JP5751317B2 - Drug dispensing device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a medicine dispensing device capable of packaging and dispensing medicine.

  Conventionally, a medicine dispensing device as disclosed in Patent Document 1 below has been provided. A conventional medicine dispensing device is provided with a plurality of medicine supply containers capable of storing and dispensing medicines in a storage unit, and dispenses an amount of medicine according to the prescription from each medicine supply container, and can package them. It is said that.

JP 2001-276183 A

  Here, the medicine dispensing device according to the prior art has been used by accommodating different types of medicines in each of a plurality of medicine supply containers provided in the storage section. However, in the prior art medicine dispensing device, for example, each medicine supply container is unique, such as the date and time when each medicine supply container was filled with medicine, the person who filled the medicine, data related to the medicine filled, etc. It was not configured to easily and accurately grasp the data. In addition, as the number of drug supply containers increases with an increase in the types of drugs to be handled, the tendency is further increased, and drugs that can easily and accurately grasp unique data for each drug supply container as described above It was desired to provide a dispensing device. Similarly, in a medicine dispensing system configured by combining a plurality of medicine dispensing systems, it has been desired to have a configuration capable of easily and accurately grasping unique data for each medicine supply container.

  Therefore, in order to satisfy such a demand, an object of the present invention is to provide a medicine dispensing apparatus capable of easily and accurately grasping unique data for each medicine supply container.

The medicine dispensing device of the present invention provided to solve the above-described problem stores a plurality of kinds of medicines, a storage section capable of dispensing the medicines, control means, and wired or wireless to the control means. Interface means connected to each other, and a cassette placement working part capable of placing the medicine supply container removed from the container mounting part when filling the medicine supply container with the medicine , The interface means is installed in the container mounting part and the cassette placement work part, respectively, and the storage part can mount a medicine supply container capable of storing medicine and the medicine supply container It has a cassette having a plurality of container mounting portions, and is in a state in which the medicine can be dispensed on condition that the medicine supply container is mounted on the container mounting portion. The interface is provided on the condition that the medicine supply container includes an information recording medium and unique container-specific information about the medicine supply container can be recorded, and the medicine supply container is arranged in the cassette arranging operation unit. The information recording medium provided in the medicine supply container via the means is capable of data communication with the control means, the container specific information is displayed on the front surface, and the medicine supply is supplied to an arbitrary container mounting portion among a plurality of container mounting portions. Data communication is possible between the information recording medium and the control means via the interface means on condition that a container is mounted.

  The drug dispensing device of the present invention described above is capable of dispensing a drug based on prescription data input to the control means, and is provided with a plurality of container mounting portions to which drug supply containers can be mounted. A plurality of container mounting units; a correspondence storage unit that defines and stores a correspondence relationship between drug supply containers to be attached to the container mounting unit; and a determination unit. The determination unit is mounted on the container mounting unit. The correspondence storage unit is collated with data unique to the medicine supply container acquired by data communication with the information recording medium included in the medicine supply container, and the medicine supply container is defined in the correspondence storage unit In the normal mounting state where the medicine supply container is normally mounted on the container mounting part that matches the correspondence specified in the correspondence storage unit, whether it is an erroneous mounting state that is erroneously mounted on the container mounting part that violates the correspondence Ah It is possible to carry out a correct / incorrect determination operation to determine whether there is a drug supply container mismounted by the correct / incorrect determination operation, and the drug contained in the erroneously mounted drug supply container is the prescription On the condition that it is not a medicine to be dispensed based on the data, there is a medicine supply container in which the medicine is dispensed in other medicine supply containers other than the medicine supply container that is erroneously attached, and is erroneously attached by the correctness determination operation. Dispensing of medicine is stopped on condition that the medicine contained in the medicine supply container that is determined to be misplaced is the medicine to be dispensed based on the prescription data It is desirable that

  The medicine dispensing device of the present invention provided to solve the above-described problem stores a plurality of kinds of medicines, a storage section capable of dispensing the medicines, control means, and wired or wireless to the control means. Interface means connected to the container, the interface means is installed in the container mounting portion, and the storage portion can store a medicine supply container capable of storing a medicine and the medicine supply container A cassette having a container mounting portion; and mounting the drug supply container on the container mounting portion, so that the medicine can be dispensed, and the drug supply container includes an information recording medium, Specific container specific information about the drug supply container can be recorded, and the interface is provided by mounting the drug supply container on an arbitrary container mounting part among a plurality of container mounting parts. Data communication is possible between the information recording medium and the control means via a means, and a plurality of container mounting portions to which a medicine supply container can be attached are provided. A drug that has a container mounting unit, a correspondence storage unit that defines and stores a correspondence relationship between the drug supply containers to be attached to the container mounting unit, and a determination unit, and the determination unit is mounted on the container mounting unit. Data corresponding to the medicine supply container acquired by data communication with the information recording medium included in the supply container is compared with the correspondence storage unit, and the medicine supply container is in a correspondence relationship defined in the correspondence storage unit. Whether it is an erroneous mounting state in which it is erroneously mounted on the opposite container mounting portion, or whether the medicine supply container is normally mounted in a container mounting portion that matches the correspondence defined in the correspondence storage unit. Size Correctness determination operation can be performed, it is determined that there is a drug supply container mismounted by the correctness determination operation, and the medicine accommodated in the erroneously mounted drug supply container is based on the prescription data It is determined that there is a medicine supply container that has been mismounted by the correct / incorrect determination operation, with the continuation of drug dispensing in other drug supply containers other than the erroneously mounted medicine supply container. The dispensing of the medicine is stopped on the condition that the medicine accommodated in the medicine supply container that is mismounted is a medicine to be dispensed based on the prescription data.

  In the medicine dispensing apparatus of the present invention described above, the container unique information of the medicine supply container is read by the control means, the container unique information is displayed, and the data read from the information recording medium is connected to the control means. Is preferably recorded by the control means.

  In addition, the medicine dispensing apparatus of the present invention described above is capable of data communication between the information recording medium and the control means via the interface means by attaching the medicine supply container to the container attaching portion. , By disposing the drug supply container in an arbitrary container mounting part among the plurality of container mounting parts, the control means identifies where the drug supply container containing the drug necessary for packaging is located, When it is possible to dispense a medicine of a kind and amount according to the prescription, and the medicine supply container contains a medicine having a specific property, mounting of a plurality of containers in a limited area By arranging the medicine supply container in any of the sections, the control means identifies where the medicine supply container is in the limited region, and the kind and amount of medicine according to the prescription It is desirable to those made possible payout.

  The above-described medicine dispensing device of the present invention can be operated in a normal operation mode in which medicine is dispensed in accordance with a medicine prescription and a medicine filling mode for filling the medicine supply container with the medicine, and is detached from the container mounting portion. In addition, it is preferable that the medicine supply container is arranged in the cassette placement work section as a trigger for switching the operation mode and can be switched from the normal operation mode to the medicine filling mode.

  A drug dispensing device for solving the above-described problem includes a drug supply container that can store a drug and includes an information recording medium, a container mounting unit that can mount the drug supply container, and a control unit. The medicine can be dispensed by attaching the medicine supply container to the container attachment portion, and the control means provides an information recording medium provided in the medicine supply container and data specific to the medicine supply container. It may be possible to implement the data communication.

  According to such a configuration, the medicine dispensing apparatus that can perform data communication with the control means on the data unique to each medicine supply container provided with the information recording medium, and can easily and accurately grasp the above-mentioned unique data. Can provide.

  Further, based on the same knowledge, the medicine dispensing device described above includes a storage unit capable of storing and dispensing a medicine, and a control unit capable of data communication with an information recording medium. The means is provided with a plurality of medicine supply containers capable of storing and dispensing medicines so as to be detachable, and an information recording medium is provided in part or all of the plurality of medicine supply containers, Data communication on data unique to the medicine supply container can be performed between the information recording medium provided in the medicine supply container and the control means.

  The medicine dispensing apparatus described above includes storage means capable of storing and dispensing medicine and control means capable of data communication with the information recording medium. Here, the storage means corresponds to, for example, a shelf or a drum provided with a plurality of medicine supply containers so as to be detachable, such as what is referred to as a main storage section or a sub storage section in the embodiments described later. It is. According to a second aspect of the present invention, there are provided a plurality of medicine supply containers in which the storage means constituted by shelves, drums and the like is detachably provided with medicine supply containers capable of storing and dispensing medicines. Here, the medicine supply container is like a feeder container described in an embodiment to be described later, and refers to a container that can dispense the medicine accommodated therein. Since the storage means described above includes a medicine supply container, the medicine dispensed from the medicine supply container can be dispensed for use in packaging or the like.

  Even in the case of the above-described configuration, a drug that can communicate data with the control means for data unique to each drug supply container provided with an information recording medium, and can easily and accurately grasp the unique data described above. A dispensing device can be provided.

  The medicine dispensing apparatus described above is capable of data communication with the operator information recording medium in which the control means records the operator information for specifying the operator, and is read from the operator information recording medium by the data communication. The operator information may be recorded on an information recording medium.

  According to this configuration, for example, information related to an operator who has performed work related to a drug supply container such as drug filling can be recorded on the information recording medium of each drug supply container.

  The medicine dispensing apparatus of the present invention described above is operable in a plurality of operation modes, and is in a state in which data communication is possible between the information recording medium of the medicine supply container removed from the container mounting portion and the control means. As a condition, the operation mode may be switched to a predetermined operation mode selected from the plurality of operation modes.

  In the medicine dispensing apparatus having such a configuration, the operation mode is switched on condition that data communication is possible between the information recording medium of the medicine supply container and the control means. That is, in the medicine dispensing apparatus described above, the information recording medium provided in each medicine supply container can be used as a trigger for switching the operation mode to enable data communication with the control means. Therefore, according to the above-described configuration, it is possible to save labor and prevent erroneous operation required for switching the operation mode.

  The medicine dispensing apparatus of the present invention described above has a sign reading unit that reads an identification mark assigned to each kind of medicine, and the type of the medicine is specified by the control means based on the identification sign read by the sign reading means. Even if the information regarding the type of the medicine is recorded on the information recording medium by data communication between the information recording medium provided in the medicine supply container removed from the container mounting portion and the control means. good.

  According to such a configuration, when filling the medicine supply container removed from the container mounting portion with the medicine, if the identification mark assigned for each medicine type is read by the label reading means, the information on the medicine type can be obtained. It can be recorded on the information recording medium of the medicine supply container by data communication. Therefore, according to the medicine dispensing device having the above-described configuration, when the medicine supply container is filled with the medicine, the information regarding the medicine type can be easily and reliably recorded on the information recording medium.

  The above-described medicine dispensing device of the present invention includes a cassette placement section in which a medicine supply container removed from a container mounting section can be placed, and interface means wired or wirelessly connected to the control means. By arranging the medicine supply container in the placement section, the information recording medium included in the medicine supply container may be capable of data communication with the control means via the interface means.

  According to such a configuration, it is possible to minimize the effort required to enable data communication between the information recording medium and the control means after removing the medicine supply container from the container mounting portion.

  The medicine dispensing apparatus of the present invention described above has interface means wired or wirelessly connected to the control means, and the interface means can read and write data in a non-contact state with the information recording medium. There may be.

  According to such a configuration, it is possible to further reduce the effort required to enable data communication between the information recording medium and the control means after removing the medicine supply container from the storage means.

  Here, since the medicine dispensing device of the present invention described above can perform data communication on data unique to the medicine supply container from the information recording medium provided in each medicine supply container, the medicine supply container containing a predetermined medicine is stored. Even if it is attached to any place of the means, it is possible to make it possible to dispense the medicine necessary for the packaging. However, depending on the type of the medicine, there are a medicine that is easily dispensed from the medicine supply container, a thing that is likely to jump at the delivery destination, a thing that is likely to roll, and a substance that is liable to be cracked or chipped by a drop impact. When handling such drugs, you must handle them differently from other general drugs, such as adjusting the timing of packaging in consideration of splashing and rolling, and taking measures to suppress the impact of dropping. Poor packaging may occur. For this reason, it is desirable that the drug supply container for storing the drug having such a specific situation is attached to a place where the above-described situation can be eliminated, such as a low place.

  Therefore, based on such knowledge, a plurality of container mounting portions capable of sequentially dispensing drugs based on prescription data input to the control means and capable of mounting a drug supply container are provided. A correspondence storage unit that defines and stores the correspondence between the container mounting unit and the drug supply container to be attached to the container mounting unit, and a determination unit, and the determination unit is mounted on the container mounting unit. The data unique to the medicine supply container acquired by data communication with the information recording medium provided in the medicine supply container is collated with the correspondence storage unit, and the medicine supply container is defined in the correspondence relation storage unit. Whether the medicine supply container is in the wrong mounting state, or the normal state in which the medicine supply container is normally mounted in the container mounting part that matches the correspondence defined in the correspondence storage unit. It is possible to carry out a correct / incorrect determination operation to determine whether the state is a state, and it is determined by the correct / incorrect determination operation that there is a medicine supply container that is erroneously mounted, and is stored in the erroneously supplied medicine supply container Drugs that are continuously dispensed in other drug supply containers other than the misplaced drug supply containers, and are mismounted by the correct / incorrect determination operation, on condition that the drug is not a drug that should be dispensed based on the prescription data It is determined that there is a supply container, and dispensing of the medicine is stopped on the condition that the medicine contained in the misplaced medicine supply container is a medicine to be dispensed based on the prescription data. It is desirable to adopt the configuration as follows.

  In the medicine dispensing device adopting the above-described configuration, the determination unit of the control unit performs a correct / incorrect determination operation, and the medicine supply container is determined based on the correspondence between the container mounting part and the medicine supply container specified in the correspondence storage unit. It is possible to determine whether the container mounting portion that should not be originally mounted is erroneously mounted or normally mounted. Further, in the medicine dispensing device having the above-described configuration, even when the medicine supply container is erroneously attached, if the erroneously attached medicine supply container does not contain the medicine to be dispensed, Even if the dispensing of the medicine in the medicine supply container is not stopped, the above-mentioned problems such as the splashing, rolling, cracking and chipping of the medicine do not occur, and if the dispensing of the medicine is stopped, the work efficiency is lowered. Become. Therefore, in the medicine dispensing device described above, medicine dispensing is continued when the erroneously loaded medicine supply container does not contain the medicine to be dispensed, and the medicine dispensing apparatus is erroneously installed without interruption. The medicine supply container can be attached and detached. Therefore, in the medicine dispensing device having the above-described configuration, it is possible to suppress a decrease in work efficiency due to this even when there is a medicine supply container that is erroneously attached.

  On the other hand, if there is a medicine supply container that is mismounted and the medicine contained in this medicine supply container contains the medicine to be dispensed, the medicine dispensing operation is continued as described above. Problems such as drug splashing, rolling, cracking, and chipping may occur. Therefore, in the medicine dispensing apparatus configured as described above, medicine dispensing is stopped in such a case. Therefore, according to the medicine dispensing device having the above-described configuration, it is possible to prevent medicine from being dispensed from the medicine supply container that is erroneously mounted.

  Here, it is preferable that the medicines that are likely to jump at the delivery destination, the medicines that are likely to roll, and the medicines that are liable to be cracked or chipped due to the impact of the drop are dispensed on the lower side as much as possible.

  Therefore, based on such knowledge, in the medicine dispensing device described above, the storage means has a plurality of container mounting portions in which the medicine supply container can be mounted in the vertical direction, and is provided below a predetermined height by the correctness determination operation. It may be determined whether or not the medicine supply container to be mounted on the container mounting portion is erroneously mounted on the container mounting portion provided at a position exceeding a predetermined height.

  According to such a configuration, the medicine supply container that contains the medicine that is desirably dispensed from the lower side as much as possible, such as the medicine that causes problems such as splashing, rolling, cracking, and chipping due to the dropping described above, has a predetermined height. It is possible to prevent erroneous mounting on the container mounting portion in a position exceeding the height.

  Further, based on the same knowledge, the above-described drug dispensing device has a container mounting part to which a drug supply container can be mounted provided in each of a plurality of container mounting areas set in accordance with the height. In the relationship storage unit, a container mounting region in which the correspondence between the container mounting unit and the drug supply container to be mounted on the container mounting unit is at a height that is the upper limit of mounting of the drug supply container set according to the type of the drug; When the drug supply container is mounted on the container mounting portion of the container mounting area located above the container mounting area at the height that is the upper limit of the mounting, When the medicine supply container is attached to the container attachment part of the container attachment area located in the container attachment area at a height equal to or lower than the attachment upper limit, it is normally attached by the correct / incorrect determination operation. State It is also possible shall be determined to one.

  In the medicine dispensing device described above, there are a plurality of correspondences between the height that is the upper limit for attaching the medicine supply container and the container mounting area, reflecting the level at which the occurrence of jumping, rolling, cracking, chipping, etc. due to dropping is concerned. It can be defined in the correspondence storage unit in stages. In addition, based on this rule, when a medicine supply container is attached to the container attachment portion of the container attachment area located above the container attachment area at the height that is the upper limit of attachment, an error is caused by the correctness determination operation. It can be determined that the device is in the mounted state, and problems such as defective dispensing of the medicine due to the erroneous mounting state can be prevented.

  The medicine dispensing apparatus of the present invention described above is characterized in that the control means can perform a search operation for searching and selecting a container mounting portion to which a medicine supply container determined to be erroneously mounted by the correctness determination operation is to be mounted. May be

  According to such a configuration, by performing a search operation, it is possible to easily select which container mounting part should be used to mount a medicine supply container that is erroneously mounted.

  The above-described medicine dispensing device of the present invention is a search in a search operation based on data unique to the medicine supply container acquired by data communication with an information recording medium included in the medicine supply container determined to be erroneously attached by a correct / incorrect determination operation. It may be characterized in that a condition is set.

  According to such a configuration, it is possible to select a container mounting portion on which a medicine supply container that has been erroneously mounted is to be mounted even if the operator does not input search conditions in the search operation separately. This can be further improved.

  In the medicine dispensing device of the present invention described above, the storage means can move each container mounting portion to an attaching / detaching work position where the medicine supply container can be attached / detached, and the container attaching portion selected by the search operation is Further, it may be characterized by moving to the attachment / detachment work position.

  In the medicine dispensing apparatus having the above-described configuration, the container mounting portion at the normal position where the medicine supply container that has been erroneously attached should be attached moves to the attachment / detachment work position. Therefore, if the structure mentioned above is employ | adopted, the convenience at the time of attaching a chemical | medical agent supply container to the above-mentioned normal position can be improved further.

  The medicine dispensing apparatus of the present invention described above is a medicine dispensing system that includes a main unit and one or a plurality of subunits, and is configured by connecting the main unit and the subunits with a transfer device. The main unit is constituted by the medicine dispensing device described above, and the subunit has a sub-reserving means capable of storing a plurality of kinds of medicines and dispensing the medicine, and the sub-reserving means has a medicine. A plurality of medicine supply containers that can be stored and dispensed in a detachable manner. The medicine dispensed from the sub-storage means by the transfer device is transferred toward the main unit, and the medicine is The medicine dispensing system is characterized in that it can be dispensed from the main unit side.

  The medicine dispensing system described above includes a main unit and a subunit, and a plurality of medicine supply containers are detachably attached to both the main unit side storage means and the subunit side sub storage means. Therefore, it is desired that the medicine dispensing system described above has a large number of medicine supply containers, and can more easily and reliably manage data unique to each medicine supply container. Therefore, based on such knowledge, the medicine dispensing system described above includes the medicine dispensing apparatus according to the present invention as a main unit. Therefore, in the medicine dispensing system having the above-described configuration, data communication is performed between the control unit provided on the main unit side and the information recording medium of each medicine supply container provided in large numbers in the main unit and the subunit. It is possible to easily and accurately grasp and manage the unique data described above.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the chemical | medical agent delivery apparatus which can grasp | ascertain the specific data for every chemical | medical agent supply container simply and correctly can be provided.

1 is a perspective view showing a medicine dispensing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a front view which shows typically the internal structure of the chemical | medical agent delivery system shown in FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the structure of the main storage part vicinity with which a main unit is provided. (A) is a principal part expansion perspective view which shows the structure of a drum, (b) is sectional drawing which shows the attachment state of the cassette with respect to a drum, (c) shows the positional relationship of a main storage part and a set defect detection means. It is explanatory drawing. It is a disassembled perspective view of a cassette. It is a disassembled perspective view of a feeder container. It is a perspective view which shows a chemical | medical agent waiting mechanism part. It is a perspective view which shows a mechanism part. (A)-(e) is the side view which showed the process of the vertical motion of the slide shaft in a mechanism part later on. (A) is sectional drawing which shows the state which the discharge port of the chemical | medical agent waiting mechanism part closed, (b) is sectional drawing which shows the state which the discharge port opened. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows a chemical | medical agent preparation part. It is a top view which shows the internal structure of a chemical | medical agent preparation part. (A)-(f) is sectional drawing which showed in order the process of the operation | movement of the shutter with which a division formation body is provided. It is a perspective view which shows the structure of the chemical | medical agent preparation part and chemical | medical agent packaging part vicinity of a main unit. (A)-(f) is explanatory drawing explaining the injection | throwing-in state of the chemical | medical agent with respect to a division formation body later on. It is sectional drawing which shows the installation state of the conveyance means in a main unit. It is a perspective view which shows a conveyance means. (A) is sectional drawing which shows the attachment state of the abnormality detection mechanism in a transfer means, (b) is AA sectional drawing of (a), (c) is a B direction arrow directional view of (a). (A) is a rear view of a conveyance means, (b) is a front view of a conveyance means. (A) is a perspective view which shows a working table, (b) is a block diagram which shows the structure of a data management system. (A) is a perspective view which shows the state which looked at the transfer apparatus from the medicine delivery part side, (b) is a principal part expansion perspective view which shows the state which looked at the transfer apparatus from the medicine reception part side. (A) is a front view showing an interface for calling a cassette, (b) is a front view showing an interface for calling a medicine name, and (c) and (d) are front views showing an interface for displaying container specific information. . It is sectional drawing which shows the chemical | medical agent delivery part vicinity of the transfer apparatus shown in FIG. 21, (a) is sectional drawing which shows the state in the chemical | medical agent delivery stage, (b) is sectional drawing which shows the state in the chemical | medical agent delivery stage. It is a perspective view which shows a counter apparatus. It is a perspective view which shows the modification of a transfer apparatus, (a) is a perspective view which shows the case where the chemical delivery unit of the transfer apparatus concerning a modification is an expansion | extension state, (b) is the said chemical delivery unit in a contracted state. It is a perspective view which shows a case. It is a perspective view which shows the state which looked at the chemical | medical agent delivery unit of the transfer apparatus shown in FIG. 25 from upper direction. It is a perspective view which shows the state which looked at the chemical delivery unit of the transfer apparatus shown in FIG. 25 from the downward direction. It is sectional drawing which shows the chemical | medical agent delivery unit of the transfer apparatus shown in FIG. (A) is a perspective view which shows the state which looked at the sliding base of the chemical | medical agent delivery unit of the transfer apparatus shown in FIG. 25 from upper direction, (b) is a perspective view which shows the state which looked at the said sliding base from the downward direction. is there. (A) is a perspective view which shows the state which looked at the 1st sliding body of the chemical | medical agent delivery unit of the transfer apparatus shown in FIG. 25 from upper direction, (b) is a perspective view which shows the state which looked at the said 1st sliding body from the downward direction. FIG. (A) is a perspective view which shows the state which looked at the 2nd sliding body of the chemical | medical agent delivery unit of the transfer apparatus shown in FIG. 25 from upper direction, (b) is a perspective view which shows the state which looked at the said 2nd sliding body from the downward direction. FIG. It is a front view which shows another modification of a transfer apparatus. It is AA sectional drawing of FIG. It is a front view which shows one step of operation | movement of the transfer apparatus of FIG. It is a front view which shows one step of operation | movement of the transfer apparatus of FIG. It is a perspective view which shows typically the structure of a main storage part and a sub storage part. It is a block diagram which shows the modification of a control means. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement at the time of a chemical | medical agent delivery system performing correct / incorrect determination operation | movement. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of a chemical | medical agent delivery system. It is a front view which shows the display state of the operation panel at the time of feeder container insertion error generation | occurrence | production. It is a front view which shows the display state of the operation panel at the time of transmission of an incorrect attachment elimination promotion message. It is a front view which shows the display state of the operation panel at the time of feeder container incorrect mounting | wearing error generation | occurrence | production. It is a front view which shows the display state of the operation panel at the time of feeder container identification error generation | occurrence | production. It is a front view which shows the display state of the operation panel at the time of setting of search conditions.

  Next, the medicine dispensing system 1, the main unit 2 (medicine dispensing apparatus), and the subunit 3 (medicine dispensing apparatus) according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, the medicine dispensing system 1 has a main unit 2 and a subunit 3. The main unit 2 forms the basis of the medicine dispensing system 1. The subunit 3 is used accompanying the main unit 2. The medicine dispensing system 1 includes a transfer device 5 that operates between the main unit 2 and the subunit 3. In the medicine dispensing system 1 of the present embodiment, the transfer device 5 is incorporated in the subunit 3, and the medicine dispensed on the subunit 3 side by the transfer device 5 can be transferred toward the main unit 2 side. ing.

  More specifically, as shown in FIG. 2, the main unit 2 includes a main storage part 20 and a medicine packaging part 21, and a medicine path 22 is formed so as to connect the two. The middle of the medicine path 22 is formed by a medicine standby mechanism section 50 and a medicine preparation section 80 which will be described in detail later. Moreover, as shown in FIG. 1 etc., the main unit 2 is provided with the handbag unit 23 separately from the main storage part 20, and the medicine which should be prescribed | regulated can be input also to this. That is, the main unit 2 includes a main storage unit 20 and a manual handling unit 23 as drug dispensing means that can dispense a drug in accordance with the prescription.

  As shown in FIG. 4A, the main storage unit 20 has a drum 31 configured by arranging a plurality of vertically long plate members 30 in the circumferential direction, and on the outer peripheral surface of the drum 31 as shown in FIG. A plurality of cassettes 32 for containing tablets are attached. The plate member 30 is provided with a plurality of cassette mounting holes 35 for mounting the cassette 32 and openings 36 communicating with the payout passage 33 in the longitudinal direction (vertical direction) according to the mounting position of the cassette 32. In the main storage unit 20 employed in the present embodiment, a plurality of cassettes 32 are arranged in the length direction (vertical direction) of the plate material 30 and a plurality of cassettes 32 are also arranged in the circumferential direction of the drum 31. .

  Each plate member 30 is attached to a frame whose upper end portion forms a skeleton of the drum 31 via a hinge. The main storage unit 20 can maintain the state where each plate member 30 is flipped up and the drum 31 can be opened by lifting the lower end portion of each plate member 30 upward when performing maintenance or the like.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 4, a payout passage 33 is provided on the inner side (inner peripheral surface side) of the drum 31. The dispensing passage 33 functions as a passage for supplying the medicine dispensed from the cassette 32 further downstream. More specifically, a guide member 37 is attached to the back side of the plate member 30, that is, the surface facing the inside of the drum 31. The guide member 37 is a long member having a substantially “U” cross-sectional shape as in the case of the plate member 30. The guide member 37 is fixed to a substantially central portion in the width direction of the plate 30 (the circumferential direction of the drum 31) on the back side of the plate 30. Thus, a payout passage 33 that extends linearly in the longitudinal direction of the plate member 30, that is, in the vertical direction, is formed between the guide member 37 and the back surface of the plate member 30.

  As shown in FIG. 4B and FIG. 5, the cassette 32 includes a motor base 40 (container mounting portion) and a feeder container 41 (medicine supply container). The motor base 40 includes a motor 43. The output shaft 45 of the motor 43 is attached so as to protrude upward from the motor base 40. A gear 46 is attached to the output shaft 45. Further, the motor base 40 incorporates a reader / writer 44 (interface means). The reader / writer 44 corresponds to a communication format called RFID (Radio Frequency Identification), and communicates with a tag 49 provided in a feeder container 41 described in detail later, and is necessary for the tag 49. It can read and write data.

  The feeder container 41 is disposed above the motor base 40 and is detachable from the motor base 40. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the feeder container 41 is a hollow container formed by attaching an opening attachment 41b and a lid attachment 41c to the container body 41a, and can accommodate a medicine therein. ing. As shown in FIG. 6, an opening in which an opening attachment 41 b can be mounted on the back side of the container body 41 a, that is, on the side facing the drum 31 side when the feeder container 41 is attached to the motor base 40 mounted on the drum 31. It has an attachment mounting part 41d.

  The opening attachment 41b is attached to the opening attachment attaching portion 41d of the container main body 41a. The opening attachment 41b has an opening 47a for discharging the medicine accommodated in the feeder container 41, and a tag mounting portion 47b. In the feeder container 41 employed in the present embodiment, a plurality of types of opening attachments 41b having different sizes of the opening 47a are prepared, which is suitable for the size of the medicine accommodated in the container main body 41a. You can select and install it. The tag attaching portion 47b is formed in a cantilever shape at a lower portion of the opening attachment 41b. The tag attaching portion 47b is parallel to the bottom surface of the container main body 41a when the opening attachment 41b is attached to the opening attachment attaching portion 41d.

  The lid attachment 41c closes the opening on the upper end side of the container main body 41a. The lid attachment 41c has a lid portion 41f, a clip portion 41g, and a hinge portion 41h, and is connected so that both can be bent with the hinge portion 41h as a boundary. The lid attachment 41c is mounted by sandwiching a lid attachment mounting portion 41e provided at the upper end portion of the container main body portion 41a by the clip portion 41g. The feeder container 41 opens the container body 41a by raising the lid 41f as shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, and lays the container body 41a as shown in FIG. 4 (b). 41a can be closed.

  As shown in FIG. 4B, a rotor 48 is arranged inside the feeder container 41. In the outer peripheral portion of the rotor 48, a plurality of grooves 48a extending in the vertical direction are provided at substantially equal intervals in the circumferential direction. The rotor 48 is freely rotatable in the feeder container 41, and the grooves 48a sequentially arrive at the positions of the openings 47a provided on the back side of the feeder container 41 as the rotation occurs. In the present embodiment, a plurality of types of rotors 48 having different widths of the grooves 48a are prepared, and suitable ones can be selected and mounted according to the size of the medicine accommodated in the container main body 41a. That is, in the present embodiment, the width of the groove 48a (the length in the circumferential direction of the roller 48) and the depth (the length in the radial direction of the rotor 48) are set so that the medicine accommodated in the container main body 41a is 1. The size is enough to fit.

  The rotor 48 is connected to a gear 48 b exposed on the bottom surface side of the feeder container 41. When the feeder container 41 is attached to the motor base 40, the gear 48b is in a state of being engaged with the gear 46 on the motor base 40 side. Therefore, when receiving power from the motor 43 provided on the motor base 40 side, the rotor 48 rotates within the feeder container 41 by an amount corresponding to the rotation amount of the output shaft 45. Therefore, the cassette 32 has a structure in which the amount of medicine dispensed from the opening 47a of the feeder container 41 can be appropriately adjusted by adjusting the rotation amount of the output shaft 45 of the motor 43.

  When the opening attachment 41b and the lid attachment 41c are attached as described above, the tag attachment portion 47b arrives at a position on the bottom side of the feeder container 41. A tag 49 (information recording medium) is attached to the tag attachment portion 47b. In this embodiment, as the tag 49, what is generally called an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tag or an RFID chip is employed. Various data including the identification data of the feeder container 41 and the type of medicine accommodated in the feeder container 41 can be transmitted to and received from the tag 49, and the data can be updated and written.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 4A and 4C, a set failure detection means 38 is provided outside the drum 31. The defective set detection means 38 includes a contact plate 38a and a switch 38b. The set failure detection means 38 is configured to detect a mounting failure of the cassette 32 with respect to the drum 31 based on whether or not the switch 38b is in an on state.

  The configuration of the set failure detection means 38 will be described in more detail. The contact plate 38a is a long plate as shown in FIG. The contact plate 38 a is arranged in a posture along the height direction of the drum 31. The contact plate 38a is pivotally supported in a cantilever manner on the housing of the main unit 2 by a hinge 38c, and the end portion on the drum 31 side is a free end. That is, the contact plate 38a is supported by the hinge 38c so as to be able to swing in the tangential direction of the drum 31. Further, a switch 38b is provided at a position where the contact plate 38a contacts when the contact plate 38a swings. When the contact plate 38a comes into contact with the switch 38b, the contact is pushed and turned on.

  As shown in FIG. 4C, in the state where the cassette 32 is attached to the drum 31, when a trajectory J formed through the end of the cassette 32 as the drum 31 rotates is assumed, The contact plate 38a is installed at a position where the end comes at a position slightly away from the locus J in the radial direction of the drum 31. Therefore, when the cassette 32 is not firmly attached to the drum 31 and protrudes outward in the radial direction of the drum 31, the cassette 32 comes into contact with the contact plate 38a as the drum 31 rotates. The contact plate 38a swings around the hinge 38c. As a result, the contact plate 38a comes into contact with the switch 38b to be turned on, and the attachment failure of the cassette 32 is detected.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a medicine waiting mechanism 50 is provided below the drum 31 described above. As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 7, the medicine standby mechanism 50 includes a funnel-shaped standby hopper 51, a movable lid 52, and a lid operating mechanism 53, and the main part is configured. The standby hopper 51 is attached to the main body box 54 of the medicine standby mechanism unit 50, and the movable lid 52 is attached to a lid operating mechanism 53 attached to the standby hopper 51.

  More specifically, as shown in FIG. 7, the standby hopper 51 has a mechanism arrangement portion 55 for arranging a lid operating mechanism 53 at the center, and a plurality of discharge ports 56 are arranged at positions surrounding the mechanism arrangement portion 55. It is provided. A flange 57 is provided on the outer edge portion of the standby hopper 51. The standby hopper 51 is fixed to the main body box 54 by screwing a flange 57 or the like.

  The lid operating mechanism 53 is provided to move the movable lid 52 up and down with respect to the standby hopper 51. The lid operating mechanism 53 includes a motor 58 as a power source, a mechanism portion 60 that operates by power received from the motor 58, and a power transmission shaft 61 for transmitting the power of the motor 58 to the mechanism portion 60. The motor 58 is attached so that the rotation shaft 58 a is substantially perpendicular to the side surface of the main body box 54 and protrudes toward the inner side of the main body box 54.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the mechanism unit 60 is roughly divided into a drive unit 60a that operates by receiving power from the motor 58 and a driven unit 60b that operates by receiving power from the drive unit 60a. The drive unit 60a has a bevel gear 60c attached to the tip of the power transmission shaft 61 and a bevel gear 60d provided to mesh with the bevel gear 60c. The bevel gear 60d is attached to one end side of a rotary shaft 60e that is erected so as to face in a substantially vertical direction with respect to the power transmission shaft 61. A driving gear 60f is provided on the other end side of the rotating shaft 60e, and can rotate integrally with the bevel gear 60d. Therefore, when rotational power is transmitted from the motor 58 side via the power transmission shaft 61, the drive gear 60f rotates about the rotational shaft 60e.

  On the other hand, the driven portion 60b includes a rotating cylinder member 60g, a driven gear 60h, a cam 60i, and a slide shaft 60j. The rotating cylinder member 60g is a cylindrical member, is installed so that the axis center comes to the approximate center of the mechanism arrangement portion 55, and is supported so as to be rotatable about the axis. The driven gear 60h is an external gear having an annular shape and an outer diameter that is substantially the same as that of the rotating cylinder member 60g. The driven gear 60h is fixed to the upper end portion of the rotating cylinder member 60g. The driven gear 60h meshes with a driving gear 60f provided in the driving unit 60a. Therefore, when the drive gear 60f rotates by receiving the power of the motor 58, the power is transmitted to the drive gear 60f, and the rotary cylinder member 60g rotates about the axis.

  The cam 60i is a so-called end face cam, and has a shape such that a part on the end face 60k side is cut by a plane P that intersects the generatrix. More specifically, assuming a plane P passing through the end face 60k as shown in FIG. 8B and assuming that the cam 60i is arranged with the end face 60k side upward, the end face 60k is It has an upper end 60s located on the upper side and a lower end 60t located on the lowermost side, and the two are gently connected by an intermediate portion 60u.

  The cam 60i is in a posture in which the end surface 60k side is directed upward, and is disposed inside the rotary cylinder member 60g. The cam 60i is integrated with the rotating cylinder member 60g, and is rotatable in conjunction with the rotating cylinder member 60g. The slide shaft 60j is a shaft body connected to the movable lid 52, and is divided into a small diameter portion 60p and a large diameter portion 60q with a flange portion 60m provided on one end side in the length direction as a boundary. The small-diameter portion 60p is located on the end side of the slide shaft 60j with respect to the flange portion 60m, and has an outer diameter smaller than that of other portions.

  The large diameter portion 60q is a portion forming the main part of the slide shaft 60j. The slide shaft 60j can be freely slid in the axial direction, that is, in the vertical direction with respect to the cam 60i by inserting the large diameter portion 60q into the cam 60i. A roller 60r is rotatably attached to a circumferential surface of the large diameter portion 60q and at an intermediate portion in the length direction of the large diameter portion 60q. The roller 60r contacts the end surface 60k of the cam 60i in a state where the slide shaft 60j is inserted into the cam 60i with the large-diameter portion 60q as the head. Therefore, when the cam 60i rotates about the axis, the roller 60r rolls on the end surface 60k, and the slide shaft 60j moves up and down according to the undulation of the end surface 60k.

  The slide shaft 60j is integrated with the movable lid 52 by inserting the small-diameter portion 60p into a recess 66 provided substantially at the center of the movable lid 52 and screwing the flange portion 60m to the movable lid 52. More specifically, the movable lid 52 is a disk-shaped member having a substantially circular lid top surface 52a and a lid circumferential surface 52b surrounding the outer periphery. A recess 66 is provided inside the movable lid 52 and at a substantially central portion of the lid top surface 52a. The movable lid 52 is integrated with the slide shaft 60j by inserting the small-diameter portion 60p of the slide shaft 60j into the recess 66 and attaching a screw over the lid top surface 52a and the flange portion 60m.

  The movable lid 52 moves up and down in accordance with the operation of the lid operating mechanism 53 described above, and opens and closes the respective discharge ports 56 provided in the standby hopper 51. More specifically, in the lid operating mechanism 53, when the rotary cylinder member 60g rotates with the operation of the motor 58, the cam 60i rotates relative to the slide shaft 60j around the axis. Along with this, the roller 60r attached to the slide shaft 60j rolls along the end surface 60k of the cam 60i and moves up and down according to the undulation of the end surface 60k. Thereby, the slide shaft 60j and the movable lid 52 integrated with the slide shaft 60j slide in the vertical direction with respect to the cam 60i.

  More specifically, as shown in FIG. 9A, when the roller 60r provided in the large diameter portion 60q of the slide shaft 60j is in contact with the position corresponding to the lower end portion 60t of the cam 60i, the slide The shaft 60j is in the position retracted most downward in the cam 60i. In this case, the movable lid 52 is in a state in which the lid connecting cylinder 62 of the mechanism portion 60 is lowered as shown in FIG. 10A, and the lower end portion of the lid peripheral surface 52 b is on the inner peripheral surface of the standby hopper 51. It comes into contact. In this state, each discharge port 56 provided in the standby hopper 51 is in a state of being blocked by being surrounded by the lid peripheral surface 52 b, so that the medicine put into the standby hopper 51 can be stored.

  On the other hand, when the motor 58 provided in the lid operating mechanism 53 is activated, the rotating cylinder member 60g and the cam 60i integrated therewith start to rotate as indicated by arrows in FIG. Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 9B, the intermediate portion 60u of the end face 60k arrives at a position corresponding to the roller 60r. Here, as described above, the slide shaft 60j is freely slidable in the vertical direction with respect to the cam 60i. Therefore, when the intermediate portion 60u reaches a position corresponding to the roller 60r as the cam 60i rotates, the slide shaft 60j is pushed upward. Along with this, the movable lid 52 integrally attached to the slide shaft 60j is also gradually pushed upward, and the lower end portion of the lid peripheral surface 52b and the standby hopper 51 as shown in FIG. There is a gap between the inner peripheral surface of

  Thereafter, when the cam 60i continues to rotate, the intermediate portion 60u that has arrived at the position corresponding to the roller 60r passes as shown in FIGS. 9C and 9D, and the height of the end surface 60k gradually increases. As the height increases, the movable lid 52 is further pushed up. Accordingly, the gap between the lower end portion of the movable lid 52 and the inner peripheral surface of the standby hopper 51 that are integrally attached to the slide shaft 60j is further enlarged. Then, when the cam 60i rotates until the upper end 60s of the end surface 60k arrives at a position corresponding to the roller 60r, the gap between the cover peripheral surface 52b and the inner peripheral surface of the standby hopper 51 is fully opened. In this state, the medicine can pass sufficiently, that is, each discharge port 56 is opened.

  A collection hopper 70 is provided below the medicine waiting mechanism 50 described above, as shown in FIG. The collection hopper 70 is a hopper provided so as to connect between the medicine standby mechanism section 50 and a medicine preparation section 80 described in detail later.

  Further, as described above, the main unit 2 includes the hand guard unit 23. As shown in FIG. 1, the handbag unit 23 includes a plurality of masses 90 that can store one pack of medicines arranged in a matrix, and can be appropriately pulled out from the housing of the main unit 2. The upper side of each mass 90 is opened in the handbag unit 23, and the medicine can be drawn out from the housing of the main unit 2 as appropriate, and one medicine can be put into each mass 90. In the state where the handbag unit 23 is housed in the housing of the main unit 2, the bottom surface is opened for each cell 90 and the medicine can be dispensed.

  In a state where the handrail unit 23 is housed in the housing of the main unit 2, a handheld hopper 91 is provided below the handrail unit 23. The hand hopper 91 is for supplying the medicine dispensed from each mass 90 of the hand basket unit 23 to the medicine preparation unit 80.

  The medicine preparation unit 80 prepares the medicines supplied from the standby hopper 51 and the hand hopper 91 by storing them one by one and sequentially discharges them further downstream. The medicine preparation unit 80 is disposed below the medicine standby mechanism unit 50 and the hand-held unit 23. As shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, the medicine preparation unit 80 is provided with a disk-shaped section forming body 81, a medicine preparation unit main body 82 that accommodates the disc-shaped section formation body 81, and a lid 83. The partition forming body 81 has a partition 81a for storing a medicine. The partition forming body 81 employed in the present embodiment has a plurality of (six in the present embodiment) 81a in the circumferential direction. Each section 81a has an opening on the top surface side of the section forming body 81. Each section 81a has a shutter 81c that can be opened and closed independently. The shutter 81c is normally closed, but is opened when a lever 81d provided on the side of each section 81a is pressed.

  More specifically, as shown in FIG. 12, each partition 81a has a front wall portion 86a on one end side in the circumferential direction of the partition forming body 81 and a rear wall portion 86b on the other end side in the circumferential direction. The four sides are surrounded by the radially outer and inner peripheral wall portions 86c and 86d of the partition forming body 81. The front wall portion 86a is inclined so as to go to the inside of the section 81a as it goes from the top surface side to the bottom surface side of the section forming body 81. Further, a step portion 86e is provided on the bottom side of the partition forming body 81 of the front wall portion 86a. On the other hand, the rear wall portion 86b is substantially suspended from the top surface side to the bottom surface side of the partition forming body 81, but the portion from the midway position toward the bottom surface side is outside the partition 81a. It is inclined to head.

  The shutter 81c is plate-shaped, and one end side (hereinafter also referred to as a base end side) of the shutter 81c is on the rear wall 86b side, and swings by the support shaft 86f at a position on the top surface side of the partition forming body 81. It is pivoted as possible. The shutter 81c is configured such that the other end side (hereinafter also referred to as the front end side) is the front wall portion 86a side and faces the bottom surface side of the partition forming body 81. That is, the shutter 81c is inclined downward in the internal space of the section 81a as it goes from the proximal end side to the distal end side. The shutter 81c is urged so that the tip side is directed upward by urging means (not shown) such as a spring provided on the base end side. In addition, the shutter 81c is always in a state where the tip end abuts against the stepped portion 86e of the front wall portion 86a. As a result, the section 81 a is closed at the bottom side of the section forming body 81. The lever 81d is integrated with the shutter 81c via a support shaft 86f. The lever 81d is rotatable around the support shaft 86f while maintaining a constant angle with respect to the shutter 81c. A roller 86g is attached to the lever 81d so as to be freely rotatable.

  As shown in FIG. 11 and FIG. 12, a flange portion 81 b that protrudes outward in the radial direction is provided on the bottom surface side of the partition forming body 81. The flange portion 81b is provided with a large number of teeth on the outer periphery and has an external gear shape. A through hole 81e is provided in the central portion of the partition forming body 81 so as to pass through in the thickness direction of the partition forming body 81, that is, between the top surface and the bottom surface.

  The drug preparation unit main body 82 includes a storage portion 82a that can store the partition forming body 81 described above. There is a support shaft 82b that protrudes upward in the approximate center of the housing portion 82a. The above-described partition forming body 81 is mounted on the accommodating portion 82a in a state where the top surface is directed upward and the support shaft 82b is inserted into the through hole 81e. Therefore, the partition forming body 81 is accommodated in the accommodating portion 82a so as to be rotatable about the support shaft 82b.

  In addition, a drive mechanism 84 is provided inside the medicine preparation unit main body 82. The drive mechanism 84 includes a motor 84a and a gear 84b that rotates by receiving power from the motor 84a. The gear 84b meshes with teeth formed on the flange portion 81b of the partition forming body 81 housed in the housing portion 82a. Therefore, when the motor 84a is operated, power is transmitted to the partition forming body 81 through the gear 84b, and the partition forming body 81 rotates around the support shaft 82b.

  As shown in FIG. 12, an opening 82 c for dispensing the medicine is provided on the bottom surface side of the medicine preparation unit main body 82. The opening 82c is provided at a position where it can communicate with each section 81a provided in the section forming body 81. A lever contact body 82d is provided at a position adjacent to the portion where the opening 82c is provided. More specifically, the lever abutting body 82d has a block shape, and is roughly divided into an ascending inclined portion 82e, a horizontal portion 82f, and a descending inclined portion 82g as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. The upper surface of the lever abutment body 82d is inclined at the upward inclined portion 82e and the downward inclined portion 82g, and is substantially horizontal at the horizontal portion 82f. The upper surface of the lever abutment body 82d is inclined so as to be directed upward toward the horizontal portion 82f side in the upward inclined portion 82e, and is inclined downwardly as it is separated from the horizontal portion 82f in the downward inclined portion 82g. doing. The lever abutting body 82d is attached so that the upward inclined portion 82e faces the upstream side in the rotational direction of the partition forming body 81 and the downward inclined portion 82g faces the downstream side in the rotational direction.

  The lever contact body 82d is provided at a position where the lever contact body 82d hits a lever 81d provided on the side of each section 81a when the section forming body 81 rotates in the medicine preparation section main body 82. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 13, when the partition forming body 81 rotates and each lever 81d comes into contact with the lever contact body 82d, the shutter 81c connected to the lever 81d opens. More specifically, when the lever 81d arrives at the position where the lever contact body 82d is provided in accordance with the rotation of the partition forming body 81, it is provided at the tip of the lever 81d as shown in FIG. The roller 86g rides on the upward inclined portion 82e. When the partition forming body 81 further rotates in this state, as shown in FIG. 13B, the roller 86g rolls on the upward inclined portion 82e and the inclination of the lever 81d approaches a substantially horizontal state.

  Here, as described above, the lever 81d is rotatable around the support shaft 86f while maintaining a constant angle with the shutter 81c. Therefore, when the inclination of the lever 81d changes as described above, the shutter 81c also rotates around the support shaft 86f in conjunction with this, and the front end side of the shutter 81c gradually approaches the rear wall 86b side. As a result, the bottom of the section 81a is gradually opened.

  As the partition forming body 81 rotates as described above, the opening of the shutter 81c gradually expands as shown in FIG. 13C. Thereafter, when the partition forming body 81 further rotates and the roller 86g provided at the tip of the lever 81d reaches the state as shown in FIG. 13D, the shutter 81c comes into contact with the rear wall portion 86b of the partition 81a. The shutter 81c is fully opened.

  When the rotation of the partition forming body 81 further proceeds from the fully opened state of the shutter 81c and the roller 86g reaches the descending inclined portion 82g as shown in FIG. 13E, the shutter 81c is energized and the tip of the shutter 81c The side gradually approaches the front wall 86a side of the section 81a. As a result, the bottom of the section 81a is gradually closed by the shutter 81c. Then, when the roller 86g eventually reaches the vicinity of the center of the descending inclined portion 82g, as shown in FIG. 13 (f), the tip of the shutter 81c comes into contact with the stepped portion 86e provided on the front wall portion 86a. The bottom of the section 81a is closed by the shutter 81c.

  Inside the medicine preparation section main body 82, the partition forming body 81 is accommodated so as to be operable as described above. On the other hand, a packaging hopper 85 is provided at a position corresponding to the opening 82 c on the bottom surface of the medicine preparation unit main body 82. The packaging hopper 85 is attached so that the medicine dispensed from the opening 82c can be supplied toward the medicine packaging section 21 described in detail later. Therefore, when each section 81a arrives at a position corresponding to the opening 82c in the medicine preparation unit main body 82, the lever 81d provided corresponding to the section 81a is pressed, and the shutter 81c is opened to be in the section 81a. The medicine is dispensed toward the medicine packaging unit 21 side.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 11, a top plate 82 h forming the top surface of the drug preparation unit main body 82, and a substantially circular opening 82 i is provided at a position corresponding to the partition forming body 81, and this is blocked. A lid 83 is attached as shown. The lid 83 is provided with three holes 83a to 83c. In addition to the collection hopper 70 and the handrail hopper 91 described above, a sub-collection hopper 87 described in detail later can be connected to the holes 83a to 83c. The holes 83a to 83c are provided at positions corresponding to the sections 81a of the section forming body 81 housed in the housing portion 82a. Therefore, the medicine preparation unit 80 can input the medicine into each section 81a provided in the medicine preparation unit body 82 through the holes 83a to 83c.

  More specifically, as shown in FIG. 14, the hole 83 a provided in the lid 83 is connected to the collection hopper 70. As shown in FIG. 15, the hole 83a is counterclockwise (counterclockwise) with reference to the position of the opening 82c provided in the medicine preparation unit main body 82 for dispensing the medicine when observed from the top side. Is provided at a position shifted by one of the sections 81 a constituting the section forming body 81. That is, when it is assumed that one section 81a provided in the section formation body 81 is located at a position that matches the opening 82c, the hole 83a has a section formation body 81 with respect to the section 81a at a position corresponding to the opening 82c. Is provided at a position where the medicine can be put into the section 81a located at a position shifted counterclockwise by one section in the circumferential direction.

  As will be described in detail later, a sub-collection hopper 87 for supplying the medicine transferred from the subunit 3 via the transfer device 5 to the medicine preparation unit 80 is connected to the hole 83b. The hole 83b is provided at a position shifted by two of the sections 81a constituting the section forming body 81 in the counterclockwise direction with reference to the opening 82c of the medicine preparation unit main body 82. That is, when the state existing in the section 81a at a position corresponding to the opening 82c is a reference, the section 81a is provided at a position where the medicine can be put into the section 81a located adjacent to the section 81a in the counterclockwise direction. . The hole 83c is connected to a hand hopper 91. The hole 83c is provided at a position shifted by three sections 81a in the clockwise direction (clockwise direction) with reference to the opening 82c of the medicine preparation unit main body 82.

  As shown in FIG. 14, a medicine packaging part 21 is provided below the medicine preparation part 80 described above. The medicine packaging unit 21 is roughly divided into packaging means 21a and conveying means 21b. The packaging means 21 a includes a sheet feeding mechanism 95, a bag forming mechanism 96, and a printing unit 99. The sheet feeding mechanism 95 is a mechanism that unwinds a sheet 98 formed of a sheet-like long heat-fusible sheet wound around a roll shaft 97 and feeds it to the bag forming mechanism 96. The wrapping paper 98 fed out by the sheet feeding mechanism 95 is sequentially fed through a path reaching the printing unit 99 through the bag forming mechanism 96 as shown by an arrow in FIG. 14, and is supplied to the conveying means 21b. The bag forming mechanism 96 includes a sheet support portion 99, a guide member 100, and a partition forming device 101, and the wrapping paper 98 fed from the sheet feeding mechanism 95 is substantially at the center in the short direction (width direction). And folded into two, and the folded wrapping paper 98 is crimped into a bag shape.

  The guide member 100 is an intermediate portion in the flow direction of the wrapping paper 98 and is provided on the upstream side in the flow direction of the wrapping paper 98 with respect to the packaging hopper 85 attached to the bottom surface of the medicine preparation unit main body 82. In addition to the function as a guide of the wrapping paper 98, the guide member 100 also has a function of bending the long wrapping paper 98 into two at a substantially central portion in the width direction. The partition forming device 101 is arranged on the downstream side of the packaging paper 98 in the flow direction with respect to the packaging hopper 85. The partition forming device 101 is formed into a half bag shape by crimping a longitudinal end portion (downstream side) portion of the wrapping paper 98 that has been folded into two by the guide member 100 in advance. The open portion of the wrapping paper 98 in a bag shape can be closed by crimping to form a bag shape.

  The printing unit 99 is for performing printing on the wrapping paper 98 sent out by the sheet feeding mechanism 95. As shown in FIG. 14, the printing unit 99 is provided at a position downstream of the medicine packaging unit 21 in the flow direction of the packaging paper 98 and upstream of the bag forming mechanism 96 in the flow direction of the packaging paper 98. It has been. The length of the wrapping paper 98 existing between the printing unit 99 and the position where the bag forming mechanism 96 is provided is n times the length of the medicine bag formed by pressing the wrapping paper 98 (this embodiment). 3 times).

  As shown in FIG. 16, the conveying means 21b conveys the wrapping paper 98 in which the medicine is packaged in the packaging means 21a toward the outlets 2c and 2d provided in the front panel 2a and the side panel 2b of the main unit 2. Is. As shown in FIG. 17, the transport unit 21 b includes a casing 105, and a transport mechanism 106 is provided on the casing 105. The conveying means 21b is roughly divided into a receiving portion 105a, a straight portion 105b, and a bent portion 105c. As shown in FIGS. 14, 17, and 19, the conveying means 21 b is configured such that the receiving portion 105 a is located on the bottom side in the housing of the main unit 2, and the portion from the straight portion 105 b to the bent portion 105 c is on the receiving portion 105 a side. It is installed so as to stand up diagonally upward.

  The conveying means 21b has a series of conveying paths for the wrapping paper 98 from the receiving portion 105a through the straight portion 105b to the bent portion 105c. As shown in FIG. 16 and FIG. 19, drive rollers 110 are provided at various locations on the transport path formed in the transport means 21b. Specifically, the driving roller 110 includes a portion on the inlet side of the receiving portion 105a, a vicinity of a boundary portion between the receiving portion 105a and the straight portion 105b, a vicinity of a boundary portion between the straight portion 105b and the bent portion 105c, and the bent portion 105c. It is attached to the tip side part so that it can freely rotate. In the conveying means 21b, a belt 111 is suspended so that power received from a motor (not shown) can be transmitted between adjacent drive rollers 110, 110. In the present embodiment, four belts 111 are attached at predetermined intervals in the length direction of each drive roller 110.

  The receiving part 105a is a part that receives the wrapping paper 98 in which the medicine is packaged by the wrapping means 21a and switches the feeding direction of the wrapping paper 98 that is sent obliquely from the upper side to the lower side. The receiving unit 105a has a receiving port 107a for receiving the wrapping paper, and a guide roller 107b is provided inside. The receiving portion 105a is arranged at a position where the receiving port 107a can receive a series of wrapping paper 98 formed by packaging the medicine in the packaging means 21a.

  In the casing 105, a wrapping paper 98 can pass between the guide roller 107b and the driving roller 110 and the belt 111 suspended on the guide roller 107b at a portion corresponding to the receiving portion 105a. Moreover, the receiving part 105a is curving along the guide roller 107b, and is connected with the linear part 105b. For this reason, when the separating paper 98 enters the receiving portion 105a from the receiving port 107a in the conveying means 21b, the separating paper 98 comes into contact with the driving roller 110 and the belt 111 while being guided by the guide roller 107b, and the straight portion 105b. The wrapping paper 98 is sent out toward

  A large number of urging rollers 112 are provided at the boundary portion between the receiving portion 105a and the straight portion 105b, the straight portion 105b, and the bent portion 105c. The urging roller 112 is arranged with a predetermined interval between adjacent ones in the longitudinal direction of the straight portion 105b. Further, the urging roller 112 is directed toward the conveying surface H with an urging force that the belt 111 slightly bends when the conveying surface H of the wrapping paper 98 constituted by the driving roller 110 and the belt 111 is assumed. It is energized. Further, the urging roller 112 is urged toward the conveying surface H side. Therefore, when the wrapping paper 98 is sent through the receiving unit 105 a, the wrapping paper 98 is urged toward the conveying surface H by the urging roller 112, and power is supplied from the driving roller 110 and the belt 111. Will be sent downstream.

  Here, as described above, the conveying means 21b is provided with a number of urging rollers 112, but as shown in FIG. 18B, the urging rollers 112 (in the position close to the receiving portion 105a side). A sub-roller 115a is provided on the side of the biasing roller 112a (hereinafter also referred to as necessary). The sub roller 115a constitutes a paper feed abnormality detecting mechanism 115 for detecting a paper feed abnormality of the wrapping paper 98, and is attached so as to be independently rotatable with respect to the urging roller 112a. ing.

  As shown in FIG. 18, the abnormality detection mechanism 115 includes a pinch roller 115b, a shaft 115c, and a rotary encoder 115d in addition to the sub-roller 115a. The pinch roller 115b is disposed so as to sandwich the above-described conveyance surface H between the sub-roller 115a. The pinch roller 115b is attached to one end side of the shaft 115c, and can rotate integrally with the shaft 115c. Therefore, when the wrapping paper 98 passes along the conveyance surface H, the pinch roller 115b and the shaft 115c are integrally rotated by being pushed by the wrapping paper 98.

  Here, as described above, the sub-roller 115a is rotatable independently of the urging roller 112a. Therefore, even if the energizing roller 112a is rotated by receiving power from the belt 111 by operating the belt 111, the sub roller 115a does not rotate. Therefore, the sub roller 115a and the pinch roller 115b do not rotate unless the wrapping paper 98 passes between them.

  As shown in FIGS. 18B and 18C, the rotary encoder 115d has an encoder disk 115e and a photo interrupter 115f provided with a plurality of slits 115g in the circumferential direction, as in the conventionally known one. The encoder disk 115e is integrally attached to the other end of the shaft 115c. Therefore, the encoder disk 115e rotates following the pinch roller 115b. Therefore, when the wrapping paper 98 passes through the position where the urging roller 112a is provided, the rotation is detected by the rotary encoder 115d. When the pinch roller 115b does not rotate, rotation is not detected by the rotary encoder 115d.

  As shown in FIG. 17, the bent portion 105c is connected via a support shaft 110a of a driving roller 110 provided at the end portion of the straight portion 105b. The bent portion 105c is connected to the straight portion 105b around the support shaft 110a. Can be bent. As shown in FIG. 16, when the bent portion 105 c is configured to extend straight along the straight portion 105 b, the tip portion thereof faces the payout opening 2 d provided on the side panel 2 b of the main unit 2. On the other hand, when the bent portion 105c is bent toward the front panel 2a with respect to the straight portion 105b, the tip portion thereof faces toward the outlet 2c.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the main unit 2 has a work table 117 on the side of the above-described handrail unit 23. The workbench 117 can be pulled out from the main unit 2 main body or pushed into the main unit 2 main body side as required to be in a accommodated state. As shown in FIG. 20, the work table 117 has a container placement portion 117 a in which the feeder container 41 constituting the cassette 32 described above can be placed. The container placement portion 117a has a recess 117b that is recessed in accordance with the shape of the bottom surface of the feeder container 41. In addition, when the bottom surface of the feeder container 41 is fitted in the recess 117b, a reader / writer 117c (interface means) is provided at a position facing the tag 49 on the bottom surface of the feeder container 41. The reader / writer 117c corresponds to a communication format called RFID (Radio Frequency Identification), and can communicate with the tag 49 to read / write necessary data.

  As shown in FIG. 1, on the front side of the main unit 2, an operation panel 118a for operating the medicine dispensing system 1, a bar code reader 118b (label reading device), and a journal printer 118c are provided. The bar code reader 118b is capable of reading a bar code written on a medicine original box or the like. The journal printer 118c is provided for printing a medicine prescription record or the like by the medicine dispensing system 1. The medicine dispensing system 1 allows the barcode 31 to be read by the barcode reader 118b, thereby operating the drum 31 and bringing the cassette 32 provided for accommodating the medicine corresponding to the barcode to the front side. .

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the medicine dispensing system 1 of the present embodiment has a configuration in which a subunit 3 is added to the main unit 2 having the above-described configuration. The sub unit 3 has the same configuration as the main storage unit 20 of the main unit 2 described above, and includes a sub storage unit 120 that can store a medicine and dispense it appropriately. That is, in the medicine dispensing system 1 of the present embodiment, the sub reservoir 120 constitutes a medicine dispensing means along with the main reservoir 20 and the hand unit 23 on the main unit 2 side. Further, below the sub storage unit 120, a sub medicine standby unit 130 having the same configuration as the medicine standby mechanism unit 50 provided on the main unit 2 side is provided. In addition, a sub hopper 135 is disposed below the sub medicine standby unit 130, whereby the medicine dispensed from the sub medicine standby unit 130 can be supplied to the transfer device 5 described in detail later.

  The subunit 3 is configured to select a cassette 32 containing a medicine according to the prescription from a number of cassettes 32 installed in the sub-reservoir 120 and actuate it to dispense a required amount of medicine. ing. Further, the subunit 3 can store the medicines dispensed from the sub reservoir 120 one by one in the sub medicine standby unit 130 and sequentially dispense them to the transfer device 5 side via the sub hopper 135.

  The transfer device 5 is for transferring a medicine from the subunit 3 side forming the subunit toward the main unit 2 side forming the main unit. As shown in FIG. 21, the transfer device 5 includes a pipe line 140, a suction means 141 (transfer means), and the like, and each component centered on the pipe line 140 is assembled to a base 144. As shown in FIG. 2, in the transfer device 5, the pedestal 144 is inserted into the communication port 4 b provided in the wall surface 4 a at the boundary between the main unit 2 and the subunit 3, and is bridged across the main unit 2 and the subunit 3. It is installed as a state.

  The configuration of the transfer device 5 will be described in more detail. A drug receiving part 142 is provided on one end side of the conduit 140, and a drug dispensing part 143 is provided on the other side. The suction means 141 is connected by piping to a suction means connection portion 148 provided at the position on the other side of the conduit 140, that is, the medicine dispensing portion 143 side. Further, the suction means connecting portion 148 exhibits a function as a joint for connecting the pipe line 140 and a pipe connected to the suction means 141. Therefore, when the suction unit 141 is operated, the transfer device 5 is configured to be able to suck the drug present on the drug receiving unit 142 side in the conduit 140 to the drug dispensing unit 143 side.

  The medicine receiving unit 142 is provided with a bag 145 and an entrance side shutter mechanism 146 for receiving medicine. As shown in FIG. 21, the basket 145 has an opening on the top surface side, and a medicine that has passed through the sub hopper 135 provided on the subunit 3 side can be introduced through the opening. On the other hand, the bag 145 has an opening 145a for dispensing medicine on the side surface 145b. Then, one end side of the conduit 140 is disposed at a position facing the opening 145a via a shutter plate 146a constituting the entrance side shutter mechanism 146.

  In addition to the shutter plate 146a described above, the entrance-side shutter mechanism 146 includes a motor 146b for operating the shutter plate 146a. A pinion (not shown) is attached to the output shaft of the motor 146b. On the other hand, the shutter plate 146a has a rectangular opening 146f opened in a rectangular shape. One side constituting the rectangular opening 146f is wave-like, thereby forming a rack 146c extending in the length direction of the shutter plate 146a. The shutter plate 146a has an opening 146e at a position adjacent to the rectangular opening 146f in the longitudinal direction. The opening 146e has a substantially circular opening shape provided in a substantially central portion of the shutter plate 146a, and the opening diameter thereof substantially matches the opening diameter of the pipe line 140.

  The shutter plate 146a is disposed along the side surface 145b of the flange 145. The motor 146b is installed at a position adjacent to the shutter plate 146a. The pinion attached to the output shaft of the motor 146b is located in the rectangular opening 146f of the shutter plate 146a and meshes with the rack 146c. On the other hand, struts 150 a and 150 a are provided at positions adjacent to both sides of the pipe line 140. Two rollers 150b and 150b are rotatably attached to these support columns 150a and 150a, respectively. The shutter plate 146a is supported in a state of being sandwiched between rollers 150b and 150b arranged vertically in each of the support columns 150a and 150a. Therefore, when a pinion (not shown) rotates with the operation of the motor 146b, the shutter plate 146a slides along the side surface 145b of the flange 145.

  When the shutter plate 146a slides to the position where the opening 145a of the flange 145 and the opening 146e of the shutter plate 146a coincide with the operation of the motor 146b, the flange 145 communicates with the conduit 140. Conversely, as shown in FIG. 15B, the positions where the openings 145a and 146e are displaced from each other, that is, the portion on the opposite side of the shutter plate 146a from the rectangular opening 146f provided through the opening 146e is the flange 145. When a position corresponding to the opening 145a is reached, the opening 145a is closed by the shutter plate 146a.

  The drug dispensing unit 143 is a part for dispensing the drug that has been conveyed from the drug receiving unit 142 side through the pipe line 140, and includes an outlet-side shutter mechanism 147. As shown in FIG. 23, the end of the conduit 140 on the side of the medicine dispensing unit 143 is closed. A large number of small openings 140b are provided on the peripheral surface of the pipeline 140 on the upper side in the installed state. In addition, a payout opening 140a is provided at a position on the peripheral surface of the pipeline 140 that faces a portion where the small opening 140b is provided.

  As shown in FIG. 23, the exit-side shutter mechanism 147 includes a jacket 147a, a shutter cylinder 147b, a motor 147c, and a gear 147d. The jacket 147a has a cylindrical jacket main body 147e with one end closed at the end of the conduit 140 and a branch portion 147f, and both are in communication. The jacket main body 147e has a posture in which the small opening 140b is directed to the branching portion 147f side, and the end of the conduit 140 is inserted. Further, as shown in FIG. 21, a suction means connecting portion 148 is connected to the branching portion 147f.

  The shutter cylinder 147b has a cylinder portion 147g and a gear 147h provided on the outer periphery thereof, and these are integrally molded. The cylindrical portion 147g is located between the outer periphery of the pipe 140 and the inner periphery of the jacket main body 147e, and is rotatable in the circumferential direction of the pipe 140 therebetween. The cylindrical portion 147g is provided with an opening 147i having the same size and shape as the dispensing opening 140a provided at the end of the pipe line 140. The gear 147h is provided on one end side of the cylindrical portion 147g and is exposed to the outside of the jacket main body 147e.

  As shown in FIG. 23, the motor 147 c is disposed along the pipe line 140. A gear 147d attached to the tip of the rotation shaft of the motor 147c meshes with a gear 147h provided integrally with the shutter cylinder 147b. Therefore, when the motor 147c operates, the shutter cylinder 147b rotates in the circumferential direction with respect to the pipe line 140.

  When the shutter cylinder 147b is rotated and the opening 147i provided in the shutter cylinder 147b comes to the side where the small opening 140b of the conduit 140 is provided as shown in FIG. The dispensing opening 140a is closed by the peripheral surface. Therefore, when the suction means 141 is operated in this state, air in the conduit 140 is sucked through the small opening 140b, and an air flow is generated from the medicine receiving portion 142 side toward the medicine dispensing portion 143 side. On the other hand, by rotating the shutter cylinder 147b, as shown in FIG. 23B, the opening 147i formed in the cylinder portion 147g and the payout opening 140a of the jacket main body 147e substantially coincide with each other and communicate with each other. The medicine that has arrived at the end of the conduit 140 can be dispensed downward. Note that the small opening 140b is closed.

  Then, operation | movement of the chemical | medical agent delivery system 1 of this embodiment is demonstrated in detail. The medicine dispensing system 1 can wrap and dispense medicines according to prescription one by one with a wrapping paper 98 by cooperation of the main unit 2 and the subunit 3. Specifically, the medicine dispensing system 1 prescribes medicines in the main storage unit 20 and the handrail unit 23 provided on the main unit 2 side, and medicines in the sub storage part 120 provided on the subunit 3 side. At the same time, it is dispensed one by one to the drug preparation unit 80 on the main unit 2 side, and this is packaged and dispensed by the drug packaging unit 21.

  More specifically, when prescribing a medicine by the medicine dispensing system 1, if the medicine to be dispensed is in the main storage section 20 on the main unit 2 side, the motor 43 of the cassette 32 containing the corresponding medicine. Operates. Along with this, the medicines stored in the feeder container 41 are dispensed one by one. The medicine dispensed from the feeder container 41 falls downward through the dispensing passage 33 provided inside the drum 31 and accumulates in the standby hopper 51 of the medicine standby mechanism unit 50. When the medicines on the main unit 2 side corresponding to the prescription for one package are collected in the standby hopper 51 in this way, the lid operating mechanism 53 is operated and the movable lid 52 is lifted upward. As a result, the lower end portion of the cover body peripheral surface 52b of the movable cover 52 is separated from the inner peripheral surface of the standby hopper 51, and the medicine blocked by the cover body peripheral surface 52b rolls down toward the discharge port 56. . The medicine that has reached the discharge port 56 is dispensed to the medicine preparation section 80 side via a collection hopper 70 provided below the standby hopper 51.

  On the other hand, when the medicine to be dispensed is in the handbag unit 23 of the main unit 2, the medicine is dispensed from the handbag unit 23 one by one. The medicine dispensed from the handbag unit 23 is supplied to the medicine preparation section 80 via the handbag hopper 91.

  Further, when the medicine to be dispensed is in the sub reservoir 120 on the subunit 3 side, the medicine is transferred from the sub reservoir 120 to the sub medicine standby unit 130 in the same manner as when the medicine is in the main reservoir 20 on the main unit 2 side. To be paid out. That is, when prescribing the medicine in the cassette 32 provided on the sub-reservoir 120 side, the medicine contained in the feeder container 41 is dispensed one by one in the same manner as described above, and the sub-medicine standby Collect in the standby hopper 51 of the mechanism unit 130. When the medicines to be prescribed from each cassette 32 installed in the sub-reservoir 120 are gathered in the medicine waiting mechanism 130, the lid operating mechanism 53 of the medicine waiting mechanism 130 is activated and the movable lid 52 is moved upward. It will be in a lifted state. As a result, the medicine collected in the medicine standby mechanism unit 130 passes through the discharge port 56 and the sub hopper 135 and is dispensed into the basket 145 of the transfer device 5.

  When the medicine is dispensed to the basket 145, the motor 146b of the entrance-side shutter mechanism 146 provided in the vicinity of the medicine receiving portion 142 is activated, the shutter plate 146a is slid, and the suction means 141 is also activated. Further, in the medicine dispensing part 143, the dispensing opening 140a of the pipeline 140 is closed by the peripheral surface of the shutter cylinder 147b, and a large number of openings 147i provided on the circumferential surface of the shutter cylinder 147b are formed on the circumferential surface of the pipeline 140. It is in a state of communicating with the provided small opening 140b. After that, when the opening 146e of the shutter plate 146a communicates with the opening 145a provided on the side surface 145b of the bowl 145, the medicine dispensed into the bowl 145 is drawn into the conduit 140. Thereafter, the motor 146b operates in the opposite direction, and the opening 145a of the flange 145 is closed by the shutter plate 146a.

  The medicine drawn into the pipeline 140 as described above further moves in the pipeline 140 toward the medicine dispensing section 143 side. When the medicine reaches the medicine dispensing unit 143, the suction means 141 is stopped. Thereafter, the outlet-side shutter mechanism 147 provided in the vicinity of the medicine dispensing unit 143 is operated to open the dispensing opening 140a. That is, by operating the motor 147c and rotating the shutter cylinder 147b in the circumferential direction, the opening 147i provided in the shutter cylinder 147b and the payout opening 140a of the conduit 140 are brought into communication with each other. Thereby, the medicine conveyed from the subunit 3 side is discharged to the sub collection hopper 87 through the opening 140a. The medicine dispensed to the sub-collection hopper 87 is accommodated in the section 81a of the section forming body 81 provided in the medicine preparation section 80.

  Here, in the medicine dispensing system 1 of the present embodiment, the partition forming body 81 provided in the medicine preparation section 80 for each medicine dispensed from the main storage unit 20, the handbag unit 23, and the sub storage unit 120. Are collected in the section 81a, and are collected and dispensed to the medicine packaging unit 21. In addition, as described above, in the medicine dispensing system 1, the collection hopper 70, the hand hopper 91, and the sub collection hopper 87 provided to supply medicine from each part toward the medicine preparation section 80 are respectively The lid 83 of the medicine preparation unit 80 is provided at a position shifted in the circumferential direction. Therefore, in the medicine dispensing system 1, the timing of dispensing medicine from the main storage unit 20, the hand unit 23, and the sub storage unit 120 toward the medicine preparation unit 80 is different.

  More specifically, the six sections 81a provided in the section forming body 81 are divided into sections 81a located at positions corresponding to the holes 83a as indicated by the reference numeral “1” in FIG. In the case of the first section 81a, the other five sections 81a are in a state in which the section forming body 81 is viewed from above, as shown in FIG. 15A with reference numerals "2" to "6". They are arranged in the counterclockwise direction with respect to the first section 81a. Assuming that the sections 81a indicated by reference numerals “2” to “6” in FIG. 15A are the second to sixth sections 81a, respectively, the state shown in FIG. 15A (hereinafter also referred to as a first rotation state). ), The medicine to be dispensed is supplied from the main reservoir 20 via the collection hopper 70. As a result, when the medicine enters the first section 81a, the drive mechanism 84 operates, and the section forming body 81 rotates 60 degrees counterclockwise. As a result, as shown in FIG. 15B, the first section 81a arrives at a position corresponding to the hole 83b, and the sixth section 81a arrives at a position corresponding to the hole 83a (hereinafter referred to as a second rotation state). Also called).

  In the second rotation state, when there is a medicine to be dispensed from the sub reservoir 120 to the first section 81a, the transfer device 5 operates and the medicine is supplied. Further, in the second rotation state, when there is a medicine to be dispensed from the main reservoir 20 side to the sixth section 81a, the medicine is dispensed via the collection hopper 70. In this way, when the medicine is dispensed from the main storage unit 20 side or the sub storage unit 120 side, and the partition forming body 81 is sequentially rotated counterclockwise, the state shown in FIG. (Also referred to as 3 rotation state).

  In the third rotation state, the first section 81a arrives at a position corresponding to the hole 83c to which the hand hopper 91 is connected. In this state, if there is a medicine to be packaged together with the medicine already dispensed to the first section 81 a in the handrail unit 23, this is dispensed from the handbag unit 23 and passed through the handbag hopper 91. It is paid out to the first section 81a. Further, in the third rotation state, when there is a medicine to be dispensed from the main storage section 20 side to the fifth section 81a and a medicine to be dispensed from the sub storage section 120 side to the sixth section 81a, these are the collection hoppers 70. It is paid out through the hopper 91 for hand and hand.

  When the dispensing of the medicine to each section 81a is completed in the third rotation state as described above, the state of FIG. 15D (hereinafter also referred to as the fourth rotation state) or the state of FIG. (Also referred to as the fifth rotation state). During this time, as in the case of the first to third rotation states described above, the medicines dispensed from the main storage unit 20, the sub storage unit 120, and the handbag unit 23 are introduced into each section 81 a.

  Thereafter, when the dispensing of the medicine is completed in the fifth rotation state, the drive mechanism 84 is operated, and the partition forming body 81 is further rotated counterclockwise by 60 degrees. Thereby, as shown in FIG. 15 (f), the first section 81 a arrives at a position corresponding to the opening 82 c provided on the bottom surface of the medicine preparation unit main body 82. At this time, the lever 81d provided at a position corresponding to the first section 81a contacts the lever contact body 82d provided at a position adjacent to the opening 82c, and the shutter 81c opens. As a result, all of the medicine collected in the first section 81a while the section forming body 81 makes one turn counterclockwise passes through the packaging hopper 85 and is dispensed to the medicine packaging section 21 side.

  The medicine dispensed from the medicine preparation section 80 to the medicine packaging section 21 is accommodated in a medicine bag that is pre-formed in a bag shape by the wrapping paper 98 in the bag forming mechanism 96. Thereafter, the medicine bag is sealed by the bag forming mechanism 96, and the wrapping paper 98 is further fed toward the downstream side (diagonally downward side) by the sheet feeding mechanism 95.

  Here, in the medicine dispensing system 1 of the present embodiment, the predetermined information regarding the medicine or the like is printed at the timing (timing Z) before packaging the medicine dispensed from the medicine preparation unit 80 in the medicine packaging unit 21. 99 is printed. More specifically, as described above, in the medicine packaging unit 21 employed in the present embodiment, the distance between the bag forming mechanism 96 and the printing unit 99 is a length corresponding to three medicine bags. Therefore, the timing (period Y) before the period (period Y) required for the section forming body 81 to rotate by an amount corresponding to three sections 81a with respect to the timing (timing X) at which the medicine is dispensed from the first section 81a ( At timing Z), that is, in the third rotation stage described above, information relating to the medicine or the like is printed by the printing unit 99. In other words, with reference to the timing at which the medicine is dispensed from the first compartment 81a, the medicine is dispensed from the three compartments 81a located on the upstream side in the rotation direction of the compartment formation body 81 with respect to the first compartment 81a. Information relating to the medicine and the like stored in the first partition 81a is printed by the printing unit 99 at the timing (timing Z) just before the required period.

  By sequentially rotating the partition forming body 81 as described above, the medicines stored in the first to sixth sections 81a are sequentially discharged and packaged to the medicine packaging unit 21 side, and the main storage unit 20 Alternatively, the medicine is dispensed from the handbag unit 23 and the sub reservoir 120 to the first to sixth sections 81a. The wrapping paper 98 formed by packaging the medicine in this way is sent to the conveying means 21b side obliquely below in a series of states. The wrapping paper 98 sent to the conveying means 21b enters the inside of the casing 105 from a receiving port 107a provided in the receiving unit 105a. Thereafter, the traveling direction of the wrapping paper 98 that has progressed obliquely downward in the housing of the main unit 2 is obliquely upward while being guided by the curve of the casing 105 in the portion corresponding to the receiving portion 105a and the guide roller 107b. Can be switched. That is, the traveling direction of the wrapping paper 98 is folded back at the receiving portion 105a.

  The wrapping paper 98 that has entered the casing 105 comes into contact with the drive roller 110 and the belt 111 suspended by the guide roller 107b while being guided by the guide roller 107b. On the other hand, the drive roller 110 and the belt 111 operate by receiving power from a motor (not shown) provided in the casing 105. A plurality of urging rollers 112 are provided at positions facing the driving roller 110 and the belt 111. The urging roller 112 is urged toward the belt 111 side and is pressed against the belt 111 side. Therefore, when the wrapping paper 98 is sent out from the receiving portion 105a toward the straight portion 105b and enters between the belt 111 and the urging roller 112, the wrapping paper 98 is driven by the urging roller 112 by the driving roller 110 and the belt 111. It will be in the state pressed toward the side. As a result, power is transmitted from the belt 111 to the wrapping paper 98, and the wrapping paper 98 is conveyed along the straight line portion 105b toward the bent portion 105c that is obliquely above.

  The wrapping paper 98 that has reached the bent portion 105c in this manner is continuously conveyed along the bent portion 105c. Here, as described above, in the transport unit 21b employed in the present embodiment, the bent portion 105c is linearly continuous with respect to the straight portion 105b, and the tip may be oriented toward the side panel 2b. Further, it is possible to adopt a posture in which the straight portion 105b is bent toward the front panel 2a side of the main unit 2. Therefore, when the bent portion 105c is in a linearly continuous posture with respect to the straight portion 105b, the wrapping paper 98 conveyed along the straight portion 105b goes straight toward the side panel 2b, and the payout port 2d is taken out of the main unit 2. On the other hand, when the bent portion 105c is bent and directed toward the front panel 2a, the conveying direction of the wrapping paper 98 conveyed along the straight portion 105b is turned toward the front panel 2a, and the wrapping is performed from the dispensing outlet 2c. Paper 98 is paid out.

  Here, in the medicine dispensing system 1 of the present embodiment, an abnormality such as a paper jam of the wrapping paper 98 in the medicine packaging unit 21 can be detected using the abnormality detection mechanism 115. More specifically, in the medicine packaging unit 21, the wrapping paper 98 is transported by the transport means 21b. However, in the transport means 21b or the packaging means 21a disposed on the upstream side of the transport means 21b, there is an abnormal paper feed. If a problem such as this occurs, the flow of the wrapping paper 98 in the conveying means 21b is delayed.

  On the other hand, in the conveying means 21b, among the plurality of urging rollers 112 provided on the side of the urging roller 112a located on the upstream side in the conveying direction of the wrapping paper 98, that is, on the receiving portion 105a side, There is a sub-roller 115a that can rotate independently. A pinch roller 115b is disposed at a position facing the sub roller 115a. For this reason, when the wrapping paper 98 flows smoothly in the medicine packaging portion 21, the wrapping paper 98 passes between the sub roller 115 a and the pinch roller 115 b, and the pinch roller 115 b is pushed by the wrapping paper 98. It will turn and rotate. On the other hand, if the flow of the wrapping paper 98 is interrupted in the medicine packaging portion 21, the wrapping paper 98 does not pass between the sub roller 115a and the pinch roller 115b, and the pinch roller 115b. Does not rotate. Therefore, by detecting whether or not the pinch roller 115b is normally rotated by the rotary encoder 115d connected to the pinch roller 115b via the shaft 115c, it is possible to determine whether or not there is an abnormality in the feeding of the wrapping paper 98. Can be detected. When the abnormality detection mechanism 115 detects a paper feed abnormality such as a paper jam in the wrapping paper 98, the medicine dispensing system 1 stops the series of operations described above.

  In addition, the main unit 2 and the sub unit 3 employed in the present embodiment are provided with a set failure detection means 38, which can be detected when the cassette 32 is not securely attached to the drum 31. Has been. Specifically, when the cassette 32 protrudes from the locus J shown in FIG. 4C due to poor mounting, the abutting plate 38a that constitutes the set failure detecting means 38 as the drum 31 rotates. The contact plate 38a swings and the switch 38b is turned on. Therefore, the medicine dispensing system 1 stops the series of operations described above assuming that there is a mounting failure of the cassette 32 when the switch 38b is turned on.

  As described above, the medicine dispensing system 1 according to the present embodiment includes the main unit 2 and the subunit 3, and the medicine dispensed from the sub reservoir 120 provided on the subunit 3 side is transferred by the transfer device 5. It can be transferred to the main unit 2 side. Then, not only the medicines dispensed on the main unit 2 side but also the medicines dispensed on the subunit 3 side can be packaged together and dispensed in the medicine packaging unit 21 provided on the main unit 2 side. it can. Therefore, according to the medicine dispensing system 1 of the present embodiment, a wide variety of medicines can be handled as much as the subunit 3 is provided.

  Here, as described above, in the medicine dispensing system 1, not only the main unit 2 but also the subunit 3 is provided with a number of cassettes 32. Therefore, it is desirable that the medicine dispensing system 1 has a configuration capable of accurately managing unique information (hereinafter also referred to as container-specific information) about the feeder container 41 constituting each cassette 32. Specifically, in the medicine dispensing system 1, as the container-specific information described above, data regarding the type and amount of medicine stored in the feeder container 41 of each cassette 32, supplementing of medicine to each feeder container 41, and the like are performed. It is desirable that the tag 49 can record data relating to the replenishment history such as the date and time of replenishment of the drug, the data relating to the usage history of each cassette, and the like. In addition, the medicine dispensing system 1 manages the medicine stored in each feeder container 41 based on the container-specific information of each cassette 32 recorded in the tag 49, and sets the maintenance time of each cassette 32 to the user. It is desirable for the configuration to be able to notify the user. Therefore, in order to meet such a demand, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 20, the control means 170 provided for controlling the operation of the medicine dispensing system 1 and the motor base 40 constituting each cassette 32 are incorporated. Data management including data transmission / reception, data updating, and writing to / from the tag 49, and data management that can be read from the tag 49 by the reader / writer 44 and the reader / writer 117c provided on the work table 117 A system 180 is provided to manage container specific information of each cassette 32. Hereinafter, a data management method in the medicine dispensing system 1 implemented using the data management system 180 and an operation of the medicine dispensing system 1 will be described in detail along a medicine filling procedure.

  In the medicine dispensing system 1, filling of the main reservoir 20 and the sub reservoir 120 with the medicine is performed by removing the feeder container 41 of each cassette 32 allocated to each medicine. Here, when the cassette 32 containing the medicine to be filled is in a place where the user can easily remove the feeder container 41, it can be removed as it is, but it may be present at a position where the user is difficult to remove. In such a case, the operation panel 118a is operated to display a cassette calling interface as shown in FIG. 22 (a), and a number assigned individually to each cassette 32 is input via this. Thus, the feeder container 41 of the desired cassette 32 can be brought to a place where the user can easily remove it. If the type of medicine to be filled can be specified, first, the operation panel 118a is operated to display a medicine name calling interface as shown in FIG. In this state, the type of medicine to be filled can be manually input via the operation panel 118a, or the barcode reader 118b can read a unique barcode for each medicine attached to the medicine original box or the like. The drug name can be automatically entered. Thereby, the feeder container 41 of the cassette 32 containing the medicine to be filled can arrive at a place where the user can easily remove it.

  When the feeder container 41 of the cassette 32 removed from the main storage unit 20 and the sub storage unit 120 as described above is installed so as to fit into the recess 117b provided in the workbench 117, the feeder container 41 is provided on the bottom surface side. The tag 49 arrives at a position corresponding to the reader / writer 117c provided on the work table 117 side. As a result, data communication is enabled between the tag 49 and the control means 170 of the medicine dispensing system 1 via the reader / writer 117c. Further, in this state, an interface for displaying container specific information as shown in FIGS. 22C and 22D is displayed on the operation panel 118a provided in front of the main unit 2, and the container specific information is displayed. Is done. Thereby, the operation mode of the medicine dispensing system 1 is switched from the normal operation mode in which the medicine is packaged and dispensed according to the prescription to the medicine filling mode for filling the feeder container 41 with the medicine.

  When the operation mode of the medicine dispensing system 1 is switched to the medicine filling mode, the container specific information is read out from the tag 49 of the feeder container 41 arranged on the work table 117 via the reader / writer 117c. Specifically, unless there is no data in the tag 49 just after the start of use of the feeder container 41, the tag 49 contains information on the medicine stored in the feeder container 41 of the cassette 32 as container specific information. Data relating to the type and amount, the person who replenished each feeder container 41, data relating to the replenishment history such as the date and time when the medicine was replenished, and data relating to the usage history of each cassette are recorded. For this reason, when the feeder container 41 is fitted into the recess 117b of the workbench 117, the container-specific information including the various data described above is read from the tag 49 toward the control unit 170 of the medicine dispensing system 1 via the reader / writer 117c. . The various data read from the tag 49 in this way is recorded by the control means 170 in the recording means 175 comprising a conventionally known memory, hard disk or the like.

  When the screen display as shown in FIGS. 22C and 22D is made, information such as the type and amount of medicine to be filled in the feeder container 41 and the name of the operator who performed the filling operation are stored in the container. It can be input as unique information. About the input of the kind of chemical | medical agent, the operator who is performing filling work can input manually. Further, in the present embodiment, the barcode (identification mark) written on the original box of the medicine to be filled is read by the barcode reader 118b (identification sign reading means) provided in front of the main unit 2. It is also possible to specify the type of drug in the control means 170 and input the type of drug with this.

  Also, the name of the operator who performed the filling operation of the medicine can be manually input by the operator like the kind of the medicine. Further, in the present embodiment, for example, an employee ID assigned to each operator, an ID card, a ring, a wristband, or the like that records information (operator identification information) identifying the operator is displayed on the bar. The information is read by a code reader 118b, a reader / writer 117c, or the like, and an operator name is automatically input by the control means 170 using this data.

  Further, when the tag 49 provided on the bottom surface of the feeder container 41 via the reader / writer 117c is in a state where data communication is possible with the control means 170 of the medicine dispensing system 1, it is accommodated in the feeder container 41 such as the type and amount of medicine. In addition to data relating to the medicines that have been used and data relating to the replenishment history of medicines to the feeder container 41, container specific information relating to usage history such as the total rotation amount and total rotation time of the rotor 48a provided in the feeder container 41 is also controlled. Read into the means 170. The control means 170 determines whether or not the cassette 32 has reached the expiration date or the maintenance time based on the data relating to the usage history of the cassette 32. When it is confirmed that the cassette 32 has reached the end of its useful life or is time to be maintained, a warning to that effect is displayed on the operation panel 118a.

  In the medicine dispensing system 1 of the present embodiment, when the medicine is filled in the feeder container 41 of each cassette 32 and set in the motor base 40 as described above, the feeder is provided via the reader / writer 44 provided on the motor base 40 side. The tag 49 of the container 41 and the control means 170 perform data communication. As a result, among the many cassettes 32 provided, filling control information such as what medicine is filled in the feeder container 41 of which cassette 32 is grasped by the control means 170 for each cassette 32. Thereafter, the medicine dispensing history in each cassette 32 is written to the tag 49 via the reader / writer 44 as needed. For this reason, the control means 170 determines whether or not the feeder container 41 of each cassette 32 is based on the filling amount when the feeder container 41 of each cassette 32 is filled with the medicine and the medicine dispensing history written in the tag 49. The remaining amount of medicine can be grasped. Further, the medicine dispensing system 1 grasps statistical information such as how and when a specific medicine is used based on the medicine filling history and dispensing history grasped by the control means 170 as described above. Can also be managed.

  The medicine dispensing system 1 described above has a predetermined mode in an operation mode called a single packaging mode in addition to medicine packaging in a normal operation mode in which a medicine is prescribed based on a prescription inputted by a doctor or a pharmacist. It has a function (preparation function) to continuously wrap a large number of drugs. As a result, a large number of general-purpose drugs such as antipyretic drugs, analgesics, and stomach medicine can be packaged in advance. When the medicine dispensing system 1 operates in the single-packaging mode, the control unit 170 controls the cassette 32 in which medicines to be packaged are stored from the cassettes 32 provided in the main storage unit 20 and the sub storage unit 120. Existence is confirmed. Here, when the feeder container 41 of each cassette 32 is replaced prior to the operation in the single packaging mode, the container specific information recorded in the tag 49 provided on the feeder container 41 is stored in the motor base 40. Reading is performed via a built-in reader / writer 44. Thereafter, the cassette 32 including the feeder container 41 containing the medicine to be packaged in the single packaging mode is specified by the control means 170, and the medicine is dispensed from the cassette 32 by a predetermined amount. The drug dispensed from the cassette 32 is packaged in the drug packaging unit 21.

  As described above, the medicine dispensing system 1 of the present embodiment has the data management system 180, and the tag 49 and the control unit 170 provided for each feeder container 41 of each cassette 32 via the reader / writer 117c perform data processing. Communication is possible, and unique container-specific information for each feeder container 41 can be read from the tag 49 or written to the tag 49. Therefore, in the medicine dispensing system 1 of the present embodiment, the container specific information can be managed and updated easily and accurately for each feeder container 41.

  As described above, in the medicine dispensing system 1 of the present embodiment, the reader / writer 44 is built in the motor base 40 of each cassette 32, and in a non-contact state with the tag 49 provided on the feeder container 41 via this. Data communication is possible. Therefore, in the medicine dispensing system 1, even when the feeder container 41 is mounted on the motor base 40, data such as medicine dispensing history recorded in the tag 49 is appropriately updated and effectively used for medicine inventory management and the like. be able to. In the above embodiment, an example in which the reader / writer 44 is provided for each cassette 32 has been illustrated. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the reader / writer 44 is not provided for some or all of the cassettes 32. It is good also as a structure.

  In the above embodiment, the reader / writers 44 and 117c are provided in the cassette 32 and the work table 117 constituting the medicine dispensing system 1, and the tag 49 provided in the feeder container 41 is accessed via this to read and write data. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Specifically, in a device provided separately from the medicine dispensing system 1, the tag 49 is accessed so that data can be read and written, whereby the data written in the tag 49 is controlled by the reader / writers 44 and 117c. A configuration may be adopted in which the data is read into 170 and used for management of medicines and the like.

  More specifically, a counter device 185 as shown in FIG. 24 can be adopted as an example of devices provided separately from the medicine dispensing system 1 described above. The counter device 185 includes a main body portion 186 and a container attachment portion 187. In the main body 186, a control device (not shown) for controlling the operation of the counter device 195 is provided. In addition, a container placement portion 188 and an operation panel 189 are provided on the top side of the main body portion 186. The container placement unit 188 is a part for placing a container for receiving a medicine. The operation panel 189 includes operation conditions such as a numeric keypad 189a for inputting a quantity, a start button 189b for starting the operation, a pause button 189c for temporarily stopping the operation, and a stop button 189d for stopping the operation. A button for inputting an operation command is provided. In addition, the operation panel 189 is provided with buttons such as a write button 189e and a maintenance button 189f, and a display 189g.

  The container mounting portion 187 is provided with a portion corresponding to the motor base 40 of the cassette 32 described above and a discharge outlet 196. The motor base 40 can be equipped with a feeder container 41 that is removed from the main storage unit 20 and the sub storage unit 120 of the medicine dispensing system 1 or prepared separately, and by operating a motor 43 in the motor base 40, The medicine can be dispensed from the feeder container 41. In addition, a medicine passage (not shown) through which medicine dispensed from the feeder container 41 attached to the motor base 40 passes is provided inside the container attachment portion 187. Further, the medicine passage leads to a dispensing outlet 196. Therefore, the medicine that is dispensed from the feeder container 41 and passes through the inside of the medicine passage is ejected toward the container arrangement portion 188 via the dispensing outlet 196. Counting means (not shown) capable of counting the number of medicines dispensed from the feeder container 41 is provided at an appropriate place such as the container mounting portion 187, specifically, the medicine passage and the motor base 40. .

  The counter device 185 can operate in a plurality of operation modes including a count mode and a predetermined amount payout mode. The counting mode is a mode for counting the number of medicines contained in the inside by discharging all the medicines in the feeder container 41 mounted on the motor base 40. The counter device 185 starts the operation in the counting mode by pressing the start button 189b with the feeder container 41 mounted on the motor base 40. And the quantity of the medicine counted by the counting means (not shown) provided in the medicine mounting portion 187 is displayed on the display 189g.

  The predetermined amount dispensing mode is an operation mode in which a user inputs from the motor base 40 using the numeric keypad 189a and dispenses a set quantity of medicine from the feeder container 41 attached to the motor base 40. The counter device 185 operates in the predetermined amount dispensing mode when the number of medicines to be dispensed (set quantity Q) is input from the feeder container 41 with the numeric keypad 189a and then the start button 189b is pressed. After the operation of the counter device 185 starts in the predetermined amount dispensing mode, when the amount of medicine dispensed approaches the set quantity Q, the rotation of the motor 43 provided in the motor base 40 becomes slow, and the medicine dispensing The speed is reduced. In the counter device 185 of the present embodiment, the medicine dispensing speed decreases when the number of dispensed medicines reaches (Q-2). This prevents the drug from being excessively dispensed by mistake.

  The counter device 185 operates in the above-described counting mode or predetermined amount dispensing mode, and then writes the operation information to the tag 49 provided on the bottom surface of the feeder container 41 via the reader / writer 44 provided on the motor base 40. Can do. Specifically, after the counter device 185 is operated in the counting mode, when the writing button 189e provided on the operation panel 189 is pressed, the counted number of medicines is written in the tag 49. When the writing button 189e is pressed after operating the counter device 185 in the predetermined amount dispensing mode, the number of dispensed medicines is written in the tag 49. Therefore, the counter device 185 counts the number of medicines in the feeder container 41 or counts and takes out the medicine, writes this data into the tag 49, and then removes the feeder container 41 from the main storage unit 20 of the medicine dispensing system 1. When set in the sub-reservoir 120, the data written in the tag 49 by the counter device 185 can be effectively used for operation control of the medicine dispensing system 1 and medicine management. Specifically, after data is written in the tag 49 by the counter device 185 as described above, the feeder container 41 is set in the main storage unit 20 or the sub storage unit 120, or a container provided on the workbench 117. By inserting the feeder container 41 into the recess 117b of the arrangement portion 117a, the data written in the tag 49 is read into the control means 170 via the reader / writers 44 and 117c, or is recorded in the recording means 175. It is also possible. According to such a configuration, the data obtained by setting the feeder container 41 in the counter device 185 can be effectively used for operation control of the medicine dispensing system 1, medicine inventory management, and the like.

  The counter device 185 is an example of devices provided separately from the medicine dispensing system 1 as described above, and the counter device 185 itself functions as a medicine dispensing device that dispenses medicine. That is, the counter device 185 (medicine dispensing device) includes a feeder container 41 capable of storing and dispensing medicine and a control means (not shown) capable of data communication between the tag 49 provided in the feeder container 41. The feeder container 41 is detachable. The counter device 185 can perform data communication between the tag 49 provided in the feeder container 41 and the above-described control means, such as data unique to the feeder container 41, specifically, data such as the quantity of medicine in the feeder container 41. it can. Therefore, the counter device 185 corresponds to a medicine dispensing device provided separately from the medicine dispensing system 1.

  Further, as described above, the medicine dispensing system 1 reads information (operator information) specifying the operator read from the employee ID card or ID card, and who uses this data to identify the feeder container 41 of each cassette 32. It is possible to easily and accurately record in the tag 49 whether or not a medicine has been replenished. In the above-described embodiment, an example such as an employee ID or an ID card that is worn by an operator, or that identifies operator information by using what is assigned to each operator is exemplified. For example, the operator information may be specified by biometric authentication using a fingerprint or the like. In the above embodiment, the operator information is read from some medium, and an example of adopting a configuration that can automatically input data for specifying the operator based on this data is exemplified. It is not limited and may not be provided with such a configuration.

  In the medicine dispensing system 1, the feeder container 41 of the cassette 32 removed from the main storage unit 20 and the sub storage unit 120 is fitted into the recess 117b of the work table 117, and between the tag 49 and the control means 170 via the reader / writer 117c. The operation mode of the medicine dispensing system 1 is switched to the medicine filling mode on condition that data communication is possible. That is, in the medicine dispensing system 1, fitting the feeder container 41 into the recess 117 b of the work table 117 to enable data communication functions as a trigger for switching the operation mode. Therefore, according to the medicine dispensing system 1, it is not necessary for the operator to perform complicated work when switching the operation mode to the medicine filling mode. In the above embodiment, the configuration in which the operation mode is switched by fitting the feeder container 41 into the recess 117b is illustrated, but the present invention is not limited to this and does not include such a configuration. May be.

  As described above, in the medicine dispensing system 1, the identification mark assigned to each type of medicine such as the barcode written in the original box of the medicine is used as the sign that can read the identification sign such as the barcode reader 118b. The type of medicine can be specified by reading with the reading means. In addition, information regarding the type of medicine specified in this way is recorded in the tag 49 by data communication between the control means 170 and the tag 49 provided in the feeder container 41. For this reason, the medicine dispensing system 1 does not require the operator to manually input the medicine type when operating in the medicine filling mode, and the information on the medicine type can be more surely facilitated accordingly. And it can be reliably recorded on the tag 49. In the above embodiment, the barcode reader 118b reads the barcode assigned to each medicine, identifies the kind of medicine, and exemplifies the one having the function of automatically inputting data related to this kind. This invention is not limited to this, You may not provide the said function. Further, the barcode reader 118b may be capable of reading any kind of barcode including so-called one-dimensional barcode and two-dimensional barcode. Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the example in which the barcode reader 118b capable of reading the barcode given for each type of medicine is illustrated, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the barcode reader 118b is provided. Instead, it is possible to adopt appropriate ones such as those capable of reading markers created using a combination of colors or the like, or those capable of reading information recorded on RFID tags or the like.

  As described above, in the medicine dispensing system 1, data communication can be performed in a non-contact state via the reader / writer 117c provided at a position corresponding to the depression 117b simply by placing the feeder container 41 in the depression 117b of the work table 117. It becomes a state. Therefore, the medicine dispensing system 1 can enable data communication between the tag 49 and the control unit 170 without requiring trouble such as connecting a wiring to the feeder container 41, and is applied to each feeder container 41. A series of operations such as updating, writing, and management of container specific information can be performed smoothly. In the above-described embodiment, the RFID tag or the RFID reader / writer is adopted as the tag 49 or the reader / writer 117c, so that the information recorded in the tag 49 is read out or the information is written into the tag 49 in a non-contact state. However, the present invention is not limited to this. In other words, information may be read and written using other types of information recording media and reader / writers, and even if data communication can be performed in a non-contact format, data can be obtained by connecting wiring, etc. You may communicate.

  Here, in the medicine dispensing system 1 according to the above-described embodiment, data unique to each feeder container 41 recorded in the tag 49 included in each feeder container 41, specifically, the type and amount of medicine contained therein, Data such as drug replenishment operator names can be read and written. Therefore, the medicine dispensing system 1 includes a feeder container filled with medicines as appropriate selected from a plurality of motor bases 40 attached in advance to the main storage part 20 of the main unit 2 and the sub storage part 120 of the subunit 3. If 41 is attached, it is possible to identify where the feeder container 41 containing the medicine necessary for the packaging is located by the control means 170, and to dispense the kind and amount of medicine according to the prescription. In other words, according to the above-described configuration, the medicine dispensing system 1 is not a so-called fixed address type device in which the attachment position of each feeder container 41 is fixed, but a so-called free device in which the feeder container 41 can be mounted at an arbitrary position. It can be an address type device.

  Further, the medicine dispensing system 1 is a semi-fixed address type apparatus in which the motor base 40 to which the feeder container 41 can be attached is limited to, for example, the feeder container 41 that stores medicine having a specific property. Is also possible. More specifically, the medicine dispensing system 1 can handle a wide variety of medicines, but depending on the kind of medicine, the medicine dispensed from the feeder container 41 can easily jump at the dispensing destination, can easily roll, There are things that are easily cracked or chipped by impact. When handling drugs with these characteristics (hereinafter, these drugs are also referred to as specific drugs), delay the timing of packaging the drug until the timing at which the splashing or rolling will settle, or reduce the impact of the drop If measures are not taken, there is a possibility that poor packaging will occur.

  Regarding the feeder container 41 that stores a drug (specific drug) that may be splashed, rolled, cracked, or chipped as described above, the lower position of the main storage unit 20 or the sub storage unit 120, or the circumstances described above It is desirable to attach to the place where it was made the structure which can eliminate. Therefore, when there is such a situation, the medicine dispensing system 1 can be a device of the semi-fixed address format described above. Specifically, the medicine dispensing system 1 has the above-described bounce or the like with respect to the motor base 40 that is attached in six stages in the vertical direction as shown in FIG. Specify that the feeder container 41 containing a medicine (specific medicine) that may be rolled or the like should be attached to the motor base 40 in the area from the bottom to the second stage (hereinafter also referred to as a fixed address area Fi). Can do.

  In addition, the medicine dispensing system 1 has a motor base that has not only the fixed address area Fi but also an area outside this area Fi (hereinafter also referred to as a free address area Fr) for the feeder container 41 containing medicines other than the specific medicine. It can be specified that it may be attached to 40. Furthermore, the feeder container 41 that can be attached to the free address area Fr can be further divided into two or more groups. Specifically, the feeder container 41 that contains a medicine other than the specific medicine that is not preferably dropped from a high place is provided in two stages above the fixed address area Fi. A free container provided with two tiers above the free address area Fr1 with respect to the feeder container 41 that contains the medicine that is supposed to be attached to the area below the free address area Fr1 and is expected to have no problem due to dropping. It may be specified that the motor base 40 in the address area Fr2 may be attached. In this way, the rules regarding the correspondence between the motor base 40 and the feeder container 41 in each region are stored in the storage means in the control device 190 as a container mounting database 193 (counter relationship defining unit) as shown in FIG. This is constructed in the control means 190.

  As described above, a plurality of installation areas of the motor bases 40 provided in the main storage unit 20 and the sub storage unit 120 are arranged in a plurality of areas such as the fixed address area Fi and the free address areas Fr (Fr1, Fr2) according to the height. In this case, the correspondence relationship between the motor base 40 and the feeder container 41 is the upper limit of the feeder container 41 set according to the type of medicine accommodated in the feeder container 41. You may prescribe | regulate by the relationship with the container mounting area | region in height. Specifically, the jump coefficient obtained by counting the correlation between the height at which the medicine contained in each feeder container 41 is dropped (fall height) and the degree of the jump, and the relation between the drop height and the rolling are coefficientized. The correspondence relationship between the motor base 40 and each feeder container 41 may be determined in consideration of a part or all of numerical values and coefficients such as a rolling coefficient, a drop height at which cracks and chips are less than a predetermined probability.

  In the present embodiment, labels corresponding to the feeder container 41 and the motor base 40 are mounted so that the operator stored in the feeder container 41 can easily identify the rules stored in the container mounting database 193 described above. , Are associated. Specifically, a specific label A colored, for example, in blue is attached to the motor base 40 and the feeder container 41 containing the specific medicine in the fixed address area Fi. Further, a specific label B colored, for example, in green is attached to the motor base 40 in the free address area Fr1, and the label B is also attached to the feeder container 41 that may be installed in either the free address area Fr1 or the fixed address area Fi. Is attached. Similarly, the motor base 40 in the free address area Fr1 is provided with a specific label C colored, for example, white, and may be installed in any of the free address areas Fr1, Fr2 and the fixed address area Fi. 41 is also labeled C. For this reason, the operator intuitively understands that the feeder container 41 may be attached to a region where the same label as the label attached to the feeder container 41 to be attached is attached, or a region below this. .

  As described above, when the medicine dispensing system 1 is a device of the above-described semi-fixed address format, for example, a control unit 190 shown in FIG. 37 can be adopted instead of the control unit 170 described above. Hereinafter, the medicine dispensing system 1 employing the control unit 190 will be described focusing on the configuration and operation of the control unit 190. In the following description, for simplification of description, an example in which the areas of the main storage unit 20 and the sub storage unit 120 are classified into two areas of a fixed address area Fi and a free address area Fr according to the height will be described. .

  In addition to the functions of the control means 170 described above, the control means 190 is mounted on the motor base 40 in which a feeder container 41 (hereinafter also referred to as a specific feeder container 41x) to be set on the motor base 40 in the fixed address area Fi is attached. It has the determination part 191 provided with the function to implement the correctness determination operation | movement which confirms whether it is not. That is, when the feeder container 41 is attached to the motor base 40, the control unit 190 performs a correct / incorrect operation by the determination unit 191 to determine whether or not the attached feeder container 41 is the specific feeder container 41x. At the same time, the specific feeder container 41x is an area that is out of the fixed address area Fi (hereinafter also referred to as the free address area Fr), specifically, a free area provided in two stages above the fixed address area Fi. A correct / incorrect determination operation is performed to determine whether or not there is an incorrect mounting by checking whether or not the motor base 40 in the address area Fr1 and the free address area Fr2 provided in two stages further above is erroneously mounted. Can be implemented. Hereinafter, the correctness determination operation will be described in detail.

(Accuracy judgment operation)
In the medicine dispensing system 1 provided with the control means 190, when the feeder container 41 is mounted on the motor base 40, the correctness determination operation is performed according to the control flow shown in FIG. Specifically, when the erroneous mounting determination operation is started, the container mounting database 193 described above in steps 1-1 to 1-3, the region where the motor base 40 to which the feeder container 41 is attached, and the motor base Based on the type of medicine read from the tag 49 of the feeder container 41 attached to 40, the determination unit 191 checks whether there is a feeder container 41 that is erroneously installed against the provisions of the container installation database 193. .

  More specifically, first, in Step 1-1, the feeder container 41 attached to the motor base 40 is provided by the reader / writer 44 provided for each motor base 40 in the main storage unit 20 and the sub storage unit 120. Data communication is performed between the tag 49 and the control means 190. As a result, the control means 190 specifies in which of the fixed address area Fi and the free address area Fr the motor base 40 to which the feeder container 41 is attached exists. In addition, along with this, whether or not the feeder container 41 attached to the motor base 40 is the specific feeder container 41x, that is, whether or not the drug in the feeder container 41 is a specific drug that is concerned about cracking, chipping or the like. Is confirmed by the control means 190. Thereafter, the control flow proceeds to step 1-2.

  When the control flow shifts to step 1-2, the determination unit 191 of the control unit 190 is a specific drug in which the drug stored in the feeder container 41 confirmed in step 1-1 is concerned about cracking or chipping. It is confirmed whether or not there is. Here, when the medicine is not a specific medicine, the feeder container 41 in which the medicine is accommodated may be mounted on the motor base 40 existing in either the fixed address area Fi or the free address area Fr. Therefore, when it is confirmed in step 1-2 that the type of medicine is not a specific medicine, the control flow proceeds to step 1-6, and the attached feeder container 41 is in a normal position (see FIG. Normal wearing state), and a series of control flow is completed.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step 1-2 that the medicine stored in the feeder container 41 attached to the main storage unit 20 or the sub storage unit 120 is a specific medicine, the control flow proceeds to step 1-3. Transition. In step 1-3, it is confirmed whether or not the motor base 40 to which the feeder container 41 is attached is in the fixed address area Fi of the main storage unit 20 or the sub storage unit 120. Here, when the feeder container 41 is attached to the motor base 40 in the fixed address area Fi, even if the medicine (specific medicine) in the feeder container 41 is dispensed, the above-described malfunction due to the splashing or cracking, etc. Is not expected to occur. Therefore, in this case, the control flow is advanced to step 1-6, it is determined that the feeder container 41 is mounted at a normal position, and a series of control flows is completed.

  On the other hand, if it is confirmed that the motor base 40 to which the feeder container 41 is attached in step 1-3 is not in the fixed address area Fi but in the free address area Fr, the feeder container 41 removes the medicine from the feeder container 41. By paying out (specific drug), there is a concern about the occurrence of defects due to splashing or cracking. Therefore, in this case, the control flow proceeds to step 1-4, and it is determined that the feeder container 41 is in an erroneous mounting state in which it is not mounted at a normal position. Thereafter, the control flow shifts to step 1-5, and a warning is displayed on the operation panel 118a provided on the front face of the main unit 2 that it is in an erroneous mounting state, and a series of control flows is completed.

  In the medicine dispensing system 1 provided with the control unit 190, the medicine packaging operation in the normal operation mode can be performed according to the control flow shown in FIG. Hereinafter, the packaging operation in the normal operation mode performed using the determination result by the correctness determination operation will be described.

(Packaging operation using the result of correct / incorrect determination)
The medicine dispensing system 1 provided with the control means 190 starts the operation in the normal operation mode when prescription data for designating the type, amount, number, etc. of medicines to be packaged is input to the control means 190. To do. When the operation in the normal operation mode is started, first, in step 2-1, the attachment state of the feeder container 41 to the motor base 40 attached to the drums of the main storage unit 20 and the sub storage unit 120 is confirmed. Thereafter, when the control flow proceeds to step 2-2, the feeder container 41 (hereinafter also referred to as a packaging feeder container 41y) containing the medicine to be packaged based on the preliminarily input prescription data is the main storage unit 20. Alternatively, it is confirmed whether or not the sub storage unit 120 is attached. Here, when the packaging feeder container 41y is insufficient, the control flow proceeds to step 2-7, and information indicating an error (feeder container insertion error) as shown in FIG. 40 is displayed on the operation panel 118a. Is done. In step 2-7, the packaging operation is stopped. Thereafter, the control flow proceeds to Step 2-6 described later.

  On the other hand, if all of the packaging feeder containers 41y are installed in step 2-2, the control flow proceeds to step 2-3. In step 2-3, the control flow shown in FIG. 38 described above for whether there is an erroneous attachment not only for the feeder container 41y for packaging but also for all the feeder containers 41 attached to the main storage unit 20 and the sub storage unit 120. According to the confirmed. In Step 2-3, it is assumed that there is an erroneous attachment, that is, problems such as splashing and cracking that should be attached to the fixed address area Fi in the main storage unit 20 and the sub storage unit 120. If it is confirmed that the feeder container 41 (specific feeder container 41x) that stores the specific medicine is attached to the free address area Fr, the control flow proceeds to step 2-8.

  In Step 2-8, it is confirmed whether or not the erroneously mounted feeder container 41 is a container containing a medicine to be packaged (packaging feeder container 41y). Here, if the feeder container 41 that is erroneously mounted corresponds to the feeder container 41y for packaging, if the packaging of the medicine is continued as it is, the dispensed medicine will be separated by bouncing or rolling at the dispensing destination. There is a possibility that inconveniences such as defective packaging or cracking or chipping of the medicine may occur. Therefore, in this case, the control flow is shifted to step 2-10, and an error (feeder container mismounting error) indicating that there is a feeder container 41 (specific feeder container 41x) incorrectly mounted in the free address area Fr is displayed. The displayed information is displayed on the operation panel 118a as shown in FIG. 42, and the packaging operation is stopped until the erroneously mounted feeder container 41 is mounted in the fixed address area Fr.

  On the other hand, when it is determined in step 2-8 that the feeder container 41 that is erroneously attached does not correspond to the packaging feeder container 41y, the medicine is dispensed from the feeder container 41 that is erroneously attached in a series of packaging operations. It will not be. Therefore, even if the packaging operation is continued in a state where the feeder container 41 to be mounted in the fixed address area Fi is erroneously mounted, the above-described problems such as the drug splashing, rolling, cracking, and chipping do not occur. is assumed. Therefore, in this case, in step 2-9, after a message for urging to eliminate erroneous mounting as shown in FIG. 41 (erroneous mounting cancellation promotion message) is displayed on the operation panel 118a, the control flow is step 2-4. The packaging operation is continued while the erroneous attachment elimination promotion message displayed in step 2-9 is displayed on the operation panel 118a.

  When it is determined in step 2-3 that there is no erroneous attachment of the feeder container 41, or when it is determined in step 2-8 that the feeder container 41 incorrectly attached does not hit the packaging feeder container 41y. The control flow proceeds to step 2-4. In step 2-4, it is confirmed whether or not the packaging feeder container 41y containing the medicine to be packaged is not extracted while the series of flows proceeding from step 2-1 described above proceeds. Here, when it is confirmed that the packaging feeder container 41y has been extracted, the control flow proceeds to step 2-11, and information indicating an error indicating that (feeder container identification error) is shown in FIG. As shown, the packaging operation is stopped until the packaging feeder container 41y that has been displayed and removed from the operation panel 118a is mounted again. On the other hand, if it is determined in step 2-4 that the packaging feeder container 41y has not been removed, the control flow proceeds to step 2-5, and the packaging operation is performed. Thereafter, the control flow proceeds to step 2-6, where it is confirmed whether all the medicines to be packaged have been packaged based on the prescription data input at the start of the medicine packaging operation in the normal operation mode. Here, when the packaging of the medicine instructed to be packaged by the prescription data is not completed, the control flow is returned to step 2-2. On the other hand, when all the medicines have been packaged, a series of control flows is completed.

  As described above, when the control unit 190 is employed in the medicine dispensing system 1, whether the feeder container 41 is erroneously attached to a container attachment part that should not be attached is performed by performing a correct / incorrect determination operation according to the control flow shown in FIG. It can be determined whether or not. Further, in the medicine dispensing system 1, as shown in the control flow of FIG. 39, even when the feeder container 41 is erroneously attached, the erroneously attached feeder container 41 accommodates medicine to be packaged. If the product does not correspond to the packaged feeder container 41y, there will be no problem in packaging the drug. Therefore, the dispensing of the drug will be continued, and the work efficiency of the drug dispensing and packaging operation will be improved. ing. On the other hand, when the packaging feeder container 41y that is erroneously installed contains a medicine that is likely to cause the above-described problems such as splashing or cracking, the dispensing and the packaging of the medicine are stopped. I am going to do that. Therefore, if the medicine dispensing system 1 is configured as described above, even if there is an erroneously mounted feeder container 41, the medicine splashes, breaks, etc. while minimizing the reduction in work efficiency. It is possible to prevent a packaging failure due to the above problem.

  In the example shown in the above embodiment, the motor base 40 to which the feeder container 41 can be attached is provided in multiple stages in the vertical direction, and is divided into two stages of a fixed address area Fi and a free address area Fr according to the height. (Regarding the container mounting area). Further, in the container mounting database 193, a container mounting area in which the correspondence between the motor base 40 and the feeder container 41 to be attached thereto is at a height that is the upper limit of the feeder container 41 set according to the type of medicine. It is prescribed in relation to. In other words, the fixed upper limit area Fi is defined as the upper limit area for the feeder container 41 that contains the specific medicine that is expected to cause problems such as splashing and cracking. In addition, a region that is the upper limit of attachment of the feeder container 41 that contains a drug with relatively few problems such as splashing and cracking is defined as a free address region Fr.

  However, the definition (classification) of the relationship with the container mounting area at the height that is the upper limit of attachment of the feeder container 41 specified in the container mounting database 193 is not limited to the above, but in the vertical direction. The region where the motor base 40 is provided in multiple stages may be defined in multiple stages according to the height. Specifically, as described above, the free address area Fr may be further classified into two areas Fr1 and Fr2, and may be classified into three stages as a whole, or may be further classified into multiple stages. In this case, a region (container) in the container mounting database 193 in which the correspondence relationship between the motor base 40 and the feeder container 41 to be attached to the motor base 40 is at a height that is the upper limit of attachment of the medicine supply container set according to the kind of medicine. When the feeder container 41 is mounted on the motor base 40 in the container mounting area that is located above the container mounting area at the height that is the upper limit of mounting. When the feeder container 41 is attached to the motor base 40 in the container attachment area located in the container attachment area at a height equal to or lower than the above-described attachment upper limit, the feeder container 41 is normal by the correctness determination operation. By adopting a configuration that is determined to be in the attached state, the attachment state of the feeder container 41 can be managed by further subdividing.

  As for the height (container mounting area) that is the upper limit of attachment of the feeder container 41 described above, the amount of splash, rolling, cracking, and chipping when the medicine is dropped is converted into a coefficient for each kind of medicine, or the rank for each medicine. The division may be set in advance as a reference, or the height (container mounting area) as the upper limit of attachment may be sequentially determined by the control unit 190 in accordance with these coefficients and classes.

  The medicine dispensing system 1 described above has a search function for searching and selecting the motor base 40 to which the feeder container 41 determined to be erroneously attached by the correctness / incorrectness determination operation by the control means 190, as indicated by a two-dot chain line in FIG. It is good also as a structure which provided the search part 192 which has. Specifically, the feeder container 41 determined to be erroneously mounted by the correctness / incorrectness determination operation is removed, and the feeder container 41 is attached to the feeder container 41 by being fitted into the recess 117b of the work table 117a provided on the work table 117 on the main unit 2 side. The information recorded in the tag 49 is read by performing data communication between the tag 49 and the reader / writer 117c, and the search condition is set, and the motor base 40 suitable for mounting the feeder container 41 is searched. It is good also as a structure searched and selected by the part 192. Further, it is preferable that the search condition is appropriately displayed on the operation panel 118a or the like as shown in FIG. On the other hand, instead of reading the information of the feeder container 41 that is erroneously mounted by data communication between the tag 49 and the reader / writer 117c and setting the search condition, the operator manually sets the search condition via the operation panel 118a. It is good also as a structure which searches by the search part 192 based on this. In this case, for example, it is preferable that a search condition setting screen as shown in FIG.

  Further, when the position of the motor base 40 suitable for mounting the erroneously mounted feeder container 41 as described above is searched, a place where the operator can attach and detach the feeder container 41 (detachment work position) The main storage unit 20 and the sub storage unit 120 may be operated so that the motor base 40 selected in (1) comes. According to such a configuration, it is possible to more easily attach and detach the erroneously installed feeder container 41.

  As described above, in this embodiment, the medicine dispensing system 1 is constructed by combining the main unit 2 and the subunit 3, and not only the main storage unit 20 but also the sub storage unit 120 includes a large number of cassettes 32. ing. Therefore, when constructing the medicine dispensing system 1, it is desirable to read / write and manage the container specific information regarding the feeder container 41 of each cassette 32 as in the above embodiment. In the above embodiment, the example in which the medicine dispensing system 1 is constructed by combining the main unit 2 and the subunit 3 is illustrated, but the present invention is not limited to this and corresponds to the main unit 2. Even when only the medicine dispensing apparatus is used, it is possible to accurately read / write and manage the container specific information.

  The medicine dispensing system 1 does not require the medicine packaging unit 21 on the subunit 3 side. Therefore, in the medicine dispensing system 1, it is possible to make the apparatus configuration compact and to suppress the installation area to a minimum as compared with the case where a plurality of items corresponding to the main unit 2 are provided. Further, if a configuration such as the medicine dispensing system 1 is adopted, a configuration in which a large amount of various kinds of medicines can be accommodated on the subunit 3 side as much as the part corresponding to the medicine packaging unit 21 on the subunit 3 side can be omitted. It is also possible. Further, the medicine dispensing system 1 can simplify the apparatus configuration and can minimize maintenance work by the amount that does not require the structure corresponding to the medicine packaging unit 21 on the subunit 3 side.

  The transfer device 5 employed in the drug delivery system 1 has a conduit 140 for transporting the drug, and sucks the drug put in the pipe 140, so that the drug was dispensed on the subunit 3 side. The medicine can be smoothly conveyed toward the main unit 2 side. In addition, since the transfer device 5 sucks and transports the medicine, the medicine can be transported through an arbitrary transport path by appropriately bending the conduit 140. Therefore, the medicine dispensing system 1 has a high degree of freedom in apparatus configuration and layout of the main unit 2 and the subunit 3.

  In addition, although the above-described transfer device 5 is for sucking and transferring the medicine put into the basket 145 of the medicine receiving unit 142 connected to the pipeline 140 to the medicine dispensing unit 143 side, the present invention is limited to this. Instead, it may be transported by being pumped from the medicine receiving unit 142 side toward the medicine dispensing unit 143 side. In addition, the transfer device 5 includes only one line 140, but the present invention is not limited to this, and has a multi-system transport path including a large number of lines 140. It may be a thing.

  In the medicine dispensing system 1 of the present embodiment, a tag 49 is attached to each cassette 32 set in the main storage unit 20 and the sub storage unit 120, and the tag 49 is connected to the tag 49 by a reader / writer 117 c provided on the work table 117. Data can be transmitted and received between them, and data can be updated and written. For this reason, the medicine dispensing system 1 has data relating to the type and amount of medicine contained in each cassette 32 in the tag 49, and data relating to the replenishment history such as the person who replenished each cassette 32 and the date and time of replenishment. Various data such as data relating to the usage history of each cassette 32 can be recorded. Further, based on the data recorded in the tag 49, it is possible to manage the medicines stored in each cassette 32 and notify the user of the maintenance time of each cassette 32 itself.

  In the above embodiment, the tag 49 is attached to the feeder container 41 of each cassette 32, and the reader / writers 44 and 117c are provided on all the motor bases 40 and the work tables 117. However, the present invention is not limited thereto. It is not limited. That is, the medicine dispensing system 1 may be configured such that not all cassettes 32 have the tags 49 and some or all of the motor bases 40 do not have the reader / writers 44. Similarly, the medicine dispensing system 1 may not include the reader / writer 117c. In addition, the medicine dispensing system 1 may have a configuration in which only some cassettes 32 that should manage the amount of medicine and the like are provided with a tag 49.

  As described above, the feeder container 41 of the cassette 32 can adjust the size of the medicine dispensing opening 47 according to the size of the medicine accommodated therein by appropriately replacing the opening attachment 41b. . In addition, the feeder container 41 can be appropriately replaced with a rotor 48 that is suitable for the size of the medicine contained in the groove 48a. Therefore, the cassette 32 can deal with various sizes of medicines by appropriately replacing the opening attachment 41b and the rotor 48.

  In the above-described embodiment, the feeder container 41 is illustrated as an example in which the opening attachment 41b and the rotor 48 can be appropriately replaced according to the size of the medicine, but the present invention is not limited to this. Specifically, the feeder container 41 may be provided with an opening 47a of a certain size, or the rotor 48 may not be replaceable, as is conventionally known.

  Further, in the medicine dispensing system 1, considering that there is a wrapping paper 98 having a length corresponding to n sachets (three sachets in this embodiment) between the bag forming mechanism 96 and the printing unit 99, With respect to the timing (timing X) at which the medicine is dispensed from the section 81a through the opening 82c in the medicine preparation section 80, the amount of the section forming body 81 is equivalent to n sections (three in this embodiment) of the section 81a. Information relating to the medicine and the like is printed by the printing unit 99 at a time point (timing Z) that is just before the period (period Y) required for rotation. In addition, the medicine dispensed from the main storage unit 20 or the sub storage unit 120 is put into the section 81a at a timing before the printing timing Z on the wrapping paper 98. That is, in the medicine dispensing system 1, the medicine is printed on the wrapping paper 98 on the condition that the medicine is input from the main storage unit 20, the sub storage unit 120, and the handbag unit 23 to the medicine preparation unit 80. In the case where a defective delivery of the medicine to the preparation unit 80 occurs, printing on the wrapping paper 98 is not performed. Therefore, in the medicine dispensing system 1, it is easy to determine whether or not there is a medicine dispensing failure from the main storage unit 20, the sub storage unit 120, and the handbag unit 23 to the medicine preparation unit 80 simply by confirming whether or not the wrapping paper 98 is printed. It can be audited accurately. Further, according to the above-described configuration, when there is insufficient or no medicine to be packaged in the wrapping paper 98, unnecessary printing is not performed on the wrapping paper 98, and the wrapping is performed accordingly. It is possible to prevent the paper 98 from being wasted.

  In the above embodiment, the medicine is dispensed from all of the main reservoir 20, the sub reservoir 120, and the handbag unit 23 constituting the medicine dispensing means at a timing before the timing Z, and this is put into each section 81a. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Specifically, for each medicine 81a that is dispensed from a part of the main storage unit 20, the sub storage unit 120, and the handbag unit 23 constituting the medicine delivery unit, each section 81a is later than the timing Z. It is good also as a structure paid out. More specifically, for example, since the handbag unit 23 is provided to wrap the medicine that has been put in by the user's own hand, a poor filling of the medicine from the handbag unit 23 to each section 81a occurs. It is considered difficult. Therefore, when there is such a situation, the timing for dispensing the medicine in a part constituting the medicine dispensing means may be later than the timing Z described above.

  The medicine dispensing system 1 according to the above embodiment employs a circular shape in which a plurality of sections 81a are arranged in the circumferential direction as the section forming body 81 of the medicine preparation unit 80, and the section forming body 81 is rotated relative to the opening 82c. By doing so, the medicine is dispensed from each section 81a. Therefore, according to the configuration described above, the space required for the operation of the partition forming body 81 is minimized, and the device configuration can be made compact. Note that the medicine preparation unit 80 is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and for example, the partition forming body 81 includes a plurality of partitions 81a arranged in a straight line, and is moved linearly with respect to the opening 82c. It is good also as composition which pays out medicine from each section 81a one by one.

  Further, as described above, the medicine dispensing system 1 includes the set defect detection means 38 in the main unit 2 and the subunit 3. The defective set detection means 38 is not a conventionally known optical sensor, and is a switch 38b when the cassette 32 abuts against the contact plate 38a as the drum 31 rotates and the contact plate 38a swings. It is a so-called mechanical configuration that turns on. Therefore, according to the above-described set failure detection means 38, it is possible to accurately detect a mounting failure of the cassette 32 without being affected by dust or the like as in the case where an optical sensor is employed.

  In addition, although the medicine delivery system 1 illustrated the example which provided the mechanical set defect detection means 38 in both the main unit 2 and the subunit 3, this invention is not limited to this, Either It is also possible to adopt a configuration in which the set failure detection means 38 is provided only on the surface, or a configuration in which the set failure detection means 38 and a conventionally known detection means such as an optical sensor are used in combination.

  In the medicine dispensing system 1, the abnormality detection mechanism 115 is provided in the transport unit 21 b of the medicine packaging unit 21, and thereby it is possible to detect an abnormality in paper feeding represented by a paper jam of the wrapping paper 98. That is, the abnormality detection means 115 shown in the above embodiment has a pinch roller 115b that can rotate independently of the conveying means 21b, and the rotation of the pinch roller 115b is performed during the operation of the conveying means 21b. It is possible to detect the presence or absence of a paper feed depending on whether or not it is detected in (1). Therefore, in the medicine dispensing system 1 according to the present invention, it is possible to minimize the waste of the wrapping paper 98 and the medicine due to the occurrence of the paper feeding failure of the wrapping paper 98. In the above-described embodiment, the abnormality detection mechanism 115 is the straight portion 105b of the casing 105 that constitutes the conveying means 21b so that an abnormality in paper feeding in the medicine packaging portion 21 can be detected as early as possible. Although the configuration provided at the position that is unevenly distributed on the upstream side in the feeding direction of the paper 98 is illustrated, the present invention is not limited to this, and the configuration may be provided at a position downstream of this.

  In the said embodiment, the chemical | medical agent packaging part 21 can bend the bending part 105c located in the terminal part of the casing 105 which comprises the conveyance means 21b suitably with respect to the linear part 105b. Therefore, in the medicine dispensing system 1, the wrapping paper 98 in which the medicine is packaged can be taken out from either one of the outlets 2c and 2d of the main unit 2 which is convenient. In addition, although the above-mentioned conveyance means 21b can bend the bending part 105c suitably, it is good also as a structure which does not have what corresponds to the bending part 105c.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the example which comprised the main unit 2 and the subunit 3 and comprised the chemical | medical agent delivery system 1 was illustrated, this invention is not limited to this, The main unit 2 single-piece | unit is used. It may be a thing.

  The medicine dispensing system 1 described above may have a configuration in which, in addition to the main unit 2 and the subunit 3, a separate transfer device 5 is prepared and installed so as to bridge between the two. 5 may be incorporated and connected to the main unit 2 as necessary. That is, the subunit 3 may be provided with the transfer device 5 as a part of the configuration or may not include the transfer device 5.

  In the above-described embodiment, the example in which the transfer device 5 of the type that sucks and transfers the medicine dispensed on the subunit 3 side is illustrated, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, FIG. A device such as the transfer device 210 shown in FIG.

  More specifically, the transfer device 210 is roughly divided into a support part 220 and a drive part 230. As shown in FIG. 25, the support part 220 includes a support shaft 221 and a base part 222. The support shaft 221 has a flange 223 provided at an end, and can be erected substantially vertically by screwing it. The base part 222 has a function as a turning means for turning the drive part 230, and is provided on the other end side of the support shaft 221. The base unit 222 includes a turning drive motor 225, a turning drive gear 226, and a seat plate 227. The seat plate 227 is a plate body that is horizontal when the support shaft 221 is erected as shown in FIG. Further, the turning drive motor 225 is attached so that its rotating shaft penetrates from the lower surface side of the seat plate 227 and rises substantially vertically. The turning drive gear 226 is connected to the rotation shaft of the turning drive motor 225 on the upper surface side of the seat plate 227.

  As shown in FIG. 25, the drive unit 230 includes two sets of drug delivery units 231 (drug delivery units) and a support plate 232 that supports them from below. A pivot shaft 234 is provided upright at the approximate center of the support plate 232. The pivot shaft 234 is substantially suspended from the support plate 232, and a lower end portion thereof is rotatably supported by the seat plate 227 of the base portion 222. A swivel driven gear 234 a is integrally attached to the lower end side of the swivel shaft 234. The turning driven gear 234a meshes with the turning driving gear 226 on the base portion 222 side. Therefore, when the turning drive motor 225 provided in the base portion 222 is operated, the support plate 232 and the medicine delivery unit 231 attached thereto are integrally turned around the turning shaft 234 in conjunction with this.

  The drug delivery units 231 and 231 are both long and are supported by plate-like support plates attached to the bottom surfaces thereof so that they are parallel to each other. The medicine delivery unit 231 includes a sliding base 235 and first and second sliding portions 236 and 237. The sliding base 235 and the first and second sliding portions 236 and 237 are both long and have substantially the same length. The sliding base 235 is fixed on the seat plate 227 of the base portion 222 described above. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 25, the sliding bases 235 and 235 of the two sets of drug delivery units 231 and 231 are fixed in a state of being arranged substantially in parallel on the seat plate 227.

  As shown in FIGS. 25 to 28, the first sliding body 236 is mounted so as to cover the sliding base 235 and is slidable in the longitudinal direction with respect to the sliding base 235. The second sliding body 237 is mounted so as to cover the first sliding body 236 and is slidable in the longitudinal direction with respect to the first sliding body 236. Therefore, when the medicine delivery unit 231 sequentially slides the first sliding body 236 and the second sliding body 237 in the longitudinal direction with reference to the sliding base 235 and pulls them away from the sliding base 235, FIG. -It can be set as the state which extended the full length, as shown in FIG. In addition, when the first and second sliding portions 236 and 237 are slid toward the sliding base 235 from the extended state as shown in FIGS. 25 to 27, the total length is gradually reduced. It can be shrunk to about 235 full length.

  More specifically, as shown in FIG. 29, the sliding base 235 is continuous with the top portion 235a, the side portions 235b and 235b provided on both sides in the width direction of the top portion 235a, and the side portions 235b and 235b. And bottom portions 235c and 235c parallel to the top portion 235a. The side portions 235b and 235b are inclined with respect to the top portion 235a and the bottom portion 235c, and linearly bulge outward in the width direction from the top portion 235a side toward the bottom portion 235c side. One guide roller 235d is attached to each of the side portions 235b and 235b so that the guide roller 235d is rotatable about an axis that is erected substantially perpendicular to the side portions 235b and 235b.

  As shown in FIG. 29 (b), the sliding base 235 has a drive motor 235e on the back surface (downward) side of the top portion 235a. A pulley 235f is attached to the rotation shaft of the drive motor 235e. An axis substantially perpendicular to the top portion 235a is located on the back side of the top portion 235a and at a position corresponding to one end side in the longitudinal direction of the sliding base 235 (hereinafter, also referred to as the front end side if necessary). A driving pulley 235h attached to one end side of 235g is provided. The drive pulley 235h receives power from the drive motor 235e via a drive belt 235i suspended between the pulley 235f and can rotate integrally with the shaft 235g. The shaft 235g penetrates the top portion 235a of the sliding base 235 substantially vertically. A drive gear 235j is attached to the other end side of the shaft 235g, that is, a portion protruding to the surface side of the top portion 235a as shown in FIG. Therefore, when the drive motor 235e operates, this rotational power is transmitted and the drive gear 235j rotates about the shaft 235g.

  The sliding base 235 has a belt fixing member 235k at a position unevenly distributed on the tip side of the top 235a and on the side of the one side 235b. The belt fixing member 235k is erected on the surface (upper) side of the top portion 235a, and can be fixed in a state where a timing belt 248 described later is gripped.

  As shown in FIG. 30, the first sliding body 236 is configured such that a guide rail 238, a driven rack gear 241, pulleys 242 and 243, a sliding member 244, and a guide roller 245 are assembled to the main body 239. Specifically, the main body 239 includes a top portion 236a and side portions 236b and 236c. The top part 236a is a long and flat part, and there are side parts 236b and 236c at both ends in the width direction. The side portions 236b and 236c are provided over the entire length of the top portion 236a, and each bulges linearly outward in the width direction as the distance from the top portion 236a increases. That is, the side parts 236b and 236c are opposed to each other and spread in a C shape on the back surface (downward) side of the top part 236a. The top portion 236 is provided with an opening 236 d extending in the longitudinal direction of the main body 239.

  Inside the side portions 236b and 236c, guide rails 238 and 238 are provided over the entire length of the side portions 236b and 236c. As shown in FIG. 28, guide rollers 235d and 235d provided on side portions 235b and 235b of the sliding base 235 are fitted into the guide rails 238 and 238, respectively. As a result, the guide rollers 235d and 235d are guided by the guide rails 238 and 238 and can move linearly. Further, as shown in FIGS. 28 and 30, the driven rack gear 241 is located at the inner side of the side portion 236b and shifted upward (to the top portion 236a side) with respect to the guide rail 238, and the full length of the side portion 236b. It is provided over. As shown in FIGS. 26 and 28, the driven rack gear 241 meshes with a drive gear 235j provided on the top portion 235a of the sliding base 235 in the assembled state of the medicine delivery unit 231.

  On the other hand, in the first sliding body 236, pulley brackets 246 and 247 are provided at positions inside the side portion 236c and shifted to the upper side (the top portion 236a side) with respect to the guide rail 238. These are provided with pulleys 242, 243. The pulley bracket 246 is provided at a position unevenly distributed on one end side of the first sliding body 236 (hereinafter also referred to as the front end side if necessary), and the pulley bracket 247 is provided on the other end side (hereinafter referred to as the base side if necessary). (Also referred to as the end side). The pulleys 242 and 243 both extend in a substantially vertical direction with respect to the top portion 236a, and are supported so as to be rotatable about an axis fixed to the pulley brackets 246 and 247. A timing belt 248 is suspended between the pulleys 242 and 243. As shown in FIG. 26 and the like, the timing belt 248 is sandwiched and fixed by a belt fixing member 235k provided on the sliding base 235 described above.

  The slide member 244 has a belt fixing portion 244a and a sliding body fixing portion 244b. The slide member 244 is fixed to the timing belt 248 by sandwiching the timing belt 248 at the belt fixing portion 244a. Further, the sliding body fixing portion 244b is exposed from the opening 236d of the first sliding body 236 to the surface side (upper side) of the top portion 236a, and extends in the longitudinal direction of the first sliding body 236 along the opening 236d. It can slide linearly. The sliding body fixing portion 244b is fixed to the top portion 237a of the second sliding body 237, which will be described in detail later, with screws or the like.

  The second sliding body 237 is provided for delivery of a medicine, and is disposed so as to cover the first sliding body 236 as shown in FIGS. 26 and 27. A sliding member 244 of the first sliding body 237 is fixed to one end side in the longitudinal direction of the second sliding body 237 (hereinafter also referred to as a base end side if necessary) by screws or the like. Therefore, the second sliding body 237 is connected to the first sliding body 236 via the slide member 244.

  As shown in FIG. 28 and FIG. 31, the second sliding body 237 includes a medicine storage portion 237d in addition to the top portion 237a and the side portions 237b and 237c. The top part 237a is a long and flat part, and has side parts 237b and 237c at both ends in the width direction. The side portions 237b and 237c face each other. Each of the side portions 237b and 237c bulges linearly toward the outside in the width direction of the top portion 237a as the portion from the top portion 236a side to the middle increases away from the top portion 236a. , 251 are provided. The guide rails 250 and 251 extend linearly along the longitudinal direction of the second sliding body 237, respectively. As shown in FIG. 28, guide rollers 245 and 245 provided on the side portions 236b and 236c of the first sliding body 236 are fitted into the guide rails 250 and 251, respectively. Therefore, the second sliding body 237 can relatively move in the length direction of the first sliding body 236. Further, as described above, the second sliding body 237 is connected to the first sliding body 236 via the slide member 244. Therefore, the second sliding body 237 moves linearly with respect to the first sliding body 236 in conjunction with the sliding movement of the slide member 244.

  The medicine container 237d is provided on one end side in the longitudinal direction of the second sliding body 237 (hereinafter also referred to as the front end side if necessary). The medicine container 237d is a bowl-shaped part having an opening in the top part 237a. The bottom surface of the medicine container 237d is closed by a shutter 255. The shutter 255 is slidably attached in the longitudinal direction of the second sliding body 237. The medicine container 237d can discharge the medicine stored inside by opening the shutter 255.

  Next, the operation of the transfer device 210 will be described in detail. The transfer device 210 can turn each medicine delivery unit 231 around the turning shaft 234 by operating a turning drive motor 225 provided in the support unit 220. In addition, the transfer device 210 operates the drive motor 235e provided in each medicine delivery unit 231, so that the slide base 235 and the first and second slide bodies 236 and 237 are linear as shown in FIG. In a fully extended state (hereinafter also referred to as an extended state), or as shown in FIG. 25 (b), the first and second sliding bodies 236 and 237 are retracted toward the sliding base 235 and the overall length is reduced ( Hereinafter, it may be referred to as a contracted state).

  The operation of the drug delivery unit 231 accompanying the operation of the drive motor 235e will be described in more detail. When the drive motor 235e is operated when the transfer device 210 is in the contracted state as shown in FIG. In the moving base 235, it is transmitted to the driving pulley 235h via the driving belt 235i provided on the back side of the top portion 235a, and this rotates together with the shaft 235g. Along with this, the drive gear 235j attached to the shaft 235g also rotates on the surface side of the top portion 235a. When the drive gear 235j rotates counterclockwise about the shaft 235g in the state where the top portion 235a is viewed from above, the driven rack gear 241 of the first sliding body 236 meshed with the drive gear 235j becomes the sliding base. 235 is sent out linearly from the proximal end side toward the distal end side. As a result, the entire first sliding body 236 together with the driven rack gear 241 slides from the proximal end side to the distal end side of the sliding base 235.

  Here, as described above, the timing belt 248 suspended between the pulleys 242 and 243 in the first sliding body 236 is fixed by the belt fixing member 235k erected on the top portion 235a of the sliding base 235. . In addition, a slide member 244 is fixed to the timing belt 248, and the slide member 244 and the timing belt 248 operate integrally. When the transfer device 210 is in the contracted state, the slide member 244 is unevenly distributed on the proximal end side of the first sliding body 236, that is, on the pulley 242 side. On the other hand, the belt fixing member 235k is in a position unevenly distributed on the distal end side of the first sliding body 236, that is, on the pulley 243 side. That is, the belt fixing member 235k and the slide member 244 are in a diagonal (diagonal) positional relationship with the timing belt 248 interposed therebetween. Therefore, when the first sliding body 236 slides from the proximal end side to the distal end side of the sliding base 235, the pulley 242 approaches the belt fixing member 235k side accordingly. On the other hand, the slide member 244 maintains an oblique positional relationship with the belt fixing member 235k with the timing belt 248 interposed therebetween, and the pulley 243 side along the opening 236d provided in the top portion 236a of the first sliding body 236. That is, it proceeds toward the tip side of the first sliding body 236.

  When the slide member 244 moves to the front end side of the first slide body 236, the second slide body 237 integrated through the slide member 244 also slides toward the front end side of the first slide body 236. 26, when the slide member 244 reaches the distal end side (pulley 243 side) of the first sliding body 236, both the first and second sliding bodies 236 and 237 are in the longitudinal direction of the medicine delivery unit 231. The stretched state, that is, the stretched state is obtained.

  On the other hand, when the first and second sliding bodies 236 and 237 are pulled back to the sliding base 235 side in the extended state as shown in FIG. 26, the total length of the medicine delivery unit 231 is reduced (contracted state). The drug delivery unit 231 operates in the reverse procedure to that described above. That is, in the contracted state, the drive motor 235e operates so that the rotation shaft rotates in the opposite direction to that in the extended state. Accordingly, the power of the motor 235e is transmitted to the drive gear 235j via the timing belt 248, the drive pulley 235h, and the shaft 235g. The drive gear 235j rotates in the direction opposite to the rotation direction when the medicine delivery unit 231 is in the extended state. That is, the drive gear 235j rotates clockwise when the top 235a is viewed from above. As a result, the driven rack gear 241 meshing with the drive gear 235j moves linearly toward the direction toward the proximal end of the sliding base 235, and the entire first sliding body 236 is moved to the proximal end of the sliding base 235. Slide from side to tip.

  When the first sliding body 236 slides as described above, the pulley 243 on the tip side of the first sliding body 236 approaches the belt fixing member 235k side. In conjunction with this, the slide member 244 that is in a diagonal relationship with the belt fixing member 235k with the timing belt 248 interposed therebetween is the first along the opening 236d provided in the top portion 236a of the first sliding body 236. It moves toward the pulley 242 side on the base end side of the sliding body 236. As a result, the second slide body 237 connected to the first slide body 236 via the slide member 244 also slides toward the base end side of the slide base 235 in the same manner as the first slide body 236. When the slide member 244 reaches the proximal end side (pulley 242 side) of the first slide body 236, both the first and second slide bodies 236 and 237 are contracted in the contraction direction in the longitudinal direction of the medicine delivery unit 231. .

  The transfer device 210 is arranged at the boundary portion between the main unit 2 and the subunit 3 as with the transfer device 5 employed in the above embodiment. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 25, the transfer device 210 is provided on the wall surface 4 a that forms the boundary between the subunit 3 and the main unit 2, which is the bottom surface of the casing that constitutes the subunit 3. The flange 223 is screwed at a position adjacent to the communication port 4b. Therefore, when the medicine delivery unit 231 is extended in a posture in which the longitudinal direction of the medicine delivery unit 231 is substantially orthogonal to the wall surface 4a as shown in FIG. 25, one of the medicine delivery units 231 (hereinafter, referred to as the medicine delivery unit 231) In the delivery unit 231a), the second sliding body 237 protrudes beyond the wall surface 4a to the main unit 2 side. In the other medicine delivery unit 231 (hereinafter also referred to as delivery unit 231b), the second sliding body 237 protrudes in the opposite direction to the delivery unit 231a in the subunit 3.

  When the second sliding body 237 of the delivery unit 231a protrudes to the main unit 2 side, it is connected to the medicine preparation section 80 of the main unit 2 below the medicine storage section 237d provided on the second sliding body 237. Sub-collection hopper 87 arrives. Therefore, when the shutter 255 of the delivery unit 231a existing on the main unit 2 side is opened in the state shown in FIG. 25A, the medicine stored in the medicine storage unit 237d is dispensed to the medicine preparation unit 80 of the main unit 2. be able to. On the other hand, when the second sliding body 237 of the delivery unit 231b protrudes on the subunit 3 side, the medicine container 237d arrives immediately below the sub hopper 135 provided in the subunit 3. For this reason, when the drug is dispensed from the sub-drug standby unit 130 in this state, the drug is put into the drug container 237d.

  Next, the operation of the medicine dispensing system 1 employing the transfer device 210 will be described focusing on the procedure for transferring the medicine by the transfer device 210. In the same manner as shown in the above-described embodiment, the medicine dispensing system 1 includes the partition forming body 81 provided in the medicine preparation unit 80 with the medicine dispensed from the main storage unit 20 and the handbag unit 23 according to the prescription. One pack is paid out to each section 81a.

  When the medicine to be prescribed is on the subunit 3 side, one medicine is dispensed from each cassette 32 of the sub reservoir 120. The medicine dispensed from the sub storage unit 120 is stored in the sub medicine standby unit 130. On the other hand, in the transfer device 210, the delivery units 231a and 231b are extended. Thereby, the medicine container 237d provided on the second sliding body 237 of one of the delivery units 231a and 231b (in the state shown in FIG. 25A, the delivery unit 231b) has arrived below the sub hopper 135. It becomes. In this state, when the medicine is dispensed from the sub-drug standby unit 130, the medicine for one package dispensed from the sub storage unit 120 is accommodated in the medicine accommodation unit 237d.

  When the medicine is put into the medicine container 237d, the delivery units 231a and 231b are contracted as shown in FIG. Thereafter, the turning drive gear 226 provided on the base portion 222 of the transfer device 210 is operated, and the delivery units 231a and 231b are turned 180 degrees around the turning shaft 234. Thereafter, the delivery units 231a and 231b are in the side extended state. As a result, the delivery unit 231 b that has received the medicine on the side of the subunit 3 protrudes toward the main unit 2, and the medicine container 237 d arrives on the sub-collection hopper 87 of the main unit 2. The other medicine delivery unit 231a is in a state in which the second sliding body 237 protrudes to the lower side of the sub hopper 135 and can accept the next one medicine.

  When the delivery units 231b and 231a are extended on the main unit 2 and the subunit 3 side as described above, the shutter 255 provided in the medicine container 237d on the delivery unit 231b side is opened, and on the subunit 3 side. The received medicine is dispensed to each section 81a of the section forming body 81 provided in the medicine preparation section 80. On the other hand, the next medicine pack is loaded from the sub-drug standby unit 130 into the medicine container 237d on the delivery unit 231a side.

  In the medicine dispensing system 1, when the transfer device 210 is adopted, the dispensing unit 231a and 231b is sequentially extended as described above, or repeatedly rotated in the contracted state to repeat the dispensing on the subunit 3 side. The obtained medicine can be transferred to the main unit 2 side. Therefore, even when the transfer device 210 is employed, the medicine dispensed on the subunit 3 side is transported to the main unit 2 side and dispensed on the main unit 2 side in the same manner as when the transfer device 5 is employed. The medicine can be packaged together with the medicine in the medicine packaging unit 21.

  As described above, since the transfer device 210 can be swung with the medicine delivery unit 231 in a contracted state, the space required for swiveling the medicine delivery unit 231 can be minimized. Further, since the transfer device 210 can set the drug delivery unit 231 in an extended state, the transfer device 210 can receive and dispense the drug at a position away from the transfer device 210. Therefore, if the transfer device 210 is adopted, the space in the medicine dispensing system 1 can be used effectively, or the medicine dispensing system 1 can be made compact.

  The medicine dispensing system 1 may employ the transfer devices 5 and 200 described above, but may be a transfer device 300 shown in FIGS. 32 to 35, for example. Hereinafter, the transfer device 300 will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. As illustrated in FIG. 33 and the like, the transfer device 300 includes a base portion 310 and a turning portion 330 (conveyance portion). The base unit 310 includes a flat base plate 311 and a drive unit 312. The drive unit 312 is provided on the back side of the base plate 311. The drive unit 312 includes a drive motor 313 and a gear box 315, and has a function as direction adjusting means for adjusting the direction of the turning unit 330.

  The gear box 315 is provided at a substantially central portion of the base plate 311 and includes a turning drive gear 316 and a turning driven gear 317 inside. A turning drive gear 316 in the gear box 315 is fixed to the rotation shaft of the drive motor 313. In addition, a turning driven gear 317 is engaged with the turning drive gear 316. The turning driven gear 317 is fixed to a turning shaft 318 fixed to the turning portion 330 side. Further, the pivot shaft 318 is erected in a state where it is supported so as to be rotatable at a substantially central portion of the base plate 311. Therefore, when the turning motor 313 is operated and the turning drive gear 316 is rotated, the turning driven gear 317, the turning shaft 318, and the turning portion 330 are rotated in conjunction with this.

  The base plate 311 has one end side in the longitudinal direction and has a payout opening 320 at a substantially central portion in the width direction. Further, a contact member 321 is attached to a position corresponding to the discharge outlet 320 on the surface side of the base plate 311. The contact member 321 has an opening 322 communicating with the payout opening 320. Further, as shown in FIG. 32 and the like, a pair of guide rails 323 and 323 are fixed to the surface side of the base plate 311 with a predetermined interval. Each of the guide rails 323 and 323 is a member curved in an arch shape with a predetermined curvature. Therefore, a groove 325 is formed between the guide rails 323 and 323. The guide rails 323 and 323 are arranged so as to protrude toward one side in the width direction of the base plate 311 (left side in the example shown in FIG. 32).

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 32 etc., the turning part 330 has a cover 331 having a substantially rectangular shape in plan view. Also, as shown in FIG. 33, the cover 331 contains the components of the swivel unit 330 including the drug containers 340 and 340 (drug delivery containers). More specifically, the cover 331 is open on the bottom side and is disposed above the base portion 310. On the top surface 331a of the cover 331, a receiving port 331d is provided on one end side in the longitudinal direction. The end of the cover 331 on the side where the receiving port 331 d is provided arrives on the opposite side of the top surface 331 a in the longitudinal direction of the discharge port 320 provided on the base plate 311, and the top surface 331 a is substantially the same as the base plate 311. The posture is parallel, and is disposed above the base plate 311.

  In the cover 331, the above-described pivot shaft 318 is integrally attached to a substantially central portion of the top surface 331a. The turning shaft 318 is erected with respect to the top surface 331a of the cover 331 and protrudes downward. The pivot shaft 318 passes through substantially the center of the base plate 311, reaches the inside of the gear box 315 provided on the back surface side of the base plate 311, and is supported so as to be rotatable with respect to the base plate 311. . In the gear box 315, a turning driven gear 317 is attached to the turning shaft 318. Therefore, when the drive motor 313 is operated and the turning drive gear 316 is turned, the turning driven gear 317 and the turning shaft 318 are turned by receiving this power, and the turning portion 330 including the cover 331 is turned on the turning shaft. Turn around 318.

  As shown in FIG. 33, guide rails 332 and 332 are attached to an intermediate portion of the turning shaft 318. Further, as shown in FIG. 32, the guide rails 332 and 332 are attached so as to extend linearly along the longitudinal direction of the cover 331. The guide rails 332 and 332 are fixed in a state where the guide rails 332 and 332 are supported by a support member 334 that sandwiches the pivot shaft 318 and is fixed to the middle of the pivot shaft 318. As a result, the guide rails 332 and 332 can be rotated around the turning shaft 318 integrally with the turning shaft 318.

  Further, guide rails 333 and 333 are attached to the long side surfaces 331b and 331c formed inside the cover 331 and along the longitudinal direction of the cover 331 so as to extend linearly. The guide rails 333 and 333 are provided at positions facing the above-described guide rails 332 and 332. The guide rails 333 and 333 exhibit a function as a guide member for guiding the movement of the medicine containers 340 and 340, which will be described in detail later, in combination with the guide rails 332 and 332 at the opposing positions.

  As shown in FIG. 32, timing pulleys 335 and 336 are attached to one end side and the other end side in the longitudinal direction of the cover 331 and substantially in the center in the width direction of the cover 331. The timing pulleys 335 and 336 are provided at positions adjacent to both ends in the longitudinal direction of the guide rail 332, respectively. The timing pulleys 335 and 336 are freely rotatable around an axis substantially perpendicular to the top surface 331a. A timing belt 337 is suspended between the timing pulleys 335 and 336.

  The medicine container 340 is a box-shaped member having an opening 341 on the top surface. As shown in FIG. 33, a shutter 342 is provided on the bottom surface of the medicine container 340. By opening the shutter 342, the medicine put in the inside can be dispensed downward. The shutter 342 can be brought into an open state by sliding in the longitudinal direction of the medicine container 340 by pressing the abutting portion 342 a protruding on the bottom surface side of the medicine container 340. The shutter 342 is normally biased in a direction to close the bottom of the medicine container 340 and closes the bottom surface of the medicine container 340. The medicine container 340 is disposed in the cover 331 between a pair of guide rails 332 and 333 provided on one side and the other side in the width direction of the cover 331 with the turning shaft 318 as a boundary.

  More specifically, the transfer device 300 has two drug containers 340, one of which is in the region on one side in the width direction of the cover 331 with the pivot shaft 318 as a boundary, and the other in the width direction of the cover 331. It is provided in the side area. The medicine container 340 is disposed between the guide rails 332 and 333 with the side surfaces 340 a and 340 b facing the guide rails 332 and 333. Roller attachment members 343 and 345 are attached to the side surfaces 340a and 340b. The roller mounting member 343 includes a fixing portion 343a fixed to the side surface 340a, a standing portion 343b facing the fixing portion 343a, and a horizontal portion 343c between the fixing portion 343a and the standing portion 343b and substantially parallel to the base plate 311. And have.

  A guide roller 346 is rotatably attached to the standing portion 343b. The guide roller 346 is fitted into a guide rail 332 attached along the turning shaft 318. A clamping member 344 is attached to the standing portion 343b, and a timing belt 337 is sandwiched between the clamping member 344 and the standing portion 343b. Thereby, the medicine container 340 is connected to the timing belt 337.

  Here, the transfer device 300 includes the two drug containers 340 and 340 as described above, and one of the drug containers 340 (the drug container 340 on the left side in the examples shown in FIGS. 32 and 33. The drive side medicine container 340) has a guide roller 347 in the horizontal portion 343c. The guide roller 347 is mounted so as to be rotatable with respect to a shaft that is substantially perpendicular to the horizontal portion 343c and is fixed so as to protrude downward. The guide roller 347 is fitted in a groove 325 formed between guide rails 323 and 323 provided on the surface side of the base plate 311.

  On the other hand, the roller attachment member 345 is attached to the side surface 340b side of the medicine container 340. The roller mounting member 345 includes a fixing portion 345a fixed to the side surface 340b, a standing portion 345b facing the fixing portion 345a, and a horizontal portion 345c that connects the fixing portion 345a and the standing portion 345b. The standing portion 345 b also faces the guide rail 333 attached to the long side surfaces 331 b and 331 c of the cover 331. A guide roller 348 is rotatably attached to the standing portion 345 b and is fitted in the guide rail 333.

  The transfer device 300 is configured as described above, and is installed in a state of being inserted into the communication port 4b of the wall surface 4a between the main unit 2 and the subunit 3. Specifically, the transfer device 300 is arranged horizontally with the base portion 310 facing downward and the swivel portion 330 facing upward. Further, the transfer device 300 is arranged such that the receiving port 331d provided in the cover 331 is located on the subunit 3 side, and the payout port 320 provided on the base plate 311 is located on the main unit 2 side.

  Next, the operation of the transfer device 300 will be described. The transfer device 300 moves the two drug containers 340 provided in the swivel unit 330 along the guide rails 332 and 333 by the power of the driving motor 313 provided in the base unit 310 and swivels the swivel unit 330 itself. It can be pivoted about axis 318. More specifically, when the driving motor 313 is operated, the turning drive gear 316 attached to the rotating shaft and the turning driven gear 317 meshing with the turning driving gear 316 are rotated. As a result, the turning shaft 318 to which the turning driven gear 317 is attached rotates, and the entire turning portion 330 rotates about the turning shaft 318.

  As described above, one of the two drug containers 340 and 340 (drive-side drug container 340) is provided with a guide roller 347 that is rotatable with respect to a shaft protruding downward. This is fitted in a groove 325 formed between the guide rails 323 and 323 in the base portion 310. Further, the groove 325 has a shape curved in a convex shape toward one side in the width direction as shown in FIG. 32 and the like, similarly to the guide rails 323 and 323. Therefore, the operation of the driving side medicine container 340 is restricted by the groove 325. On the other hand, the other components constituting the swivel unit 330 are assembled to the cover 331 in the same manner as the drive-side drug container 340, and can be rotated as a whole around the swivel shaft 318 as a whole. ing. Therefore, when the turning unit 330 rotates clockwise in the state shown in FIG. 32 by the operation of the drive motor 313, the entire turning unit 330 turns about the turning shaft 318 and is guided by the groove 325 to guide. The roller 347 and the driving-side drug container 340 advance toward one end side (the upper side in FIG. 32) of the groove 325. As shown in FIG. 34, when the turning unit 330 is turned by a predetermined angle around the turning shaft 318, the driving side drug container 340 is placed on one end side of the groove 325 (upper end side in the state shown in FIG. 34). The state arrives in the vicinity of a certain timing pulley 336.

  Further, as described above, the driving-side medicine container 340 and the other-side medicine container 340 that does not have the guide roller 347 (hereinafter also referred to as a driven-side medicine container 340) are respectively provided upright portions 343b of the roller mounting member 343. It is fixed to the timing belt 337 by the clamping member 344 attached to. Therefore, when the driving side drug container 340 advances toward one end side of the groove 325 as the turning unit 330 turns, the driven side drug container 340 advances toward the other end side of the groove 325, that is, toward the timing pulley 335 side. .

  Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 34, when the driven drug container 340 arrives at the position of the outlet 320 provided in the base plate 311, the contact member 321 attached to the surface of the base plate 311 of the driven drug container 340. The contact portion 342a of the shutter 342 on the bottom side contacts. As a result, the shutter 342 is pushed open, and the medicine inside is dispensed downward, that is, toward the sub-collection hopper 87 on the main unit 2 side. On the other hand, in the state shown in FIG. 34, the driving side medicine container 340 arrives at a position corresponding to the receiving port 331d provided on the top surface 331a of the cover 331. Therefore, in the state shown in FIG. 34, the medicine dispensed on the subunit 3 side can be put into the driving side medicine container 340 via the sub hopper 135.

  On the other hand, when the driving motor 313 provided in the base portion 310 is operated so that the rotation shaft rotates in the direction opposite to the previous direction in the state shown in FIG. 32 or FIG. Rotates counterclockwise about the pivot axis 318. Along with this, the driving-side drug container 340 and the guide roller 347 provided on the drug-side drug container 340 are guided by the groove 325 and proceed toward the discharge outlet 320 side (downward in the state shown in FIGS. 32 and 34). Then, as shown in FIG. 35, when the turning part 330 is turned by a predetermined angle in the counterclockwise direction around the turning shaft 318, the drive side medicine container 340 has arrived at a position corresponding to the dispensing outlet 320. become. As a result, the shutter 342 on the back surface side of the driving-side medicine container 340 is opened, and the medicine put into the inside is dispensed toward the sub-collection hopper 87 on the main unit 2 side below. On the other hand, the driven-side drug container 340 arrives at a position corresponding to the receiving port 331d in conjunction with the operation of the drive-side drug container 340. As a result, the medicine dispensed on the subunit 3 side can be put into the driven medicine container 340.

  In the transfer device 300 described above, the swivel unit 330 as a whole revolves around the swivel shaft 318, and each drug container 340, 340 is reciprocated in the longitudinal direction of the swivel unit 330 using the power of the swivel. By moving it, the medicine can be transferred between the main unit 2 and the subunit 3. Therefore, even when the transfer device 300 is adopted, the medicine dispensed on the subunit 3 side is transferred to the main unit 2 side as in the case of using the transfer devices 5 and 200 described above, and on the main unit 2 side. It is possible to provide a medicine dispensing system 1 that can be packaged and dispensed together with the dispensed medicine.

  The transfer device 300 described above uses the driving motor 313 provided in the base portion 310 to provide power for the turning of the turning portion 330 and the reciprocating motion of the medicine container 340. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, a power source for turning the swivel unit 330 and a power source for reciprocating the medicine container 340 may be provided separately.

  More specifically, the transfer device 300 omits the guide roller 347 provided in the driving side medicine container 340 and the guide rail 323 attached on the base plate 311, and the timing pulleys 335 and 336. It is also possible to employ a configuration in which at least one of them is rotated by a power source different from the driving motor 313. With such a configuration, the turning unit 330 is turned by the driving motor 313 and the timing belt 337 suspended from the timing pulleys 335 and 336 is operated by a separately prepared power source so that the medicine container 340 is moved to the outlet 320 side. And the receiving port 331d can be reciprocated.

1 Drug dispensing system 2 Main unit (drug dispensing device)
3 subunit (drug dispensing device)
5,210,300 Transfer device 20 Main storage section (storage means)
32 cassette 41 feeder container (drug supply container)
49 Tag (information recording medium)
44,117c Reader / writer (interface means)
118b Bar code reader (sign reading means)
120 Sub-storage part (storage means)
170, 190 Control means 180 Data management system 191 Determination unit 192 Search unit 193 Container mounting database (correspondence storage unit)

Claims (5)

While storing a plurality of types of drugs, a storage unit capable of dispensing the drugs,
Control means;
Interface means wired or wirelessly connected to the control means;
A cassette placement working unit capable of placing the medicine supply container removed from the container mounting part when filling the medicine supply container with the medicine;
The cassette placement working unit is located on the front,
The interface means is installed in the container mounting part and the cassette placement work part,
The storage unit includes a cassette including a drug supply container capable of storing a drug, and a plurality of container mounting units on which the drug supply container can be mounted, and the drug supply container is mounted on the container mounting unit. As a condition, the drug can be dispensed,
The medicine supply container includes an information recording medium, and unique container-specific information about the medicine supply container can be recorded,
On the condition that the medicine supply container is placed in the cassette placement work section, the information recording medium provided in the medicine supply container can communicate with the control means via the interface means, and container-specific information is provided on the front. Is displayed,
It is possible to perform data communication between the information recording medium and the control means via the interface means on condition that the medicine supply container is attached to any container mounting part among a plurality of container mounting parts. A drug dispensing device. While storing a plurality of types of drugs, a storage unit capable of dispensing the drugs,
Control means;
Interface means wired or wirelessly connected to the control means,
The interface means is installed in the container mounting portion;
The storage unit has a drug supply container capable of storing a drug, and a cassette including a container mounting unit to which the drug supply container can be mounted, and by mounting the drug supply container on the container mounting unit, The drug can be dispensed,
The medicine supply container includes an information recording medium, and unique container-specific information about the medicine supply container can be recorded,
By attaching the drug supply container to an arbitrary container mounting part among a plurality of container mounting parts, data communication is possible between the information recording medium and the control means via the interface means,
A plurality of container mounting parts to which a drug supply container can be mounted are provided,
The control means includes the plurality of container mounting units, a correspondence storage unit that stores and stores a correspondence relationship between the drug supply containers to be attached to the container mounting unit, and a determination unit.
The determination unit compares the correspondence storage unit with data specific to the drug supply container acquired by data communication with the information recording medium included in the drug supply container mounted on the container mounting unit. The container mounting part in which the medicine supply container matches the correspondence specified in the correspondence storage unit, whether it is in the wrong mounting state in the container mounting part contrary to the correspondence specified in the correspondence storage unit It is possible to carry out a correct / incorrect determination operation to determine whether the device is normally mounted normally.
It is determined that there is a medicine supply container mismounted by the correct / incorrect determination operation, and the medicine stored in the erroneously installed medicine supply container is not a medicine to be dispensed based on the prescription data. Dispensing of medicines in other medicine supply containers other than the attached medicine supply container is continued,
It is determined that there is a medicine supply container that is erroneously attached by the correct / incorrect determination operation, and the medicine contained in the erroneously attached medicine supply container is a medicine to be dispensed based on the prescription data. A medicine dispensing apparatus, wherein medicine dispensing is stopped. The container specific information of the medicine supply container is read by the control means, the container specific information is displayed, and the data read from the information recording medium is recorded by the control means on the recording means connected to the control means. The medicine dispensing device according to claim 1 or 2 , characterized in that. By mounting the drug supply container on the container mounting portion, data communication can be performed between the information recording medium and the control unit via the interface unit,
By disposing the drug supply container in an arbitrary container mounting part among the plurality of container mounting parts, the control means identifies where the drug supply container containing the drug necessary for packaging is located, and prescription The type and amount of medicine can be dispensed according to the
In the case where the medicine supply container contains a medicine having a specific property, the medicine supply container is disposed in any one of a plurality of container mounting portions in a limited area, thereby supplying the medicine. The medicine according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , wherein a container is specified by a control means so that a kind and amount of medicine can be dispensed according to the prescription. Dispensing device. It is possible to operate in a normal operation mode that pays out in accordance with the prescription of the medicine and a medicine filling mode for filling the medicine supply container with the medicine,
Arranging the medicine supply container removed from the container mounting section in the cassette placement working section functions as a trigger for switching the operation mode, and is switched from the normal operation mode to the medicine filling mode. The medicine dispensing device according to any one of claims 1, 3 , and 4.