JP5495863B2 - Automatic medicine display code reader - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a medicine display code automatic reading device that automatically reads a medicine display code that is a display code attached to medicine, and further relates to a dispensing system that transports medicine by a transporter.

  Bar codes are often used as chemical display codes. The chemical display codes may be attached to the chemical itself or to chemical containers. By reading the chemical display code with a barcode reader, etc. , Verification and auditing can be performed quickly and accurately. As a specific example, when a medicine is replenished to a cassette, a medicine storage device in which a replenishment operator reads a medicine display code by manual operation of the reading device and collates it with cassette description information (for example, Patent Documents) 1), a medicine dispensing device that automatically reads medicine indication codes when medicines are sequentially ejected from cassettes (see, for example, Patent Document 2), injection before injecting ampule-containing injections before being set There is known a method of dispensing an injectable drug that automatically reads a drug display code by rolling the drug (see, for example, Patent Document 3).

In addition, the dispensed medicine is transported to the auditing table with a transporter, and the audit is supported by reading the drug information on the medicines from the dispensing instructions attached to the transporter during the dispensing audit. Dispensing audit support systems are also known (see, for example, Patent Document 4).
Furthermore, there is also known an injection medicine dispensing system in which various medicines such as injection medicines and infusions are automatically dispensed and conveyed by a transporter (for example, see Patent Document 5).
In this injection medicine dispensing system, an insertion container in which a plurality of compartment storage chambers are formed is first introduced into a transporter to be conveyed, and then the medicine dispensed is introduced.

JP 2001-198193 A JP 2005-125013 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-081406 JP-A-11-206857 JP 2006-230710 A

  In such a conventional apparatus, the medicine display code is read manually or automatically during replenishment or discharge when the medicine is handled alone, but the medicine is loaded and collected in the transporter and transported in units of transporters. Sometimes, the code attached to the carrier is read, but the medicine display code is not read for each medicine contained in the carrier. When the medicine is transported by the transporter, the medicine display code of each medicine is read after the medicine is taken out from the transporter that has finished transporting, and this is the same in the dispensing audit and the final audit.

However, it is difficult to read the medicine display code for a medicine that has been separated from the transporter because it is difficult to fully automate and manual operation is indispensable. Heavy burden.
In addition, the implementation of barcode display on pharmaceuticals has been promoted for the purpose of preventing accidents resulting from drug misuse and ensuring traceability, and the importance of reading chemical display codes is increasing.
Therefore, it is a technical problem to realize a medicine display code automatic reading device that automatically reads medicine display codes for medicines transported by a transporter.

  The medicine display code automatic reading device according to the present invention (Solution means 1) was devised to solve such a problem, and is a carrier transport mechanism for receiving and sending a transporter containing a medicine attached with a display code. A large number of small containers in which a roller member that rotates on the bottom is incorporated, a chemical conveyance mechanism that circulates the small containers in a circular conveyance path, and the display code is provided facing the conveyance path A reading device, a first transfer device for taking out the medicine from the transporter and putting it in the small container toward the reading device; and the medicine from the small container passing through the reading device. And a second transfer device for taking out and returning it to the transporter.

  Further, the medicine display code automatic reading device of the present invention (solution means 2) is the medicine display code automatic reading device of the solution means 1, wherein the inside of the transporter is divided, and the first transfer device and The second transfer device uses the small containers properly corresponding to the classification of the transporters.

  Further, the medicine display code automatic reading device of the present invention (Solution means 3) contains a small container in which a roller member that rotates on the bottom is incorporated, and a plurality of the small containers that contain medicines with display codes. A transporter, a transporter transporting mechanism for transporting the transporter, and a reading device that is provided facing the transporting path and reads the display code.

In such a medicine display code automatic reading device of the present invention (solution means 1 and 3), if the medicine contained in the small container is a medicine that can rotate on its axis such as a so-called round object, the roller member of the small container As the shaft rotates, the medicine also rotates, and the display code faces the reading device during the rotation of the shaft, so that the display code attached to the medicine is automatically read.
Moreover, the medicine is carried into the medicine display code automatic reading device in a state of being accommodated in the transporter, and is unloaded from the medicine display code automatic reading device in a state of being accommodated in the transporter.
Therefore, according to this invention, the chemical | medical agent display code automatic reading apparatus which performs automatic reading of a chemical | medical agent display code for the chemical | medical agent currently conveyed with the carrying device is realizable.

  In the medicine display code automatic reading device according to the present invention (solution 2), the medicine division state is maintained even if medicine is transferred.

Example 1 of the present invention shows the structure of an automatic medicine display code reading device, (a) is a plan view, (b) is a perspective view of a transfer device and a transporter, and (c) is a reading device and a medicine transport mechanism. (D) And (e) is sectional drawing of a small container and a chemical | medical agent, (f) is a perspective view of a chemical | medical agent. The outline structure of the dispensing system incorporating the medicine display code automatic reading device is shown, (a) is a configuration example including an auditing device, and (b) is a configuration example not including an auditing device. About Example 2 of this invention, the structure of the chemical | drug | medicine display code automatic reader is shown, (a) is a plane arrangement | positioning figure, (b) is a perspective view of a transfer apparatus, a reader, and a portable device. About Example 3 of this invention, the structure of the chemical | medical agent display code | symbol automatic reader is shown, (a) is a perspective view of the portable device which accommodated the chemical | medical agent, (b) is a perspective view of an empty portable device, (c) is the front of a portable device. The figure and a side view, (d) is a perspective view of the chemical | medical agent code automatic reading apparatus which is not carrying in a carrying device, (e) is a perspective view of the chemical | medical agent display code automatic reading device which carried in a carrying device.

About the chemical | medical agent display code automatic reader of such this invention, the specific form for implementing this is demonstrated by the following Examples 1-3.
The embodiment 1 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 embodies the above-described solving means 1 and 2 (claims 1 and 2 as originally filed), and the embodiment 2 shown in FIG. The third embodiment shown in FIG. 4 embodies the above-described solving means 3 (claim 3 at the beginning of the application).
In these drawings, for simplification and the like, a housing panel, a base, a frame, a fastener such as a bolt, a coupling such as a hinge, a drive source such as an electric motor, an electric circuit such as a motor driver, a controller The electronic circuits and the like are not shown in the figure, and are shown mainly for those necessary and related to the explanation of the invention.

  About the Example 1 of the chemical | medical agent display code automatic reader of this invention, the specific structure is demonstrated referring drawings. 1A is a plan view of the entire medicine display code automatic reading device 10, FIG. 1B is a perspective view of the transfer devices 13 and 15 and a transporter 30, and FIG. 1C is a reading device 11 and a medicine transport mechanism. 12 is a cross-sectional view of the small container 20 containing only one medicine 40, (e) is a cross-sectional view of the small container 20 containing three medicines 40, and (f) is a perspective view of the medicine 40. FIG.

  The medicine display code automatic reader 10 includes, for example, a medicine transport mechanism 12 and a transporter transport mechanism 14 that are arranged in parallel on the upper surface of a flat base, a reader 11 that is disposed above the medicine transport mechanism 12, and a medicine transport mechanism. 12 and a transfer device 13 (first transfer device) and a transfer device 15 (second transfer device) disposed above both ends of the transport mechanism 14 and a control device (not shown). The automatic medicine display code reading device 10 handles the carry-in / carry-out device 30 and the medicine 40 to be read. The control device is composed of a programmable microprocessor and sequencer, and is configured to link and cooperate by controlling the operations of the units 11 to 15.

The transporter 30 has a plurality of sorting containers 31 arranged on the inner bottom so that the inside is sorted. Each sorting container 31 accommodates one or a small number of medicines 40.
As the medicine 40, a so-called round product capable of rotating the shaft is suitable. Typical examples thereof include pharmaceuticals such as tablets and powders contained in bottles and the like in addition to injections and contrast agents contained in ampoules and vials. And auxiliary chemicals. A medicine display code 41 is attached to the outer peripheral surface of the medicine 40 by direct printing or pasting a printed material. The medicine display code 41 is printed with a standard barcode such as a JAN code or RSS code based on the guidance of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.

  The transporter transport mechanism 14 is composed of, for example, a horizontally placed belt conveyor, and is inserted in the transport path of the transporter 30. Then, according to the control of the control device, the carry device 30 carried in from the outside is received and fed horizontally in the device and then sent to the outside. The medicine 40 of the carry device 30 is the object to be transferred by the transfer devices 13 and 15. In this case, the transporter 30 is stopped at the transport operation temporarily stopped at the position immediately after loading near the transfer device 13 and the position just before unloading near the transfer device 15.

  The medicine transport mechanism 12 includes, for example, a horizontally placed belt conveyor that runs parallel to the rear of the transporter transport mechanism 14, a large number of small containers 20 that are connected to the outer peripheral surface of the belt conveyor, and an upper side portion of the belt conveyor. And a rack 16 (stationary linear dentition member, shaft rotation drive member) provided immediately on the side of the rack. Each of the small containers 20 has one or a plurality of roller members 21 incorporated in the bottom, and the roller members 21 are in a horizontal posture in which the axial direction is aligned with the longitudinal direction of the small container 20 and The upper part is exposed on the inner bottom of the small container 20. One end of the roller member 21 is equipped with a pinion 22 (rolling gear, shaft rotation driven member).

  When the belt conveyor is operated in accordance with the control of the control device, the chemical transport mechanism 12 circulates along a transport path in which a large number of small containers 20 circulate along the outer peripheral surface of the belt conveyor and comes to the side of the rack 16. Since the pinion 22 meshes with the rack 16 in the small container 20, the roller member 21 rotates axially with the circulation movement. The shaft rotation drive of the roller member 21 is not limited to the above-described meshing method, but may be a friction method between a stationary member and a rolling member, and is actively driven using an electric motor or the like. Also good.

  The reading device 11 is a bar code reader capable of reading the medicine display code 41 and is provided above the medicine transport mechanism 12 in a downward posture and accommodated in a small container 20 that circulates and moves along the transport path of the medicine transport mechanism 12. The bar code is read with respect to the medicine 40, and when the medicine display code 41 attached to the medicine 40 is read, the reading result is notified to the control device. If a single reading device 11 is not sufficient, a plurality of reading devices 11 are provided so as to cover the entire area of the side of the rack 16 in the conveyance path of the chemical conveyance mechanism 12. The control device is configured to consolidate the reading results of the plurality of reading devices 11 into one by, for example, organizing and integrating the results based on the traveling position of the small container 20 containing the corresponding medicine 40.

  Each of the transfer devices 13 and 15 includes an action part such as an adsorption head that lifts the medicine 40, a two-dimensional or three-dimensional movement mechanism that moves the action part up and down, left and right, and a drive source thereof. Thus, when the medicine 40 is transferred, the small container 20 is properly used in accordance with the classification of the transporter 30 under the control of the control device. That is, the transfer device 13 (first transfer device) takes out the drug 40 in units of the division container 31 from the transporter 30 at the position immediately after loading on the transport path of the transporter transport mechanism 14, and removes the drug 40 from the transporter mechanism 12. The transfer device 15 (second transfer device) is placed in the small container 20 toward the reading device 11, whereas the transfer device 15 (second transfer device) is a small container 20 that circulates under the reading device 11. Among them, the medicine 40 is taken out from the one that has passed through the reading device 11, and the medicine 40 is returned to the transporting device 30 immediately before the transporting on the transporting path of the transporting device transporting mechanism 14 in units of sorting containers 31.

  About the chemical | medical agent display code automatic reader 10 of this Example 1, the use aspect and operation | movement are demonstrated referring drawings. 2A is a schematic configuration diagram of a dispensing system 50 in which the medicine display code automatic reading device 10 is incorporated in the inspection device 54, and FIG. 2B is a dispensing in which the medicine display code automatic reading device 10 is incorporated in the medicine dispensing device 53. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a system 58. FIG.

  Although the medicine display code automatic reading device 10 can be used alone, it is often incorporated into an automatic dispensing system. The dispensing system 50 (see FIG. 2A) is a configuration example of a system including an inspection device 54, and includes a transport device supply device 51, a medicine dispensing device 52, a medicine dispensing device 53, an inspection device 54, and a printing input device 55. The medicine display code automatic reading device 10 is incorporated in such a manner that the inspection device 54 is replaced with the transporting device transport mechanism 14 of the medicine display code automatic reading device 10 in the transport path of the transporting device transport mechanism 57 connected to the transport device storage device 56. It is.

  Further, the dispensing system 58 (see FIG. 2B) is a configuration example of a system that lacks the inspection device 54, and includes a transport device supply device 51, a chemical dispensing device 52, a chemical dispensing device 53, a printing input device 55, and a container storage. The automatic medicine display code automatic reading device 10 is configured such that a part on the carry-out side of the medicine dispensing device 53 in the conveyance path of the carrier conveyance mechanism 57 connected to the device 56 is replaced by the portable device conveyance mechanism 14 of the medicine display code automatic reading device 10. Is incorporated. In any system, the transporter 30 in which the medicines 40 delivered from the medicine delivery devices 52 and 53 are separately stored in the sorting container 31 is carried into the medicine display code automatic reading device 10 from the upstream carrier transporting mechanism 57 and downstream. While being carried out to the transporter transport mechanism 57, the medicine display code 41 is automatically read during that time.

The automatic reading of the medicine display code 41 is selectively performed according to the operation mode of the control device. Under the operation mode without reading, the transporter 30 carried into the transporter transport mechanism 14 is simply transported by the transporter transport mechanism 14 in the medicine display code automatic reading device 10 (see the broken line arrow in FIG. 1A). ) And carried out from the medicine display code automatic reading device 10.
Under the operation mode with reading, the carrying device 30 carried into the carrying device transport mechanism 14 is temporarily stopped at the position immediately after carrying in, and the carrying device 30 is stopped as it is or while the carrying device 30 is intermittently fed in units of the width of the sorting container 31. The medicine 40 is transferred from the sorting container 31 of the transporter 30 to the small container 20 of the medicine transport mechanism 12 by the transfer device 13 (see FIGS. 1A and 1B).

  The small container 20 containing the medicine 40 moves below the reading device 11 (see FIGS. 1A and 1C), where the pinion 22 meshes with the rack 16, and the roller member 21 rotates axially. When the roller member 21 rotates in the axis, the medicine 40 riding on the roller member 21 in the small container 20 also rotates along with the axis (see FIGS. 1D and 1E). When the medicine 40 rotates, the medicine display code 41 on the outer peripheral surface of the medicine 40 always comes up during one rotation (see FIG. 1 (f)). Is read. Meanwhile, the transporter 30 from which the medicine 40 has been taken out is transported to the position immediately before unloading by the transporter transport mechanism 14 and stops there until the medicine 40 is returned (see the broken line arrow in FIG. 1A).

The small container 20 containing the medicine 40 that has been read by the medicine display code 41 further moves and passes the reading device 11 and the rack 16, and then reaches the transferable range of the transfer device 15 ( (Refer FIG. 1 (a), (c)). Then, the chemical | drug | medicine 40 is transferred by the transfer apparatus 15 from the small container 20 of the chemical | medical agent conveyance mechanism 12 to the division container 31 of the transporter 30 in the position just before carrying out (refer FIG. 1 (a), (b)). At that time, since all the medicines 40 are returned to the original sorting container 31, for example, the sorting state of the medicines that are finely sorted and dispensed by the application unit is maintained.
Thus, when the medicine 40 that has been automatically read is returned to the carrying device 30 in the original divided state, the carrying device 30 is carried out from the medicine display code automatic reading device 10 (see FIG. 1A).

About the Example 2 of the chemical | medical agent display code automatic reader of this invention, the specific structure is demonstrated with reference to drawing. 3A is a plan view of the automatic medicine display code reading device 60, and FIG. 3B is a perspective view of the transfer device 13, the reading devices 61 and 62, and the transporter 30. FIG.
The automatic medicine display code reading device 60 is different from the automatic medicine display code reading device 10 of the first embodiment described above in that reading devices 61 and 62 for reading the medicine display code 41 are added.

The reading device 62 is provided facing the carry-in portion of the transport path of the transport device transport mechanism 14, and in a downward posture, the chemical display code 41 of the chemical 40 accommodated in the sorting container 31 of the transport device 30 at the position immediately after the transport. It tries to read.
When the medicine display code 41 of the medicine 40 before transfer is correctly read, the reading result is received by the control device, and the medicine 40 is transferred by the transfer device 13 and read by the reading device 11. The subsequent processing is omitted.

Several reading devices 61 are provided facing the transfer path of the transfer device 13 and try to read the drug display code 41 of the drug 40 lifted for transfer in an upward posture or a diagonally upward posture. It is supposed to be.
When the reading is correctly performed, the reading result is received by the control device, and the medicine 40 is immediately returned to the original sorting container 31 by the transfer device 13, and the medicine 40 is read by the reading device 11. Subsequent processing such as reading is omitted.

  In this case, when the medicine display code 41 can be read by the reading devices 61 and 62 even before or during the transfer by the transfer device 13, the transfer and subsequent processing are omitted, and only when the reading cannot be read by the reading device 61, 62. 11 is performed, the number of chemicals 40 to be transferred by the transfer devices 13 and 15 and the transport by the chemical transport mechanism 12 is narrowed down to reduce the number, thereby improving the overall processing efficiency and throughput. . In addition, when the medicine 40 is a round object, the medicine display code 41 can be automatically read even when the medicine 40 is not a round object, for example, in a box.

  Note that the reading device 61 may be provided not on the transfer device 13 but on the transfer path of the transfer device 15, and provided on both transfer surfaces of the transfer devices 13 and 15. It may be done. Further, the reading device 62 may be provided facing not the carry-in part but the carry-out part of the transport path of the transporter transport mechanism 14, and face both the transport-in part and the transport-out part in the transport path of the transporter transport mechanism 14. It may be provided in duplicate. By such overlapping installation, the accuracy of automatic reading of the medicine display code 41 attached to the medicine 40 can be further improved.

  About the Example 3 of the chemical | medical agent display code automatic reader of this invention, the specific structure is demonstrated with reference to drawing. 4A is a perspective view of the transporter 70 containing the medicine 40, FIG. 4B is a perspective view of the empty transporter 70, FIG. 4C is a front view and a side view of the transporter 70, and FIG. FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the automatic medicine display code reading device 80 in which no medicine is carried in, and FIG. 8E is a perspective view of the automatic medicine display code reading device 80 in which several containers 70 are carried.

This medicine display code automatic reading device 80 is different from the medicine display code automatic reading device 10 of the first embodiment described above in that the small container 20 is absorbed into the sorting container 31 and becomes a sorting container 72. The point is that the medicine transporting mechanism 12 and the transporter transporting mechanism 14 are integrated into a transporter transporting mechanism 81, and the transfer devices 13 and 15 are no longer necessary and omitted.
That is, the medicine display code automatic reading device 80 includes a small container 72 in which a roller member 73 that rotates on the bottom is incorporated, and a container 70 that stores a plurality of small containers 72 that contain the medicine 40 with the medicine display code 41 attached. And a transporter transport mechanism 81 that transports the transporter 70 and a reading device 11 that is provided facing the transport path and reads the medicine display code 41.

  The small container 72 follows the above-described small container 20 in that the outer peripheral surface of the roller member 73 is exposed on the inner bottom, but is stored side by side on the inner bottom of the transporter 70 to partition the inner space of the transporter 70. In this regard, the above-described sorting container 31 is followed. The roller member 73 follows the roller member 21 described above, and has a pinion 74 similar to the pinion 22 at one end. The transporter 70 basically follows the transporter 30, but a notch 71 for exposing the pinion 74 is formed corresponding to the fact that the small container 72 is accommodated instead of the sorting container 31. Yes.

  The transporter transport mechanism 81 may be the same as the belt conveyor of the transporter transport mechanism 14 and the chemical transport mechanism 12 described above as long as the transporter 70 can be transported horizontally, and the reader 82 is provided facing the transport path of the transporter 70 in the transporter transport mechanism 81. If the medicine display code 41 can be read, it may be the same as the reading device 11 described above, and the rack 83 is also attached to the transport device transport mechanism 81 and meshes with the pinion 74 of the small container 72 of the transport device 70 that is transporting it. As long as the roller member 73 can be axially rotated, the same rack 16 as described above may be used.

  In this case, when the carrying device 70 in which the medicine 40 with the medicine display code 41 is separately accommodated in the small container 72 is loaded into the medicine display code automatic reading device 80, the medicine is displayed after being horizontally transported by the transport device transport mechanism 81. While being carried out of the automatic code reading device 80, the pinion 74 of the small container 72 in the carrying device 70 is engaged with the rack 83 and the roller member 73 is rotated in the middle. In the same manner as described above for the apparatus 10, the medicine display code 41 of the medicine 40 is read by the reading device 82.

10 ... Chemical display code automatic reading device,
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 ... Reading apparatus, 12 ... Chemical conveyance mechanism, 13 ... (1st) Transfer equipment,
14 ... transporter transport mechanism, 15 ... (second) transfer device, 16 ... rack (stationary straight teeth),
20 ... small container, 21 ... roller member, 22 ... pinion (rolling gear),
30 ... Carrier, 31 ... Division container, 40 ... Chemicals, 41 ... Chemical indication code,
50 ... Dispensing system, 51 ... Carrier supply device,
52, 53 ... medicine dispensing device, 54 ... auditing device, 55 ... printing input device,
56 ... Transporter storage device, 57 ... Transporter transport mechanism, 58 ... Dispensing system,
60 ... Chemical display code automatic reading device, 61, 62 ... Reading device,
70 ... Transporter, 71 ... Notch, 72 ... Small container (sort container),
73 ... roller member, 74 ... pinion (rolling gear),
80 ... Automatic medicine display code reading device,
81 ... Transporter transport mechanism, 82 ... Reader, 83 ... Rack (stationary linear teeth)

Claims (3)

A transporter transport mechanism that receives and transports a transporter that contains a medicine with a display code, a large number of small containers that incorporate a roller member that rotates on the bottom, and the small container that is circulated in a single transport path. A medicine transport mechanism, a reading device that faces the transport path and reads the display code, and a first transfer device that takes out the medicine from the transporter and puts it in the small container toward the reading device And a second transfer device that takes out the medicine from the small container that has passed through the reading device and returns it to the transporter, and faces a path portion of the reading device of the reading device in the transport path. a medicine display code automatic reader and a pivoting drive member, said small container drive rotation the shaft and the roller member of the small container come at said shaft rotary drive member circulating movement Member and the medicine display code automatic reading apparatus characterized by being adapted to be allowed to pivot the roller member engaged temporarily engaged is by the shaft rotation drive member.   2. The inside of the transporter is divided, and the first transfer device and the second transfer device are configured to use the small containers properly corresponding to the transporter. The chemical display code automatic reading device described. A small container in which a roller member that rotates on the bottom is incorporated, a transporter that stores a plurality of small containers that store chemicals with display codes, a transporter transport mechanism that transports the transporter, and a transport path thereof An automatic medicine display code reading device provided with a reading device for reading the display code and a shaft rotation driving member provided facing a reading destination path portion of the reading device in the transport path, When the transporter is conveyed and comes to the shaft rotation drive member, the roller member of the small container in the transporter and the shaft rotation drive member are temporarily engaged, and the roller member becomes the shaft rotation drive member. A chemical display code automatic reading device, characterized in that it is adapted to be rotated by a shaft .

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