JP2011104188A - Medicine management device and method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the following problem: a work is complicated when arranging medicines in order of expiration dates in a conventional medicine management device. <P>SOLUTION: The medicine management device includes: detecting parts 41, 42 for detecting medicine information of the medicines existing in storage parts 20, 21 from RFID tags; an initial medicine recording part 43 for recording the medicine information of the medicine existing in the storage parts 20, 21 when replenishing the medicines; a rearranging part 44 for determining the arrangement places of the medicines in the storage parts 20, 21 in response to the medicine kind codes of the medicine information recorded in the initial medicine recording part 43 and the expiration dates; a take-out calculating part 45 for calculating shortage medicines which are not detected by the detecting parts 41, 42 in comparison with a plurality of kinds of medicine information recorded in the initial medicine recording part 43; and a display part 22 for indicating the arrangement places of the storage parts 20, 21 concerning the shortage medicines calculated by the take-out calculating part 45. When the medicines to be rearranged are picked up from the storage parts 20, 21 after the medicines are replenished in the storage parts 20, 21, the arrangement positions corresponding to the expiration dates of the medicines are displayed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a medicine management apparatus and method for managing medicine.

  In hospitals, doctors diagnose patients with various illnesses and injuries, and prepare dispensing information for treatment. Based on the dispensing information, drugs are collected at a dispensing station or a dispensing room and provided to patients.

  In addition, the medicine for operation used in the operating room is prepared in the medicine management cart based on the diagnosis (operation plan) of the doctor before the operation. However, if only the drugs required for the operation plan are prepared, if the doctor's diagnosis changes during the operation, the drugs may be insufficient or the drug may be damaged during a busy operation. Therefore, it is necessary to prepare a large amount of drugs for surgery.

  For frequently performed operations, a drug management cart that collects drugs for the operation is resident in the operating room. That is, instead of preparing for every operation, a medicine management cart for a specific operation is prepared to hold a certain medicine. And if there is a shortage of medicine before surgery, it is replenished. Similarly, a medicine management device that collects medicines necessary for many operations may be resident in the operating room.

  Among such drug management devices, articles capable of drug management as shown in FIGS. 26 (a) and 26 (b) are shown as drug management devices that are considered to be used sooner. There is a storage device.

  The article storage device 1 is provided with a number of cassettes 4 for storing the medicines 3 in an aligned manner. Further, each cassette 4 is formed with an entrance / exit 5 through which the medicine 3 can be taken in / out, and an urging means 6 for inclining the medicine 3 toward the entrance / exit 5 is attached. The cassette mounting shelf 7 of the article storage device 1 is provided with counting means 8 and 9 for obtaining the number of stored medicines 3 in the cassette 4.

  The same type of medicine is stored in the cassette 4, and at that time, those with a late expiration date are arranged on the back side, and those with a short expiration date are arranged on the front side (entrance 5 side).

  Therefore, the medicine is taken out from the article storage device 1 from the one with the earliest expiration date.

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  The problem of the conventional article storage device 1 is that the work in the cassette 4 is complicated because it is necessary to always arrange the medicines in the cassette 4 in order of expiration date.

  In other words, the type of drug can be identified instantly by the color and shape of the label of the drug, but the expiration date of the drug is only recorded on an inconspicuous part of the drug label and is written on the label It takes time to check the expiration date.

  Further, even if the medicines in the cassette 4 are aligned with the expiration date, the expiration date of the medicine to be replenished to the cassette 4 is not known which is the earliest among the medicines 3 held. Therefore, it is necessary to determine the position of the medicine to be replenished after checking the expiration dates of many medicines held in the cassette 4.

  Further, in the conventional article storage measure 1, the medicine can be replenished to the cassette 4 only from the entrance / exit 5, and when the medicine to be replenished has the latest expiration date in the cassette 4, all medicines are taken out from the cassette 4. It must be replenished.

  An object of this invention is to provide the chemical | medical agent management apparatus and method which solved these subjects.

  And the medicine management device of the present invention for achieving this object is provided with a plurality of holding parts and opened vertically upward, and the medicine type and use of the medicines held in the plurality of holding parts of the storage part A detection unit for detecting drug information including a time limit from the RFID tag of the held drug; an initial drug recording unit in which drug information of the drug held in the storage unit in a preset initial state is recorded; Based on a plurality of drug information recorded in the initial drug recording unit, a rearrangement unit that determines a drug placement location in the storage unit according to the drug type and expiration date of the drug information detected by the detection unit A take-out calculating unit that calculates a shortage drug that is not detected by the detection unit, and a display unit that displays an arrangement location of the storage unit for the shortage drug calculated by the take-out calculation unit. Characterized in that was.

  In addition, the drug management method of the present invention for achieving this object includes the drug information including the drug type and expiration date of the drug held in the plurality of holding units of the storage unit from the RFID tag of the held drug. A detection process to detect, an initial drug recording process in which drug information of a drug held in the storage unit in a preset initial state is recorded, and a drug type and expiration date of the drug information detected by the detection unit In response, a rearrangement step of determining the placement location of the medicine in the storage unit, and taking out a shortage medicine that is not detected by the detection unit based on a plurality of pieces of medicine information recorded in the initial medicine recording unit And a display step for displaying an arrangement location of the storage unit for the insufficient drug calculated by the take-out calculation unit.

  By using the medicine management apparatus and method according to the present invention, it becomes easy to arrange medicines whose expiry date is early at a position where the storage unit can be easily taken out.

Front view of operating room according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention The perspective view of the chemical | medical agent management apparatus in this Embodiment 1. The perspective view of the chemical | medical agent management apparatus which pulled out the accommodating part in this Embodiment 1. The perspective view of the accommodating part in this Embodiment 1. FIG. The perspective view of the chemical | medical agent in this Embodiment 1. Bottom view of medicine RFID tag in the first embodiment Functional block diagram of the medicine management apparatus in the first embodiment Top view of storage part after operation in the first embodiment A flowchart for explaining the operation of the replenishment calculating unit in the first embodiment. Top view of storage part after replenishment in the first embodiment The figure which shows the initial stage medicine list | wrist in this Embodiment 1. Flowchart for explaining the operation of the extraction calculation unit in the first embodiment Front view of display unit before medicine rearrangement in the first embodiment Front view of display unit during medicine rearrangement in the first embodiment Top view of storage unit after rearrangement in the first embodiment The top view of the accommodating part before rearrangement in Embodiment 2 of this invention The top view of the storage part of the strip | belt-shaped area division in Embodiment 3 of this invention The top view of the storage part of the ring-shaped area division in this Embodiment 3. The flowchart explaining the area division | segmentation operation | movement of the rearrangement part in Embodiment 4 of this invention. The perspective view of the chemical | medical agent management apparatus in this Embodiment 4. Functional block diagram of the medicine management apparatus in the fourth embodiment The perspective view of the chemical | medical agent management apparatus which rotated the display part in this Embodiment 4. The top view of a storage part when the display part in this Embodiment 4 is rotated. Front view of a display unit in Embodiment 5 of the present invention The top view of the accommodating part after the rearrangement in this Embodiment 5. (A) Front view of conventional drug management device, (b) Right side view around cassette of conventional drug management device

  Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following description, the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted as appropriate.

(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 is a front view of an operating room 10 according to the first embodiment. In the operating room 10, a surgical bed 11 for laying the patient down, a surgical light 12 above the bed 11 for illuminating the patient's surgical part, and biometric information of the patient used in the surgery are measured. There are a measuring instrument 13 for performing the operation and a medicine management device 14 for storing a medicine for surgery. In such an operating room 10, a surgical operator (physician or nurse) proceeds with surgery using a surgical tool (not shown), a measuring instrument 13, and a drug management device 14.

  FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the medicine management device 14. The medicine management device 14 includes a plurality of recesses 29 that serve as holding parts for individually holding medicines, and includes storage parts 20 and 21 that open upward.

  Further, the imaging range includes a display unit 22 having an input function using a touch panel, an IC tag reader 23 that wirelessly reads personal identification information of an IC tag attached to an operator's name tag, and a doctor that is personally identified by the IC tag reader 23. Thus, a camera 24 for photographing the operating room and a control device case unit 25 for storing a data processing device such as a small personal computer are provided.

  Furthermore, the upper part of the medicine management device 14 is provided with a first button 27 for replenishing medicines to the storage units 20 and 21 after surgery and a second button 28 for rearranging the replenished medicines.

  Moreover, in order to make it easy to take out the medicine held in the medicine management device 14, as shown in FIG. 3, the storage portions 20, 21 can be individually pulled out toward the front (opening) of the medicine management device 14. .

  Next, the structure of the storage units 20 and 21 will be described with reference to an exploded view of the storage unit 20 of FIG.

  The storage unit 20 fixes the medicine receiver 31 with the recesses 29 formed at regular intervals in order to arrange the medicines in order, the storage part antenna 32 below the medicine receiver 31, and the medicine receiver 31 and the storage part antenna 32. An antenna fixing guide 33, a storage unit bottom plate 34 that covers the lower side of the antenna fixing guide 33, and a shielding plate 35 that is attached to the lower surface of the storage unit bottom plate 34 and blocks radio waves below the storage unit antenna 32; Is provided.

  The storage unit antenna 32 is connected to a detection unit of the RFID tag that detects information of the RFID tag of the medicine held in the storage unit 20.

  In addition, the storage unit 20 slides and moves the drawer rail 36 that is a part of the medicine management device 14.

  3 is located below the storage unit 20 and has the same basic configuration as the storage unit 20, and therefore only the storage unit 20 will be described here.

  Incidentally, the medicine 30 which is one of a plurality of kinds of medicines used in the first embodiment is one in which a chemical solution is put in an ampule 38 as shown in FIG. 5, and an RFID tag 39 is provided below the ampule 38. As the RFID tag 39, a 13.56 MHz HF band RFID tag 39 is used. As shown in the bottom view of the RFID tag 39 in FIG. 6, the RFID tag 39 is composed of an IC 39a and a spiral coil 39b.

  FIG. 7 is a functional block diagram of the medicine management device 14.

  The medicine management device 14 includes storage units 20 and 21 that are open at the top, detection units 41 and 42 that detect drug information of the drug 30 existing in the storage units 20 and 21, and the storage unit 20 at the time of drug replenishment. 21, an initial medicine recording unit 43 that records medicine information of the medicine existing in 21. The RFID tag 39 of the medicine 30 stores an identification number, a medicine name as a medicine type code, and medicine information including the expiration date. The medicine information recorded in the RFID tag 39 by the detection units 41 and 42. Is detected.

  The term “drug replenishment” here refers to the time when the medicine is replenished to the storage units 20 and 21 for the next operation. Specifically, it means the time when the operator presses the second button 28 after the medicine is replenished in the storage units 20 and 21 and a replenishment completion signal is transmitted.

  Furthermore, the medicine management device 14 includes a rearrangement unit 44 that determines the placement location of the medicine in the storage units 20 and 21 according to the medicine name and the expiration date of the medicine information recorded in the initial medicine recording unit 43, and the initial medicine recording. The extraction calculation unit 45 that calculates a shortage drug that is not detected by the detection units 41 and 42 based on a plurality of pieces of drug information recorded in the unit 43, and the storage units 20 and 21 for the shortage drug calculated by the extraction calculation unit 45 And a display unit 22 for instructing an arrangement location.

  With this configuration, when the medicine is picked up by the storage units 20 and 21, the medicine management device 14 displays an appropriate arrangement location for each medicine on the display unit 22 and presents it to the operator.

  In addition, the rearrangement unit 44 performs ordering in the order of early expiration date for the same type of medicine and sets its arrangement area. Then, by placing a medicine with an early expiration date in front of the medicine arrangement area (on the front side of the medicine management device 14), the medicine with an earlier expiration date is in front of the operator. Therefore, during the operation, the medicine in the storage unit 20 can be preferentially taken out from the one with the earliest expiration date.

  Furthermore, the medicine management device 14 compares the preparation medicine recording unit 47 that records the preparation medicine necessary before the operation with the preparation medicine and the medicines detected by the detection units 41 and 42, and supplies the medicine that needs to be replenished. A replenishment calculating unit 48 for calculating, and a network connection unit 49 for transmitting medicine information calculated by the replenishment calculating unit 48 to be replenished to the outside.

  With such a configuration, after the operation, the medicine management device 14 calculates the missing medicine, and sends the medicine information of the medicine that needs to be replenished due to the lack to the external medicine dispensing apparatus via the network.

  Furthermore, the medicine management device 14 records the worker from the personal identification information detected by the IC tag reader 23 and the photographing information photographed by the camera 24 when personal identification is performed by the IC tag reader 23. Is provided. Thereby, the information regarding the worker who replenished the medicine can be recorded.

  Next, the medicine replenishment work of the medicine management apparatus 14 will be described.

  FIG. 8 is a top view of the storage unit 20 after the operation. The medicine receiver 31 having a plurality of recesses 29 is divided into a plurality of arrangement areas, and the same kind of medicine is arranged for each arrangement area.

  In FIG. 8, areas 61 to 66 are provided as arrangement areas in the storage unit 20. In area 61, medicine a71 is placed, in medicine area b72 is placed in area 62, medicine c73 is placed in area 63, medicine d74 is placed in area 64, medicine 65 is placed in area 65, In the area 66, the medicine f76 is arranged. An area 67 that is a surplus portion that is not used as an arrangement area is an arrangement area for temporary arrangement when refilling or rearranging medicines.

  Prior to surgery, areas 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66 must be filled with their respective drugs, but FIG. 8 was used during surgery because it shows the post-surgery condition. The drug has been extracted.

  Further, here, two medicines b72 that must be arranged in the area 62 are arranged in the area 63. This is because a plurality of medicines b72 taken out from the area 63 at one time during the operation are returned because they are taken out too much. Originally, it should be returned to the area 62, but it is placed in the area 63 with a wrong return position.

  When the operation is completed, the container 20 must be refilled for the next operation. For example, after the operation is completed and the operating room is cleaned, the medicine is replenished. When the first button 27 of the medicine management apparatus 14 is pressed, the replenishment calculating unit 48 of FIG. 7 is activated to calculate the name and number of medicines necessary for replenishment. Thus, the information is transmitted to a medicine dispensing device (not shown) outside the operating room.

  The operation of the replenishment calculation unit 48 at this time will be described using the flowchart of the replenishment calculation unit 48 of FIG. In addition, although it is possible to hold | maintain a chemical | medical agent in both the accommodating parts 20 and 21, here, the case where a chemical | medical agent is hold | maintained only in the accommodating part 20 is demonstrated.

  When the first button 27 is pressed, the replenishment calculating unit 48 operates to first issue an instruction to the detecting unit 41 to detect drug information of the drug present in the storage unit 20 (step S01).

  The RFID tag 39 of the medicine 30 stores medicine information including an identification number, a medicine name, and an expiration date, and detects medicine information of a plurality of medicines existing in the storage unit 20.

  Then, for the drug name of the drug detected by the detection unit 41, the number of drugs detected is compared with the number of drug names recorded in the prepared drug recording unit 47 to calculate a supplementary drug (step S02).

  In the preparation medicine recording section 47, the medicine name and the necessary number of medicines stored in the storage section 20 necessary for the next operation are recorded. In the first embodiment, the drug names recorded in the preparation drug recording unit 47 are 12 drugs a, 9 drugs b, 6 drugs c, 12 drugs d, and 9 drugs e. , 6 drugs f.

  The storage unit 20 lacks six drugs a, five drugs b, five drugs c, four drugs d, and three drugs e. This insufficient number of medicines is the supplement medicine to be replenished to the storage unit 20.

  This replenishment information (information on replenishment medicines: 6 for medicine a, 5 for medicine b, 5 for medicine c, 4 for medicine d, 3 for medicine e) is transmitted from the network connection unit 49. (Step S03).

  Then, the supplement information transmitted from the medicine management device 14 is delivered to the medicine dispensing device outside the operating room. The medicine dispensing device has six medicines a, five medicines b, five medicines c, and medicine d. 4 and 3 drugs e. Then, the operator brings it to the operating room and arranges it in the area 67 for supplementary medicine in the storage unit 20.

  FIG. 10 is a top view of the storage unit 20 after refilling. The medicine to be replenished is first arranged in the area 67 for supplementing medicine.

  Next, the worker presses the second button 28 to perform the rearrangement work of the medicines arranged in the storage unit 20.

  When the second button 28 is pressed, the initial medicine recording unit 43 shown in FIG. 7 is activated, and an instruction is issued to the detection unit 41 to detect medicine information of a plurality of medicines existing in the storage unit 20. Then, the detected drug information is recorded in the initial drug recording unit 43 as an initial drug list.

  The initial medicine list recorded in the initial medicine recording unit 43 is randomly arranged regardless of the medicine name and the expiration date. The rearrangement unit 44 assigns an order to the medicine names in order of the expiration date. The order of the initial medicine list is rearranged. Furthermore, the rearrangement unit 44 is divided into arrangement areas in which the same type of medicines are arranged in the storage unit 20, and means the place where the medicines are arranged so that the ones with an early expiration date are arranged in the front (front) for each of the arrangement areas. The address to be decided is decided.

  FIG. 11 shows an initial medicine list 81 in which the order given in the order of the expiration date for each medicine type and the addresses to be rearranged in the storage unit 20 are described.

  After the initial medicine list 81 is recorded in the initial medicine recording unit 43, the medicine management device 14 displays the initial medicine list 81 for rearrangement of the storage units 20.

  Then, when picking up one of the supplemented drugs for rearranging the drugs, the destination address, identification number, drug name, order, and expiration date are made more conspicuous than the other parts, and according to this conspicuous address Move the picked-up drug. As a method of making this conspicuous, light emitted from an LED (not shown) provided in the medicine management device 14 for only the address (concave portion) or a method of causing the LED installed at the address (concave portion) to shine. A method of irradiating the light is considered.

  The medicine rearrangement display will be described using a flowchart for explaining the operation of the extraction calculation unit 45 in FIG.

  After the initial medicine list 81 is calculated, the contents of the initial medicine list 81 are displayed on the display unit 22 as shown in FIG. 13 (step S11). At this time, the initial medicine list 81 displays the address, identification number, medicine name, order, and expiration date.

  However, the address shown in FIG. 13 is an address where the medicine existing in the storage unit 20 is arranged so that the medicine with the earlier expiration date can be taken out first, and does not indicate the current arrangement of the medicine.

  Then, the initial medicine recording unit 43 issues an instruction to the detection unit 41 and detects the identification numbers of a plurality of medicines present in the storage unit 20 (step S12).

  Next, the medicine identification number recorded in the initial medicine recording section 43 is compared with the identification number detected by the detection section 41 and the identification number recorded in the initial medicine recording section 43, and the taken medicine is removed. Calculate (step S13).

  The situation “with extracted drug” is a case where the drug detected by the detection unit 41 is insufficient with respect to the drug identification number recorded in the initial drug recording unit 43. That is, when there is a shortage as compared with the medicine existing in the storage unit 20 when the second button 28 is pressed, “extracted medicine is present”. If the detection unit 41 picks up the drug from the storage unit 20 by 5 cm or more, the detection unit 41 cannot detect the RFID tag and is identified as “with extraction drug”.

  When “withdrawn medicine is present” is identified, the address, identification number, medicine name, and expiration date of the medicine to be taken out are highlighted as shown on the display unit 22 in FIG. 13 (step S14).

  Specifically, when the replenished medicines are picked up to rearrange the medicines, the medicine management apparatus recognizes that “the medicine is taken out”, and the address of the storage unit 20 where the medicine is to be placed is conspicuous.

  When the medicine b72 at the address C9 of the storage unit 20 shown in FIG. 10 is picked up, this medicine is the identification number “41682” and is highlighted on the display unit 22 as shown in FIG. And it turns out that it is the address G3 of the recessed part 29 which should arrange | position this chemical | medical agent. The operator moves the medicine to the address G3.

  Then, the medicine management device 14 detects the second button signal (step S15). If the second button signal is detected, the rearrangement unit 44 stops as the rearrangement ends. If the second button signal is not detected, the process returns to step S11 again and continues to detect the medicine.

  In step S13, if the drug detected by the detection unit 41 matches the drug recorded in the initial drug recording unit 43, the highlighted expression of the extracted drug in step S14 is performed as “no drug to be extracted”. Absent.

  Therefore, since the medicine a71 moved from the address C9 to the recess 29 at the address G3 is detected by the detection unit 41, the highlighted display of the identification number “41682” performed on the display unit 22 disappears, as shown in FIG. Display.

  In this manner, the replenished medicines in the area 67 are picked up one by one and moved to the address of the storage unit 20 highlighted on the display unit 22. By moving the medicine repeatedly, as a result, the same kind of medicine is divided into the same placement area, and the medicine is stored in the storage unit 20 so that the medicine with the earliest expiration date is ahead in the placement area.

  In addition, with respect to the medicine picked up from the area 67, there may be a medicine already arranged at the medicine address highlighted on the display unit 22.

  In that case, the medicine already arranged is picked up and the medicine picked up from the area 67 is placed at that position.

  Specifically, when the medicine a71 at the address A9 of the storage unit 20 shown in FIG. 10 is picked up, the line of the identification number “32734” is highlighted on the display unit 22. When the worker sees the address B3 where the highlight is displayed, another medicine a71 is arranged.

  The operator picks up the medicine a71 already arranged at the address B3 in order to place the medicine a71 with the identification number “32734” at the address B3.

  Then, two rows of the medicine a71 with the identification number “32531” and the medicine a71 with the identification number “32734” are highlighted on the display unit 22.

  The worker places the medicine 71a with the identification number “32734” at the address B3, and places the medicine a71 with the identification number “32531” at the address C1.

  Since the medicine management device 14 includes only one RFID reader in the storage unit 20, it can detect the medicine existing in the storage part 20, but cannot detect the address where the medicine is placed.

  However, since all the medicines in the area 67 should be moved to the other areas 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, and 66, by moving the medicine in the area 67, the medicine with the earlier expiration date is moved forward ( Drugs are prepared so that they come to the front.

  In addition, since it can be visually confirmed that the medicine is placed in the wrong placement area depending on the shape and color of the medicine label, if the medicine is present in the wrong placement area, the medicine is picked up and the display unit 22 is highlighted. Move according to the light display.

  In this way, by moving the medicine in the area 67 according to the address shown in the display unit 22, the medicine is divided into placement areas for each medicine that matches the initial medicine list 81 as shown in FIG. It is possible to easily arrange medicines with early expiration dates ahead.

  In the above-described contents, the addresses for arranging the medicines are determined so that the medicines having an early expiration date are arranged in order from the left in the front in the arrangement area. However, if there is a high possibility that the use of the medicine will be started from the right of the storage unit 20 at the worker's standing position or the like, it is not always necessary to arrange them in order from the left. The address for placing the medicine may be determined. Similarly, the address may be determined so that the medicine in the center of the storage unit 20 becomes the medicine with the earliest expiration date.

  Furthermore, if there is a high possibility that the drug will be used from the far side of the drug ahead of the front, determine the street address so that the drugs with the earliest expiration date are arranged from the back instead of from the front. Also good.

  Moreover, the medicine information of the preparation medicine recorded in the preparation medicine recording unit 47 described above can be changed according to the operation.

(Embodiment 2)
The display unit of the medicine management apparatus according to the second embodiment includes a plurality of light emitting units, and the light emitting units are arranged in association with each recess 29.

  In the first embodiment, the movement destination of the picked up drug is displayed on the display unit 22, and the drug is moved according to the display on the display unit 22. However, it is not always accurately moved to the position displayed on the display unit 22. In particular, in the first embodiment, since the address of the medicine existing in the storage unit 20 cannot be detected, it is often not noticed that the medicine is arranged at the wrong address.

  The medicine management device according to the second embodiment enables more accurate medicine movement by blinking the light emitting part associated with the holding part at the destination address.

  FIG. 16 is a top view of the storage portion 91 after the medicine is replenished after the operation. An LED 92 serving as a light emitting unit is embedded in the lower surface of the recess 29 serving as a holding unit.

  The medicine management device 14 compares the medicine information including the identification number, the medicine name, and the expiration date of the medicine existing in the storage unit 91 with a plurality of medicine information recorded in the detection part and the initial medicine recording part 43. The take-out calculating unit 45 that calculates a shortage drug that is not detected by the detection unit of the storage unit 91 and a plurality of LEDs 92 that indicate the location of the storage unit 91 for the shortage drug calculated by the take-out calculation unit 45 are provided.

  For example, when the medicine b72 arranged at the address C9 of the storage unit 91 is picked up, the medicine with the identification number “41685” is detected as a lacking medicine. In the initial medicine list 81 rearranged in the order of expiration date, there is an address G3 as the address of the identification number “41685”.

  Then, the LED 92 at the address G3 blinks, and it can be seen that the worker moves the medicine b72 with the identification number “41685” from the address C9 to G3.

  Then, when the medicine b72 is arranged at the address G3, the blinking of the LED 92 at the address G3 disappears.

  In this manner, since the LED 92 at the movement location blinks, it is possible to reduce the mistake in rearranging the medicines.

(Embodiment 3)
In the third embodiment, with respect to an arrangement area in which the same type of medicine is arranged, the medicine management in which how to divide the arrangement area is determined using at least one element of use frequency, size, and importance of the medicine to be arranged Device.

  For example, if a container with a tall container is in front of the container and a drug with a short container is in the back of the container, trying to pick up the container with a small container will have a large container. Get in the way.

  In consideration of the height of the container, the medicine management device according to the third embodiment is arranged such that the medicine of the tall type is placed in the back of the storage unit 20 and the medicine of the short kind of the container is placed in front. It is possible to divide the area. Thus, it becomes easy to take out the medicine by dividing the area.

  More specifically, when an operation is performed using the drug management device 14, the operator inputs a prepared drug required before the operation to the prepared drug recording unit 47.

  At this time, the preparation medicine information input to the preparation medicine recording unit 47 is the medicine name of the medicine to be prepared, the number for each medicine type, and the height of the medicine container for each medicine type.

  When the input of the preparation medicine information is completed, the rearrangement unit 44 performs area division so that the same kind of medicine is placed in the same placement area.

  Next, the area division operation performed by the rearrangement unit 44 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  When the preparation medicine information is completely input to the preparation medicine recording unit 47, the arrangement area dividing operation of the rearrangement unit 44 is started.

  First, the rearrangement unit 44 detects preparatory drug information including the drug name of the drug to be prepared from the prepared drug recording unit 47, the number for each drug type, and the height of the drug container for each drug type (step S21).

  Then, the rearrangement unit 44 divides the arrangement area based on the preparation medicine information (step S22).

  At this time, there are six types of drugs to be prepared: 12 drugs a, 9 drugs b, 6 drugs c, 12 drugs d, 9 drugs e, and 6 drugs f.

  Moreover, the height of the container of the medicine a, the medicine b, the medicine c, and the medicine f is 3 cm, and the height of the container of the medicine d and the medicine e is 5 cm.

  The prepared drug information also includes the drug name of the drug, the number of each drug type, and the height of the drug container for each drug type, and the prepared drug information is analyzed to divide into areas.

  Since there are six types of preparation drugs, the area is divided so that six arrangement areas and one arrangement area for temporarily arranging the drugs for drug replenishment and rearrangement can be obtained. In addition, the arrangement area is divided so that the arrangement area holding the medicine d and the medicine e is located on the back side of the storage unit 20.

  Then, the area division information for such areas is recorded in an area division information recording unit (not shown) of the rearrangement unit (step S23).

  The area division information means that the area of the medicine a is addresses A1, A2, A3, B1, B2, B3, C1, C2, C3, D1, D2, and D3 of the storage unit 20, and the placement area and storage of each medicine The address of the section 20 is linked.

  In addition, since the area | region of the chemical | medical agent d and the chemical | medical agent e is taller than another chemical | medical agent, it is the back | inner side of the accommodating part 20, address A4 ~, B4 ~, C4 ~, D4 ~, E4 ~, F4 ~, One lump is assigned to the range from G4 to H4 to I4.

  In addition, an arrangement area for temporarily arranging drugs for drug replenishment and rearrangement is a surplus address that is not associated with each drug.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 8, the area division at this time is divided so that the medicine a is arranged in the area 61, the medicine b is arranged in the area 62, the medicine c is arranged in the area 63, the medicine d is arranged in the area 64 and the medicine e is arranged in the area 65. .

  If such area division information is recorded in the area division information recording unit, when the medicine rearrangement operation is performed as shown in the first embodiment using the medicine management apparatus 14, a short medicine is obtained. Can be placed in the front arrangement area, and a tall medicine can be used in the rear arrangement area, so that the medicine can be easily taken out.

  The area of the arrangement area where the medicine is placed may be a volume other than the height indicating the size of the medicine.

  Further, the area division may be determined according to the use frequency of the medicine. In the case of frequency of use, the medicine can be easily taken out by placing a frequently used one in front.

  Further, the area division may be determined according to the importance of the medicine. Drugs that require attention in handling are highly important, and even if areas are divided so that drugs with high importance are placed on the far side so that it is difficult for an operator to touch when taking other drugs. Good.

  Further, the area may be divided into strips so that all kinds of medicines are arranged from the front row as shown in FIG. 17 instead of forming one lump as shown in FIG.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 18, the area may be divided into a ring shape so that an area 67 is provided in the center for temporarily arranging medicines when they are replenished or rearranged.

(Embodiment 4)
The fourth embodiment is a medicine management device that can freely determine the direction of use of the storage unit 20, and the front of the storage unit 20 can be in front of the worker at a position where the operator can easily take it out. It is. And by using such a medicine management device, it becomes easy for an operator to preferentially take out medicine with an early expiration date.

  The medicine management device 14 shown in FIG. 2 is configured to house the storage units 20 and 21 and take out the medicine from the opening on the front. Therefore, the usage direction of the storage units 20 and 21 is a direction in which the opening is forward (front side).

  However, the medicine management device 95 shown in FIG. 20 has a configuration in which the storage unit 20 is positioned above the medicine management device 95 and the upper surface of the storage unit 20 is exposed. Therefore, the medicine can be taken out from the four sides of the medicine management device 95.

  For this reason, even if the direction in which the first button 97 and the second button 98 are present is set to the front and medicines whose expiration dates are early are arranged in the storage unit 20, the operator may take out the medicine from different directions. In that case, even if medicines with early expiration dates are lined up in front, drugs with early expiration dates are not necessarily lined up before the operator.

  In the fourth embodiment, the usage direction of the storage unit 20 can be changed, and even the storage unit 20 placed on the top of the drug management device 95 arranges drugs with an early expiration date before the operator. Is possible.

  FIG. 21 is a functional block diagram of the medicine management device 95.

  The medicine management device 95 includes a usage direction recording unit 96 that records the usage direction of the storage unit 20, and determines the front of the storage unit 20 according to the usage direction of the usage direction recording unit 96.

  Further, the usage direction of the usage direction recording unit 96 is changed depending on the display direction of the display unit 22.

  As shown in FIG. 20, when the display unit 22 faces the first button 97 and the second button 98, the usage direction of the usage direction recording unit 96 is the direction of the arrow 99 shown in FIG.

  When the display unit 22 is rotated 90 degrees (rotated counterclockwise as viewed from above), the usage direction recorded in the usage direction recording unit 96 is changed to the direction of the arrow 100 shown in FIG.

  The display direction of the display unit 22 is an easy-to-see direction for the worker, and is usually the direction of the worker's standing position. Therefore, the usage direction recorded in the usage direction recording unit 96 is determined so as to approach the display direction of the display unit 22. And the medicine with an early expiration date is arranged in front of the direction of use.

  Specifically, when the medicine is replenished, the display unit 22 is rotated counterclockwise from the state shown in FIG. 20 to the state shown in FIG. 22 before the first button 97 is pressed. Then, the usage direction recorded in the usage direction recording unit 96 is changed from the arrow 99 to the arrow 100.

  After that, when the first button 97 is pressed, the direction of use becomes an arrow 100 shown in FIG. 22, and the rearrangement unit 44 arranges the medicines so that the medicines with early expiration dates are arranged in front of (in front of) the direction of use. The address of the recess 29 to be determined is determined. Also, when performing area division, the use direction recorded in the use direction recording unit 96 is used.

  FIG. 23 is a top view of the storage unit 20 in which, when the display unit is rotated and the usage direction is the arrow 100, the arrangement area is divided into areas, and medicines with early expiration dates are arranged in front of the arrangement area.

  The area 67 for temporary placement when refilling or rearranging the medicines is divided into areas so as to be at the back (backward) of the arrow 100. Further, medicines whose expiration dates are earlier than those in the H column are arranged in the I column, and medicines whose expiration dates are earlier in the H column than in the G column.

  Thus, since the use direction of the storage unit 20 can be determined according to the standing position of the operator, the degree of freedom of the placement position of the medicine management device 95 is increased. For example, in order to perform two types of surgery, if two types of arrangement patterns are required, by using the fourth embodiment, by changing the standing position for each operation, two types of surgery can be performed. Corresponding arrangement patterns can be realized by one storage unit 20.

  Note that the usage direction recorded in the usage direction recording unit 96 may be directly input from the operation unit by the operator, instead of being determined by the display direction of the display unit 22.

  The use direction of the medicine management device 95 is determined by detecting the positions of workers around the medicine management device 95 by using an interpersonal sensor (not shown) provided in the medicine management device 95. It is also possible to use the direction in which there is a use direction. In this case, when there is no predetermined use direction, the direction toward the position detected by the interpersonal sensor is set as the use direction. However, when the use direction is determined in advance, the use direction and the interpersonal sensor are determined. It is preferable to perform control as the direction of use when the direction toward the position detected in step 1 coincides. This makes it possible to define the direction depending on the standing position of the worker, and the redundancy of the medicine management device 95 is increased.

(Embodiment 5)
The fifth embodiment is a medicine management device that enables the area of the placement area of the storage unit 20 to be divided by the placement area of the same medicine set in addition to the placement area of the same kind of medicine. .

  There are drugs that are used on the premise of a plurality of combinations. As for such a medicine, it is desirable to manage a plurality of medicines as one medicine set.

  The fifth embodiment is a drug management apparatus in which an arrangement area is determined as a drug set for a drug used as a drug set.

  FIG. 24 is a front view of a display unit that is divided into areas so that the arrangement area of the same medicine set is included.

  The medicines of the addresses A1, B1, and C1 displayed in the upper part of FIG. 24 are all in the order of “1”.

  This is because drug a, drug b, and drug d are considered as one drug set.

  The drug a, drug b, and drug d are considered as one drug set, and the drug set is given in order from the one with the shortest expiration date and displayed on the display unit 110.

  Then, when the operator picks up the supplementary medicine and identifies the medicine picked up by the detection unit 41 as “withdrawal medicine”, the address of the picked up medicine, the identification number, the order, and the expiration date are highlighted. The The operator moves the picked up medicine to the highlighted medicine address. By repeating this operation, the medicines are rearranged.

  FIG. 25 is a top view of the storage unit 20 after the rearrangement.

  Six sets of drug sets 111 each including drug a, drug b, and drug d are arranged in the area 112. At this time, the medicine set 111 is arranged so that a set with a short expiration date is arranged in front.

  As described above, the medicine management device according to the fifth embodiment can be arranged as a medicine set in addition to the medicine types.

  Since the medicine management apparatus and method according to the present invention can be easily rearranged so that medicines with early expiration dates can be taken out first, it is useful in medicine management apparatuses such as operating rooms where spare medicines are also prepared. is there.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Operating room 11 Bed 12 Light 13 Measuring instrument 14, 95 Drug management apparatus 20, 21, 91 Storage part 22, 110 Display part 23 IC tag reader 24 Camera 25 Control apparatus case part 27, 97 1st button 28, 98 2nd button 29 Concave portion 30 Drug 31 Drug receiver 32 Storage unit antenna 33 Antenna fixing guide 34 Storage unit bottom plate 35 Shield plate 36 Draw rail 38 Ampoule 39 RFID tag 39a IC
39b Coil 41, 42 Detection unit 43 Initial drug recording unit 44 Rearrangement unit 45 Removal calculation unit 47 Preparation drug recording unit 48 Replenishment calculation unit 49 Net connection unit 51 Worker recording unit 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 112 Area 71 Drug a
72 Drug b
73 Drug c
74 Drug d
75 Drug e
76 Drug f
81 Initial drug list 92 LED
96 Usage direction recording part 99, 100 Arrow 111 Drug set

Claims (9)

A storage unit provided with a plurality of holding units and opened vertically upward;
A detection unit for detecting drug information including the drug type and expiration date of the drug held in the plurality of holding units of the storage unit from the RFID tag of the held drug;
An initial drug recording unit in which drug information of the drug held in the storage unit in a preset initial state is recorded;
A rearrangement unit for determining a placement location of the medicine in the storage unit according to a medicine type and expiration date of the medicine information detected by the detection part;
When a plurality of drug information recorded in the initial drug recording unit is used as a reference, an extraction calculation unit that calculates an insufficient drug that is not detected by the detection unit;
A display unit for displaying an arrangement location of the storage unit for the insufficient drug calculated by the take-out calculation unit,
Drug management device. The rearrangement unit divides the plurality of holding units of the storage unit into a plurality of arrangement areas, and the same medicine is arranged in one arrangement area, and the ones having an earlier expiration date are arranged in the same direction for each arrangement area. Determine where to place the drug,
The medicine management device according to claim 1. The rearrangement unit divides a plurality of holding units of the storage unit into a plurality of arrangement areas, a plurality of types of drugs are arranged as a drug set in one arrangement area, and a drug set with an early expiration date for each arrangement area Determine the placement location of the drugs so that they are placed in the same direction,
The medicine management device according to claim 1 or 2. A preparatory drug recording unit for recording a drug type and the number of drugs necessary for a predetermined operation;
Comparing the preparation drug recording unit and the drug detected by the detection unit, and a replenishment calculation unit for calculating a drug that needs replenishment,
The medicine management device according to any one of claims 1 to 3. The display unit includes a plurality of light emitting units, and the light emitting unit is installed for each holding unit.
The medicine management device according to any one of claims 1 to 4. The rearrangement unit determines a plurality of holding units of the storage unit by using at least one element of a drug use frequency, a container size, and an importance level in the preparation drug information that needs to be prepared in the storage unit. To
The medicine management device according to any one of claims 2 to 5. A use direction recording unit that detects and records the use direction of the storage unit, and determines the same direction of the storage unit according to the use direction of the use direction recording unit;
The medicine management device according to any one of claims 2 to 6. The usage direction of the usage direction recording unit is changed according to the display direction of the display unit.
The medicine management device according to claim 7. A detection step of detecting drug information including the drug type and expiration date of the drug held in the plurality of holding units of the storage unit from the RFID tag of the held drug;
An initial medicine recording step in which medicine information of a medicine held in the storage unit is recorded in a preset initial state;
A rearrangement step of determining a placement location of the medicine in the storage unit according to the medicine type and expiration date of the medicine information detected by the detection part;
When taking a plurality of drug information recorded in the initial drug recording unit as a reference, an extraction calculating step of calculating an insufficient drug that is not detected by the detection unit;
A display step for displaying an arrangement location of the storage unit for the insufficient drug calculated by the take-out calculation unit,
Drug management method.

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