medicine container 47) to the distribution unit 68 to perform packaging.

  Then, in the same manner as the above-described operations (fully automatic packaging operation, semi-automatic packaging operation, manual packaging operation), the container holding stand 69 provides the type of medicine (packaging) provided in the prescription included in the prescription data. It is determined whether or not the type of target drug) matches the type of drug stored in the automatic drug container 46 or the manual drug container 47 placed on the temporary container placement unit.

  When it is confirmed that the automatic medicine container 46 and the manual medicine container 47 are correctly placed on the container holding base 69, the vibration table portion of the container holding base 69 starts a vibration operation, and the automatic medicine container 46 In addition, the medicine is supplied from the manual medicine container 47 to the distribution unit 68. At this time, similar to the above-described operations, a feeder rotation operation for rotating the distribution unit 68, a medicine dividing operation for dividing the medicine into doses, and the like are performed, and the medicine is supplied to the medicine packaging device for each dose. It will be.

As described above, the fully automatic powder dispensing machine 5 of the present embodiment is a fully automatic device that performs selection of a drug container, weighing of a drug to be used (measurement of supply amount), and single-packaging for each dose. The packaging operation can be executed.
Furthermore, a semi-automatic packaging operation can be executed in which the weighing of the medicine to be used and the packaging for each dose are performed completely automatically.
When a plurality of powders are mixed and packaged, at least one medicine is stored in the automatic medicine container 46 currently held in the container storage unit 57 or an automatic medicine stored in an external management shelf. A semi-automatic packaging operation for supplying from the container 46 and supplying other medicines from the manual medicine container 47 to the distribution unit 68 can be executed. This semi-automatic packaging operation can automatically perform operations related to packaging only for some drugs, as in the above-described fully automatic packaging operation and semi-automatic packaging operation. That is, when using the automatic medicine container 46 currently held in the container storage unit 57, the selection of the medicine container, the weighing of the medicine to be used, and the packaging for each dose are performed for at least some of the medicines. It can be executed automatically. Moreover, when using the automatic medicine container 46 stored in the external management shelf, the weighing of the medicine to be used and the packaging for each dose can be automatically executed.
These fully automatic, semi-automatic and semi-automatic packaging operations have the advantage that the amount of manual work can be reduced compared to manual packaging operations in which manually weighed drugs are packaged in single doses. is there.

  Further, the powder dispensing operation performed by the powder dispensing operation support system 1 which is a characteristic part of the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

  In the powder dispensing operation support system 1 of the present embodiment, when a doctor inputs prescription data on the external PC 6, a signal is transmitted from the external PC 6 to the control device 2, and is transmitted to the fully automatic powder dispensing machine 5 by the control device 2. Data relating to the prescription (hereinafter simply referred to as prescription data). And the control apparatus 2 transmits the prescription data produced with respect to the fully automatic powder medicine packaging machine 5 (STEP1).

  In the present embodiment, in order to simplify the description, a case where only information related to one prescription is included in the prescription data will be described, but the prescription data may include information related to a plurality of prescriptions. . In this case, the operation below STEP2 is executed for each prescription included in the prescription data.

  When the fully automatic powder dispenser 5 receives the prescription data, a determination operation is performed to determine whether the prescription included in the received data is a prescription that can be automatically processed only by the fully automatic powder dispenser 5 alone. (STEP2). That is, a determination operation is performed to determine whether or not all medicines provided in the prescription can be packaged by a fully automatic packaging operation or a semi-automatic packaging operation.

More specifically, in this determination operation, based on the prescription data, it is automatically processed only by the fully automatic powder dispenser 5 by determining whether the prescription included in the prescription data satisfies the following conditions. It is determined whether or not the prescription is possible.
[Condition 1]
In the prescription included in the prescription data, all of the medicine to be provided to the patient is the medicine contained in the automatic medicine container 46.
[Condition 2]
In the prescription included in the prescription data, there are one or a plurality of types of drugs to be provided to the patient, and the total amount of each drug is not less than a predetermined amount.
[Condition 3]
In the prescription included in the prescription data, when there are a plurality of types of drugs to be provided to the patient and it is necessary to mix and package a plurality of drugs, the number of drugs to be mixed is a predetermined number or less.
[Condition 4]
The medicine to be packaged in the target prescription is a medicine that is not instructed by the control device 2 to be packaged by another drug packaging machine 4.

  In addition to the above-described determination operation related to condition 1, in this determination operation, an operation of collating data related to the prescription included in the prescription data and a database stored in the data storage unit is performed, and the prescription sent is packaged. It is determined whether or not all of the drugs to be performed are currently stored in the automatic drug container 46. That is, it is determined whether or not the medicine is stored in at least one of the automatic medicine container 46 currently held in the container storage unit 57 or the automatic medicine container 46 stored in the external management shelf.

Here, when a single medicine is packaged in the target prescription, whether or not the medicine is stored in the automatic medicine container 46 currently held in the container storage unit 57, and the medicine is external. It is determined whether or not it is stored in the automatic medicine container 46 currently stored in the management shelf.
On the other hand, when a plurality of medicines are mixed and packaged in the target prescription, whether or not each of the medicines is stored in the automatic medicine container 46 currently held in the container storage unit 57. And whether the medicine is stored in the automatic medicine container 46 currently stored in the external management shelf. If all the medicines are stored in the automatic medicine container 46 currently held in the container storage unit 57 or the automatic medicine container 46 currently stored in the external management shelf, the condition 1 is satisfied. Shall be.

Next, an additional description will be given of the determination operation related to the above condition 2.
Here, depending on the type of powder to be supplied to the distribution unit 68, when the supply amount is too small, it may be difficult to supply the specified amount by the vibration operation of the container holding stand 69. For example, some powders have a shape in which the shape of the particles is not easily discharged from the drug container. In addition, there are powders that tend to clump together. In the former case, there is a possibility that the prescribed amount of powder is not discharged to the distribution unit 68 even if the vibration operation is performed. In the latter case, the powdered powder is supplied to the distribution unit 68 by performing the vibration operation, which may be supplied in a larger amount than the prescribed amount. In other words, some powders are difficult to discharge due to their nature.

Thus, in the present embodiment, the medicine whose total amount is less than the predetermined amount is not supplied from the automatic medicine container 46 to the distribution unit 68.
In other words, the configuration is such that the fully automatic packaging operation or the semi-automatic packaging operation is performed on condition that the specified amount can be reliably supplied to the distribution unit 68 by the vibration operation of the container holding stand 69. More specifically, an operation is performed to determine whether or not the total amount of each drug is larger than the prescribed amount (3 g), in other words, whether or not it is less than the prescribed amount (3 g). When the total amount of all the medicines to be packaged with a predetermined prescription is larger than the prescribed amount (3 g), it is determined that the condition 2 is satisfied.

  If it adds about the discrimination | determination operation | movement regarding the above-mentioned condition 3, the fully automatic powder-packaging machine 5 will discriminate | determine first whether it is multiple medicines to package with the prescription used as object. Here, when there is only one medicine to be packaged, it is determined that the condition 3 is satisfied. On the other hand, when a plurality of medicines are mixed and packaged, it is determined whether or not the number of medicines to be mixed is a predetermined number (6 in the present embodiment) or less. As a result of the discriminating operation, when the number is mixed but not more than the predetermined number, it is discriminated that the condition 3 is satisfied.

Here, the predetermined number (6 in the present embodiment) serving as a criterion for determination is the total number of container holding stands 69. This is a predetermined number when a fully automatic packaging operation using two distribution units 68 can be performed. For example, one distribution unit 68 is already in use. When only the unit 68 can be used, the predetermined number may be changed. For example, if it is confirmed that one of the dispensing units 68 is already in use, the number of drugs to be mixed is reduced after the predetermined number as a reference is decreased (changed from 6 to 3). An operation for determining whether or not the number is less than or equal to a predetermined number may be performed.
Note that the predetermined number (3 in the present embodiment) after the change is the number of container holding stands 69 associated with one distribution unit 68.

If it adds about the discrimination | determination operation | movement regarding the above-mentioned condition 4, in the powder dispensing operation | work support system 1 of this embodiment, the controller 2 will specify the packaging machine (medicine packaging machine 4, fully automatic powder packaging machine 5), and will perform the packaging operation. It is possible to perform the operation.
More specifically, in the powder dispensing operation support system 1, it is possible to specify a packaging machine that performs a packaging operation for each medicine. For example, if the medicine packaging machine 4 is designated as a packaging machine for packaging the medicine A, even if the packaging operation for packaging the medicine A can be executed by another packaging machine (fully automatic powder packaging machine 5), The medicine packaging machine 4 is configured to perform the packaging operation.

  That is, normally, when the fully automatic powder packaging machine 5 can perform the packaging by the fully automatic packaging operation, the fully automatic powder packaging machine 5 is preferentially used. On the other hand, when the medicine is specified to use another packaging machine (medicine packaging machine 4), this setting is prioritized so that the fully automatic powder dispensing machine 5 does not perform the packaging operation. ing.

Further, in the determination operation of the present embodiment, it is also determined whether or not the prescription determined to be a prescription that can be automatically processed by the fully automatic powder dispensing machine 5 is compatible with the fully automatic packing operation.
That is, in the determination operation, an operation for determining whether or not the following condition is satisfied is further performed.
[Condition A]
In the prescription included in the prescription data, all of the medicine to be provided to the patient is the medicine accommodated in the automatic medicine container 46 currently held in the container storage unit 57.

  In other words, when the above condition A is satisfied, the prescription can be handled by a fully automatic packaging operation, and when the condition A is not satisfied, the prescription can be handled by a semiautomatic packaging operation. Determine that there is.

  In addition, in the determination operation of this embodiment, one or more drugs provided in the prescription are currently stored in the automatic drug container 46 for the prescription determined to be not automatically processed by the fully automatic powder dispenser 5. It is possible to determine whether or not the medicine is a drug.

More specifically, prescriptions that cannot be processed automatically only by the fully automatic powder dispenser 5 include medicines currently stored in the automatic medicine container 46 and medicines provided in the prescription and automatic medicine container 46. When a medicine that is not currently contained is mixed (hereinafter, also simply referred to as a mixed state), or when all medicines provided in the prescription are medicines that are not contained in the automatic medicine container 46 (hereinafter, simply not contained) Also called a state).
Therefore, in the fully automatic powder dispenser 5, the target prescription is determined by determining whether or not one or more medicines provided in the prescription are medicines currently stored in the automatic medicine container 46. Whether it is a mixed state or an unaccommodated state can be determined.

  The case where it is determined that the prescription included in the prescription data is a prescription that can be automatically processed only by the fully automatic powder dispenser 5 as a result of the above-described determination operation (STEP 2) (YES in STEP 3) will be described.

  As a result of the discrimination operation (STEP 2), the prescription included in the prescription data is a prescription that can be automatically processed only by the fully automatic powder dispenser 5 (Yes in STEP3), and further fully automatic packaging operation can be supported (STEP4). In the case of Yes), the fully automatic powder dispensing machine 5 performs the fully automatic packaging operation as it is (STEP 5). And the medicine provided by the prescription included in the prescription data is packaged.

On the other hand, although the prescription included in the prescription data is a prescription that can be automatically processed only by the fully automatic powder sachet dispenser 5 (Yes in STEP 3), when the fully automatic packaging operation cannot be performed (No in STEP 4), A semi-automatic packaging operation is performed (STEP 6).
Regardless of whether the fully automatic packaging operation is performed or the semi-automatic packaging operation, the medicine provided in the prescription included in the prescription data is packaged only by the fully automatic powder packaging machine 5. The Rukoto. That is, the packaging can be performed without performing weighing by another machine (the drug weighing device 3 in this embodiment).

  Next, a case where it is determined that the prescription cannot be automatically processed by the fully automatic powder dispenser 5 alone (No in STEP3) as a result of the determination operation (STEP2) will be described.

  In this case, the fully automatic powder dispenser 5 creates retransmission data based on the prescription data and the determination result, and transmits the retransmission data to the control device 2 (STEP 7).

  This retransmission data is data to which information related to a determination result for determining whether the medicine provided by the prescription is in a mixed state or an unaccommodated state, and each medicine provided by the prescription is stored in the container storage unit 57. Whether or not it is contained in the automatic medicine container 46 is data that can be identified by the control device 2 and each dispensing device.

  That is, when the prescription included in the received prescription data is a prescription that cannot be automatically packaged by the fully automatic powder dispenser 5 alone, the fully automatic powder dispenser 5 is based on the data related to the prescription. To create and send retransmission data. Information indicating whether or not each of the medicines provided (packaged) in the prescription is accommodated in the automatic medicine container 46 is added to the retransmission data.

Then, when the control device 2 receives the retransmission data, the control device 2 performs a weighing preparation operation (STEP 8).
In this weighing preparation operation, the control device 2 creates data (hereinafter also referred to as weighing data) used for the weighing operation in the drug weighing device 3 based on the retransmitted data, and this weighing data is stored in the drug weighing device 3. The operation is to send. By performing this weighing preparation operation, the weighing using the drug weighing device 3 can be performed.

Here, as described above, in the discrimination operation (STEP 2) performed by the fully automatic powder dispenser 5, whether the prescription that cannot be processed only by the fully automatic powder dispenser 5 is in a mixed state or an unaccommodated state Can be discriminated.
Further, since the fully automatic powder dispenser 5 transmits data (retransmission data) to the control device 2 and the control device 2 transmits data (data for weighing) to the drug weighing device 3, the control device 2 and the drug weighing device. 3, the medicine currently stored in the automatic medicine container 46 can be distinguished from the medicine not.

  Thus, the drug weighing device 3 can perform different display operations depending on whether the target prescription is in a mixed state or in a non-acquired state.

First, when the target prescription is in a mixed state (Yes in STEP 9), the selection screen displayed on the operation display unit 17 displays only a medicine that is not contained in the automatic medicine container 46 in a selectable state. The medicine accommodated in the automatic medicine container 46 is displayed in a grayed out state and cannot be selected by the user (STEP 10).
That is, all the medicines provided by the prescription are displayed, and the medicines not stored in the automatic medicine container 46 and the medicines stored are displayed in different display forms. Thus, a medicine that is not contained in the automatic medicine container 46 and a medicine that is contained can be distinguished.

At this time, the medicine which is not stored in the automatic medicine container 46 is in a state where the user can select it as a medicine requiring weighing.
On the other hand, the medicine accommodated in the automatic medicine container 46 is displayed in gray and cannot be selected by the user. In other words, the medicine stored in the automatic medicine container 46 of the container storage section 57 is displayed in a different color from the medicine not contained in the automatic medicine container 46 of the container storage section 57, and the user can Cannot be selected.
Note that the medicine displayed in this gray-out state is displayed together with information indicating which distribution unit 68 of the fully automatic powder dispensing machine 5 is used for packaging.

  Note that, in the drug weighing device 3, even when the target prescription is in a mixed state, it is possible to perform a selection change operation for changing the drug displayed in gray out so as to be displayed in a selectable state. ing. That is, the user performs a selection change operation so that all the drugs provided by the predetermined prescription can be selected, and all the drugs provided by the predetermined prescription are weighed by the drug weighing device 3. The configuration can be changed.

  Here, when the selection change operation is not performed (Yes in STEP 11), a selectable drug displayed on the drug weighing device 3 is selected, and a drug bottle or drug container is selected by the information reading device 27 of the drug weighing device 3. After the information is read and collated, the weighing unit 16 is used for weighing (STEP 12). At this time, the weighed drug is introduced into the manual drug container 47 described above.

  When the weighing is completed, data relating to the result of the weighing performed is transmitted from the drug weighing device 3 to the control device 2 (STEP 13). Then, the control device 2 creates data to be used for packaging in the fully automatic powder dispenser 5 based on the received data relating to the weighing result, and transmits the data to the fully automatic powder dispenser 5 (STEP 14).

  Then, the manual medicine container 47 into which the weighed medicine has been introduced is placed on the container holding stand 69 of the fully automatic powder dispensing machine 5. In this state, a semi-automatic packaging operation is performed by performing a predetermined operation on the operation display unit 48 of the fully automatic powder dispensing machine 5 (STEP 15). In other words, the medicine is discharged from the manual medicine container 47 installed on the container holder 69 by the user and the automatic medicine container 46 installed on the container holder 69 by the arm unit 61 to the distribution unit 68, and the packaging operation is performed. To be implemented.

  As described above, when the target prescription is in a mixed state (in the case of Yes in STEP 9), as long as the selection change operation is not performed (in the case of Yes in STEP 11), the packaging is performed by the semi-automatic packaging operation. . In other words, if the medicine provided in the target prescription contains a medicine currently stored in the automatic medicine container 46 and a medicine not currently contained in the automatic medicine container 46, in principle, semi-automatic The packaging operation is executed.

On the other hand, when the drug provided in the target prescription is in an unacquired state (No in STEP 9) or when a selection change operation is performed (No in STEP 11), in principle The prescription is processed by a packaging operation using the packaging machine 4. That is, when all of the medicines provided in the target prescription are medicines that are not currently stored in the automatic medicine container 46, the packaging operation by the medicine packaging machine 4 is performed in principle. .
In addition, instead of the packaging operation using the medicine packaging machine 4, a manual packaging operation can be performed by the fully automatic powder packaging machine 5.

That is, when the weighing preparation operation (STEP 8) is performed, if the drug provided in the target prescription is in an unacquired state (in the case of No in STEP 9), all the drugs provided in the prescription are all It is displayed on the operation display unit 17 of the drug weighing device 3 in a selectable state.
Even when the above-described selection change operation is performed (in the case of No in STEP 11), all the drugs provided in the prescription are displayed on the operation display unit 17 of the drug weighing device 3 in a selectable state. . That is, all of the drugs provided in the prescription are displayed as drugs that can be weighed.

  In this state, the user selects a selectable medicine, reads the information on the medicine bottle and the medicine container by the information reading device 27 of the medicine weighing device 3, performs the collating operation, and then manually weighs ( (STEP 17).

At this time, when the medicine is packaged by the medicine packaging machine 4 (YES in STEP 18), the medicine after weighing is introduced into the container used by the medicine packaging machine 4.
And the data regarding the implemented weighing result are transmitted to the control apparatus 2 from the chemical | medical agent weighing apparatus 3 (STEP19). Then, the control device 2 creates data to be used for packaging in the medicine packaging machine 4 based on the received data relating to the weighing result, and sends it to the medicine packaging machine 4 (STEP 20). And each container which introduce | transduced the medicine is installed in the predetermined position of the medicine packaging machine 4, and packaging operation is implemented (STEP21).

On the other hand, when the manual packaging operation is carried out by the fully automatic powder packaging machine 5 (No in STEP18) without being packaged by the drug packaging machine 4, the above-described manual drug container is used for weighing the medicine. 47.
And the data regarding the implemented weighing result are transmitted to the control apparatus 2 from the chemical | medical agent weighing apparatus 3 (STEP22). Then, the control device 2 creates data to be transmitted used in the manual packaging operation in the fully automatic powder packaging machine 5 based on the received data relating to the weighing result, and transmits the data to the fully automatic powder packaging machine 5 (STEP 23). ). Then, the above-described manual packaging operation is performed by the fully automatic powder packaging machine 5 (STEP 24).

In the powder dispensing operation support system 1 of the present embodiment, when the prescription included in the prescription data can be processed only by the fully automatic packaging operation or the semi-automatic packaging operation, the fully automatic powder dispensing machine 5 preferentially It is processed. As described above, for prescriptions that do not require manual weighing, the amount of manual work in the entire dispensing operation can be reduced by sequentially dealing with the unnecessary packaging operation of weighing by the fully automatic powder dispenser 5. .
Moreover, it is the structure which accelerates | stimulates a semi-automatic packaging operation also about the prescription which cannot be processed only with the fully automatic powder medicine packaging machine 5. FIG. As a result, manual work can be reduced as much as possible, and the amount of manual work can be reduced.

By the way, the fully automatic powder dispensing machine 5 of the present embodiment includes a container replacement operation for replacing the automatic drug container 46 stored in the external management shelf with the automatic drug container 46 currently held in the container storage unit 57, and The container addition operation for newly holding the automatic medicine container 46 stored in the external management shelf in the container storage unit 57 can be executed.
This container replacement operation and container addition operation will be described in detail below.

  When the user operates the operation display unit 48 to execute the container replacement operation, among the automatic drug containers 46 currently held in the container storage unit 57, the automatic drug container 46 selected in advance by the user is the door unit. 56 (see FIG. 5 etc.) is transported to a container temporary placement part (not shown) located on the back side. That is, the automatic medicine container 46 held in the container storage part 57 by the arm part 61 is transported and placed in the container temporary placement part.

Next, the user opens the door portion 56, takes out the automatic medicine container 46, and places the automatic medicine container 46 stored in the external management shelf on the container temporary placement section.
Here, an information reading operation for reading information stored in the RFID tag of the automatic medicine container 46 is performed, and whether or not the automatic medicine container 46 placed on the temporary container placement part by the user is correct. A confirmation operation for confirming is performed. That is, it is determined whether or not the kind of medicine that can be newly used in the fully automatic packaging operation matches the kind of medicine stored in the automatic medicine container 46 placed on the container temporary placement section. The
In addition, a weight measurement operation for measuring the weight of the automatic medicine container 46 placed on the temporary container placement unit is performed, and an information writing operation for storing the measured weight in the RFID tag is performed.

  When the door part 56 is closed, the arm part 61 moves the automatic medicine container 46 from the container temporary placement part to the container storage part 57 and holds the automatic medicine container 46 in the container storage part 57. As a result, the automatic medicine container 46 held in the container storage section 57 and the automatic medicine container 46 stored in the external management shelf are replaced, and the automatic medicine stored in the external management shelf is stored. The container 46 is newly held in the container storage unit 57.

Next, the container addition operation will be described.
The container addition operation is different from the container replacement operation described above in that the operation of taking out the automatic medicine container 46 held in the container storage unit 57 is not performed.
That is, in the container addition operation, first, the door portion 56 is in an open state, and the automatic medicine container 46 stored in the external management shelf is placed on the temporary container placement portion.

  At this time, an information reading operation, a confirmation operation, a weight measurement operation, and an information writing operation are performed in the same manner as the container replacement operation described above. Then, the arm unit 61 moves the automatic medicine container 46 from the container temporary placement part to the container storage part 57 and holds the automatic medicine container 46 in the container storage part 57. As a result, the automatic medicine container 46 stored in the external management shelf is newly held in the container storage unit 57.

  For example, when the container storage unit 57 holds the maximum number (33) of automatic medicine containers 46 that can be held, the container storage part 57 cannot hold a new automatic medicine container 46. It has become. In this case, the automatic medicine container 46 currently held in the container storage unit 57 and the automatic medicine container 46 held on the external management shelf can be exchanged by performing the container replacement operation. That is, it is possible to change the automatic medicine container 46 held in the container storage unit 57 and change the medicine that can be used in the fully automatic packaging operation.

Further, when the number of automatic medicine containers 46 held by the container storage section 57 is less than the maximum number (33) that can be held, a new automatic medicine container 46 is held in the container storage section 57. It is in a state that can be allowed to. In this case, by carrying out the container addition operation, it is possible to newly hold the automatic medicine container 46 held on the external management shelf and increase the medicine that can be used in the fully automatic packaging operation. ing.
Of course, even when the number of automatic medicine containers 46 held by the container storage unit 57 is less than the maximum number (33) that can be held, the container replacement operation can be performed. Yes.

  In other words, the fully automatic powder dispenser 5 according to this embodiment can change or add the automatic medicine container 46 held in the container storage unit 57 by the container replacement operation or the container addition operation. It is possible to change or add drugs that can be used in the packaging operation.

Therefore, in this embodiment, when the fully automatic packaging operation cannot be performed (No in STEP 4), the container replacement operation and the container addition operation are performed, and all the medicines to be provided to the patient are stored in the container storage unit 57. It can be set as the state (state which satisfy | filled the conditions A) accommodated in the automatic medicine container 46 currently hold | maintained.
That is, unlike the case described above, even when the fully automatic packaging operation cannot be performed (No in STEP 4), if the container replacement operation or the container addition operation is appropriately performed, then semi-automatic packaging is performed. It is good also as a structure which implements fully automatic packaging operation (STEP5) instead of operation | movement (STEP6). In such a configuration, as a matter of course, when the container replacement operation or the container addition operation is not performed, the semi-automatic packaging operation (STEP 6) is performed as it is.

In the above-described embodiment, an example in which the medicine packaging machine 4 and the fully automatic powder packaging machine 5 are used in combination has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this.
For example, it may be a powder dispensing operation support system that includes only the control device 2, the drug weighing device 3, and the fully automatic powder dispensing machine 5 without using the drug dispensing machine 4. In other words, the configuration may be such that only the fully automatic powder dispensing machine 5 is used as the packaging device. In this case, when performing the above-described determination operation, only the determination operation related to conditions 1 to 3 may be performed, and the determination operation related to condition 4 may not be performed. That is, the processing of STEP 22 to STEP 24 may be performed after STEP 17 without performing the processing of STEP 18 to STEP 21.

In the above-described embodiment, an example of weighing using the drug weighing device 3 is shown, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, it may be a powder dispensing operation support system that does not use the drug weighing device 3 and includes only the control device 2, the drug packing machine 4, and the fully automatic powder packing machine 5.
In this case, instead of the processing of STEP8 to STEP12 and the processing of STEP16 and STEP17, the weighing is performed manually using a device such as a known balance.
More specifically, after the operation of STEP 7 is performed, a message for prompting manual weighing is displayed on the display device of the control device 2. In this case, the user performs weighing with a known device such as a balance, and introduces the weighed drug into the manual drug container 47 or the container used in the drug packaging machine 4.
However, according to such a configuration, since the medicine collation operation or the like cannot be performed, the powder dispensing with the medicine weighing device 3 from the viewpoint of accurately managing the prescription information and performing the packaging with higher accuracy. The business support system 1 is preferable.

In the above-described embodiment, when a signal related to prescription data is transmitted to the control device 2, the control device 2 creates prescription data and transmits the prescription data to the fully automatic powder dispenser 5 (STEP 1). And discrimination | determination operation | movement was implemented with the fully automatic powder medicine packaging machine 5 (STEP2).
However, the present invention is not limited to this. The above-described determination operation is not limited to the fully automatic powder dispenser 5 but may be performed by the control device 2. Moreover, you may implement discrimination | determination operation before transmission of prescription data instead of after transmission of prescription data.
That is, the operation described in detail below may be executed.

  When the doctor inputs data related to the prescription on the external PC 6, a signal is transmitted from the external PC 6 to the control device 2. When the control device 2 receives the signal, the control device 2 performs the above-described determination operation.

  As a result of the determination operation, when it is determined that the prescription included in the prescription data is a prescription that can be automatically processed only by the fully automatic powder dispenser 5, data relating to the prescription for transmission to the fully automatic powder dispenser 5 Create and send. Then, the processing from STEP 4 is executed.

In addition, as a result of the discrimination operation, the prescription included in the prescription data is not a prescription that can be automatically processed by the fully automatic powder dispenser 5 alone, and the medicine that is provided in the prescription is not currently contained in the automatic medicine container 46 If the data is present, the data is transmitted to the packaging machine (drug packaging machine 4 or fully automatic powder packaging machine 5) for carrying out the packaging and the drug weighing device 3, respectively.
That is, data relating to a medicine that is currently stored in the automatic medicine container 46 and can be packaged by the fully automatic powder packaging machine 5 is transmitted to the fully automatic powder packaging machine 5.
On the other hand, data relating to a drug that is not currently stored in the automatic drug container 46 and cannot be packaged by the fully automatic powder packaging machine 5 is transmitted to the drug weighing device 3.
That is, based on prescription data, the data regarding the medicine contained in the prescription is classified into two according to the discrimination result, and data for transmitting to each dispensing device is created. Thereafter, a series of prescription data division transmission operations for transmitting the created data to different dispensing devices is performed.

Thereafter, data is transmitted from each to the control device 2 on condition that predetermined processing has been performed by the packaging machine and the drug weighing device 3. This data is data related to the medicine transmitted in the prescription data division transmission operation, and data including information related to the processing result in each dispensing device is transmitted as necessary.
Specifically, for example, data relating to the weighing result is transmitted from the drug weighing device 3 to the control device 2, and data relating to the drug used for the packaging is transmitted from the fully automatic powder medicine packaging machine 5 to the control device 2.

  At this time, the control device 2 performs a data integration operation for integrating data transmitted from each device. For example, it is data transmitted from the fully automatic powder dispensing machine 5, data relating to a medicine that can be packaged by the fully automatic powder dispensing machine 5, and data transmitted from the drug weighing device 3. A data integration operation for integrating data relating to drugs that cannot be packaged is performed.

  Thereafter, necessary data is transmitted from the control device 2 to the packaging machine (drug packaging machine 4 or fully automatic powder packaging machine 5) that performs the packaging, and the semi-automatic packaging operation, the manual packaging operation, and the medicine packaging machine 4 Any of the above-described packaging operations is appropriately performed.

1 Powder Dispensing Service Support System 2 Control Device (Dispensing Equipment Control Device)
3 Drug weighing device 5 Fully automatic powder dispensing machine (automatic powder dispensing device)
17 Operation display (display device)
46 Automatic drug container (drug container)
57 Container storage unit 60 Container moving unit 68 Distribution unit 69 Container holding base (container mounting unit)

Claims (11)

A control device for a dispensing device for controlling a plurality of dispensing devices based on prescription data including prescription data including information on a drug to be provided to a patient, at least an automatic powder dispensing device, and a plurality of drug containers Prepared,
The automatic powder dispensing device is provided with at least a drug packaging device for packaging the powder discharged from the drug container,
Further, the automatic powder packaging device can execute an operation of measuring a powder discharged from a drug container containing a predetermined powder and a packaging operation of individually dividing the powder based on the prescription data. ,
Discrimination that determines whether or not all of the powder to be provided to a patient can be packaged by the packaging operation based on the prescription data by at least one of the controller for dispensing equipment and the automatic powder packaging device Ri feasible der operation,
The dispensing device includes a drug weighing device for weighing a target drug,
The drug weighing device has a display device capable of displaying a selection screen for selecting a drug, can select a drug displayed on the selection screen, and can perform weighing of the selected drug,
As a result of the determination operation, when the medicine provided in the target prescription contains a medicine that can be packaged by the packaging operation and a medicine that cannot be packaged by the packaging operation, The medicine showing the medicine that can be packaged by the packaging operation is displayed in an unselectable state, and the information showing the medicine that cannot be packaged by the packaging operation is displayed in a selectable state. Dispensing service support system. A control device for a dispensing device for controlling a plurality of dispensing devices based on prescription data including prescription data including information on a drug to be provided to a patient, at least an automatic powder dispensing device, and a plurality of drug containers Prepared,
The automatic powder dispensing device is provided with at least a drug packaging device for packaging the powder discharged from the drug container ,
Further, the automatic powder packaging device can execute an operation of measuring a powder discharged from a drug container containing a predetermined powder and a packaging operation of individually dividing the powder based on the prescription data. ,
Discrimination that determines whether or not all of the powder to be provided to a patient can be packaged by the packaging operation based on the prescription data by at least one of the controller for dispensing equipment and the automatic powder packaging device Ri feasible der operation,
The dispensing device includes a drug weighing device for weighing a target drug,
The discrimination operation by the dispensing device control device can be performed,
As a result of the determination operation, when a part of the powder to be provided to the patient cannot be packaged by the packaging operation,
Prescription data division transmission that transmits data related to medicines that can be packaged by the packaging operation to the automatic powder packaging apparatus and that transmits data related to drugs that cannot be packaged by the packaging operation to the drug weighing apparatus A powder dispensing service support system characterized by performing operations . A dispensing device control device that controls a plurality of dispensing devices based on prescription data including prescription data including information on a drug to be provided to a patient, and the dispensing device includes at least an automatic powder dispensing device And a drug weighing device for weighing the target drug,
Based on the prescription data, the automatic powder packaging device is capable of performing an operation of measuring a powder and a dividing operation of dividing the powder into a predetermined number and individually dividing the divided powder,
Discrimination that determines whether or not all of the powder to be provided to a patient can be packaged by the packaging operation based on the prescription data by at least one of the controller for dispensing equipment and the automatic powder packaging device Operation can be performed,
The drug weighing device has a display device capable of displaying a selection screen for selecting a drug, can select a drug displayed on the selection screen, and can perform weighing of the selected drug,
As a result of the determination operation, when the medicine provided in the target prescription contains a medicine that can be packaged by the packaging operation and a medicine that cannot be packaged by the packaging operation, The medicine showing the medicine that can be packaged by the packaging operation is displayed in an unselectable state, and the information showing the medicine that cannot be packaged by the packaging operation is displayed in a selectable state. Dispensing service support system. A dispensing device control device that controls a plurality of dispensing devices based on prescription data including prescription data including information on a drug to be provided to a patient, and the dispensing device includes at least an automatic powder dispensing device And a drug weighing device for weighing the target drug,
Based on the prescription data, the automatic powder packaging device is capable of performing an operation of measuring a powder and a dividing operation of dividing the powder into a predetermined number and individually dividing the divided powder,
Based on the prescription data, the dispensing device control device can perform a determination operation for determining whether or not all of the powder to be provided to a patient can be packaged by the packaging operation.
As a result of the determination operation, when a part of the powder to be provided to the patient cannot be packaged by the packaging operation,
Prescription data division transmission that transmits data related to medicines that can be packaged by the packaging operation to the automatic powder packaging apparatus and that transmits data related to drugs that cannot be packaged by the packaging operation to the drug weighing apparatus A powder dispensing service support system characterized by performing operations.   After the prescription data division transmission operation is performed, data relating to the weighing result is transmitted from the drug weighing device to the dispensing device control device, and data relating to the drug used in the packaging from the automatic powder dispensing device is the dispensing. On the condition that the data is transmitted to the device control device, a data integration operation is performed to integrate data relating to the medicine that can be packaged by the packaging operation and data relating to the medicine that cannot be packaged by the packaging operation. The powder dispensing business support system according to claim 2 or 4, characterized in that: May be embodied a result the determination operation in the automatic powdered medicine packing apparatus,
As a result of the discrimination operation, when all of the medicine to be provided to the patient cannot be packaged by the packaging operation, the automatic powder packaging device transmits data relating to the prescription to the dispensing device control device. The powder dispensing service support system according to any one of claims 1 to 5. With multiple drug containers,
The drug container includes an automatic drug container and a manual drug container,
The automatic powder medicine packaging device is capable of the packaging operation using the automatic medicine container and the manual medicine operation using the manual medicine container into which the pre-weighed powder is introduced,
The discriminating operation is performed based on the following criteria (1) to (3). If any of the following is not satisfied, all the medicines to be provided to the patient are packaged by the packaging operation. The powder dispensing operation support system according to any one of claims 1 to 6 , wherein the system is applied when it is impossible.
(1) All of the medicine to be provided to the patient specified based on the prescription data is accommodated in the automatic medicine container.
(2) One or a plurality of types of drugs to be provided to a patient identified based on prescription data, and the total amount of each drug is a predetermined amount or more.
(3) When there are a plurality of types of drugs to be provided to a patient specified based on prescription data, and it is necessary to mix and package a plurality of drugs, the number of drugs to be mixed is a predetermined number or less. . With multiple drug containers,
The automatic powder medicine packaging device has a container storage unit for storing some of the drug containers, and a drug packaging device provided therein,
Based on the prescription data, the medicine container in which a predetermined powder is stored is moved from the container storage part to the container mounting part, and the powder medicine discharged from the moved medicine container is measured and discharged. A fully automatic packaging operation in which the powdered powder is individually packaged by the drug packaging device every time it is taken,
Discriminating operation based on the prescription data, according to claim 1, wherein the Monodea Rukoto to determine whether packing is possible or all of the drug to be provided to a patient by a fully automated packing operation The powder dispensing operation support system described in any of the above. With multiple drug containers,
The automatic powder medicine packaging device has a container storage unit for storing some of the drug containers, and a drug packaging device provided therein,
Based on the prescription data, the medicine container in which a predetermined powder is stored is moved from the container storage part to the container mounting part, and the powder medicine discharged from the moved medicine container is measured and discharged. A fully automatic packaging operation in which the powdered powder is individually packaged by the drug packaging device every time it is taken,
Based on the prescription data, a discrimination operation for discriminating whether or not all the medicines to be provided to a patient can be packaged by the automatic powder packaging device;
8. The discrimination operation for discriminating whether or not all of the medicines to be provided to a patient can be packaged by a fully automatic packaging operation based on the prescription data can be performed. The powder dispensing business support system according to any one of the above. As a result of the discriminating operation, when all of the medicine to be provided to the patient cannot be packaged by the fully automatic packaging operation, a data return operation for transmitting data related to this prescription to the dispensing device controller is performed. A powder dispensing business support system according to claim 8 or 9, characterized in that. There is a display device that displays information about drugs,
When the medicine to be provided to the patient contains a medicine that can be packaged by the packaging operation and a medicine that cannot be packaged by the packaging operation, a display for distinguishing between the two is displayed on the display device. It is made | formed, The powder dispensing operation | work support system in any one of Claims 1 thru | or 10 characterized by the above-mentioned.

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