KR101401680B1 - Medication cabinet - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are a medication storage cabinet and a control method thereof, wherein the medication storage cabinet stores multiple and various medications, and provides only a certain kind of the medication at a certain amount according to the instruction of an authorized user. The disclosed medication storage cabinet comprises: multiple layers of shelves mounted inside a case, and mutually separated up and down; medication discharge units partitioning each of the shelves into multiple rows filled with the same kind or the different kinds of the medications, and having units discharging the same kind or the different kinds of the medications, which fill each of the rows, to the front sides of the shelves; a medication discharge driving part positioned inside the case, arranged between the shelves and a door, able to move up and down and horizontally, and driving the medication discharge units in order to discharge the medication to the front sides of the shelves; a moving head having a medication load part on which the medications discharged to the front sides of the shelves by the medication discharge units are loaded; and a control unit controlling an operation of moving the moving head to the front side of the certain row of the certain shelf, an operation of discharging a predetermined amount of the medications filling the certain row of the certain shelf to the front side of the shelf in order to load the predetermined amount of the medications on the moving head, and an operation of moving the moving head, which has the medication loaded thereon, to an outlet.

Description

Medication cabinet

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a medicine storage cabinet used for storing a large amount of medicines and a control method for the medicine storage cabinet.

Some medicines have low risks such as general medicines, but there are also drugs with high risks such as special medicines and drugs. If these high-risk drugs are administered to untreated people, serious side effects, such as harming health or causing addiction, can occur. Therefore, hospitals and pharmacies are using drug storage cabinets to store large quantities of medicines, and access to drug storage cabinets is restricted to a limited number of individuals. Only authorized persons, such as doctors, nurses, and pharmacists, can access drugs through the drug storage cabinets, making it easier to identify responsible matters when an incident such as a drug loss occurs.

A typical medicine storage cabinet is provided with a shelf for medicine storage, a drawer, a medicine bin, and the like, and is provided with a locking device so that the shelf, the drawer, the medicine container and the like can not be opened. Thus, it is possible to prevent the loss or theft of medicines by an outsider, and it can help to grasp the responsibility in the occurrence of medicines. However, since the kind and quantity of the medicines to be taken out can not be accurately grasped, It is not enough to prevent it, and it does not help to manage drug inventory.

The present invention provides a method of controlling a medicine storage cabinet and a medicine storage cabinet that stores a plurality of kinds of medicines and provides only a specific kind of medicines in a specific quantity according to an instruction of an authorized user.

In addition, the present invention provides a method of controlling a medicine storage cabinet and a medicine storage cabinet for preventing theft of the medicine and managing the inventory of the medicine by grasping the kind and quantity of the discharged medicine.

According to the present invention, there is provided a door device comprising: a case having a front surface opened; a door connected to the case to open and close the front surface of the case and having a medicine discharge port openable to discharge a medicine; A plurality of shelves that are vertically spaced apart from each other, a shelf of each of the layers, and a plurality of rows (columns) of the same kind or different kinds of drugs A medicine discharging unit having means for discharging drugs of the same kind or different kinds filled in the respective rows to the front of the shelf; A drug discharge drive unit disposed between the shelf of the layer and the door and movable in the vertical and horizontal directions to drive the medicine discharge unit such that the medicine is discharged to the front of the shelf, A moving head having a chemical loading section on which a medicine discharged forward by the unit is loaded; and a moving operation for moving the moving head forward of a predetermined specific shelf specific row; and a predetermined number of predetermined drugs And a control unit configured to control an operation of discharging the moving head forward to be loaded on the moving head and an operation of moving the moving head on which the medicine is loaded to the medicine discharge port side.

The medicine storage cabinet of the present invention may have a user interface capable of inputting a user's instruction to the door and viewing a processing result according to the instruction.

The moving head may include a chemical count sensor for detecting the quantity of the chemical introduced into the chemical loading unit and a chemical detection sensor for detecting whether the chemical is present in the chemical loading unit.

The medicine storage cabinet of the present invention further includes a shutter for opening and closing the medicine outlet, and a discharge detection sensor for detecting the discharge of the medicine through the medicine discharge port, wherein the control unit controls the discharge of the medicine When the discharge is detected and it is detected by the medicine check sensor that no medicine is present in the medicine loading section, the medicine outlet is closed and the operation for locking the door is not forcibly opened.

The medicine storage cabinet of the present invention further comprises a moving head horizontal moving means for moving the moving head in the horizontal direction and a moving head elevating means for moving the moving head in the vertical direction, A pinion gear provided on the moving head and engaging with the rack gear; and a horizontal movement driving unit provided on the moving head for rotationally driving the pinion gear, And when the pinion gear is rotated by the power of the horizontal movement drive motor, the moving head may be configured to move in the horizontal direction along the rack gear.

The medicine discharging unit may include a front pulley and a rear pulley which are disposed to be spaced apart from each other in the case, a timing belt wound around the front pulley and the rear pulley, And a push block fastened to a part of the timing belt, wherein when the moving head connecting gear rotates in one direction, the timing belt rotates in a direction in which the front pulley and the rear To move along the closed curve track between the pulleys and to move the push block forward from behind the shelf.

The medicine discharge driving unit includes a medicine discharge drive motor, a main gear rotated by the power of the medicine discharge drive motor, a subordinate gear meshed with the drive discharge gear, And a rotation bracket for supporting a rotation axis of the drive main gear and a rotation axis of the drive gear so that the drive main gear rotates about the rotation axis of the drive main gear, Is engaged with the moving head coupling gear so that the rotation bracket rotates in one direction so that the power of the driving power supplier is transmitted, and when the driving power supplier rotates in the opposite direction, the driving gear is separated from the moving head coupling gear So that the rotation bracket rotates in the opposite direction.

The medicine discharge driving unit may further include a motor stop switch provided at a position blocking the rotating bracket rotating in the opposite direction and stopping the medicine discharge driving motor when pressed by the rotating bracket.

Wherein the drive gear is rotated about its own axis in a direction opposite to the direction of rotation of the drive main shaft when the drive main shaft rotates in the one direction and when the drive main shaft rotates in the opposite direction, As shown in FIG.

The medicine storage cabinet may further include a plurality of shelf fixing columns extending vertically inside the case, and each shelf may be fixed to the shelf fixing column in a level adjustable manner.

The medicine discharge unit may be horizontally and positionally fixed to the shelf.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a medical instrument, comprising: a case having therein a plurality of drug storage points divided into a plurality of layers and divided into a plurality of rows for each layer; A medicine door having a medicine outlet which is opened so that a medicine can be discharged and a moving head which is disposed between the plurality of medicine storage points and the door and is movable up and down and horizontally, There is provided a control method for a cabinet, comprising: a moving head moving step for moving the moving head to a medicine storage point where a specified medicine corresponding to an instruction of a specific user is stored, A medicine loading step of loading the medicine with the specified amount, and a moving step of moving the moving head on which the medicine is loaded to the medicine discharge port side Key provides a control method of a medicine storage cabinet having a moving head moving step in the medicine discharge.

Wherein the chemical storage cabinet further comprises a shutter for opening and closing the medicine outlet, and the control method for the medicine storage cabinet includes a step of opening the medicine outlet for opening the medicine outlet, and a step for opening the medicine outlet, And closing and locking the medicine outlet when the loaded medicine is discharged through the medicine discharge port, closing the medicine discharge port with the shutter and not locking the medicine discharge port.

The method of controlling a medicine storage cabinet of the present invention further includes a step of initializing a medicine storage point to scan the plurality of medicine storage points with the moving head to set vertical coordinate values and horizontal coordinate values of each medicine storage point .

According to the medicine storage cabinet of the present invention, only specified types and quantities of medicines are automatically discharged according to the instructions of the authorized user, so that not only the medicines stolen by the outsiders but also the medicines lost or stolen by the inside persons are easily tracked And can be prevented.

Further, according to the medicine storage cabinet of the present invention, it is possible to accurately grasp the kind and quantity of the medicine to be discharged, so that the inventory management of the medicine can be easily performed.

1 is a front view of a medicine storage cabinet according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figs. 2 and 3 are a front view and a side view showing the interior of the medicine storage cabinet of Fig. 1;
4 is a side view showing the structure of the medicine discharge unit.
5 is a front view showing the moving head of FIG. 3 and its horizontal moving structure.
FIG. 6 is a side view showing a gear engagement structure of the drug discharge driving part of the moving head and the medicine discharge unit of FIG. 3;
7 is a flowchart showing a control method of the medicine storage cabinet according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, a method of controlling a medicine storage cabinet and a medicine storage cabinet according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The terminology used herein is a term used to properly express the preferred embodiment of the present invention, which may vary depending on the intention of the user or operator or the custom in the field to which the present invention belongs. Therefore, the definitions of these terms should be based on the contents throughout this specification.

FIG. 1 is a front view of a medicine storage cabinet according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 2 and 3 are a front view and a side view showing the interior of the medicine storage cabinet of FIG. 1. 1 to 3, a medicine storage cabinet 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a case 11 having a front surface opened and a case 11 having a front surface A door 13 connected to the case 11 and a plurality of shelves 35, a plurality of medicine discharging units 45, a moving head 80 provided inside the case 11, , And a control unit (24).

The door 13 is opened only by a authorized person when the medicine storage cabinet 10 is filled with a large number of medicines and is closed in a general use state in which a specific medicine is taken out. , For example, doctors or nurses can not open. The door 13 is provided with a medicine outlet 20 which is opened to allow discharge of medicine specified by a person in charge, that is, a user. The medicine storage cabinet 10 is provided with a shutter 21 for closing the medicine discharge port 20 and a medicine discharge port 20 for closing the medicine discharge port 20, And a discharge sensor 22 for detecting the discharge of the medicine through the discharge port. The discharge sensor 22 may be a photo sensor, which is a kind of non-contact type sensor.

On the other hand, the door 13 is provided with a user interface 15 capable of inputting an instruction of an authorized user and viewing a processing result according to an instruction of the user. The user interface 15 may be a flat panel display having a touch panel, that is, a touch screen. The drug storage cabinet 10 may be connected to an external server, for example a server 5 of a hospital or pharmacy. When a prescription is delivered from the server 5 of the hospital or pharmacy to the medicine storage cabinet 10, a prescription is displayed through the user interface 15 and the user of the medicine storage cabinet 10 can confirm this. The user can specify the type and quantity of medicines necessary for preparation based on this prescription and input a specific instruction for the type and quantity of medicament into the medicament storage cabinet 10 by using the user interface 15. [ The user interface 15 may display the processing procedure in accordance with the input instruction in real time. On the other hand, it is also possible to set the medicament storage cabinet 10 to be used only by a legitimate authorized person through a method such as user registration or password setting through the user interface 15.

The shelves 35 are places where different kinds of medicines are stored, and the shelves 35 of a plurality of layers are mounted so as to be spaced apart from each other in the vertical direction, i.e., the Z-axis direction. A first shelf fixing column 31 and a second shelf fixing column 33 which are vertically extended are provided inside the case 11 to fix the plurality of shelves 35. [ Each shelf 35 is fixed to the first and second shelf fixing columns 31, 33 in a level-adjustable manner. Specifically, in the first shelf fixing column 31 and the second shelf fixing column 33, a plurality of fixed through holes 32, 34 are formed at equal intervals in the longitudinal direction thereof, and each shelf 35 is fixed And can be fixed to the fixed columns 31 and 33 by a screw (not shown) connected to the shelf 35 through the through holes 32 and 34.

If the height of the shelf 35 is to be changed upward or downward, the screw is loosened, the height of the shelf 35 is changed, and the appropriate fixing holes 32 and 34 are selected to tighten the screws again, As shown in Fig. It is not necessary that the shelf 35 is fixed by screws and protrusions (not shown) inserted into the fixing holes 32 and 34 may be formed on the shelf 35 instead of screws have.

The medicine discharging unit 45 divides the shelves 35 of each layer into a plurality of rows filled with drugs of the same kind or different kinds. As described above, the shelves 35 are divided into a plurality of layers, and a plurality of medicine storage points formed by dividing the layers into a plurality of rows by the medicine discharge unit 45 are provided inside the case 11 .

4 is a side view showing the structure of the medicine discharging unit. Referring to this, the medicine discharging unit 45 has means for discharging the same kind of medicine filled in each row to the front of the shelf 35. Specifically, the medicine discharging unit 45 includes a housing 46 extending in the front-back direction, i.e., the Y-axis direction, of the case 11, and a front pulley 46 disposed in front of and behind the housing 46, A front pulley 54 and a rear pulley 56 and a timing belt 58 wound around the front pulley 54 and the rear pulley 56. [ A moving head connecting gear 52 which is coaxially connected to the front pulley 54 by a single rotating shaft and a push block 52 which is fastened to the timing belt 58 between the pair of pulleys 54, ) ≪ / RTI > The rotary shaft (not shown) of the front pulley 54 and the moving head coupling gear 52 and the rotary shaft (not shown) of the rear pulley 56 are supported on the housing 46 so as to be capable of idling rotation.

The timing belt 58 forms a closed curve and is wound on the front pulley 54 and the rear pulley 56 so that a pair of timing belts 58 are formed between the front pulley 54 and the rear pulley 56 lines 58a and 58b are formed. When the pair of pulleys 54 and 56 rotate, the upper and lower timing belt lines 58a and 58b move in opposite directions to each other. The fastening portions 61 of the push block 60 are fastened to the lower line 58b of the lines 58a and 58b of the upper and lower timing belts 58. [

The moving head connecting gear 52 can be selectively connected to the drug discharging driver 92 (see FIG. 5) of the moving head 80 (see FIG. 5), which will be described later. The front pulley 54 and the rear pulley 56 are also rotated in the clockwise direction when the moving power is transmitted from the medicine discharge driving unit 92 and the moving head connecting gear 52 is rotated clockwise with reference to FIG. The upper line 58a of the belt 58 moves backward and the lower line 58b moves forward. Therefore, the push block 60 advances forward and discharges the drugs 1 loaded in front of the push block 60 to the front of the shelf 35 (see Figs. 2 and 3). On the other hand, in a state where the moving head connecting gear 52 is not connected to the medicine discharge driving part 92, the push block 60 can be pushed back and can be retracted close to the rear pulley 56. Then, the medicine 1 can be densely packed in front of the push block 60.

Referring again to FIGS. 2 to 4, the medicine discharging unit 45 is fixedly mounted on each shelf 35 so as to be horizontally adjustable. Specifically, the shelf 35 includes a shelf bottom plate 36 for supporting various kinds of medicine and medicine discharge units 45, and a shelf back plate 38 extending upward from the rear end of the shelf bottom plate 36 Respectively. A plurality of fixed through holes 37 and 39 for fixing the medicine discharging unit 45 are formed on the front edge of the shelf bottom plate 36 and the back plate 38 of the shelf. The housing 46 of the medicine discharging unit 45 is provided with a shelf bottom plate fastening protrusion 47 and a hook 48 under the front pulley 54 and a shelf back plate fastening protrusion 50 is provided behind the rear pulley 56. [ Respectively.

The fastening protrusions 47 and 50 of the medicine discharging unit 45 are aligned with the fastening holes 37 of the shelf bottom plate 36 and the fixing holes 39 of the shelf back plate 38 and the medicine discharging unit 45, The fastening protrusions 47 and 50 are inserted into the fixing holes 37 and 39 and the hook 48 is fastened to the front edge of the shelf bottom plate 36 so that the medicine discharging unit 45 . When the horizontal position of the medicine discharging unit 45 in the X-axis direction is changed, the hook 48 is opened so as not to come into contact with the shelf bottom plate 36 and the medicine discharging unit 45 is separated from the shelf 35, The horizontal position of the medicine discharging unit 45 may be changed so that the fastening protrusions 47 and 50 are aligned with the fixing holes 37 and 39 at different positions and the medicine discharging unit 45 is pushed back .

FIG. 5 is a front view showing the moving head of FIG. 3 and its horizontal moving structure, and FIG. 6 is a side view showing a gear engaging structure of the drug discharging driving unit and the medicine discharging unit of the moving head of FIG. 2, 3, and 5, the moving head 80 is disposed in the case 11 between a plurality of shelves 35 and a door 13, so that the moving head 80 can move up and down in the Z- I.e., in the X-axis direction. To this end, the medicine storage cabinet 10 comprises a moving head horizontal moving means for moving the moving head 80 in the horizontal direction and a moving head elevating means for moving the moving head 80 in the vertical direction. The moving head horizontal moving means has a rack gear (70), a pinion gear (85), and a horizontal movement driving motor (83).

The rack gear 70 extends in a direction parallel to the X-axis, has gear teeth formed on the lower side thereof, and is fixed to a horizontal movement guide 65 extending in parallel. The horizontal movement drive motor 83 is fixed to the housing 81 of the moving head 80. The shaft 84 rotates the pinion gear 85 and rotates the pinion gear 85. The pinion gear 85 meshes with the rack gear 70 and is rotatably supported by the moving head housing 81. When the shaft 84 of the horizontal movement drive motor 83 rotates counterclockwise (reference in FIG. 5), the pinion gear 85 rotates in the counterclockwise direction and the moving head 80 moves in the positive X- And when the shaft 84 of the horizontal movement drive motor 83 rotates in the clockwise direction, the pinion gear 85 rotates in the clockwise direction and the moving head 80 moves horizontally Move. Reference numeral 74 denotes a cable cable 74 for connecting the power supply line and the signal line to the moving head 80 and reference numeral 72 denotes a cable beer pocket for accommodating the cable bearer 74.

The moving head vertical moving means includes a lifting motor 26, an upper pulley 28 and a lower pulley 29, and a timing belt 30. The elevating motor 26 is fixed to the ceiling of the case 11 and the upper pulley 28 is coupled to a shaft (not shown) of the elevating motor 26 so as to transmit power. The lower pulley 29 is provided in the vicinity of the bottom of the case 11 and the upper pulley 28 and the lower pulley 29 are connected to the timing belt 30 so that the timing belt 30 moves along a closed curve track extending upward and downward. .

A pair of the upper pulley 28, the lower pulley 29 and the timing belt 30 are provided on the left and right sides in the case 11, and a part of the timing belt 30 is supported by the horizontal movement guides 65, And is attached and fixed to the belt engaging bracket 67 of the belt attaching bracket 67. [ Therefore, the horizontal movement guide 65, the rack gear 70, and the moving head 80 are raised and lowered by the clockwise and counterclockwise rotation of the shaft of the lift motor 26. [ The position check sensor 91 confirms whether the moving head 80 has moved to a specific medicine storage point where the medicine designated by the user has been moved by the elevating and the horizontal movement and guides the moving head 80 to the medicine storing point.

On the other hand, the moving head 80 drives the medicine discharging unit 45 of the specific medicine storage point so that the medicine stored in the specific medicine storage point is discharged to the front of the shelf 35 in the housing 81 A medicine discharge drive unit 92 and a medicine loading unit 86 on which the medicine discharged forward by the medicine discharge unit 45 is loaded. The medicine loading section 86 and the medicine discharge drive section 92 are separated by a support plate 93. [ A drug takeout opening 87 is formed in the side of the door 13 opposed to the medicine discharge port 20 on the side of the medicine loading section 86 and a medicine loading opening 87 is formed on the opposite side, (Not shown).

A medicine counting sensor (not shown) for detecting the quantity of the medicine discharged into the front of the shelf 35 and flowing into the medicine loading part 86 through the medicine loading opening (not shown) And a medicine check sensor 90 for detecting whether or not a medicine is present in the medicine loading unit 86. [ The chemical coefficient sensor 88 and the chemical confirmation sensor 90 may be a kind of non-contact type sensor and may be a photosensor having a light emitting portion and a light receiving portion. The medicine counting sensor 88 is disposed close to directly below the medicine loading opening, and the medicine checking sensor 90 is disposed at the bottom of the medicine loading portion 86.

5 and 6, the medicine discharge drive unit 92 includes a medicine discharge drive motor 95, a first connection gear 100, a second connection gear 102, a main gear 104, A subordinate gear 106, a rotating bracket 110, and a motor stop switch 115. The medicine discharge drive motor 95 is fixedly supported on the moving head housing 81. The first connection gear 100 is fastened to the motor shaft 96 of the medicine discharge drive motor 95. The second connecting gear 102 is rotatably supported by the supporting plate 93 and engaged with the first connecting gear 100. The drive main shaft 104 is rotatably supported by the support plate 93 and meshes with the second connection gear 102. The driving gear 106 is meshed with the driving gear 104 and the rotating bracket 110 supports the rotating shaft 105 of the driving gear 104 and the rotating shaft 108 of the driving gear 106.

The rotary shaft 105 of the drive gear 104 is supported so as to be capable of rotating without being moved relative to the support plate 93. The rotary shaft 108 of the drive gear 106 is not supported by the support plate 93, Only the bracket 110 is supported. Therefore, the rotation shaft 108 of the driving gear 106 can rotate clockwise or counterclockwise about the rotation axis 105 of the driving cycle gear 104. [0064] The rotating shaft 108 of the driving gear 106 is supported by a unidirectional needle bearing (not shown) which allows the driving gear 106 to rotate only counterclockwise (see FIG. 6).

Referring to FIG. 6, power transmission between the drive main gear 104 and the drive gear 106 will be described in detail. First, when the power of the medicine discharge drive motor 95 is transmitted and the drive power supplier 104 rotates in the clockwise direction, the drive gear 106 coupled to the drive power supplier 104 rotates counterclockwise. At the same time, the rotation bracket 110 rotates clockwise about the rotation axis 105 of the drive main shaft 104 due to the rotation of the drive main shaft 104 to rotate the rotation shaft 108 of the drive gear 106, And rotates in the clockwise direction about the rotation axis 105 of the driving cycle unit 104. [ The drive gear 106 is engaged with the moving head connecting gear 52 of the medicine discharging unit 45 to rotate the moving head connecting gear 52 clockwise so that the power of the medicine discharging driving motor 95 is moved And is transmitted to the head connecting gear 52.

4 to 6, when the push block 60 moves toward the front of the shelf 35 due to the clockwise rotation of the moving head connecting gear 52, the medicine 1 is pushed to the medicine loading portion 86 The quantity of the medicine 1 to be supplied by the medicine coefficient sensor 88 is counted and if the counted quantity matches the quantity of the medicine according to the instruction of the user, Direction.

When the drive power supplier 104 rotates counterclockwise by the power of the medicine discharge drive motor 95, the drive gear 106 supported by the one direction needle bearing (not shown) does not rotate. The driving gear 106 meshed with the driving hub 104 and supported by the rotating bracket 110 is rotated in the counterclockwise direction about the rotational axis 105 of the driving hub 104 So that the driving gear 106 is separated from the moving head connecting gear 52. Thus, the push block 60 can no longer push the medicines 1 stored at the specific drug storage point toward the front of the shelf 35. The motor stop switch 115 is provided at a position where the rotation stopper 115 interrupts the rotation bracket 110 that rotates counterclockwise about the rotation axis 105 when the drive cycle unit 104 rotates counterclockwise. When the motor stop switch 115 is pressed by the rotation bracket 110 rotating in the counterclockwise direction, the medicine discharge drive motor 95 stops.

Referring to Figures 1, 2 and 5, the control unit 24 moves the moving head 80 to a specific shelf specific column, that is, to the front of a specific drug storage point determined corresponding to a user ' s specific drug discharge instruction And controls the operation. Specifically, this operation is performed by controlling the rotation of the elevation motor 26 and the horizontal movement drive motor 83. [ In addition, the control unit 24 controls the operation of discharging the predetermined quantity, predetermined out of the medicine filled in the specific medicine storage point, to the front to be loaded on the moving head 80. Specifically, this operation is performed by controlling the rotation of the medicine discharge drive motor 95. Further, the control unit 24 controls the movement of the moving head 80, on which the medicine is loaded, to the medicine outlet 20 side. Specifically, this operation is performed by stopping the medicine discharge drive motor 95 and controlling the rotation of the lift motor 26 and the horizontal movement drive motor 83. When the discharge of the medicine is detected by the discharge detection sensor 22 and it is detected by the medicine check sensor 90 that no medicine is present in the medicine loading section 86, the control unit 24 causes the shutter 21 To close the medicine discharge port 20 and to lock the medicine discharge port 20 not to be forcibly opened.

7 is a flowchart showing a control method of the medicine storage cabinet according to the embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, a method of controlling the medicine storage cabinet 10, which is automatically performed by the control unit 24, will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 7. FIG. Normally, the moving head 80 waits at the right lower end inside the case 11 while waiting for an instruction input of the user. When an instruction of a user specifying a kind and a quantity of medicines required through the user interface 15 is inputted, the control unit 24 recognizes the instruction (S10) and collects the specified medicines corresponding to the instruction of the user The moving head 80 is moved to the medicine storage point where the medicine is stored (S20). The control unit 24 connects the medicine discharge drive unit 92 to the medicine discharge unit 45 so as to transmit power so as to load the medicine on the medicine loading unit 86 of the moving head 80 (S30) When it is confirmed by the counting sensor 88 that the user has loaded a certain amount of medicine on the moving head 80, the medicine discharge drive unit 92 is separated from the medicine discharge unit 45 and stopped.

Further, the control unit 24 moves the moving head 80 to the medicine outlet 20 side for discharging the medicine loaded on the moving unit 80 (S40). Then, the shutter 21 is unlocked and the medicine outlet 20 is opened (S50). When the user puts his / her hand through the opened medicine outlet 20 and removes all of the medicine loaded in the moving head 80, the remaining medicine is not left on the moving head 80 by the medicine check sensor 90 The discharge of the medicine through the medicine discharge port 20 is detected by the discharge detection sensor 22 and the control unit 24 recognizes that the medicine is discharged through the medicine discharge port 20 at step S60. When it is recognized that the medicine is discharged in this way, the control unit 24 closes the medicine discharge port 20 to the shutter 21 and locks the medicine discharge port 20 not to be forcibly opened (S70).

On the other hand, the control method of the medicine storage cabinet 10 further includes a step S1 of initializing the medicine storage point. This step S1 is performed after the door 13 is opened and the vertical height of the shelf 35 and the horizontal position of the medicine discharging unit 45 are corrected by the user before the user inputs the instruction and discharges the medicine When the door 13 is closed, the control unit 24 scans all of the plurality of medicine storage points inside the medicine storage cabinet 10 with the moving head 80 to calculate the vertical coordinate value of each medicine storage point and the horizontal coordinate . On the other hand, after the user opens the door 13 and replenishes the medicine to a specific kind of medicine storage point, the type and quantity of the medicine filled in the medicine storage point are directly inputted by using the user interface 15, And the quantity can be initialized.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the true scope of protection of the present invention should be defined only by the appended claims.

10: medicine storage cabinet 11: case
13: Door 15: User interface
20: Drug outlet 35: Shelf
45: drug discharge unit 60: push block
80: moving head 86: chemical loading part
92: drug discharge driving part 110: rotating bracket

Claims (14)

A case having a front surface opened;
A door connected to the case to open and close a front surface of the case, the door having a medicine outlet for releasing the medicine and a shutter for opening and closing the medicine outlet;
A plurality of shelves mounted in the case so as to be vertically spaced apart from each other;
A housing formed so as to extend over the front and rear sides of the shelf so as to divide the shelves of the respective layers into a plurality of rows, and a discharge means for pushing the medicine, which is filled in the front and back in the housing, A discharge unit;
A moving head movable between the door and the medicine discharging unit in the case in a vertical and horizontal direction without rotation;
A medicine take-out opening is formed on a surface corresponding to the medicine discharge port of the door, and a medicine take-out opening is formed on the surface corresponding to the medicine discharge port, A medicine loading portion in which a loading opening is formed; And
Moving the moving head to move the moving head so that the chemical loading opening of the chemical loading section communicates with a predetermined specific shelf specific row of housings; and a step of moving the moving head to the housing of the medicine loading section, And a control unit configured to control an operation of moving the moving head to move the moving head. The method according to claim 1,
And a user interface capable of inputting an instruction of a user to the door and viewing a processing result according to the instruction. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the moving head includes a counting sensor for detecting the quantity of the medicine introduced into the medicine loading unit and a drug check sensor for detecting whether the medicine is present in the medicine loading unit, . The method of claim 3,
Further comprising a discharge sensor for detecting the discharge of the medicine through the medicine discharge port,
Wherein the control unit controls the operation of closing the medicine outlet and locking the medicine outlet so as not to be forcibly opened when the discharge of the medicine is detected by the discharge detection sensor and it is detected by the medicine check sensor that there is no medicine in the medicine loading portion Of the medicine storage cabinet. The method according to claim 1,
The chemical storage cabinet further comprises moving head horizontal moving means for moving the moving head in the horizontal direction and moving head elevating means for moving the moving head in the vertical direction,
The moving head horizontal moving means includes: a rack gear extending in a horizontal direction; A pinion gear engaged with the rack gear and provided on the moving head; And a horizontal movement driving motor provided on the moving head for rotationally driving the pinion gear,
Wherein when the pinion gear is rotated by the power of the horizontal movement drive motor, the moving head moves in the horizontal direction along the rack gear. The method according to claim 1,
The medicine discharging unit includes a front pulley and a rear pulley, which are spaced apart from each other in the back and forth direction within the case. A timing belt wound around the front pulley and the rear pulley; A moving head coupling gear connected to the front pulley so as to be able to transmit power; And a push block fastened to a part of the timing belt,
Wherein when the moving head coupling gear rotates in one direction, the timing belt moves along a closed curve track between the front pulley and the rear pulley, and the push block moves forward from behind the shelf. The method according to claim 6,
The medicine discharge drive unit includes a medicine discharge drive motor; A main gear rotated by the power of the medicine discharge drive motor; A subordinate gear meshed with the drive main gear; And a rotation bracket for supporting the rotation axis of the drive main gear and the rotation axis of the drive gear so that the drive gear can rotate around the rotation axis of the drive main gear,
Wherein when the drive main gear rotates in one direction, the drive bracket is engaged with the moving head coupling gear so that the rotation bracket rotates in one direction so that power of the drive main gear is transmitted, Wherein the rotation bracket is configured to rotate in the opposite direction so that the driving gear is spaced apart from the moving head coupling gear. 8. The method of claim 7,
Wherein the medicine discharge driving unit further comprises a motor stop switch provided at a position blocking the rotating bracket rotating in the opposite direction and stopping the medicine discharge driving motor when pressed by the rotating bracket. cabinet. 8. The method of claim 7,
Wherein the drive gear is rotated about its own axis in a direction opposite to a direction of rotation of the drive main shaft when the drive main shaft rotates in the one direction and when the drive main shaft rotates in the opposite direction, So as not to rotate about the medicament storage cabinet. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the medicine storage cabinet further comprises a plurality of shelf fixing columns extending vertically inside the case,
And each of the shelves is fixed to the shelf fixing column in a level-adjustable manner. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the medicine discharge unit is horizontally and positionally fixed to the shelf. delete delete The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the moving head scans a position point of the housing filled with each medicine,
Wherein the control unit initializes a drug storage point by setting a vertical coordinate value and a horizontal coordinate value of a position point of each of the scanned housings.

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