WO2018203571A1 - Medication dispensing and packaging machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a medication dispensing and packaging machine that enables a wide display member to be mounted to the front end of a medication feeder storage while maintaining a drawer function of the medication feeder storage. The present invention enables an adjacent pair among medication feeder storages 13A-13H to be drawn together from a medication storage 11, and is provided with an operation display member 50 that is large and covers the front surfaces of the pair of adjacent medication feeder storages 13C and 13D. The operation display member 50 is provided with, in addition to an operation section 51 and a device operation state display section 52, a cassette group display section 54 and a cassette position display section 53 indicating correspondence of a medication cassette 15 to a mounting position. Individual cassette display sections 55 are further provided in each of which the medication stock state is displayed in a circular or dosage-form simulation pattern graph display 56.

Description

Medicine packaging machine

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a medicine packaging machine in which a plurality of medicine feeder storages installed in a housing can be pulled out from the housing, and in particular, a display member capable of displaying a medicine storage status is provided on the front surface. The present invention relates to a medicine packaging machine.

In conventional drug packaging machines (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 to 7), a large number of drug feeders configured by pairs of drug cassettes and cassette bases are mounted in drug feeder storages or drug storages. In other words, the medicine storage of the medicine packaging machine is equipped with one or more medicine feeder storages. Each medicine feeder storage is equipped with a number of medicine feeders. Usually, the medicine feeder storage is provided with shelves in multiple stages, and medicine feeders are arranged on each shelf. In the medicine feeder, medicine cassettes containing medicines are randomly stored on a cassette base, and medicines can be discharged sequentially. The cassette base is configured so that the medicine cassette can be attached and detached, and is configured to drive the attached medicine cassette to sequentially discharge the medicine. The cassette base is fixedly attached to the medicine feeder storage, whereas the medicine cassette is fixedly and selectively attached to the cassette base and thus the medicine feeder storage.

For example, Patent Documents 1 to 6 disclose a medicine packaging and machine in which a plurality of medicine feeder storages are arranged side by side in the medicine storage. In a medicine packaging machine in which a plurality of medicine feeder storages are arranged in the medicine storage, two adjacent medicine feeder storages are paired, and in each pair of medicine feeder storages, one upper medicine is collected between the medicine feeder storages. Mechanisms are provided, and a large funnel-shaped lower drug collecting mechanism is provided below them.

In addition, almost all medicine packaging machines are equipped with operation display members for displaying device status and inputting dispensing instructions (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 to 7). In a medicine packaging machine provided with an opening / closing door on the front surface of the medicine storage, by attaching an operation display member to the door, the degree of freedom related to the size and arrangement of the operation display member can be made relatively high. However, in a medicine packaging machine that has no door on the front of the medicine storage and the front end of the medicine feeder storage is exposed, when the size of the operation display member is increased or the installation position is increased, the medicine feeder storage there is pulled out. Sometimes the medicine feeder storage and the operation display member interfere. Therefore, in order to avoid such inconvenience, the medicine feeder storage is made smaller to reduce the number of medicine feeders mounted, or the operation display member is installed at a position lower than the medicine feeder storage, or the operation display member has a horizontal width of one medicine. Either kept below the width of the feeder hangar or obeyed any restrictions.

In the case of a medicine packaging machine that has no door on the front face of the medicine storage and the front end of the medicine feeder storage is exposed so that the medicine feeder storage can be pulled out straight forward (for example, Patent Documents 1, 4, and 5) , 6), in order to display the collation status based on the identification information or destination guidance in an easy-to-understand manner on the medicine packaging machine, a separate display or a mobile terminal with a touch panel (for example, see Patent Documents 1 and 6) A personal computer with a display is externally attached to the housing for display. Unlike some medicine packaging machines, in some medicine storage devices (see, for example, Patent Document 8), the number of payouts and the number of inventory for each product type are displayed in a tabular form or graph on the touch panel screen placed on the work table. Some are now displayed in a format.

In addition, the medicine handing device has a so-called so-called so-called built-in type that is integrated into the housing of the medicine packaging machine (see, for example, Patent Documents 2 to 5 and 7), and is separate from the medicine packaging machine. There are so-called so-called stand-alone types that are used for preliminary rolling (see, for example, Patent Documents 9 to 10), and any of the medicine hand-operated devices is relatively an operation display member having a screen display function and an input operation function. A large touch panel or the like is used. In the latter independent type, the operation display member is also separate from the medicine packaging machine, and in the former built-in type, an external computer display or the like is often used.

A medicine packaging machine is also known in which a display member is provided in front of a pair of adjacent medicine feeder storages to display the remaining number shortages of a plurality of medicine cassettes in the pair of medicine feeder storages in different ranks. (Patent Document 11).

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To keep the medicine feeder storage large in the medicine packaging machine where there is no door on the front surface of the medicine storage and the frontmost medicine feeder is exposed, in order to avoid inconvenient interference between the medicine feeder storage and the operation display member, As described above, conventionally, the width of the operation display member is controlled to be equal to or less than the width of one medicine feeder hangar, or the pair of medicine feeder hangars are pulled out together, and displayed in front of the pair of medicine feeder hangars. The member was provided (patent document 11). However, providing the display member in front of the pair of medicine feeder storages causes a problem that it is difficult to clean the medicine dropping path in the medicine collecting mechanism formed between the medicine feeder storages.

In order to clean the medicine drop path of the upper medicine collection mechanism with a medicine packaging machine that does not have an open / close door in front of the medicine storage, it is necessary to allow the medicine feeder storage to be pulled out individually. However, in this case, the width of the display member cannot be increased beyond the width of one medicine feeder storage.

An object of the present invention is to provide a medicine packaging machine in which a wide display member is attached to the front end of the medicine feeder storage while maintaining the drawer function of the medicine feeder storage and easy to clean.

The drug packaging machine of the present invention has been created to solve the above technical problems. The medicine packaging machine of the present invention includes a plurality of medicine feeder storages equipped with a cassette base capable of detachably holding a plurality of medicine cassettes capable of containing medicines, and a plurality of medicine feeder storages in a state in which the plurality of medicine feeder storages can be pulled forward. A plurality of upper medicine collecting mechanisms and a plurality of medicines which are provided for each of a plurality of medicine feeder storages, and which are provided for each of a plurality of medicine feeder storages and which guide and drop medicines discharged from a plurality of medicine cassettes downward. A medicine collection mechanism provided below the feeder hangar and having a lower medicine collection mechanism that collects dropped medicines from a plurality of upper medicine collection mechanisms and puts them into a lower packaging device, and medicines in a plurality of medicine cassettes The inventory information management unit that manages the inventory information of the device, the device operation management unit that manages the operation of the device, and the few that are adjacent to the left and right of the medicine feeder storage A display member provided to cover at least the front surfaces of both of the pair of medicine feeder storages, enabling cleaning of the medicine dropping path in the upper medicine collecting mechanism formed between the pair of medicine feeder storages And a state display control unit for controlling the display state to be displayed. In the present invention, the pair of medicine feeder storages provided with the display members are moved together as they are pulled out from the medicine storage. In addition, the status display control unit causes the display member to display the status of the device operation and the drug stock status in the drug storage based on the management information of the device operation management unit and the inventory information management unit.

In the medicine packaging machine according to the present invention, the pair of adjacent medicine feeder storages can be pulled out from the medicine storage together, and the medicine dropping path in the upper medicine collecting mechanism can be cleaned. Since the display member extends to both front surfaces of the medicine feeder storage, even a wide display member can be disposed on the front surface of the medicine storage. Therefore, the drawer function of the medicine feeder storage is maintained, and the medicine dropping path in the upper medicine collecting mechanism can be cleaned, and a wide display member can be attached to at least the front ends of the pair of medicine feeder storages.

In addition to using the fact that the display member on the front side of the medicine storage is wide, in addition to the device operating state previously displayed on the small display member integrated with the main body, the conventional is not integrated with the main body. Even the medicine stock state displayed on the large display member is displayed on the display member on the front surface of the medicine container, thereby reducing the burden of monitoring by the operator. Furthermore, according to the present invention, there is another effect that it is not necessary to provide a separate display or an external computer.

The display member includes a display screen, and the state display control unit includes a hangar selection switch operated to select one pill feeder hangar that displays a drug stock state on the display screen from a plurality of pill feeder hangars. You may have the function to display on a display screen. If the status display control unit has such a function, the tablet stock status can be confirmed with a small number of display members even when the number of tablet feeder storages increases.

Further, the status display control unit has a function of displaying on the display screen a shelf selection switch operated to select one or more shelves for displaying the drug stock status on the display screen from the selected tablet feeder storage. Good. If the status display control unit has such a function, the space on the display screen can be used for displaying more drug information.

The display mode of the drug stock status by the display member is arbitrary, but it is preferable that the drug stock status of each of the plurality of drug cassettes is displayed in a stage display by a plurality of stages. In the case of the stage display, intuitive judgment such as “sufficient”, “half”, and “1/3 or less” can be made immediately. As the number of medicine cassettes increases, the time required for the determination is required to be shortened. Therefore, such a display mode is suitable.

When the display member has a display screen, a schematic diagram simulating a plurality of mounting positions of a plurality of drug cassettes is displayed on the display screen, and a stage display indicating the drug stock status of the drug cassette is displayed on the schematic diagram. It is preferable to display at the mounting position. With such display, the operator can sensuously recognize the actual position of the medicine cassette that has been determined to be excessive or insufficient.

When the stage display displayed on the display screen 6 is a circular bar graph or a circular graph, a graph corresponding to a plurality of drug cassettes is displayed on a schematic diagram simulating the mounting positions of the plurality of drug cassettes. Even when the dimensions are increased, the display density can be increased. The stage display displayed on the display screen may be performed with a pattern imitating a dosage form. If it does so, an operator can be made to recognize to the outline | summary shape of a medicine accompanying inventory confirmation.

One or more spare storage units equipped with a plurality of preliminary seating portions that can detachably hold a plurality of spare drug cassettes may be further provided. Also in this case, the state display control unit displays a schematic diagram imitating the mounting positions of a plurality of spare medicine cassettes in one or more spare storage units on the display screen, and the medicine stock of the plurality of spare medicine cassettes. It is preferable to display the state at a corresponding mounting position on the schematic diagram by a step display. In this way, since the medicine inventory status of the spare tablet cassette can be confirmed by the same display member, it is possible to easily determine whether the spare tablet cassette is excessive or insufficient.

A replenishment working unit that can temporarily hold the medicine cassette in a posture capable of replenishing medicine may be provided at the foremost position of the medicine feeder hangar. In this case, the status display control unit displays a schematic diagram imitating the mounting position of the drug cassette held in the replenishment work unit on the display screen, and steps the drug stock status of the drug cassette held in the replenishment work unit. The display is preferably performed at the corresponding mounting position on the schematic diagram. In this way, it is possible not only to determine whether or not there is a replenishment medicine cassette in the replenishment operation unit, but also to determine the status of the replenishment operation from the display mode of the display member.

At least a pair of drug feeder storages may be further provided with a forward drug feeder storage provided with a plurality of forward-facing cassette bases. In this case, the plurality of forward-facing cassette bases are arranged in the front-rear direction in which the medicine cassette is attached or detached. When such a configuration is adopted, since the tablet cassette can be mounted from the front to the forward-facing cassette base without pulling out the medicine feeder hangar, the tablet felt by the operator that there may be a shortage of tablets during the packaging operation. By mounting the tablet cassette filled with the cartridge on the forward-facing cassette base, the replenishment operation can be performed without stopping the packaging operation.

Also, if the attachment / detachment direction of the forward cassette base is set to the front / rear direction, it is possible to obtain the benefit of improving the ease of attaching / detaching the medicine cassette to / from the forward cassette base, which exceeds the disadvantage caused by the decrease in the total number of medicine feeders. It should be noted that since a forward-facing cassette base that is detachable from the front surface is not provided throughout the front surface of the medicine container, it is sufficient if a certain number of parts are secured. Therefore, there is no inconvenience caused by the number of types of the display members, and the benefits of the larger display member can be fully enjoyed.

The status display control unit places a replenishment drug cassette in the replenishment operation unit when the drug stock status is below a predetermined amount among one or more drug cassettes currently used or scheduled to be used next. It is preferable to display on the display means a prompt to fill the replenishment cassette with a drug that may be insufficient. With such a display, the replenishment work can be performed smoothly.

Further, the state display control unit displays on the display means a message prompting the user to mount the replenished replenishing tablet cassette on the forward-facing cassette base when the replenishing drug cassette is filled with necessary tablets. May be. With such a display, the replenishment work becomes easy.

Further, the state display control unit is configured to store one or more of the one or more medicine cassettes currently used or scheduled to be used next in a spare medicine cassette when the medicine stock state is a predetermined amount or less. When there is a spare medicine cassette containing the same medicine as the medicine in the medicine cassette, a display that prompts the user to attach the spare medicine cassette to the forward cassette base may be displayed on the display means. With such a display, it is possible to effectively use the spare medicine cassette without stopping the packaging operation.

The medicine handing device incorporated in the same casing as the medicine feeder hangar or configured separately, and a preliminary handing cassette attached to the medicine handing device may be further provided. In this case, the status display control unit displays a schematic diagram imitating the mounting position of the preliminary whispering cassette on the display screen, and displays the medicine stock status of the preliminary whispering cassette at the corresponding mounting position on the schematic diagram. That's fine.

The upper medicine collecting mechanism is disposed between a pair of adjacent medicine feeder storages, and when the pair of adjacent medicine feeder storages are pulled out from the medicine storage, either one of the pair of adjacent medicine feeder storages Alternatively, both may be oscillated, and the medicine dropping path of the upper medicine collecting mechanism may be opened and closed by the oscillation. When such a structure is adopted, the upper medicine collecting mechanism is arranged between a pair of adjacent medicine feeder storages so that they are drawn together forward from the medicine storage, By utilizing the fact that there is a space left and right, the adjacent pair opens and closes by swinging. As a result, if a medicine dropping path between a pair of adjacent medicine feeder storages is opened, both the left and right path surfaces exposed in an obliquely opposed state can be cleaned from the same position. Further, not only the cleaning property of the medicine dropping path is maintained, but also the cleaning work can be performed easily and quickly, so that the cleaning property is improved. In addition, the swinging means can be embodied by a simple member or mechanism such as a vertical hinge.

A light-shielding member that opens and closes as the medicine cassette is attached / detached may be provided at the front opening in front of the forward-facing cassette base. In the medicine packaging machine of the present invention, the disturbance light is discharged even when the medicine cassette is not installed by providing a light blocking member at the front where the ambient light may be incident when the medicine cassette is not attached. The sensor will not reach or drastically decrease. Moreover, since the light-shielding member opens and closes as the drug cassette is attached / detached, there is no inconvenience that the operation of attaching / detaching the cassette becomes complicated or troublesome. As a result, the convenience of attaching / detaching from the front is maintained, and such a light shielding function is realized by a simple driven member that does not include an active member such as a drive motor. Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to realize a medicine packaging machine that can easily suppress the excessive reaction of the cassette-based medicine discharge sensor exposed at the foremost position.

Further, in the medicine packaging machine of the present invention, the medicine dropping path of the upper medicine collecting mechanism is provided at the front part corresponding to the plurality of forward cassette bases among the plurality of cassette bases and behind the plurality of forward cassette bases. In addition, it is divided into a rear part corresponding to a plurality of cassette bases, and a member surrounding a medicine dropping path surrounding the front part is configured to be openable and closable forward and backward, and the medicine feeder storage is pulled out from the medicine storage In the state, the front part of the member surrounding the medicine dropping path can be swung, and the member surrounding the medicine dropping path surrounding the front part may be opened and closed by the rocking. In this way, the front portion, which has a smaller cross-sectional area in the left-right direction, unlike the rear portion of the medicine drop path of the upper medicine collecting mechanism, is divided into front and rear parts so as to open and close. Even if it is a part, it opens widely in the front and rear, so that it is easy to clean the medicine dropping path. Moreover, the opening and closing of the front portion of the medicine dropping path of the upper medicine collecting mechanism is realized by swinging the front portion of the front portion. As a result, using the fact that the structure in which the medicine feeder storage can be pulled out from the medicine storage is followed, the above-described swinging can be performed while the corresponding medicine feeder storage is pulled out from the medicine storage. Therefore, since there are few members that interfere when swinging, a simple member such as a vertical hinge is sufficient for the swinging mechanism. Therefore, it is possible to realize a medicine packaging machine that can easily clean the medicine dropping path even if the upper medicine collecting mechanism is divided into front and rear.

Preliminary seating part is located outside the collection range of the drug collection mechanism. In this way, the preliminary seating part capable of detachably holding the medicine cassette is suitable for holding the spare medicine cassette, and the spare storage part has a storage place for a number of spare medicine cassettes. Become. In addition, by arranging such a spare storage part on the side of the chemical storage part, the preliminary storage part is close to the chemical storage part, so that there is no possibility that the entire width is excessively widened. Further, there is no possibility that the cleaning operation of the drug collecting mechanism, which is often performed from the front of the apparatus, is hindered, and the replacement operation between the drug cassette and the spare tablet cassette can be performed quickly and smoothly.

The spare storage section is preferably extended to the side of the packaging device or provided on the side of the packaging device. If the spare storage part is extended to the side of the packaging device, the spare storage part becomes vertically long, and the number of equipment for the preliminary seating part and the number of storable tablet cassettes can be stored without expanding the width of the preliminary storage part. Increase.

It is preferable that the spare storage part can be pulled out forward, and when the spare storage part is pulled out forward, a part of the preliminary seating part that is equipped inside the spare storage part is exposed. This makes it possible to easily and quickly use the preliminary seating portion inside the preliminary storage unit as a storage location for the preliminary tablet cassette without expanding the width of the entire apparatus including the preliminary storage unit. .

In addition, the reserve storage unit is equipped with shelves in which the preliminary seating parts are arranged side by side in upper and lower stages, and the shelves are moved forward all at once or for each distributed group. It is preferable that it can be pulled out. If the preliminary storage unit is made to be a drawer type, and it is put together or pulled out forward for each appropriate shelf group or each shelf, the number of storable tablet cassettes that can be stored increases.

(A) has shown the state which stored all the medicine feeder storages in the chemical | medical agent storage in the 1st Example of the chemical | medical agent packaging machine of this invention, (b) is a pair of adjacent in the center of a chemical | medical agent packaging machine. A state in which the medicine feeder storage is pulled out is shown, (c) shows a display example of operation display members related to a plurality of multistage and multi-row medicine cassettes attached to one medicine feeder storage, (d ) Shows a display example of operation display members related to a plurality of medicine cassettes mounted on the second shelf in one medicine feeder storage. It is a block diagram which shows that the chemical | medical agent packaging machine cooperates with the dispensing server. (A) is the external appearance perspective view which looked down at the whole medicine packaging machine toward diagonally from the upper right to the left rear, (b) is the external appearance perspective view of the front medicine feeder storage provided in the foremost part of the medicine feeder storage. is there. (A) is a vertical right side view related to one shelf in the front medicine feeder hangar, and (b) and (c) are vertical right side views related to one shelf in the front medicine feeder hangar and one medicine cassette. FIG. (A) The external appearance perspective view which looked down at the whole medicine packaging machine of 2nd Example toward the left rear from diagonally upper left, (b), the whole medicine packaging machine from the diagonally right upper side toward the left rear It is the external appearance perspective view looked down. (A) shows a state in which the medicine feeder storage and the front medicine feeder storage are all pushed into the medicine storage, and (b) shows a state in which the medicine feeder storage and the front medicine feeder storage are pulled out from the medicine storage. Yes. It is a schematic diagram which shows that the chemical | medical agent packaging machine cooperates with the independent chemical | medical agent handing apparatus with the assistance of a dispensing server. (A) is a figure which shows an example of the display of the dispersion | distribution operation display member provided in the front panel provided ahead of a pair of chemical | medical agent feeder storage, (b) is the some chemical | medical agent cassette provided in the reserve | reserve part FIG. 8C is a diagram showing an example of the medicine information and the medicine stock status of the distributed operation display member, and FIG. 8C is a diagram showing the medicine stock status related to the pre-handling cassette of the built-in type medicine handing device shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the chemical | drug | medicine stock status which concerns on the preliminary | backup manufacturing cassette of the preliminary | backup manufacturing cassette storage shelf for preliminary | backup manufacturing cassettes to a dispersion | distribution operation display member.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of a medicine packaging machine of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[Example 1]
About the Example 1 of the medicine packaging machine of this invention, the specific structure is demonstrated with reference to drawings. FIGS. 1A and 1B are external perspective views of the entire medicine packaging machine 10 according to the first embodiment, looking down from the upper right to the left rear. FIG. 1A shows a state in which all of the medicine feeder storages 13a to 13d are stored in the medicine storage 11, and FIG. 1B shows a state in which a pair of adjacent drug feeder storages 13b and 13c are pulled out to the front. Is shown. 1 (c) and 1 (d) are display examples of the operation display member 50 as a “display member”, and FIG. 1 (c) is a multi-stage multi-stage display mounted in one medicine feeder storage 13c. FIG. 1D is a display example related to a plurality (36 in the example) of medicine cassettes 15 in a row (6 × 6), and FIG. 1D is a series attached to the second shelf 12 in one medicine feeder storage 13c. It is an example of a display concerning the next six medicine cassettes 15. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing that the medicine packaging machine 10 is linked with the dispensing server 80.

The medicine packaging machine 10 (see FIGS. 1 (a) and 1 (b)) has an upper medicine container 11, an intermediate lower medicine collecting mechanism 31, and a lower packaging device 32 housed in one casing. It is.

Among them, the lower medicine collecting mechanism 31 and the packaging device 32 show only the exterior, and the above-described structures are adopted (for example, see Patent Documents 1 to 7). The lower medicine collecting mechanism 31 collects the medicine dropped from an upper medicine collecting mechanism (not shown) in the upper medicine container 11 and puts the medicine into the lower packaging device 32 so as to package the medicine. Since this configuration is publicly known, a detailed description which will be repeated is omitted. The controller 34 shown only in the storage position is substantially the same as the hardware and medicine discharge control software described above (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 to 7), and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Further, the medicine storage 11 holds a plurality of medicine feeder storages 13a to 13d side by side in a state where the medicine feeder storages 13a to 13d can be pulled forward, and the medicine feeder storages 13a to 13d each have a plurality of lateral directions (front-rear direction). The cassette base 16 is oriented in a multi-row, multi-stage arrangement, the lateral cassette base 16 can hold the medicine cassette 15 in a detachable manner, and the medicine cassette 15 is used for various medicines. A medicine feeder is constructed when the medicine cassette 15 is mounted on the cassette base 16, and the medicine is sequentially discharged from the medicine according to the control of the control device 34. The upper drug collecting mechanism 20 guides the discharged drug downward and drops it to the lower drug collecting mechanism 31. Also is the same as the prior art (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 to 7), repeatedly made detailed description is omitted.

Furthermore, although not shown in the figure, an identification information carrier for holding identification information such as a barcode is attached to all drug cassettes 15. Further, an information reading device for reading the identification information is provided on the horizontal cassette base 16. When the medicine cassette 15 with the identification information carrier is mounted on the sideways cassette base 16, the identification information is read and further transmitted to the dispensing server (host computer) 80 in FIG. 2 via a wireless or wired LAN. The adjustment server 80 includes a medicine master 80A, a status display unit 80B, a cassette management 80c, and a guide unit 80D, and performs collation and information search. Since the function of the adjustment server 80 is the same as that of the technique described above (see, for example, Patent Documents 1, 4, and 6), detailed description thereof is omitted.

In this embodiment, the drug feeder storages 13a to 13d are equipped with four pieces (see FIGS. 1A and 1B). Each of the medicine feeder storages 13a to 13d is equipped with a horizontal cassette base 16 in a multi-stage multi-row arrangement as in the prior art. The upper medicine collecting mechanism 20 is also disposed between a pair of adjacent medicine feeder storages 13b and medicine feeder storages 13c as in the prior art. Of the four medicine feeder storages 13a to 13d, the medicine feeder storages 13a and 13d on both sides and the upper medicine collecting mechanism part attached to the side surfaces of the medicine feeder storages 13a to 13d are individually inserted with a drawing member such as a rail (not shown) as in the conventional case. The medicine storage 11 is attached. When the lock (not shown) is removed and pulled toward the front, the medicine feeder storages 13a and 13d on both sides and the upper medicine collecting mechanism part attached to both sides are pulled out from the medicine storage 11, and when pushed backward, It is pushed in to fit.

On the other hand (see FIGS. 1A and 1B), an operation display member is provided at the front position, that is, the foremost position of the pair of medicine feeder storages 13b and 13c adjacent to each other in the center of the medicine storage 11. 50 (display member) is equipped. The operation display member 50 is formed of a known touch panel type display device or the like, and the operation display member 50 is a large-screen display screen having dimensions close to the width direction dimensions of the front surfaces of both of the adjacent pair of medicine feeder storages 13b and 13c. Have. And since a pair of adjacent medicine feeder storages 13b and 13c are normally connected to each other using, for example, an easily removable hook or the like, a pair of adjacent medicine feeder storages when one of them is pulled forward. 13b and 13c are collectively pulled out from the medicine storage 11 together. When one of them is pushed backward, the pair of adjacent medicine feeder storages 13b and 13c are also pushed together into the medicine storage 11 and stored. In addition, at that time, the operation display member 50 also moves together with the pair of medicine feeder storages 13b and 13c adjacent to each other.

The operation instruction and display performed using the display screen of the operation display member 50 (see FIGS. 1C and 1D) are also used in the controller 34 dedicated to the medicine packaging machine 10 and other dispensing devices. It is executed in cooperation with the dispensing server 80. The operation of the device operation such as starting and stopping of the packaging operation according to the operation instruction of the operator or the like with respect to the operation column 51 is basically performed by the control device 34. As shown in FIG. 2, in this embodiment, a state display control unit 35 that controls the operation display member 50 is constructed in the control device 24. Information such as the operation state of the medicine packaging machine 10 is displayed in the device operation state display field 52 by the state display control unit 35 configured in the control device 34 and is also transmitted to the dispensing server 80 to communicate with other devices. It is used for adjustment and logging. Dispensing instruction data based on a prescription is automatically transmitted from the dispensing server 80 to the control device 34 or is manually input to the control device 34. In response to this input, the control device 34 controls and manages automatic packaging.

Also, the management of a large number of medicine cassettes 15 necessary for the packaging of the medicine packaging machine 10 is performed by the cooperation of the control device 34 and the dispensing server. The information reading device of the horizontal cassette base 16 reads the identification information allocated to each medicine cassette 15 from the identification information carrier attached to the medicine cassette 15, and the control device 34 and further the dispensing server “acquires the identification information as data. Thus, it is reflected in the management database such as the medicine master 80A and cassette management 80C of the dispensing server 80. The dispensing server 80 uses the medicine master 80A and cassette management 80C and the identification information to identify one or a plurality of corresponding drugs. The position of the medicine cassette 15 and the medicine stock status (stock information), specifically, for example, grasp and manage the maximum accommodation number, the current accommodation number, etc. In this embodiment, the control device 34 manages the device operation. The operation management unit is configured, and the dispensing server 80 manages the inventory information of the medicines in the plurality of medicine cassettes 15 That constitute the inventory information management unit.

As a result, based on the database in the dispensing server 80, the medicine stock status in the medicine storage 11 is displayed on the operation display member 50 according to an instruction from the state display control unit 35. A cassette position display field 53 and a cassette group display field 54 are also allocated on the display screen of the operation display member 50 (see FIGS. 1C and 1D). In the cassette position display column 53, a schematic base 53A on the front of the apparatus in which a plurality of medicine feeder storages (13a to 13d) are arranged on the left and right, and one of the medicine feeder storages (13a to 13d) includes a cassette base mounting shelf. A schematic diagram 53B or the like of the right side of the hangar in which (14) is arranged vertically is displayed. In the schematic diagrams 53A and 53B, a display 13'c for specifying the medicine feeder storage 13c selected as the display target of the medicine stock status and a display 12 'for specifying the cassette base mounting shelf 12 of the medicine feeder storage 13 are highlighted. (In the example shown, the displays 13'c and 12 'are highlighted by hatching and dots). In this embodiment, the schematic diagram 53A functions as a hangar selection switch operated to select one pill feeder hangar that displays a drug stock status on the display screen from a plurality of pill feeder hangars 13a to 13d. The schematic diagram 53B functions as a shelf selection switch operated to select one or more shelves for displaying the medicine stock status on the display screen from the selected tablet feeder storage. Therefore, the operator can make a selection by touching the schematic diagrams 53A and 53B on the display screen.

In the cassette group display field 54, each cassette display field 55 is assigned to each drug cassette 15 one by one, and the arrangement of the drug cassettes 15 belonging to the highlighted range (13c 'and 14') is arranged. The drug stock status is displayed for each corresponding drug cassette 15 in the same schematic diagram layout. The display of the medicine stock status is performed in association with a schematic diagram simulating the mounting position of the corresponding medicine cassette. In addition, at that time, when the per-cassette display field 55 can only be secured small (see FIG. 1 (c)), a circular bar graph showing the drug inventory rate with the minimum drug information such as the drug name and the length of the arc. The display 56 is displayed at the corresponding position in the display unit 55 for each cassette. In FIG.1 (c), the chemical | medical agent stock state is displayed by the three-stage display by showing the arc of three types. When each cassette display column 55 can be made larger (see FIG. 1 (d)), some drug information and an easy-to-see pattern imitating the pill dosage form 56 'and the capsule dosage form 56 "are displayed. A bar graph-like graph display 56 arranged in accordance with the drug inventory rate is displayed in the cassette display field 55 for each tablet cassette, that is, when a tablet is contained in the corresponding drug cassette, the tablet is displayed. In the example of Fig. 4D, the drug stock status is displayed in stages by the number of simulated patterns, and when the capsule is inserted in the drug cassette, the number of patterns imitating the capsule. When the number is three, it means “sufficient”, when it is two, “about half”, and one case means “1/3 or less”.

The usage mode and operation of the medicine packaging machine 10 according to the first embodiment will be described. However, the usage and the packaging operation of the parts related to the medicine feeder storages 13a to 13d are the same as the conventional one, and a pair of adjacent tablet feeder storages Since the explanation in the case of performing the cleaning work related to the upper medicine collecting mechanism 20 between 13b and 13c will be described in detail in the second embodiment, the operation and display related to the operation display member 50 will be described here.

Each medicine cassette 15 contains a predetermined medicine that can be randomly stored and sequentially discharged, and in addition to the medicine information such as the medicine name, information related to the medicine stock status such as the maximum accommodation number and the replenishment number is known (for example, (Refer to Patent Documents 1, 4, and 6), after inputting data to the dispensing server 80 and the control device 34 together with the identification information attached to the medicine cassette 15, the sideways cassette base 16 guided by the guiding means 80D to the medicine cassette 15 Or, it is mounted on an appropriate sideways cassette base 16.

Then, the identification information of the medicine cassette 15 is read, and the dispensing server 80 and the control device 34 grasp the mounting position of the medicine cassette 15, the medicine information, and the medicine stock status based on the identification information.

Then, when the medicine packaging machine 10 is turned on, the operation column 51 of the operation display member 50 displays an operation instruction operation button 51A or the like described as “pre-feed” and the device operation state display column 52 The operation state of the apparatus such as “Paused” is displayed, and the cassette position display column 53 displays schematic diagrams 53A and 53B of the medicine cassette mounting area such as the arrangement of medicine feeder storages and the arrangement of cassette base mounting shelves. Then, when a part of the schematic diagrams 53A and 53B to which the details are desired is pressed with a fingertip or the like, for example, the display 13'c corresponding to the second from the right in the medicine feeder storages 13a to 13d is designated (FIG. 1C). (See the second vertical rectangle from the right in the schematic diagram 53A on the left side of the cassette position display column 53), and that part is highlighted, and the schematic diagram 53B on the right side showing the arrangement of the cassette base mounting shelves is highlighted as a whole. (See the entire area of the schematic diagram 53B on the right side of the cassette position display column 53 in FIG. 1C).

Furthermore, the detailed display of the location of the medicine cassette 15 and the display of the medicine stock status of each medicine cassette 15 are displayed in the cassette group display field 54. That is, the cassette group display column 54 has the same multi-stage multi-row arrangement state as the multi-stage multi-row cassettes 15 mounted in the multi-stage multi-row in the second medicine feeder storage 13c from the right (six in FIG. 1C). 36 cassette-by-cassette display fields 55 are displayed (in a matrix of rows and 6 columns). In each cassette display column 55, in addition to simple information on the medicines stored in the medicine cassettes 15 corresponding to the positions in the multi-stage and multi-row arrangement, a circular shape indicating the medicine stock ratio of the medicine cassette 15 is displayed. A bar graph display 56 is displayed. Therefore, by viewing this display, it is possible to intuitively and promptly grasp the drug stock status relating to a large number of drug cassettes 15 in the corresponding drug feeder storage 13c.

Then, for example, when a part corresponding to the cassette base mounting shelf 12 that is the second from the top in the schematic diagram 53B on the right side of the cassette position display field 53 is designated by a fingertip touch operation or the like (the cassette position display field 53 in FIG. 1C). (See the second horizontal rectangle 12 'from the top in the schematic diagram on the right side of Fig. 1), and the highlighting related to the schematic diagram 53B is limited to the corresponding part (see the cassette position display column 53 in Fig. 1 (d)), and the cassette The display state of the medicine stock state in the group display column 54 is switched from the multistage multi-row to the arrangement state corresponding to only one corresponding cassette base mounting shelf 12. The six cassette display columns 55 are assigned line by line in a corresponding arrangement of the drug cassettes 15 on the shelf 12 (see a display example in a row in the cassette group display column 54 of FIG. 1D).

In this display mode, since the display area of the display field 55 for each cassette is wide, not only the drug name but also other information such as the expiration date and the production lot number is stored for the drug stored in the corresponding drug cassette 15. A graph display 56 is displayed in which the detailed drug information added and the dosage form simulated patterns related to the corresponding drug such as a ball or capsule are arranged in accordance with the drug inventory rate (cassette group display field in FIG. 1 (d)). 54 display examples). Therefore, when viewing the display, it is possible to quickly and accurately grasp the medicine stock state of the medicine cassettes 15 corresponding to one designated shelf in the medicine feeder storage 13 in question.

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About the Example 2 of the chemical | medical agent packaging machine of this invention, the specific structure is demonstrated with reference to drawings. FIG. 3A is an external perspective view of the entire medicine packaging machine 60 looking down from the upper right to the left rear, and FIG. 3B is a front medicine feeder provided in the foremost part of the medicine feeder storages 13A and 13B. It is an external appearance perspective view of the hangar 14A. 4 (a) is a vertical right side view of one shelf in the front medicine feeder storage 14A, and FIGS. 4 (b) and 4 (c) are one shelf and medicine cassettes in the front medicine feeder storage 14A. It is a vertical right side view concerning 15 pieces.

5A is an external perspective view of the entire medicine packaging machine 60 looking down from the upper left to the right rear, and FIG. 5B is an entire right medicine packaging machine 60 from the upper right to the left rear. It is the external appearance perspective view looked down toward. FIG. 6A and FIG. 6B are plan views schematically showing the main part of the medicine packaging machine 60 in a simplified manner. 6A shows a state in which the medicine feeder storages 13A to 13H and the front medicine feeder storages 14A and 14D are all pushed into the medicine storage 61, and FIG. 6B shows the medicine feeder storages 13A and 13B. The front medicine feeder storage 14A, the medicine feeder storages 13E and 13F, and the front panel 14C are drawn from the medicine storage 61. Further, FIGS. 3A and 5A show a state in which a pair of medicine feeder storages 13A and 13B and a front medicine feeder storage 14A are pulled out, and FIG. Indicates the state.

Further, FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing a state where the medicine packaging machine 60 is linked with the independent medicine handling apparatus 70 with the assistance of the dispensing server 80 (host computer).

8 (a) to 8 (c) are display examples of the operation display member 50, of which FIG. 8 (a) is provided on the front panel 14B provided in front of the medicine feeder storages 13C and 13D. An example of the display of the distributed operation display member 50B provided on the front panel 14C provided in front of the distributed operation display member 50A and the medicine feeder storages 13E and 13F is shown. The dispersion operation display member 50A is provided on the front panels 14B and 14C with the medicine stock status of the plurality of medicine cassettes 15 mounted from the front on the plurality of forward cassette bases 17 of the front medicine feeder storage 14A and the front medicine feeder storage 14D. An example of the medicine stock status of the medicine cassette 15 temporarily placed in the replenishment operation section 62 is shown. The distribution operation display member 50B shows the drug stock status and drug information of a plurality of drug cassettes 15 mounted from the front on the front-facing cassette base 17 in the right column of the front drug feeder storage 14D. FIG. 8B shows an example of medicine information and medicine stock status of a plurality of medicine cassettes 15 provided in the reserve unit 40 shown in the dispersion operation display member 50A. Further, FIG. 8 (c) shows the state of the medicine inventory related to the pre-handing cassette 71 of the built-in type medicine hand-handling device 33 shown in FIG. The example of a display in the case of showing the medicine stock situation concerning preliminary spare cassette 71 on distributed operation display member 50A is shown.

The medicine packaging machine 60 of the present embodiment is an extension of the medicine packaging machine 10 of the first embodiment described above to enhance the practicality, and in the case of the illustrated example (FIGS. 3A and 5A). , (B)), eight medicine feeder storages 13A to 13H are arranged side by side in the medicine storage 61, which is an enlargement of the medicine storage 11, and the upper medicine collection mechanisms 20A to 20D are arranged accordingly. It has increased to four. The operation display members 50 are also increased to be constituted by two distributed operation display members 50A and a distributed operation display member 50B. Further, as shown in FIGS. 5B and 7, a built-in medicine handing device 33 is provided around the upper end of the lower medicine collecting mechanism 31 in the middle stage of the housing storing them. The left and right sides of the casing are provided with a two-tiered standby storage 40.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 5, the equipment mode of the medicine feeder storage 13 in the medicine storage 61 (see FIG. 3A, FIG. 5A, FIG. 6A, and FIG. 6B), Forms of front end portions of medicine feeder storages 13A to 13H (see FIGS. 3 (a), 3 (b), 4 (a) to 4 (c)), and upper medicine collecting mechanisms 20A to 20D are adjacent to each other Configuration of the upper medicine collecting mechanism 20 in the adjacent pair of medicine feeder storages 13A and 13B, 13C and 13D, 13E and 13F, and 13G and 13H (FIG. 3 (a), FIG. 5 (a), FIG. 6 (a)) , See FIG. 6 (b)). Moreover, since the reserve | reserve storage part 40 is newly added (refer FIG. 3 (a), FIG. 5 (a), (b)), they are explained in full detail below.

The medicine feeder storages 13A to 13H are equipped with eight pieces in the illustrated example (see FIGS. 3A, 6A, and 6B). A base 16 is equipped. In front of the medicine feeder storages 13A and 13B and the medicine feeder storages 13G and 13H, front medicine feeder storages 14A and 14D are provided. Further, front panels 14B and 14C having dispersion operation display members 50A and 50B are provided in front of the medicine feeder storages 13C and 13D and the medicine feeder storages 13E and 13F.

In the illustrated example, the front panels 14B and 14C provided in front of the two pairs of drug feeder storages 13C and 13D and 13E and 13F closer to the center are respectively provided with operation display members 50A and 50B and replenishment working parts 62A and 62B. And are equipped.

Each of the pair of adjacent drug feeder storages 13A and 13B to 13G and 13H is attached to the lower wall of the drug storage 61 through the drawing member 12 such as a guide rail (see FIG. 6D). . Since a pair of adjacent drug feeder storages 13A and 13B to 13G and 13H are normally connected using a hook (not shown) that is easy to remove, the pair of adjacent drug feeder storages can be taken into and out of the drug storage 61. And put together. In this case, the front medicine feeder storages 14A and 14D and the front panels 14B and 14C on which the operation display members 50A and 50B are mounted also move together with the adjacent pair of medicine feeder storages 13C and 13D and 13E and 13F. It is supposed to be.

The front medicine feeder storages 14A and 14D have a structure in which the medicine feeder storages 13A and 13B and 13G and 13H are shortened and rotated by 90 ° around the vertical axis. A plurality of forward-facing cassette bases 17 are provided in a vertical four-stage arrangement (see FIG. 3A).

The forward-facing cassette base 17 is different from the lateral-facing cassette base 16 in the rear medicine feeder storage (see FIGS. 3 (a) and 3 (b)). And the point where the medicine feeder storages 13A and 13B and 13G and 13H are stored in the medicine storage 61 and are exposed forward without being hidden inside. The forward-facing cassette base 17 drives the medicine cassette 15 to sequentially discharge the medicines, the information reading device is attached, and the like remain the same as the lateral-facing cassette base 16.

Other points relating to the forward-facing cassette base 17, for example, the functions of the cassette base individual such as the sequential discharge of the medicine from the medicine cassette 15 and the reading of the identification information, the configuration embodying it, etc. remain the same as the lateral cassette base 16. However, in order to avoid or reduce exposure of the exposed forward cassette base 17 to ceiling lighting or the like, the light shielding member 18 that has not been heretofore has a diagonally upper position in front of the forward cassette base 17 (FIG. 3). (See (a)), one by one. Then, the front opening of the cassette mounting space on the forward-facing cassette base 17 is opened and closed by swinging along with the attachment / detachment of the medicine cassette 15 (see FIGS. 4A to 4C). .

The light shielding member 18 is made of, for example, a thin opaque plate material, and the upper end portion is supported by a hinge or the like. When the medicine cassette 15 is not attached to the cassette base 17 (see FIG. 4 (a)), the light shielding member 18 prevents the ceiling illumination from hitting a medicine discharge sensor comprising a light receiving element (not shown) provided in the back of the forward cassette base 17. Will stop. When the medicine cassette 15 is attached or detached, the light shielding member 18 swings and escapes so as not to obstruct the medicine cassette 15 (see FIG. 4B), the medicine cassette 15 is mounted on the forward-facing cassette base 17, and the medicine discharge sensor is attached to the medicine cassette 15. When the light shielding member 18 is protected from ambient light, the light shielding member 18 rides on the medicine cassette 15 and stays there (see FIG. 4C).

The distributed operation display members 50A and 50B constituting the operation display member 50 may be known products such as a touch panel type display device as in the first embodiment, and the front surfaces of the adjacent pair of medicine feeder storages 13C and 13D and 13E and 13F. The width is up to twice the width of the medicine feeder hangar (13C and 13D and 13E and 13F) because they are equipped in both states (see FIGS. 3 (a) and 5 (b)). Since it is allowed and it is allowed to be close to the full length of the vertically long medicine feeder storage, as described above, one having a larger size than the conventional one is adopted.

In addition, the dispersion operation display members 50A and 50B are mounted not on the lowermost part or below the medicine feeder storage (13C and 13D and 13E and 13F) but on the middle stage of the medicine feeder storage 13 or a front surface slightly above it. Since it is at a height closer to the operator's line of sight than before, it is easy to see and operate.

Each of the pair of adjacent medicine feeder storages 13A to 13H equipped with the operation display member 50 and the front medicine feeder storages 14A and 14B described above at the front end position guides the discharged medicine downward as described above. Upper drug collecting mechanisms 20A to 20D that are dropped onto the lower drug collecting mechanism 31 are provided (see FIGS. 3A and 5A). The medicine dropping paths of the upper medicine collecting mechanisms 20A to 20D (see FIGS. 6A and 6B) are a pair of adjacent medicine feeder storages 13A and 13B, 13C and 13D, 13E and 13F, and 13G and 13H. The rear part 21A thru | or 21D of the upper chemical | medical agent fall path | route ensured between the front medicine feeder storages 14A and 14D, the chemical | medical feeder feeder storages 13A and 13B, and the front part of the upper chemical | medical agent fall path | route ensured between 13G and 13H 24A and 24B.

As shown in FIGS. 6 (a) and 6 (b), the rear portions 21A to 21D of the upper drug drop path are provided in the left drug feeder storages 13A, 13C, 13E, and 13G of a pair of adjacent drug feeder storages. Left side portions 22A to 22D of members surrounding the rear portion of the upper drug drop path mounted on the right side of the upper side and upper drug drop paths mounted on the left side of the right drug feeder storages 13B, 13D, 13F and 13H The right side portions 23A to 23D of the member that surrounds the rear portion are established by facing each other. Thereby, the medicine discharged from the plurality of medicine cassettes 15 mounted on the plurality of lateral cassette bases 16 of the medicine feeder storages 13A to 13H falls to the lower medicine collecting mechanism 31.

The front parts 24A and 24B of the upper medicine drop path are adjacent to the front parts 25A and 25B of the member surrounding the front part of the upper medicine drop path mounted on the rear end surfaces of the front medicine feeder storages 14A and 14B and a pair of adjacent medicines. The rear part of the member that surrounds the front part of the upper drug drop path that is provided on the front end surfaces of the feeder storages 13 and 13B and 13G and 13H and extends to both the pair of drug feeder storages 13 and 13B and 13G and 13H It is established by 26A and 26D facing each other. As a result, the medicine discharged from the plurality of medicine cassettes 15 mounted on the forward-facing cassette base 17 installed in the front medicine feeder storages 14A and 14B falls to the lower medicine collecting mechanism 31.

Further, since the left-side drug feeder storage 13A is supported by the rear swing support shaft 28 among the pair of adjacent drug feeder storages 13A and 13B, the pair of adjacent drug feeder storages 13A and 13B In the state where the left side of the medicine container 61 is pulled out from the medicine storage 61, the left one of the adjacent pair of medicine feeder storages 13A and 13B can be swung to the left. Therefore, when the left drug feeder storage 13A is swung by releasing the lock (not shown), the left part 22A of the member surrounding the rear part of the upper drug dropping path is associated therewith. And the left side portion 22A is separated from the right side portion 23A of the member surrounding the rear portion of the upper drug dropping path. The rear portion 21A of the upper drug drop path between 23A is opened in the forwardly open state (see FIG. 6B), and if it is swung in the opposite direction, it returns to the original position and is located behind the upper drug drop path. The portion 21A is also closed (see FIG. 6A).

Furthermore, since the front medicine feeder storage 14 is supported by the front swing support shaft 27A at the left end of the rear end portion, a pair of adjacent medicine feeder storages 13A and 13B, which are the rear portions, are pulled out from the medicine storage 61. Thus, in the state where there is no interference on the left side of the front medicine feeder storage 14A, the front medicine feeder storage 14A can be swung to the left (see FIG. 6B). Therefore, when the lock (not shown) is removed and the medicine feeder storage 14A is swung, the front portion 25 of the member surrounding the front portion 24A of the upper medicine dropping path is also swung accordingly. Since it is separated from the rear part 26 of the member surrounding the front part of the drop path, the front part 24A of the upper drug drop path between both members is opened in the front open state (see FIG. 3 (d)). . If it is swung in the opposite direction, it returns to its original position so that the front portion 24A of the upper medicine dropping path is closed (see FIG. 6A). For the same reason, the front portion 24D of the upper medicine drop path opens and closes around the front swing support shaft 27A.

In the example shown in the figure, the reserve units 40 and 40 (see FIGS. 5A and 5B) are vertically moved with respect to the left side surface of the housing of the main body unit including the medicine storage 61 and the lower portions 31 and 32 thereof. It is attached in a two-tiered arrangement. The upper storage 40 is located on the left side of the medicine storage 61 and the lower storage 40 is on the left of the lower medicine collecting mechanism 31 and the packaging device 32. positioned. And these spare storage parts 40 and 40 are mounted on the upper surface of each shelf part, and the box part of the right side open | released state, the shelf part equipped in multiple stages in this box body, respectively, and back and forth A plurality of cassette seats 41 arranged in a direction are provided, and can be pulled forward.

The plurality of cassette seats 41 are the same as the static members that are left out of the above-described cassette bases 16 and 17 that are mass-produced and omit driving members such as motors. In any case, the above-described medicine cassette 15 can be detachably held, and is easy to procure and inexpensive. Moreover, since the cassette seating part 41 is exposed when the preliminary storage parts 40 are pulled forward, the medicine cassette 15 can be attached and detached before the main body part such as the medicine storage 61.

Further, as described above, even if the spare storage units 40 and 40 are aligned with the medicine storage 61 and the like, since the spare storage units 40 and 40 and the medicine storage 61 are partitioned by a plate material or the like, the cassette seating is performed. All of the units 41 are out of the drug collection range of the upper drug collection mechanism 20 and the lower drug collection mechanism 31. In addition, the cassette seating portion 41 is different from the cassette bases 16 and 17 in that the cassette seating portion 41 is not provided with a member for driving the medicine cassette 15 and a function for sequentially discharging the medicine. . The spare storage units 40, 40 are provided with an information reading device, and the identification information read from the identification information carrier of each medicine cassette 15 by the information reading device is dispensed via a wireless or wired LAN, etc. Computer). Therefore, the cassette seating portion 41 is the same as the cassette bases 16 and 17.

The replenishment operation parts 62A and 62B are for providing temporary temporary storage for replenishment work related to the medicine cassette 15 to be replenished with medicine. A pedestal portion that is the same as or more simplified than the cassette seat portion 41 described above is provided. A replenishing operation unit 62A is provided so that an operator can refill the medicine cassette 15 and attach / detach the medicine cassette 15 in an easy posture while looking at the dispersion operation display members 50A and 50B in front of the medicine packaging machine 60. And 62B are mounted on the front panels 14B and 14C in front of the pair of adjacent medicine feeder storages 13C and 13D and 13E and 13F equipped with the operation display members 50A and 50B. In the present embodiment, the replenishment operation parts 62A and 62B are located slightly below the distributed operation display members 50A and 50B, and two replenishment operation parts 62A and 62B are provided corresponding to the operation display members 50A and 50B (FIG. 3A). FIG. 5 (b)).

The identification information is also read for the medicine cassette 15 temporarily placed in the replenishment operation unit 62, and the identification information is transmitted to the control device 34 and the dispensing server 80. The identification information can be read by a known method (see, for example, Patent Documents 1, 4, and 6). For example, the information reading devices may be attached to the replenishment working parts 62A and 62B one by one like the cassette bases 16 and 17 and the cassette seating part 41, and the manual operation of the portable terminal 81 with the identification information reading function (see FIG. 2). You may read by operation. Note that the portable terminal 81 and an appropriate information reading device may be attached to and detached from the replenishment working unit 62 so that automatic reading and manual reading can be arbitrarily used.

As described above, the medicine handing device 33 is incorporated in the medicine packaging machine 60 (see FIGS. 3A and 5B), but the medicine handing device 33 may be a known one (for example, a patent). In order to detach and attach the pre-spreading cassette 71 formed with a number of compartments, the cassette holder is moved forward and backward from the housing (see FIG. 7). In addition, the medicine packaging machine 60 is configured to cooperate with an independent medicine handling apparatus 70 via the dispensing server 80. The cooperation between the medicine packaging machine 60 and the medicine handing device 70 and the dispensing server 80 is based on the identification of the medicine handing device 33 and the information reading device (not shown) attached to the medicine handing device 70, not shown. This is realized by reading the identification information of the pre-handing cassette 71 from the information carrier and transmitting it to the control device 34 and the dispensing server 80 by a known method similar to the transmission of the identification information of the medicine cassette 15 described above.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 7, the pre-handing cassette storage shelf 72 that also serves as a work table for the medicine handing device 70 can store the pre-handing cassettes 71 in multiple stages. The upper and lower tiers have temporary storage shelves. Information reading devices (not shown) are also attached to the shelves one by one, and the identification information of the pre-rolling cassette 71 held therein is held in the medicine handing device 33 and the medicine handing device 70 described above. In the same manner as the pre-spreading cassette 71, it is read and transmitted to the dispensing server 80. The transmission data is used for data management by cooperation between the dispensing server 80 and the control device 34.

The dispensing server 80 shown in FIG. 2 cooperates with the control device 34 and cooperates with other control devices, if any, to guide the mounting destination of the preliminary burning cassette 71 based on the identification information. Whether it is halfway or after completion, whether it is being discharged sequentially, or after completion, if it is being discharged sequentially, what proportion of the discharged compartments in all compartments is also managed. Since this is embodied by expanding the application target of known methods (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 and 6), it will be briefly described. The dispensing server 80 collects identification information from the lateral cassette base 16, the forward cassette base 17, the replenishment operation unit 62, the drug handling unit 33, the cassette seating unit 41, the preliminary handling cassette storage shelf 72, and the portable terminal 81. The data is managed, and information necessary for displaying the status of each tablet cassette 15 and 71 and guiding the mounting destination is provided to the control device 34.

The control device 34 performs screen display and operation instruction reception on the operation display member 50 in cooperation with the dispensing server 80 based on such information and information of the medicine packaging machine 60 itself. The screen of the operation display member 50 is divided into an operation column 51, an apparatus operation state display column 52, a cassette position display column 53, and a cassette group display column 54, and a plurality of cassettes are displayed in the cassette group display column 54. The fact that the display column 55 is displayed in an arrangement reflecting the arrangement state, and that the medicine accommodation state of the medicine cassette 15 corresponding to the per-cassette display column 55 is displayed in the graph display 56 is a small difference such as the difference in the number of cassettes. However, since it is generally the same as the medicine packaging machine 10 described above, a detailed description that will be repeated or repeated will be omitted. Similarly, in the medicine packaging machine 60, in addition to the apparatus operating state, the medicine stock status is also displayed for the medicine feeder storages 13A to 13H equipped with the sideways cassette base 16 (FIG. 1 (c), FIG. 1 (d)).

In the case of display on the operation display member 50 related to the front medicine feeder storages 14A and 14B (see FIG. 8A), one of the two distributed operation display members 50A and 50B, for example, the left distributed operation display member 50A. A summary display is performed. In the cassette position display field 53 of the dispersion operation display member 50A, in addition to the front medicine feeder storages 14A and 14D arranged side by side, the dispersion operation display members 50A and 50B and the replenishment operation parts 62A and 62B can be visually recognized. The schematic diagram 53C is displayed as a schematic diagram, and the per- cassette display fields 57A and 57B are displayed as schematic diagrams corresponding to the two replenishment working units 62A and 62B. If the medicine cassette 15 is placed in the replenishment operation unit 62B, the medicine stock status of the medicine cassette 15 is displayed in a circular graph in the corresponding cassette display field 57B.

Further, the cassette group display column 54 of the left dispersion operation display member 50A has an arrangement of 6 rows and 4 columns corresponding to the forward cassette bases 17 of the front medicine feeder storages 14A and 14D having 6 rows and 4 columns. Twenty-four cassette display fields 55 are displayed. Of the 24 cassette-by-cassette display columns 55, the cassette-by-cassette display column 55 corresponding to the forward-facing cassette base 17 to which the drug cassette 15 is mounted has a circular graph showing the drug stock status of the drug cassette 15. It is displayed.

Further, when any one of the cassette display fields 55 (second row / fourth column in the example of FIG. 8 (a)) is selected by a finger pressing operation or the like, this is highlighted (FIG. 8 ( (see the left half of the dispersion operation display part in a)), the drug stock status of the corresponding medicine cassette 15 is displayed in detail on the other of the two dispersion operation display members 50A and 50B, for example, the right dispersion operation display member 50B. It has become. For example, a cassette position display field 53 and a cassette group display field 54 are secured on the screen of the dispersion operation display member 50B. In the cassette position display field 53 of the dispersion operation display member 50B, a schematic diagram 53D showing the position of the selected medicine cassette 15 is displayed. The cassette group display column 54 is a bar graph graph in which several pieces of drug information related to the drug stored in the selected drug cassette 15 and a pattern imitating the dosage form are arranged in a number corresponding to the drug inventory rate. A display 56 is displayed. When the two distributed operation display members 50A and 50B are used in this way, the situation before the selection and the situation after the selection can be seen at the same time, so that workability is greatly improved.

Further, as shown in FIG. 8B, for the display of the medicine stock status of the reserve storage unit 40, the cassette position display field 53 includes a schematic diagram 53E on the front side of the apparatus highlighting the selected reserve store unit 40. Is displayed. In the cassette group display column 54, 36 cassette-by-cassette display columns 55 are displayed as schematic diagrams in an arrangement corresponding to the arrangement of the 36 cassette seating parts 41 equipped in the corresponding reserve storage unit 40. In the per-cassette display field 55, the medicine stock status of the medicine cassette 15 (preliminary tablet cassette) mounted on the corresponding 36 cassette seats 41 is displayed as a circular bar graph display 56. ing. A bar graph display using a dosage form pattern is also possible.

As shown in FIG. 8 (c), the display of the medicine stock status of the preliminary whisper cassette 71 is the same as the above-described display. In the cassette position display field 53, a schematic diagram 53F showing the mounting position 33 'of the built-in type drug handing device 33, and a schematic diagram 53G showing the holding position of the preliminary manual cassette 71 in the preliminary manual cassette storage shelf 72 are displayed. The Further, in the cassette display field 55A of the cassette group display field 54, the medicine stock status of the preliminary whirling cassette 71 attached to the medicine handing device 33 is displayed as a circular bar graph display 56, and the cassette display field below it. In 55B, the medicine stock state of the operation unit that sequentially drops the medicines transferred in a batch and a circular bar graph display 56 are displayed. At the timing when the medicine is collectively transferred from the pre-sowing cassette 71 to the operation unit, the upper cassette display column 55A of the upper and lower two cassette display columns 55A and 55B has an inventory status of zero, and the lower cassette display column 55A and 55B. 55B displays the medicine stock status. If the packaging operation proceeds, the inventory in the lower cassette display field 55B will decrease.

Further, by selecting the spare burning cassette 71 held in the separate spare burning cassette storage shelf 72 from the displays 71'a to 71'e of the preliminary burning cassette 71 in the schematic diagram 53G, the corresponding cassette display fields 55a to In 55e, the stock status of each of the five pre-handed cassettes 71 held in the pre-handed cassette storage shelf 72 is also displayed in a graph display 56 such as a circular shape.

It should be noted that the drug stock state of the preliminary whirl cassette 71 is typically the ratio of the number of hand-comparted compartments to the total number of hand-comparted compartments. However, in this example, there are many cases where there are a plurality of types of drugs to be handled. It can be done.

In addition, the display of the operation column 51 and the apparatus operation state display column 52 is omitted in the description of the display of the medicine stock status of the spare storage unit 40 and the preliminary whisper cassette 71 described above, but the medicine feeder storage 13 and the front medicine feeder storage This is almost the same as when displaying the drug stock status of 14A and 14D.

The use mode and operation of the medicine packaging machine 60 of the second embodiment will be described. The usage and packaging operation of the parts related to the medicine feeder hangars (13A to 13H) are the same as those in the prior art and will be described briefly.

First, various drugs are stored in a large number of drug cassettes 15 and mounted one by one on a number of lateral cassette bases 16 of the drug feeder storages 13A to 13H, and the drug feeder storages 13A to 13H are all stored in the drug feeders. After being stored in the storage 61, the operation display member 50 is operated, and a dispensing instruction for executing packaging is issued to a control unit (not shown).

Then, according to the instruction, the control unit causes the sideways cassette base 16 of the medicine feeder storage (13A to 13H) of the medicine to be dispensed to perform the discharging operation. When the medicine to be packaged is ejected from the medicine cassette 15 that accommodates it, the ejected medicine to be packaged falls through the rear part 21 of the upper medicine dropping path and the lower medicine collecting mechanism 31, It is enclosed in the division provided in the wrapping paper by the packaging device 32 as the input destination.

In addition, a drug that is used in a large amount and is frequently replenished at an appropriate time in parallel with or prior to the packaging operation is stored in advance in one or more other drug cassettes 15. Keep it. Then, if the medicine cassette 15 is to be quickly used for automatic packaging, the medicine cassette 15 is mounted on the forward-facing cassette base 17 of the front medicine feeder storages 14A and 14B. On the other hand, when the medicine cassette 15 is not immediately used for automatic packaging but is prepared for later use, the medicine cassette 15 is held as a spare medicine cassette in the cassette seating portion 41 of the reserve unit 40. Let me.

Even when the medicine cassette 15 is mounted on any of the cassette bases 16, 17, 41, the identification information allocated in advance to the medicine cassette 15 is obtained from the identification information carrier attached to the medicine cassette 15. , 17 and 41 are read. Since the read identification information is transmitted to the dispensing server and reflected in the management database such as the medicine master, the location of the medicine cassette 15 and the type of medicine contained are collectively managed by the dispensing server. 1, 6).

When the medicine cassette 15 mounted on the sideways cassette base 16 of the medicine feeder storage 13 is empty, the medicine cassette 15 containing the same medicine is the other sideways cassette base 16 of the medicine feeder storages 13A to 13H or the front medicine feeder. If attached to the forward cassette base 17 of the hangars 14A and 14B, the medicine cassette 15 is switched as a medicine cassette in charge of medicine discharge, and automatic packaging is continued.

Such a spare medicine cassette 15 is not mounted on the cassette bases 16 and 17 of the medicine feeder storages 13A to 13H and the front medicine feeder storages 14A and 14B, or the medicine cassette 15 containing medicines to be packaged is contained. If is empty, automatic packaging is interrupted. Therefore, immediately after the interruption, or when the medicine cassette 15 being discharged is likely to be emptied in preparation for such interruption, a medicine cassette 15 (preliminary medicine cassette) containing the same medicine in advance is provided before the interruption. It is checked by the dispensing server whether it is held by the cassette seating part 41 of the reserve part 40 or not. If there is a corresponding one in the reserve unit 40, a work instruction to automatically remove the reserve medicine cassette 15 from the reserve unit 40 for use is automatically displayed on the display screen of the operation display member 50. Is done.

Then, in order to resume or continue automatic packaging, according to the instruction, the operator pulls out the spare storage unit 40 (see FIG. 5B) and inserts the corresponding spare medicine cassette 15 into the cassette seating unit 41. The medicine cassette 15 is attached to an empty one of the forward cassette bases 17 of the front medicine feeder storages 14A and 14D before and after the spare storage part 40 is pushed back and forth (see FIG. 8A). At this time, the cassette mounting operation (see FIGS. 4 (a) to 4 (c)) is performed by lightly pushing the light-shielding member 18 hanging above the front cassette base 17 with the medicine cassette 15 while pushing the medicine cassette 15 forward. And push it to the forward cassette base 17. This can be done easily and quickly.

When there is no vacant forward cassette base 17, the medicine cassette 15 that is not in use can be removed from the forward cassette base 17 and the medicine cassette 15 to be used can be replaced there. The cassette removal operation at that time can be easily and quickly completed because the medicine cassette 15 is simply removed from the forward cassette base 17 and pulled out. When the medicine cassette 15 is removed, the light shielding member 18 that has been placed on the medicine cassette 15 and is in a state of being close to the horizontal direction returns to a free vertical state, so that the front opening of the forward cassette base 17 is at least at the upper part. Close up. As a result, most of the strong illumination light from the ceiling is blocked by the shielding member 18 in front of the forward cassette base 17 and hardly reaches the medicine discharge sensor attached to the back side of the forward cassette base 17. Therefore, even when the forward-facing cassette base 17 is not loaded, the medicine discharge sensor rarely malfunctions due to ambient light.

After the series of the packaging operations is completed and the medicine packaging machine 60 stops the automatic packaging, the medicine feeder storage box equipped with the horizontal cassette base 16 equipped with the empty medicine cassette 15 is installed. A pair of adjacent medicine feeder storages (13A and 13B, 13C and 13D, 13E and 13F, and 13G and 13H) are drawn out from the medicine storage 61 (see FIGS. 3A and 5A). After that, the empty medicine cassette 15 is removed, and the medicine is replenished to the empty medicine cassette 15, or if there is a medicine cassette 15 that contains the medicine in advance, it is mounted on the corresponding sideways cassette base 16. The drug feeder storage (13A and 13B, 13C and 13D, 13E and 13F, and 13G and 13H) is pushed back to the drug storage 61 in preparation for the next automatic packaging.

In addition, when the time for cleaning the upper medicine collecting mechanism 20 comes when the medicine packaging machine is continuously used, a pair of adjacent medicine feeder storages (13A and 13B, 13C and 13D, 13E and 13F, and 13G and 13H) are used. A pair separated one by one in sequence or in parallel is pulled out from the medicine storage 61 (see FIG. 5 (d)), and the swingable medicine feeder storages 13A and 13E are swung to rearward the upper medicine drop path. 21A and 21C are opened to expose the left side portions 22A and 22C of the member surrounding the rear portions 21A and 21C of the upper drug dropping path and the right side portions 23A and 23C of the member surrounding the rear portions 21A and 21C of the upper drug dropping path. Then, the surface surrounding the drug dropping path of both members (21A and 21C and 22A and 22C) is cleaned. Since both surfaces of the rear portions 21A and 21C of the upper medicine dropping path are exposed at once and can be processed together, it is possible to clean quickly.

Further, in the state where the pair of adjacent medicine feeder storages (13A and 13B or 13G and 13H) are pulled out from the medicine storage 61 (see FIG. 5D), the pair of medicine feeder storages (13A and 13B or 13G and 13H), the front medicine feeder storages 14A and 14B equipped at the front end can be swung without any interference in the surroundings. The front drug feeder storage 14A or 14B is swung to open the front part 24C or 24D of the upper drug drop path, and the front part 25A or 25D and the upper drug drop path of the member surrounding the front part 24C or 24D of the upper drug drop path The rear portion 26A or 26D of the member surrounding the front portion is exposed, and the medicine drop path surrounding surface of the front portion 25A or 25D and the rear portion 26A or 26D is cleaned. Since both surfaces of the front portion 24 of the upper medicine dropping path are exposed at once and can be processed together, it can be quickly cleaned.

Thus, after the rear portions 21A and 21D of the upper drug drop path and the front portions 24A and 24D of the upper drug drop path are cleaned, the front drug feeder storages 14A and 14D are swung in the reverse direction to move the front parts of the upper drug drop path. 24A and 24D are closed, and the medicine feeder storage (13A, 13C, 13E and 13G) is swung in the reverse direction to close the rear portions 21A to 21D of the upper medicine dropping path, and are adjacent to each other in a straight line in the front-rear direction. The pair of medicine feeder storages (13A and 13B or 13G and 13H) and the front medicine feeder storages 14A and 14D are pushed back to the medicine storage 61 in preparation for the next automatic packaging (see FIG. 5C). Similarly, for the pair of adjacent medicine feeder storages 13C and 13D and 13E and 13F equipped with the dispersion operation display members 50A and 50B on the front panels 14B and 14C, the rear portions 21B and 21C of the upper medicine dropping path are cleaned. .

In the above description, the situation when using the medicine cassette 15 attached to the medicine storage 61 or the reserve part 40 has been mainly described. However, the situation when using the pre-sowing cassette 71 or the replenishment work part 62 will also be explained. . The use of the pre-disposal cassette 71 when it is desired to include a medicine that is not contained in the medicine cassette 15 as a target for packaging has been performed conventionally, and the target medicine is pre-soaked before the automatic packaging. It is also done in the same way as before.

In addition, when hand-drawing in advance, the pre-handed pre-handing cassette 71 is stocked using an independent medicine hand-handling device 70 and set in the medicine hand-handling device 33 before automatic packaging. When there is no room for handling, an empty pre-handing cassette 71 is set in the built-in type medicine handing device 33 and handed to it as before. Furthermore, guidance for handing work in accordance with the dispensing instruction, guidance for mounting the pre-handed pre-handed cassette 71 on the medicine handing device 33 based on the identification information, and the like are also provided in the dispensing server 80, the control device 34, or the medicine. This is performed in the same manner as in the past by cooperation of the handing device 70 or the like.

The medicine replenishment work for the empty medicine cassette 15 can be performed on a desk or the like, or can be performed by temporarily placing the medicine cassette 15 in the replenishment work sections 62A and 62B. In any case, the identification information of the medicine cassette 15 is read by the information reading device attached to the portable terminal 81 or the replenishment work sections 62A and 62B, and the replenishment work guidance based on the identification information is distributed operation display member 50A. When the medicine replenishment amount or the like is input by operating the distributed operation display members 50A and 50B, the corresponding data is updated based on the identification information in the database of the dispensing server 80 accordingly. (See, for example, Patent Documents 1 and 6).

The medicine cassette 15 which has been replenished with the medicines in the replenishing operation parts 62A and 62B or other places such as a desk is equipped in any one of the medicine feeder storages 13A to 13H, the front medicine feeder storages 14A and 14D, or the reserve part 40. It is mounted on the cassette bases 16 and 17 or the cassette seating portion 41. Also in the mounting, the identification information is read and the database of the dispensing server 80 is updated accordingly. Similarly, when attaching / detaching the preliminary dispensing cassette 71 to / from the chemical manual handling device 33, the chemical manual handling device 70, and the preliminary manual cassette storage shelf 72, the identification information is read and the database of the dispensing server 80 is updated accordingly. Is done.

Then, the screen display based on the identification information using the database is switched by operating the distributed operation display members 50A and 50B. If the display is switched to the same screen display as in FIG. 1C of the first embodiment, the drug stock statuses of a large number of drug cassettes 15 held in the drug feeder storages 13A to 13H (see FIG. 1C) are plural. A schematic diagram 53A (see FIG. 1 (a)) in front of the apparatus in which the drug feeder storages 13A to 13H are arranged is displayed in the cassette position display field 53, and the cassette of the drug cassette 15 corresponding to the highlighted portion in the schematic diagram 53A. Each display column 55 is arranged in the cassette group display column 54 in the same arrangement as the placement of the cassette base 16 as the mounting destination, and each cassette group display column 54 indicates the drug stock status of the corresponding cassette 15 in a circular shape or a dosage form simulated pattern. The graph display 56 is displayed. Thus, since the medicine stock state is displayed in a graph in association with the cassette mounting position, it is possible to easily find the medicine cassette 15 that needs replenishment or the like.

Further, the medicine cassettes 61 are held in the front medicine feeder storages 14A and 14D that are always exposed on the front surface of the medicine storage 61 and can be attached / detached even during the packaging operation without being pulled out from the medicine storage 61. For the medicine stock status of the medicine cassette 15 that is present (see FIG. 8 (a)), a schematic diagram 53C in front of the apparatus in which the front medicine feeder storages 14A and 14D are arranged is a cassette position display field for both the left and right dispersion operation display members 50A and 50B. The cassette group display column 54 displayed as a simulation diagram in the arrangement corresponding to the arrangement of the plurality of forward-facing cassette bases 17 is displayed in the cassette group display column 54 of one (left) dispersion operation display member 50A. A graph chart in which the medicine stock status of the corresponding cassette 15 is circular in each cassette group display column 54 (FIG. 8A). It is displayed at 56.

When the medicine cassette 15 is temporarily placed in the replenishing operation sections 62A and 62B, the medicine stock status is also displayed as a circular graph (see the per-cassette display column 57B in FIG. 8A). The per- cassette display fields 57A and 57B are displayed in the cassette position display field 53 from the relationship between easy understanding of arrangement and allocation of screen areas.

On the other hand, in the cassette group display column 54 of the other (right) dispersion operation display member 50B, the drug stock status of the drug cassette 15 specified by the selection operation or the like is shown in detail in a bar graph display 56 etc. of the dosage form simulation pattern. (See the diagram on the right side of FIG. 8A).

In this way, the medicine stock status is displayed in a graph in association with the cassette mounting position, and the summary display and the detailed display are displayed simultaneously by the sharing of the left and right operation display members 50A and 50B. The cassette 15 can be found more easily.

Furthermore, regarding the medicine stock status of a large number of medicine cassettes 15 (preliminary medicine cassettes) held in the spare storage section 40 (see FIG. 8B), the front of the apparatus including the upper and lower two-stage reserve storage sections 40. Is displayed in the cassette position display field 53, and the per-cassette display field 55 of the medicine cassette 15 corresponding to the highlighted reserve section 40 in the simplified diagram 53E is the same as the arrangement of the cassette seating part 41 as the mounting destination. Arranged in the cassette group display column 54 shown as a simulation diagram in the arrangement, the drug stock status of the corresponding cassette 15 is displayed in each cassette group display column 54 as a graph display 56 of a circular shape or a dosage form simulated pattern. As described above, since the medicine stock state is also displayed in a graph in association with the cassette mounting position in the reserve unit 40, it is possible to easily find the medicine cassette 15 suitable for replacement.

In addition, regarding the medicine stock state of the spare handing cassette 71 held in the medicine handing device 33 or the spare handing cassette storage shelf 72 (see FIG. 8C), a schematic diagram 53F in front of the device including the medicine handing device 33 is shown. And a schematic diagram 53G of the spare-handed cassette storage shelf 72 is displayed in the cassette position display field 53, and a per-cassette display field 55 of the spare-handed cassette 71 corresponding to the highlighted cassette holding position in the schematic diagram 53F is a shelf at the mounting destination. Are arranged in the cassette group display column 54 as a simulation diagram in the same arrangement as that of the above, and the drug stock status of the corresponding cassette 71 is displayed in a bar graph display 56 of a circular shape or a dosage form simulated pattern in each cassette group display column 54. .

As described above, the medicine handing device 33 and the spare handing cassette storage shelf 72 are also displayed in a graph with the medicine stock state of the spare handing cassette 71 associated with the cassette mounting position, so that the desired spare handing cassette 71 can be easily found. be able to.

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In the first embodiment, one operation display member 50 is installed in one adjacent pair of medicine feeder storages 13b and 13c, and in the second embodiment, two distributed operation display members 50A and 50B are provided in two adjacent pairs of medicines. Although the feeder storages 13C and 13D and 13E and 13F are installed in a distributed manner, the dispersive operation display members 50A and 50B are equipped with a front panel 14B in front of a pair of adjacent drug feeder storages 13C and 13D and 13E and 13F. And 14C need not be one to one. For example, a plurality of operation display members 50 may be provided on the front panel 14B of one pair of adjacent drug feeder storages 13C and 13D. Various modifications can be similarly applied to the equipment of the medicine feeder storages 14A and 14D and the replenishment working units 62A and 62B.

In the second embodiment, except for one detailed display example shown in the right half of FIG. 8A, the arrangement and contents of the operation column 51 and the device operation state display column 52 are all the same (see FIG. 8). 1 (c), (d), FIG. 8 (a) left half, FIG. 8 (b), (c) reference). However, these display contents and operation contents are appropriately configured according to a specific case, and need not be the same or necessary. The distribution state and presence / absence of the screen areas of the operation column 51, the apparatus operation state display column 52, and the cassette position display column 53 are not limited to the illustrated example, and may be appropriately reconfigured or changed.

In the above embodiment, the drug stock status is displayed in three stages (stage display) when the bar graph display 56 is circular or a dosage form simulation pattern. The display stage is not limited to three stages, but may be two stages or four stages or more. The number of stages may be different between when the summary is displayed in the circular bar graph display and when the details are displayed in the bar graph display of the dosage form simulation pattern.

After the contents displayed in the cassette position display field 53 and the cassette group display field 54 of the operation display member 50 in the above embodiment are changed as they are or appropriately, the other consoles such as the portable terminal 81 and the console of the dispensing server 80 are used. It may be displayed on the screen.

In the above embodiment, the front medicine feeder storages 14A and 14D equipped with the forward-facing cassette base 17 and the front panels 14B and 14C equipped with the dispersion operation display members 50A and 50B are arranged in four pairs of medicine feeder storages 13A, 13B and 13C. And 13D, 13E, and 13F, and 13G and 13H, but the equipment ratio is not limited to the above example and is arbitrary, so other ratios may be used. For example, all adjacent pairs of drug feeder storages 13A and 13B, 13C and 13D, 13E and 13F, and 13G and 13H may be equipped with front drug feeder storages (14A and 14D), and all adjacent pairs The operation display member 50 may be provided in the medicine feeder storages 13A to 13H. If the display member is a separate member, the pair of adjacent medicine feeder storages 13A to 13H may be configured not to be equipped with the front medicine feeder storage or the operation display member 50.

In the second embodiment, the light shielding member 18 is swung around the upper end of the opening. However, the installation mode of the light shielding member 18 is not limited to this. For example, the light shielding member 18 depends on the position where disturbance light is emitted. You may change an obstruction | occlusion site | part and a movement aspect. The material of the light shielding member 18 may be easily deformed, for example.

In addition to reducing the influence of disturbance light, in order to eliminate and reduce the influence of disturbance due to dust and the like, air is blown above the forward-facing cassette base 17 to prevent entry of dust and the like. It is also good to collect the.

In the second embodiment, only the left medicine feeder storage among the adjacent pair of medicine feeder storages 13A and 13B, 13C and 13D, 13E and 13F, and 13G and 13H is swingably supported by the rear swing support shaft 28. However, only the right drug feeder storage may be swingable, and both the left and right drug feeder storages may be swingable.

The front medicine feeder hangars 14A and 14D may also swing around the right end instead of the left end.

In the above embodiment, no mention was made that other members may exist between the upper drug collecting mechanism 20 and the lower drug collecting mechanism 31, but between the upper drug collecting mechanism 20 and the lower drug collecting mechanism 31. Inclusions such as a temporary storage mechanism (for example, a temporary storage unit of Japanese Patent No. 5388907, a single-row storage unit and a double-row simultaneous drive mechanism of Japanese Patent No. 5557822) may be provided. Further, such inclusions may be attached to the lower part of the upper medicine collecting mechanism 20 or may be attached to the upper part of the lower medicine collecting mechanism 31. The upper medicine collecting mechanism 20 and the lower medicine collecting mechanism 31 may be attached. It may be installed in the middle, and it may be pulled out and cleaned with the attachment mechanism, or it may be pulled out and cleaned alone, not pulled out You may come to be cleaned with.

Since the medicine packaging machine of the present invention is applied to medicines that can be randomly stored in a cassette and discharged sequentially, application to a ball-shaped tablet is typical, but application to such tablets is limited. For example, the present invention can also be applied to encapsulated powders or liquids.

According to the medicine packaging machine of the present invention, for a pair of adjacent medicine feeder storages, the medicine dropping path in the upper medicine collecting mechanism can be cleaned and the pair of medicines can be cleaned together. Since the display member extends to both front surfaces of the feeder storage, even a wide display member can be disposed on the front surface of the medicine storage. Therefore, the drawer function of the medicine feeder storage is maintained, and the medicine dropping path in the upper medicine collecting mechanism can be cleaned, and a wide display member can be attached to at least the front ends of the pair of medicine feeder storages.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Drug packaging machine 11 ... Drug storage 12 ... Drawing-out member 13A-13H ... Drug feeder storage 14A and 14D ... Front medicine feeder storage 14B and 14C ... Front panel 15 ... Drug cassette 16 ... Sideways cassette base 17 ... Forward cassette base 18 ... Light shielding member 20 ... Upper drug collection mechanism 21 ... Rear part of upper drug drop path 22 ... Left part of member surrounding rear part of upper drug drop path 23 ... Right part of member surrounding rear part of upper drug drop path 24: Front part of the upper drug drop path 25 ... Front part of a member surrounding the front part of the upper drug drop path 26 ... Rear part of a member surrounding the front part of the upper drug drop path 27 ... Front swing support shaft 28 ... Backward swing support shaft 31 ... Lower drug collecting mechanism 32 ... Packing device 33 ... Drug handing device 34 ... Control device 4 ... preliminary chamber portion 41 ... cassette seat 50 ... operation display member (display member)
50A and 50B ... dispersion operation display member (display member)
51 ... Operation column 52 ... Device operation state display column 53 ... Cassette position display column 54 ... Cassette group display column 55 ... Display unit for each cassette 56 ... Graph display 57A and 57B ... Display unit for each cassette 60 ... Drug packaging machine 61 ... Drug storage Storage 62 ... Replenishment working unit 70 ... Drug handing device 71 ... Preliminary paper cassette 72 ... Preliminary paper cassette storage shelf 80 ... Dispensing server (host computer)
81 ... Mobile terminal

Claims (20)

1. A plurality of medicine feeder storages equipped with a plurality of cassette bases capable of detachably holding a plurality of medicine cassettes capable of containing medicines;
   A medicine storage that holds the plurality of medicine feeder storages side by side in a state in which the plurality of medicine feeder storages can be pulled forward; and
   Provided for each of the plurality of medicine feeder storages, provided below the plurality of medicine feeder storages, and a plurality of upper medicine collection mechanisms for guiding the medicines discharged from the plurality of medicine cassettes downward and dropping. A lower drug collecting mechanism that collects and drops the drugs dropped from the plurality of upper drug collecting mechanisms and puts them into a lower packaging device, wherein the upper drug collecting mechanisms are adjacent to each other on the left and right A drug collection mechanism configured to form a cleanable drug fall path between hangars;
   An inventory information management unit for managing inventory information of the drugs in the plurality of drug cassettes;
   A device operation management unit for managing device operations;
   A display member provided on both front surfaces of the at least one pair of medicine feeder storages that allows cleaning of the medicine drop path and is adjacent to the left and right of the medicine feeder storage;
   A state display control unit for controlling a display state displayed on the display member;
   One or more spare storage units equipped with a plurality of preliminary seating portions capable of detachably holding a plurality of spare drug cassettes;
   Provided with a replenishment working unit that is provided in the foremost position of the medicine feeder storage and can temporarily hold the medicine cassette in a posture capable of replenishing medicine;
   The pair of medicine feeder storages provided with the display member are adapted to move together when pulled out from the medicine storage.
   The status display control unit displays the status of the device operation and the drug stock status in the drug storage on the display member based on the management information of the device operation management unit and the inventory information management unit,
   The state display control unit displays a schematic diagram imitating the mounting position of the plurality of spare medicine cassettes of the one or more spare storage parts on the display screen, and the medicines of the plurality of spare medicine cassettes Display the stock status at the corresponding mounting position on the schematic diagram,
   Further, the state display control unit displays a schematic diagram imitating the mounting position of the medicine cassette held in the replenishment operation unit on the display screen, and the medicine inventory state of the medicine cassette held in the replenishment operation unit Is displayed at the corresponding mounting position on the schematic diagram.
2. A plurality of medicine feeder storages equipped with a plurality of cassette bases capable of detachably holding a plurality of medicine cassettes capable of containing medicines;
   A medicine storage that holds the plurality of medicine feeder storages side by side in a state in which the plurality of medicine feeder storages can be pulled forward; and
   Provided for each of the plurality of medicine feeder storages, provided below the plurality of medicine feeder storages, and a plurality of upper medicine collection mechanisms for guiding the medicines discharged from the plurality of medicine cassettes downward and dropping. A drug collecting mechanism comprising a lower drug collecting mechanism that collects the dropped drug from the plurality of upper drug collecting mechanisms and puts it into a lower packaging device;
   An inventory information management unit for managing inventory information of the drugs in the plurality of drug cassettes;
   A device operation management unit for managing device operations;
   Both of the at least one pair of medicine feeder storages by enabling cleaning of the medicine dropping path in the upper medicine collecting mechanism formed between at least a pair of the medicine feeder storages adjacent to the left and right of the medicine feeder storage. A display member provided over the front surface of
   A state display control unit for controlling a display state displayed on the display member;
   The at least one pair of medicine feeder storages provided with the display member is adapted to move together when being pulled out from the medicine storage,
   The state display control unit causes the display member to display a state of the device operation and a medicine stock state in the medicine container based on management information of the device operation management unit and the inventory information management unit. Medicine packaging machine to do.
3. The display member includes a display screen,
   The status display control unit displays a hangar selection switch operated on the display screen to select one pill feeder hangar that displays a drug stock status on the display screen from the plurality of pill feeder hangars. The medicine packaging machine according to claim 1 or 2, comprising:
4. The status display control unit further has a function of displaying on the display screen a shelf selection switch operated to select one or more shelves for displaying the drug stock status on the display screen from the selected tablet feeder storage. The medicine packaging machine according to claim 3.
5. The display mode of the drug stock status on the display screen is a mode of displaying the drug stock status of each of the plurality of drug cassettes in a stage display by a plurality of stages,
   A schematic diagram simulating a plurality of mounting positions of the plurality of drug cassettes is displayed on the display screen,
   The medicine packaging machine according to claim 3, wherein the stage display indicating a medicine stock state of the medicine cassette is displayed at the corresponding mounting position on the schematic diagram.
6. The stage display displayed on the display screen is performed with a circular bar graph or a circular graph, or the stage display displayed on the display screen is performed with a pattern imitating a dosage form. The medicine packaging machine according to claim 5, wherein the medicine packaging machine is configured.
7. There is further provided one or more spare storage parts equipped with a plurality of preliminary seating parts capable of detachably holding a plurality of spare drug cassettes,
   The state display control unit displays on the display screen a schematic diagram simulating the mounting positions of the plurality of spare medicine cassettes in the one or more spare storage parts, and the medicine stock of the plurality of spare medicine cassettes The medicine packaging machine according to claim 2, wherein the state is displayed at the corresponding mounting position on the schematic diagram by the step display.
8. A replenishment working unit capable of temporarily holding the medicine cassette in a posture capable of replenishing medicine is provided at the foremost position of the medicine feeder storage;
   The state display control unit displays a schematic diagram imitating the mounting position of the medicine cassette held in the replenishment operation unit on the display screen, and displays the medicine inventory state of the medicine cassette held in the replenishment operation unit. The medicine packaging machine according to claim 2, wherein the stage display displays the corresponding mounting position on the schematic diagram.
9. Further comprising a forward drug feeder hangar with a plurality of forward-facing cassette bases in front of at least one pair of the drug feeder hangars;
   9. The medicine packaging machine according to claim 1, 2, 7, or 8, wherein the plurality of forward cassette bases have a direction in which the medicine cassette is attached and detached in the front-rear direction.
10. The state display control unit is configured to supply the replenishment operation unit with a replenishment operation unit when the medicine stock state is equal to or less than a predetermined amount among one or more medicine cassettes currently used or scheduled to be used next. 9. The medicine packaging machine according to claim 8, wherein a display for prompting filling of the medicine cassette for replenishment with a medicine that may be insufficient by placing a medicine cassette is displayed on the display means.
11. The state display control unit displays a display for urging the user to attach the replenished tablet cassette to the forward-facing cassette base when a necessary tablet is filled in the replenishing medicine cassette. The medicine packaging machine according to claim 10, wherein the medicine packaging machine is displayed.
12. The state display control unit is configured to store the spare medicine cassette in the spare medicine cassette when the medicine stock state is equal to or less than a predetermined amount among one or more medicine cassettes currently used or scheduled to be used next. When there is the spare medicine cassette containing the same medicine as the medicine in one or more medicine cassettes, a display prompting the user to attach the spare medicine cassette to the forward cassette base is displayed on the display means. 8. A medicine packaging machine according to claim 7, wherein
13. A medicine handing device incorporated in the same housing as the medicine feeder hangar or configured separately; and a plurality of preliminary handing cassettes attached to the medicine handing device;
    The state display control unit displays a schematic diagram imitating the mounting position of the preliminary whispering cassette on the display screen, and displays the medicine stock state of the preliminary whispering cassette at the corresponding mounting position on the schematic diagram. The medicine packaging machine according to claim 2.
14. The upper drug collecting mechanism is disposed between a pair of adjacent drug feeder storages, and the pair of adjacent drug feeder storages when the adjacent pair of drug feeder storages are pulled out from the drug storage. Either or both of them can be swung, and the medicine dropping path of the upper medicine collecting mechanism is opened and closed by the rocking. Drug packaging machine.
15. 10. The medicine packaging machine according to claim 9, wherein a light-shielding member that opens and closes the front opening in accordance with the attachment and detachment of the medicine cassette is provided at the front opening in front of the forward-facing cassette base.
16. The medicine dropping path of the upper medicine collecting mechanism has a front part corresponding to the plurality of forward cassette bases among the plurality of cassette bases and a rear corresponding to the plurality of cassette bases provided behind the plurality of forward cassette bases. And a member surrounding the medicine drop path surrounding the front part is configured to be openable and closable forward and backward, and when the medicine feeder storage is pulled out of the medicine storage, the medicine falling Of the members surrounding the path, the front side portion can be swung, and the member surrounding the medicine dropping path surrounding the front portion is opened and closed by the rocking. The medicine packaging machine according to claim 14.
17. The medicine packaging machine according to claim 1 or 7, wherein the preliminary seating portion is located outside the collection range of the medicine collection mechanism.
18. The medicine packaging machine according to claim 1 or 7, wherein the preliminary storage part extends to a side of the packaging device or is provided on a side of the packaging device.
19. The spare storage part can be pulled forward, and when the preliminary storage part is pulled forward, the spare seating part equipped with the spare storage part is exposed. The medicine packaging machine according to claim 17 or 18, characterized by the above.
20. The preliminary storage unit includes a plurality of upper and lower shelves mounted side by side with the preliminary seating unit, and the shelves are integrated into all stages or integrated into each stage or every several dispersed groups. 20. The medicine packaging machine according to claim 19, wherein the medicine packaging machine can be pulled forward.

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