JP7426571B2 - drug set system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a drug setting system for setting packaged drugs in a medication calendar.

A device called a medication calendar or medication calendar is used in nursing homes, hospitals, and the like. The medication calendar has a plurality of drug accommodating parts, and a package (drug package) containing a drug corresponding to a patient and a dosage period is set in each drug accommodating part. As such a medication calendar, there is one disclosed in Patent Document 1.

Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2001-258999

Incidentally, such a medication calendar is usually made ready for use by a pharmacist or the like manually inserting the drug package into the drug container (hereinafter also simply referred to as creating a medication calendar). Inserting the wrong drug packaging can lead to errors in administering medication to the patient. Therefore, this work requires caution. Therefore, when a large number of medication calendars have to be prepared for a large-scale facility such as a large hospital, the work becomes very time-consuming.

In other words, the more medication calendars that are created, the more drug packages that need to be set. Therefore, it takes a huge amount of time to manually create many drug packages, receive and sort the drug packages, and then set each drug package in the correct place on the medication calendar. Moreover, it is complicated and mistakes are likely to occur.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a technique that can improve the efficiency of pharmacists' work in setting drug packages on a medication calendar and making them ready for use.

One aspect of the present invention for solving the above problems includes a drug dispensing device that produces and dispenses a drug package in which a drug is packaged, and a drug setting device that sets the drug package in a drug setting tool. The drug setting system includes a package conveying means for conveying the drug package from the drug dispensing device toward the drug setting device, and the drug package is conveyed to the drug setting device. The medicine setting system is capable of performing an operation of supplying the medicine package to the medicine setting device and setting the medicine package supplied to the medicine setting device in the medicine setting tool.

According to this aspect, it is possible to automatically create a drug package, transport the prepared drug package to a drug setting device and supply it, and set the drug package in a drug setting device, thereby simplifying the work of pharmacists, etc. can be simplified. In turn, it becomes possible to improve the efficiency of the work of pharmacists and the like.

Preferably, the aspect described above includes cutting means for producing individual drug packages each containing a single dose of drug by cutting.

According to this preferred aspect, there is no need for a person to manually cut the drug packaging band, and it is possible to improve the efficiency of the pharmacist's work.

The aspects described above include the operation of setting one of the previously produced drug packages in the drug setting tool, the operation of producing another individual drug package by cutting, and the operation of enclosing a drug and further setting the drug package into the drug setting tool. It is preferable that the operation of producing the drug packaging is performed in parallel.

According to this preferred aspect, while the previously produced drug package is being set in the drug setting tool, the drug package to be set later can be produced. The time it takes to complete the setting work can be shortened.

In the aspect described above, the package conveying means has an inter-apparatus package conveying means provided across the drug dispensing device and the drug setting device, and the drug dispensing device dispenses a plurality of the drug packages. an external dispensing mode in which a drug packaging band in which a plurality of the drug packages are connected in a band shape is dispensed to the outside without passing through the inter-device package conveying means and without being supplied to the drug setting device; It is preferable that a supply mode in which the medicine is transported and supplied to the medicine setting device via the inter-device package transport means can be switched.

In this preferred embodiment, the drug set system can also be used as a conventional packaging machine.

In the aspect described above, the drug dispensing device is capable of producing a drug packaging band in which a plurality of drug packages are connected in a band shape, and each of the drugs prescribed to the same patient but taken at different times can be used as the drug packaging band. It is preferable that it is possible to produce a bandage for the same patient in which the drug package is enclosed in each of the plurality of drug packages connected in a band shape.

In the aspect described above, the drug setting device is capable of setting the drug packages in each of a plurality of drug storage sections, and sets the plurality of individually divided drug packages to each of the different drugs. It is preferable that they can be set in the storage section at the same time.

According to this preferred aspect, it is possible to shorten the time required to complete the work of setting drug packages on a plurality of drug setting tools.

In the above-mentioned preferred aspect, the drug setting tool is capable of setting the drug packaging in each of a plurality of drug storage parts, and the drug packaging device is capable of setting the drug packaging in each of a plurality of drug storage parts, and the drug packaging device is capable of setting the drug packaging in each of a plurality of drug accommodating parts, and the same patient-separated bandages are n pieces (n is an integer of 2 or more). is conveyed and supplied from the drug dispensing device toward the drug setting device, and cuts each of the n same-patient bandages to form the drug package one by one from each of the same-patient bandages. It is more preferable that the n drug packages thus formed are simultaneously conveyed by a robot arm and set in different corresponding drug storage sections at the same time.

In the aspect described above, the drug dispensing device is a device that produces and dispenses the drug package in which the drug is packaged based on prescription data, and the drug dispensing device is a device that produces and dispenses the drug package containing the drug packaged and/or scheduled to be packaged in the drug package. It is preferable to perform a confirmation operation to confirm whether the medicine matches the prescription details.

According to this preferred aspect, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of a problem in which the wrong medicine is included in the medicine package for some reason.

Another aspect of the present invention is a drug setting system that includes a drug dispensing device for producing and dispensing a drug package in which a drug is packaged, and sets the drug package in a drug setting tool, the system comprising: is capable of setting the drug package in each of a plurality of drug accommodating parts, and includes a package conveying means for conveying the drug package from the drug dispensing device to the drug setting tool, The drug setting system transports the plurality of drug packages dispensed from the drug dispensing device to the drug setting tool, and sets the drug packages corresponding to each of the plurality of drug accommodating parts.

According to this aspect, it is possible to automatically create a drug package, carry the prepared drug package to the drug setting device, and set the drug package in the drug setting device, simplifying the work of pharmacists, etc. can. In turn, it will be possible to improve the efficiency of pharmacists' work.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can streamline the work of pharmacists and others who set drug packages on a medication calendar and make it ready for use.

1 is a perspective view showing a medicine set system according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing the inside of the medicine set system of FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing the main parts of the drug packaging device of FIG. 2, in which (a) shows how individual drug packages are produced one by one, and (b) shows how a drug packaging band is produced. It shows how it is. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing drug packaging bands produced by the drug dispensing device of FIG. 2, in which (a) shows a bandage for the same patient, and (b) shows a bandage for the same administration period. FIG. 3 is a front view showing the intra-setting device transport means, the inter-device package transport means, the robot arm, and the drug packaging device of FIG. 2; FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing a main part of the inter-apparatus package transport means of FIG. 5; FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing a part of the inter-apparatus package conveyance means, a robot arm, and a part of the medicine packaging device in FIG. 5; FIG. 2 is a front view showing a medication calendar for setting medication packages in the medication setting system of FIG. 1; FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing how a plurality of medication calendars are introduced into the medication setting device of FIG. 1; 10 is a perspective view of the cart of FIG. 9. FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing how a plurality of medication calendars are held in the medicine setting device in the order of (a) and (b); FIG. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing a state in which a plurality of medication calendars are held in the first set tool accommodating part. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing how the medicine package is transported from the medicine dispensing device to the medicine setting device, and the medicine packages are transported in the order of (a) to (e). FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing how a plurality of drug packages are simultaneously transported by a transport means in the setting device, and the medicine packages are transported in the order of (a) and (b). FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing how the first row setting operation is executed for the first medication calendar, in which the first row is set in the order of (a) and (b). FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing how the first medication calendar that has performed the first row setting operation is moved from the first setting tool accommodating section to the second setting tool accommodating section; Move in order. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing how the first row setting operation is executed for the second medication calendar, in which the first row is set in the order of (a) and (b). FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing how a plurality of new medication calendars are introduced after the first row setting operation is performed for a plurality of medication calendars that have been previously introduced; Introduce them in order. (a) is an explanatory view schematically showing how one of the plurality of newly introduced medication calendars is moved to the package setting area. In (b), one of the plurality of newly introduced medication calendars is moved to the second set tool storage section, and one of the plurality of previously introduced medication calendars is moved to the first set tool storage section. It is an explanatory view showing typically how it moves. (a) is an explanatory diagram schematically showing a state in which the first row setting operation has been completed for all the medication calendars belonging to the medication calendar group. (b) schematically shows how the first medication calendar that has performed the second row setting operation is moved to the second set tool storage section, and the other medication calendar is moved to the first set tool storage section. FIG. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing how the second line setting operation is executed for the first medication calendar, in which the lines are set in the order of (a) and (b). (a) is an explanatory diagram schematically showing how four drug packages are set in the first row setting operation for the first medication calendar. (b) is an explanatory diagram schematically showing how three drug packages are set in the first row setting operation for the second medication calendar. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing the operation of setting a plurality of drug packages in one drug container in the first row setting operation for the first medication calendar, in which they are set in the order of (a) to (c). 9 is a front view showing a medication calendar different from FIG. 8. FIG. It is an explanatory diagram showing how to perform a multi-target setting operation different from the above-described embodiment, and is a diagram schematically showing how to perform an operation of setting all drug packages to be set in one medication calendar. , (a) to (c) in this order. FIG. 25 is a front view showing a medication calendar different from FIGS. 8 and 24. FIG. It is a perspective view showing a medicine setting device concerning a second embodiment of the present invention. 28 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing the inside of the medicine setting device of FIG. 27. FIG. (a) is a sectional view schematically showing the AA cross section of the drug supply device in FIG. 28, and (b) is a sectional view schematically showing the BB cross section of the drug supply device in FIG. be. FIG. 28 is a diagram schematically showing the drawer part of FIG. 27, in which (a) is a perspective view and (b) is a plan view. FIG. 29 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing how drug packages are transported by the supply-side package transport means and the inter-device package transport means of FIG. 28, in which the medicine packages are transported in the order of (a) and (b). 31 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a drawer section different from that in FIG. 30, and (a) and (b) each show a different drawer section. FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing a medicine dispensing tray which is a medicine setting tool different from the medicine calendar of FIG. 8. FIG. It is a figure which shows the medicine set system based on 3rd embodiment of this invention, (a) is a front view, (b) is a top view. FIG. 7 is a front view showing a medicine setting device according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings, but the present invention is not limited to these examples.

The medicine setting system 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention includes a medicine dispensing device 2, a medicine setting device 3, and a display device 4, as shown in FIG.

The display device 4 is a device capable of displaying various information, and specifically is a touch panel that combines an information display device such as a liquid crystal panel and a position input device such as a touch pad. In other words, the display device 4 is also a part (input reception section) that accepts operations (inputs) by the user, and by inputting to the display device 4, it is determined whether the display device 4 belongs to the medicine set system 1 or the medicine set system 1. Various operations can be requested from each device and device.

The medicine dispensing device 2 has a control section (not shown). The control section includes a calculation section such as a CPU, a storage section (storage means) having a main storage device such as ROM or RAM, and a communication section such as an I/O port. For this reason, the drug dispensing device 2 is capable of transmitting and receiving various signals and various information to and from external devices (a host control device (not shown), a dispensing device such as the drug setting device 3, an external PC (not shown), etc.). It has become. It is also possible to store various information.

The drug dispensing device 2 is a tablet packaging machine that packages tablets into packaging paper for each dose based on prescription data. Note that the medicine dispensing device 2 of this embodiment is capable of receiving prescription data from a higher-level control device (high-level control system) that is not shown.

The prescription data is information regarding the prescription of each drug contained in each drug package 25 (see FIG. 3) dispensed from the drug dispensing device 2. In other words, it is information regarding the prescriptions of the medicines contained in all the medicine packages 25 housed in the medication calendar 80 (medicine setting tool) (details will be described later).

The prescription data includes information regarding the contents of the prescription necessary for dispensing the medicine contained in each medicine package 25, and information for identifying and managing the prescription itself.
Specifically, information regarding the contents of the prescription includes, for example, information about the patient to whom the drug was prescribed, such as the patient's name, age, gender, height, and weight, as well as the drug name, amount, usage, dosage, and duration of administration. There is information about the medications provided to the patient. Furthermore, information for identifying and managing prescriptions includes prescription numbers, Rp numbers (recipe numbers), and prescription publication dates.
In other words, prescription data is data that includes necessary information among these pieces of information.

As shown in FIG. 2, the drug dispensing device 2 includes a drug storage section 10, a manual drug supply section 11 capable of supplying drugs by hand, and a drug packaging device 12.

The drug storage section 10 is a shelf member on which a plurality of drug cassettes (drug containers) each containing a drug (tablet) are arranged. Further, a medicine feeder (not shown) provided integrally with each medicine cassette (or provided on a shelf member) automatically supplies the medicine contained in each medicine cassette to the medicine packaging device 12. It is possible. On the other hand, the manual medicine supply section 11 is a part where a person manually supplies medicine to the medicine dispensing device 2 .

In view of the above, the drug dispensing device 2 performs automatic supply of the drug from the drug cassette and manual drug supply section 11 in the operation of producing the drug package 25 (or drug packaging band 26), which will be described later. This can be done by manually dispensing the drug. Further, it is also possible to carry out semi-automatic feeding in which some of the plurality of drugs included in the drug package 25 are automatically fed and other parts are manually fed.

As shown in FIG. 3, the medicine packaging device 12 includes a medicine packaging paper holding means for holding a roll-shaped medicine packaging paper 15, a sheet feeding means 16 for feeding and feeding the roll-shaped medicine packaging paper 15, a hopper device 17, and a bag forming device. 18, and a cutting device 19 (cutting means).
The hopper device 17 has an openable and closable lid portion 17a inside, and is a device into which unpacked medicines (tablets) supplied to the medicine packaging device 12 are thrown. In this embodiment, the medicine is put into the hopper device 17 with the lid 17a in the closed state, and after the medicine remains temporarily inside the hopper device 17, the lid 17a shifts to the open state, and the hopper device 17 The drug is discharged to the bottom of the

The bag forming device 18 folds the medicine packaging paper 15 sent by the sheet feeding means 16 in half at approximately the center in the width direction, and after the medicine is thrown from the hopper device 17 between the inner surfaces of the medicine packaging paper 15 that has been folded in half. , is a device that presses medicine packaging paper 15 folded in half to form a bag shape.

The cutting device 19 is equipped with a cutter (cutting blade) capable of cutting the medicine packaging paper 15, and forms the medicine packaging 25 by cutting the medicine packaging paper 15 which is shaped like a bag and contains medicine therein (see FIG. 3). a)).

Further, the medicine packaging device 12 of this embodiment includes a camera (photographing means) not shown. In this embodiment, a camera is provided at a position where it can photograph the medicine in the hopper device 17, and by photographing the medicine in the hopper device 17, the medicine contained in the medicine package 25 matches the prescription contents. It is possible to perform a pre-packaging confirmation operation (confirmation operation) to confirm whether or not the product is present.

Specifically, the medicines in the hopper device 17 are photographed, and the color of each photographed medicine, the contents of the stamp, the number of photographed medicines, and other obtainable information are obtained from the image obtained by photographing. do.
Then, based on the information obtained through photography and the drug confirmation information stored in advance in the storage section of the drug dispensing device 2, the number (number, quantity) of drugs to be packaged and the type of each drug (drug type) are determined. Identify. That is, it specifies how many tablets are to be packaged and what type of tablets are to be packaged.
"Drug confirmation information" is a database that stores information that can be obtained through photography in association with information that can identify the type of drug, such as the drug name and number (ID) attached to the drug. be. Further, the "drug confirmation information" may be a master image of the drug. The master image here may be the image itself (image information) created by photographing in advance, or may be information stored (registered) in which a drug name or the like is associated with the image.

Then, the specified information (information on the number and type of drugs) and prescription data, etc. (information created based on prescription data or prescriptions, and information related to prescriptions) are referred to. As a result, a determination operation is performed to determine whether the number of drugs to be packaged and the type of each drug match the prescription contents for each package (for one dose). . Then, various necessary operations are executed according to the determination result of this determination operation. That is, if they match, the operation of packaging the medicine is performed as is. On the other hand, if they do not match, the packaging is continued, but the user is notified of the determination result, or the packaging is stopped.

Note that the confirmation operation performed by the drug dispensing device 2 of the present embodiment is not limited to this, and may be a post-packaging confirmation operation to confirm whether the drug already contained in the drug package 25 matches the prescription contents. It's okay. In this case, a camera (photographing means), not shown, is provided at a position where it can photograph the manufactured drug package 25, and at least a portion of the drug package paper 15 is made transparent. That is, the medicine package 25 is formed so that the medicine inside is visible. Then, by photographing the drug package 25, the enclosed drug is produced, and the same operation as the pre-packaging confirmation operation described above is performed.
Further, the confirmation operation performed by the medicine dispensing device 2 may be an operation of executing either a pre-packaging confirmation operation or a post-packaging confirmation operation, or may be an operation of executing both. One or more cameras may be provided as needed.

Furthermore, in the dispensing operation of producing and dispensing a plurality of drug packages 25, the drug dispensing device 2 of this embodiment produces the drug packages 25 individually (separately) one by one (see FIG. 3(a)). ) Payout operation (individual payout operation) is possible. In addition to this, an operation of creating and dispensing a drug wrapping band 26 (see FIG. 3(b)) (medication bandage dispensing operation) is possible. In either case, in this embodiment, one drug package 25 contains (accommodates) one dose of drug.

As shown in FIG. 4, the drug packaging band 26 is a continuous body of drug packages 25 formed by connecting a plurality of drug packages 25 in a band shape. The medicine packaging band 26 is provided with a header part 28 (attached part) at the beginning, and a plurality of medicine packages 25 are continuous after the header part 28. The header portion 28 is an empty sachet (empty package) that does not contain any medicine.
Note that, for convenience of drawing, only some of the drug packages 25 are labeled with numbers, and the numbers of other drug packages 25 are omitted. Similarly, in the following description, when a plurality of the same thing or the same main part is depicted in each drawing, some symbols will be omitted as necessary.

The drug dispensing device 2 of this embodiment can produce a bandage 30 for the same patient (see FIG. 4(a)) and a bandage 31 for the same administration period (see FIG. 4(b)) as the drug packaging band 26. .

In the same-patient bandage 30, the drugs contained in each of the plurality of drug packages 25 belonging to the bandage 30 are drugs prescribed for the same patient but taken at different times (dosing times do not overlap). For example, in the example shown in FIG. 4A, a total of 28 medicine packages 25 belong to the same patient bandage 30. The first drug package 25 is a drug prescribed to Mr. "Sato" and contains a drug to be taken after breakfast on a predetermined date. In addition, the second to fourth drug packages 25 are all drugs prescribed to the same Mr. Sato, and from the second to the fourth drug packages 25 are "after lunch", "after dinner", and "after dinner" on the same day, respectively. It contains medication to be taken ``before bed.'' Furthermore, the fifth drug package 25 contains a drug that was prescribed to the same Mr. Sato and is to be taken "after breakfast" the next day (the day after the above-mentioned predetermined date).

Similarly, in the plurality of drug packages 25 belonging to the same patient bandage 30, drugs corresponding to the 28 doses (4 times per day, 7 days worth) of the same person, Mr. Sato, are stored in one package. Each drug to be taken at one time is packaged in a separate drug package 25. In other words, the medicine contained in one drug package 25 belonging to the same patient bandage 30 is to be taken at a different time from the medicine contained in any other drug package 25 belonging to the same patient bandage 30. . Note that "different times" as used herein means that at least one of the dosing date (date) and the dosing time (approximate time, such as before meals, between meals, after meals, etc.) is different.

In the same-dose bandage 31, the drugs contained in each of the plurality of drug packages 25 belonging to the bandage 31 are drugs prescribed for different patients at the same time. For example, in the example shown in FIG. 4(b), a total of 28 drug packages 25 belong to the same dosing period bandage 31. The first drug package 25 is a drug prescribed to the first person, Mr. Sato, and contains the drug to be taken after breakfast on a predetermined date. Furthermore, the second medicine package 25 contains the medicine prescribed to the second person, Mr. Suzuki, to be taken after breakfast on the same day. Similarly, medicines for 28 different people are packed in separate medicine packages 25, and the medicines contained in each medicine package 25 are all to be taken at the same time. Note that the "same period" here refers to the same date and time of dosing.

The drug packaging band 26 (same patient bandage 30, same dosage period bandage 31) described above is a continuum of a plurality of drug packages 25 each containing a related drug. Here, the plurality of medicine packages 25 containing such related medicines can be separately produced one by one by an individual dispensing operation. That is, when the individual drug packages 25 are successively produced one by one by the individual dispensing operation, the plurality of successively produced drug packages 25 contain drugs prescribed for different patients and taken at the same time. The drug may be packaged in a separate drug package 25 for each patient. Similarly, the plurality of drug packages 25 that are continuously produced may be such that drugs prescribed for the same patient but taken at different times are packaged in separate drug packages 25 for each time of take.

In addition, when producing one drug package 25 by the individual dispensing operation, the front end portion and the rear end portion (the front end and the rear end in the feeding direction of the medicine package paper 15) of the portion corresponding to one drug package 25 are cut. (See FIG. 3(a)).
On the other hand, when producing the drug packaging band 26, the tip part of the part corresponding to the leading part (header part 28 or the first drug package 25) and the rear part of the part corresponding to the last drug package 25 are used. It is produced by cutting the end portion (see FIG. 3(b)). That is, both the drug packaging 25 and the drug packaging band 26 are formed by cutting.

Here, the medicine packaging device 12 (see FIG. 2) has a printing means (not shown). Therefore, when manufacturing the drug packaging 25 (individual drug packaging 25 or drug packaging band 26), as shown in FIG. can be applied.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, a drug information display 33 is attached to the header portion 28 of the drug packaging band 26. The drug information display 33 is a code (code or cipher) that includes packaging-related information that is information about the drug package 25 connected to the header section 28 to which the display is attached, and is a barcode in this embodiment. Note that the drug information display 33 is not limited to a one-dimensional code, but may be a two-dimensional code. It is sufficient if the information can be acquired by a reading device (not shown) which will be described later.

The packaging related information included in the drug information display 33 is information that allows identification of the drug contained in the drug package 25 belonging to the drug packaging band 26 to which the drug information display 33 is attached. That is, by reading the packaging-related information, it is possible to obtain information such as the person taking the medicine (the patient to whom the medicine was prescribed) and the timing of taking the medicine contained in the medicine package 25 belonging to the medicine packaging band 26.
The packaging-related information is information associated with prescription data and the like, and may be information that allows identification of the medicine contained in the medicine package 25 belonging to the medicine packaging band 26 together with the prescription data and the like. For example, the packaging-related information may be the ID of the individually assigned drug packaging band 26, and the prescription data (data created from the prescription data) may be related to this ID and the drug contained in the drug packaging 25 belonging to the drug packaging band 26. Associate and memorize information. Then, by referring to the prescription data based on the packaging-related information, information such as the person taking the medicine contained in the medicine package 25 and the time of taking it is acquired.

Furthermore, when the drug dispensing device 2 executes the dispensing operation of dispensing the produced drug package 25 (individual drug package 25 or drug packaging band 26), it can switch between an external dispensing mode and a supply mode. ing.

In the external dispensing mode, a dispensing operation of dispensing the drug package 25 from a dispensing opening 37 (see FIG. 1) formed in the housing 36 of the drug dispensing device 2 is executed. In this embodiment, when dispensing a plurality of drug packages 25 in the external dispensing mode, a drug packaging band 26 is prepared and dispensed.
The dispensing port 37 is a hole that communicates between the inside and outside of the casing 36, and opens in a direction different from the direction in which the medicine setting device 3 is located. Therefore, by dispensing the drug packaging band 26 from the dispensing port 37, the drug packaging band 26 is directly delivered to a position (place) where the user of the system (such as a pharmacist) can receive it.

The supply mode is a mode in which the medicine package 25 is supplied to the medicine setting device 3, and a dispensing operation for dispensing the medicine package 25 from the inside of the medicine dispensing device 2 to the inside of the medicine setting device 3 is executed. In this embodiment, when supplying the medicine packaging 25 to the medicine setting device 3, it is dispensed by an individual dispensing operation. That is, the medicine packages 25 are transported one by one toward the medicine setting device 3 (this transport operation will be described in detail later). In other words, in the supply mode, when a series of operations (to be described in detail later) in which the drug package 25 is produced, transported, and set on the medication calendar 80 is executed, the drug package 25 is supplied toward a device that performs a downstream process. This is an action to do.

As shown in FIG. 2, the medicine setting device 3 has two medicine setting tool storage parts 40, each of which is a first medicine setting tool storage part 40a and a second medicine setting tool storage part 40b. Each of the drug set storage units 40 is a portion that can accommodate a plurality of medication calendars 80 (details will be described later).

The first setting tool accommodating section 40a is a portion located on the lower side of the internal space of the housing 42 of the drug setting device 3, and the second setting tool accommodating section 40b is a portion located above it. Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the housing 42 of the medicine setting device 3 is provided with a door portion 45. The door section 45 is located on the front side of the first setting tool accommodating section 40a, and by opening the door section 45 (see FIG. 9), the first setting tool accommodating section 40a is opened to the outside. . That is, it becomes possible to introduce a plurality of medication calendars 80 into the first setting tool accommodating section 40a (see FIG. 9) and to take out the plurality of medication calendars 80 from the first setting tool accommodating section 40a.
Note that the casing 42 has a door portion 45 and a window portion 46 formed above the door portion 45, so that the interior can be viewed from the outside even when the door portion 45 is closed.

Inside the medicine setting device 3, as shown in FIG. , a second calendar holding device 54 are provided. Further, the medicine setting device 3 includes a control section (not shown) including a calculation section, a storage section, and a communication section. Therefore, the medicine setting device 3 is capable of transmitting and receiving various signals and various information to and from external devices (not shown, such as a host control device, dispensing equipment such as the medicine setting device 3, and an external PC, not shown). Various information can be stored as needed.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 5, the set device transport means 50 includes a base member 57 and a plurality of (four in this embodiment) pickup devices 58 attached to the base member 57.
The pickup device 58 is a device that has an arm portion and a hand portion, and is capable of pinching (grasping) the medicine package 25 with the hand portion. Note that the hand section is not limited to a gripping tool, and may be a vacuum-type pad or the like, as long as it can carry the drug package 25 by gripping, pinching, holding, or the like.

As shown in FIG. 2, the first setting tool moving device 51 is a device that grasps one medication calendar 80 in the first setting tool accommodating section 40a and transports it to the second setting tool accommodating section 40b (FIG. 16). etc.). That is, it has two holding devices that respectively grip the two left and right held portions 85a (see FIG. 8) of the medication calendar 80, and a belt-type lifting device that moves the two holding devices up and down.

As shown in FIG. 2, the second setting tool moving device 52 is a device that grasps one medication calendar 80 in the second setting tool accommodating section 40b and transports it to the first setting tool accommodating section 40a (FIG. 19). etc.). The second set tool moving device 52 also includes two holding devices that respectively grip the two left and right held portions 85a (see FIG. 8) of the medication calendar 80, and a belt-type lifting device that lifts and lowers the two holding devices.

As shown in FIG. 2, the first calendar holding device 53 is a device capable of holding a plurality of medication calendars 80 in the first set tool storage portion 40a, and includes one side holding devices 53a arranged on the left and right sides, It has the other side holding device 53b.
The one-side holding device 53a and the other-side holding device 53b are devices capable of holding the held portion 85a on one side and the held portion 85a on the other side of the medication calendar 80, respectively. In addition, inside each of them, there is an engagement piece that can engage with one held part 85a, and a movement formed by a support pulley and belt (or sprocket and rail) that move the engagement piece in the front and back direction. It has a built-in robot with equipment.

Therefore, the first calendar holding device 53 is capable of moving the held medication calendar 80 in the front-rear direction (in the direction approaching the door portion 45) while holding the medication calendar 80 with the one side holding device 53a and the other side holding device 53b. is possible.
Further, the first calendar holding device 53 is capable of simultaneously raising and lowering the one-side holding device 53a and the other-side holding device 53b using a belt-type lifting device or the like.

As shown in FIG. 2, the second calendar holding device 54 is a device capable of holding a plurality of medication calendars 80 in the second set tool storage portion 40b, and similarly to the first calendar holding device 53, each of the left and right It has one side holding device 54a and the other side holding device 54b arranged at. A robot is built inside the one side holding device 54a and the other side holding device 54b, and it is possible to move the held medication calendar 80 in the front and back direction while holding the medication calendar 80. Specifically, the second calendar holding device 54 can move the medication calendar 80 in a direction opposite to the first calendar holding device 53 and away from the door portion 45 .

Subsequently, the medicine setting system 1 of this embodiment includes an inter-device package conveying means 63 provided across the medicine dispensing device 2 and the medicine setting device 3, as shown in FIG. That is, holes are provided in the side wall portion of the housing 36 of the drug dispensing device 2 and the side wall portion of the casing 42 of the drug setting device 3 (not shown) to communicate between the inside and the outside, so that the drug setting device can be accessed from the inside of the drug dispensing device 2. An inter-apparatus package conveying means 63 is disposed between the apparatus and the inside of the apparatus.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the inter-apparatus package conveyance means 63 has one long-distance conveyor section 64 and a plurality of short-distance conveyor sections 65 arranged in a row. That is, it has a first short distance conveyor section 65a to a fourth short distance conveyor section 65d in order from the downstream side in the conveyance direction. A gap is provided between the long distance conveyor section 64 and the fourth short distance conveyor section 65d and between two adjacent short distance conveyor sections 65. Each conveyor section can be started and stopped individually.

The long distance conveyor section 64 is composed of an upper conveyor section 67 and a lower conveyor section 68, as shown in FIG.
The upper conveyor section 67 includes two pulleys arranged apart in the conveyance direction and rotating on a vertical axis, a one-side conveyor section 67a having a belt member suspended with tension between the two pulleys, and a plurality of vertical axes. It has a roller row section 67b in which rotating rollers are arranged at intervals in the conveyance direction. Note that the rollers belonging to the roller row section 67b are attached so as to idle without being independently driven.
The lower conveyor section 68 is a belt conveyor that has two pulleys that rotate on a horizontal axis and a belt member that is suspended with tension between the two pulleys.

From the above, the long-distance conveyor section 64 can transport the drug package 25 in an upright position (see FIG. 13). That is, the drug package 25 is arranged above the lower conveyor section 68, and the drug package 25 is held and conveyed by the rollers belonging to the one-side conveyor section 67a and the roller row section 67b.

The short distance conveyor section 65 is also constituted by an upper conveyor section 67 and a lower conveyor section 68, as shown in FIG. These have substantially the same configuration as the long-distance conveyor section 64 described above, except that the conveyance distance is short, so a detailed explanation thereof will be omitted. Note that the upper conveyor section 67 may have one or more rollers.

As described above, the medicine dispensing device 2 can switch between the external dispensing mode and the supply mode. As shown in FIG. 7, the drug packaging device 12 of the drug dispensing device 2 is provided with a package waiting area 70 downstream of the cutting device 19 (see FIG. 3).

The package standby area 70 is an area where the drug package 25 sent from the upstream side (cutting device 19) temporarily waits when performing an individual dispensing operation or the like. A robot arm 73 is provided near the package waiting area 70 and the inter-apparatus package transport means 63 (long-distance conveyor section 64). This robot arm 73 allows the drug package 25 to be held and carried.

In the supply mode, one drug package 25 produced by the cutting device 19 is conveyed to the package waiting area 70 and waits in the package waiting area 70. Then, the robot arm 73 grabs the waiting drug package 25 and moves it to the long distance conveyor section 64, after which the drug package 25 is conveyed by the inter-apparatus package conveyance means 63 (details will be described later).
On the other hand, in the external dispensing mode, the prepared drug packaging band 26 (see FIG. 4) is conveyed through the package waiting area 70, through the discharge side path 75, and is dispensed from the dispensing port 37 (see FIG. 1).

Next, the medication calendar 80 (medicine setting tool) for setting the medication package 25 in the medication setting system 1 of this embodiment (details will be described later) will be described.

As shown in FIG. 8, the medication calendar 80 is also referred to as a medicine calendar, and has a sheet-like (planar) base material 81 provided with a plurality of medicine storage parts 82. . Moreover, this medication calendar 80 has an electronic paper 83 (information display section), a hook-shaped part 84 for hanging, and a rod-shaped part 85 for being held.

The drug accommodating portion 82 is a pocket-shaped (bag-shaped) portion, and has a structure that allows objects to be put inside from the upper side. Each drug accommodating section 82 is formed to be able to accommodate one or more drug packages 25.

In the medication calendar 80 of the present embodiment, the drug accommodating portions 82 are distributed in a plane and in a matrix shape when viewed from the front. In this embodiment, 28 drug storage units 82 are provided in a 4×7 matrix.
More specifically, this medication calendar 80 is a group medication calendar 80 (first medication set tool) intended for groups to which 28 different people belong. In other words, each of the plurality of drug accommodating sections 82 serves as a portion for accommodating a drug package 25 containing a drug prescribed to a different person (patient). Further, the drug packaging 25 accommodated in each of the plurality of drug storage sections 82 contains drugs to be taken at the same time (after breakfast on day x).
In other words, the medication calendar 80 accommodates a plurality of drug packages 25 each containing a drug prescribed to different patients and scheduled to be taken at the same time.

The electronic paper 83 is a visual display medium in which predetermined display contents such as characters can be electrically rewritten. Specifically, this electronic paper 83 can change the display content based on a signal received from an external device, and has a battery inside. Further, after displaying (or rewriting) the display content, the display content is maintained even in a non-energized state. Note that "characters, etc." as used herein include letters, numbers, symbols, figures, graphs, tables, pictures, or other codes.

Here, the medicine setting device 3 of the present embodiment is capable of a setting tool information display operation that causes the electronic paper 83 to display information (setting tool related information) regarding the medication calendar 80 to which the electronic paper 83 is attached. There is.
Note that the "setting tool related information" here may include information regarding the medication packaging 25 to be accommodated in the medication calendar 80, in addition to information regarding the medication calendar 80 to which the electronic paper 83 on which information is displayed is attached. . For example, it may be the facility name of the facility that uses the medication calendar 80, the hospital name, ward name, or room name of the hospital that uses the medication calendar 80. It may also be the date and time of taking the medicine package 25 contained in the medication calendar 80, and information identifying the examiner who inspected the medicine contained in the medicine package 25 (examiner name, staff ID, etc.). etc.) may be used. Furthermore, a plurality of pieces of information among the above-mentioned information may be used.
Further, as the "setting tool related information", a one-dimensional code such as a bar code, a two-dimensional code such as a QR code (registered trademark), etc. may be displayed as identification information. That is, information whose contents cannot be directly confirmed by visual inspection may be referred to as "setting tool related information." In this case, by reading the setting device related information with an external device equipped with a scanner or the like, the external device may acquire information regarding the drug package 25 contained in the medication calendar 80 displaying the setting device related information. Furthermore, this external device may be in a state where it can transmit and receive signals to and from devices belonging to the medicine set system 1. In other words, the above-mentioned information regarding the drug packaging 25 may be obtained based on the information obtained by reading the setting tool related information and the information stored in the storage section of any of the devices belonging to the drug setting system 1. good.

For example, in the example of FIG. 8, one of the plurality of electronic papers 83 is displayed with a group identification display indicating the name of the group to which a plurality of patients belong and a dosing time specifying display indicating the dosing time as the setting device related information. ing. The group identification display is the part displaying the characters "Group A", and the dosing time specification display is the part displaying the characters "Monday x day after breakfast".

In addition, on the base material 81, recipient identification information corresponding to each drug storage section 82 is written at a position adjacent to each drug storage section 82. The user identification information is information that specifies which patient (user) the drug package 25 to be accommodated (set) in the corresponding drug container 82 belongs to. Specifically, it is the part where the last name of the person taking the medication is written in letters, and in the example of the upper left of FIG. be. In other words, the drug package 25 containing the drug that Mr. Sato will take after breakfast on x day of the month is stored in the drug storage unit 82 corresponding to the user identification information "Sato." Further, the same applies to the other drug accommodating portions 82.

The hanging hook part 84 is a part used when hanging the medication calendar 80 from the hanging rod part 93 (see FIG. 9) of the cart 88. This is the part that extends upward.

The held rod-shaped portion 85 is a portion extending in the left-right direction (lateral direction and width direction) when the medication calendar 80 is viewed from the front. This held rod-shaped portion 85 has held portions 85a at one end and the other end in the left-right direction, respectively. One held part 85a is a part that extends outward (left side) in a cantilever shape from the part where one end (left end) of the base material 81 is located, and the other held part 85a is a part that extends from the part where one end (left end) of the base material 81 is located. This is a cantilevered portion extending outward (to the right) from the portion where the other end (right end) of the material 81 is located. That is, the held parts 85a are located at the same height, and both are located outside the base material 81 in the width direction of the base material 81.

Note that the hanging hook-shaped portion 84 and the held rod-shaped portion 85 may be formed integrally. In this case, the lower end side of the rod-shaped portion 85 for being held is made into a clip shape, so that the hook-shaped portion 84 for hanging, the rod-shaped portion 85 for being held, and the base material 81 can be separated (detachable). Good too.

Next, a procedure for forming a medication calendar group (medication setting tool group) using the medication setting system 1 of this embodiment will be described.
Note that a medication calendar group is a group of a plurality of medication calendars 80, and it is assumed that each medication calendar 80 belonging to the group is set with all the drug packages 25 to be set. In addition, in one medication calendar 80, the state in which "all medicine packages 25 to be set are set" means that one or more medicine packages 25 to be stored in each of the plurality of medicine storage parts of the medicine calendar 80 are set. If there are a plurality of drug packages 25, the drug storage section 82 that accommodates all of them and should be emptied is in an empty state.

In this embodiment, a multi-target setting operation is possible in which all drug packages 25 to be set in each of a plurality of medication calendars 80 are set, and in this multiple-target setting operation, a maximum of 28 medication calendars 80 are targeted. It can be done.
In other words, if the number of medication calendars 80 belonging to a medication calendar group is 28 or less, it is possible to form the medication calendar group by performing a single multiple target setting operation. In the following explanation, a case will be described in which a medication calendar group to which 28 medication calendars belong is formed.

Note that the plurality of medication calendars 80 belonging to the medication calendar group formed in this embodiment are each used at different times. That is, the timing of taking the medicine contained in the medicine package 25 set in each medicine calendar 80 differs for each medicine calendar 80.
That is, the first medication calendar 80 is for setting a medicine package 25 containing medicines to be taken after breakfast on the day of the month (see FIG. 8). A drug package 25 containing a drug to be taken after lunch on the same day is set in the second medication calendar 80 (see FIG. 17). Similarly, in the third, fourth, and fifth medication calendars 80 (detailed illustrations are omitted), the timing of taking the medication contained in the medication package 25 to be set is after dinner on the same day, respectively. Before going to bed on the same day, and after breakfast the next day.

Furthermore, as shown in FIGS. 15 and 17, for example, the drug storage units 82 in the (1,1) component of the matrix are all assigned to Mr. Sato, and the drug storage units 82 in the (1,1) component of the matrix are all assigned to Mr. A certain drug storage unit 82 is allotted to Mr. Suzuki. That is, in the plurality of medication calendars 80, the same patient is assigned to each of the drug accommodating portions 82 in corresponding portions (medication packages 25 containing drugs prescribed for the same patient are set).

From the above, for example, Mr. Sato and Mr. Suzuki are placed in the drug storage sections 82 for the (1,1) component and (1,2) component of the first medication calendar 80, respectively. A drug package 25 containing a drug to be taken after breakfast on Monday and Sunday is set. Similarly, Mr. Sato and Mr. Suzuki are placed in the drug storage areas 82 for the (1, 1) and (1, 2) components of the second medication calendar 80, respectively. A medicine package 25 containing medicine to be taken after lunch is set. In this way, drug packages 25 containing drugs prescribed for the same patient are set in corresponding portions of each medication calendar 80, and the same medication calendar 80 contains drugs containing drugs that are to be taken at the same time. Packaging 25 is set.

In the medicine setting system 1 of this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 9, a calendar introduction process is performed in which a plurality of medication calendars 80 are introduced into the medicine setting device 3 using a cart 88. In addition, in the calendar introduction step, the maximum number of medication calendars 80 that can be introduced at once is half of the maximum number (28) of medication calendars 80 that can be targeted in the multiple target setting operation, and in this embodiment, 14. It is individual.

As shown in FIG. 10, the cart 88 includes a handle portion 89 which is a portion to be held by the user, a connecting portion 90, a wheel mounting portion 91, and a plurality of (four in this embodiment) casters 92 ( wheel) and a hanging rod part 93.

The connecting portion 90 is a frame-shaped portion that is located between the handle portion 89 and the wheel mounting portion 91 and connects them together.

The wheel attachment portion 91 is a frame-shaped portion having a substantially rectangular annular shape in plan view, and the caster 92 is fixed to the lower side thereof.

The hanging rod portion 93 is a rod-shaped portion that is provided in front of the handle portion 89 and extends in the front-rear direction (horizontal direction). The hanging rod part 93 of this embodiment has a locking recess 93a formed in the upper side thereof, which can lock the above-described hanging hook-shaped part 84 (see FIG. 8). A plurality of locking recesses 93a (fourteen in this embodiment) are provided and arranged in parallel in the longitudinal direction of the hanging rod portion 93.
The cart 88 of this embodiment is of a type that a person uses by grasping a handle portion 89 located on the rear side and pushing it forward (see FIG. 10).

In the calendar introduction step, as shown in FIG. 9, the plurality of medication calendars 80 are suspended from the hanging rod portion 93 of the cart 88, thereby locking the plurality of medication calendars 80 to the cart 88. That is, the hanging hook portion 84 (see FIG. 8) of each medication calendar 80 is locked in the locking recess 93a (see FIG. 10).

At this time, the medication calendars 80 are all suspended with the front side (the side where the medicine storage section 82 is located) facing rearward in the direction of travel.
Here, the plurality of medication calendars 80 introduced in the calendar introduction step are all medication calendars 80 targeted to the same group, and have the same shape (substantially the same shape). That is, the size of each base material 81, the number of drug accommodating parts 82, the position of each drug accommodating part 82 with respect to the base material 81, and the number of drug accommodating parts 82 in corresponding parts (with the same matrix components). The position, size, etc. are the same. Further, the positions of the other parts (electronic paper 83, hanging hook part 84, and held rod part 85) with respect to the base material 81, the number, size, etc. of each other part are the same. In other words, the plurality of medication calendars 80 each have the same number of drug accommodating parts 82 arranged in the same distribution (see FIGS. 15 and 17).

When a part or the whole of the cart 88 and the plurality of medication calendars 80 are introduced into the first set tool accommodating section 40a, as shown in FIG. One side holding device 53a of the first calendar holding device 53 is located at . The other holding device 53b of the first calendar holding device 53 is located below the other held portion 85a.
Further, at this time, the wheel attachment portion 91 and the plurality of casters 92 of the cart 88 are located in a gap 95 formed on the lower side of the medicine setting device 3 (inter-device package conveyance means 63) (see FIG. 9). ).

In this state, an operation is performed to raise the one-side holding device 53a and the other-side holding device 53b. As a result, the plurality of medication calendars 80 held on the cart 88 are held by the one-side holding device 53a and the other-side holding device 53b (see FIG. 11(b)). That is, in each medication calendar 80, one held portion 85a is held (placed) on the one side holding device 53a, and the other held portion 85a is held (placed) on the other side holding device 53b. Further, the hanging hook portion 84 shifts from a state in which it is locked (suspended) to the hanging rod portion 93 to a state in which it is released.
Note that the operation of raising the one-side holding device 53a and the other-side holding device 53b may be performed on the condition that the sensor provided in the first set tool accommodating portion 40a detects the cart 88, and the user It may be executed by performing a predetermined input in step 4.

As a result, as shown in FIG. 12, a plurality of medication calendars 80 are placed in the first setting tool accommodating portion 40a and held by the first calendar holding device 53. In this state, the cart 88 is taken out (ejected) and the door 45 is closed. Note that the cart 88 may be manually ejected by a person, or may be automatically ejected by providing a push-out mechanism (push-out section) not shown.

Here, in this embodiment, before starting the operation of setting the drug packaging 25, the drug setting device 3 transmits a signal to the electronic paper 83 of all the introduced medication calendars 80, and the electronic paper 83 is The set tool information display operation is executed. This operation of displaying information on the electronic paper 83 may be performed while the drug packaging 25 is being set for multiple targets, or may be performed after the multiple target setting operation is completed. It is sufficient to execute the procedure after introducing the medication calendar 80 into the medicine setting device 3 and before taking it out. In this embodiment, the medicine setting device 3 acquires or creates information to be displayed on the electronic paper 83 based on prescription data, and displays the information.

Here, a package setting area 98 is provided on the front side (near the door 45 (see FIG. 1)) of the first setting tool accommodating part 40a, and the medication calendar 80 arranged in the package setting area 98 is Then, the medicine packaging 25 is set. This package setting area 98 may be formed by providing a mechanism capable of holding the medication calendar 80 on the front side of the first calendar holding device 53. In other words, it may be the area where the medication calendar 80 held by the mechanism is located. Alternatively, it may be a region where the medication calendar 80 held at the frontmost side of the first calendar holding device 53 is located.
When a plurality of medication calendars 80 are introduced into the first set tool accommodating section 40a, one medication calendar 80 is located in the package setting area 98 (or is moved to the package setting area 98).

On the other hand, the drug dispensing device 2 executes dispensing of the drug package 25 in the supply mode.
That is, as described above, the drug packaging 25 is produced one by one and transported to the long distance conveyor section 64. Then, the medicine package 25 introduced into the long distance conveyor section 64 is conveyed to a predetermined position, as shown in FIG. 14.

Specifically, the medicine package 25 introduced into the long-distance conveyor section 64 is conveyed via the long-distance conveyor section 64 to one of the four short-distance conveyor sections 65, and is kept on standby at the short-distance conveyor section 65. That is, the first short distance conveyor section 65a to the fourth short distance conveyor section 65d become the first standby position to the fourth standby position of the medicine package 25, respectively.

First, when transporting the drug package 25 to the first short-distance conveyor section 65a, the long-distance conveyor section 64 and the four short-distance conveyor sections 65 are put into operation. After the drug package 25 is conveyed by the long distance conveyor section 64, the drug package 25 is transferred from the long distance conveyor section 64 to the fourth short distance conveyor section 65d. At this time, first, a part of the drug package 25 is located on the lower conveyor part 68 of the long-distance conveyor part 64, and another part is located on the lower conveyor part 68 of the fourth short-distance conveyor part 65d. (the drug package 25 straddles the gap between the conveyors). After passing through this state, it becomes a state where it is transported by the fourth short-distance conveyor section 65d.

Thereafter, in the same manner, after being delivered from the fourth short-distance conveyor part 65d to the third short-distance conveyor part 65c, from the third short-distance conveyor part 65c to the second short-distance conveyor part 65b, and then from the second short-distance conveyor part 65b. It is delivered to the first short distance conveyor section 65a. Then, by stopping the operation of the first short-distance conveyor section 65a, the medicine package 25 is placed in a waiting state at the first standby position (first short-distance conveyor section 65a).

In addition, when transporting the drug package 25 to the second short-distance conveyor section 65b, the long-distance conveyor section 64 and the second short-distance conveyor section 65b to the fourth short-distance conveyor section 65d are operated, and the first The short distance conveyor section 65a is brought to a stopped state. Then, in the same procedure as above, the drug package 25 is delivered to the long-distance conveyor section 64, the fourth short-distance conveyor section 65d, the third short-distance conveyor section 65c, and the second short-distance conveyor section 65b in this order. Then, by stopping the operation of the second short distance conveyor section 65b, the medicine package 25 is placed in a waiting state at the second standby position (second short distance conveyor section 65b).

In other words, when transporting the drug package 25 to any of the short-distance conveyor sections 65, the operation of the short-distance conveyor section 65 located downstream of the short-distance conveyor section 65 serving as the destination is stopped, and Conveyance is carried out with the conveyor section in operation. For example, when conveying to the third short distance conveyor section 65c, the operation of the first short distance conveyor section 65a and the second short distance conveyor section 65b is stopped, and when conveying to the fourth short distance conveyor section 65d, the operation of the first short distance conveyor section 65a and the second short distance conveyor section 65b is stopped. The operation of the first short distance conveyor section 65a to the third short distance conveyor section 65c is stopped.

If there are multiple destinations, the destination is preferentially conveyed from the one located on the downstream side. For example, when transporting two separately formed drug packages 25 to a first standby position and a third standby position, the transport to the first standby position is carried out, and then the transport to the third standby position is performed. Execute. Therefore, when transporting four separately formed drug packages 25 to each of the four standby positions, transport to the first standby position, transport to the second standby position, transport to the third standby position, It is executed in the order of transport to the fourth standby position.

Next, while the drug packaging 25 is waiting at one or more of the plurality of (four) standby positions, as shown in FIG. 14 and FIG. The drug package 25 is conveyed from the drug container 82 to the drug storage section 82 of the medication calendar 80.

That is, the medicine setting system 1 of the present embodiment includes a package transport means for transporting the medicine package 25 from the production position (the production position) to the medicine storage section 82 of the medication calendar 80. As shown in FIG. 5, this package conveyance means includes an internal conveyance path (not shown) of the drug packaging device 12, a robot arm 73 in the drug dispensing device 2, and an inter-device package conveyance means 63. , and a conveying means 50 within the setting device.

As shown in FIG. 14, each of the pickup devices 58 of the conveying means 50 within the set device corresponds to a different standby position. Specifically, the four pickup devices 58 are placed in the first standby position in order from the left. This corresponds to the position to the fourth standby position. Each pickup device 58 can grip the drug package 25 at the corresponding standby position.

Therefore, when the drug packages 25 are transported by the intra-setting device transport means 50, a plurality of (four) pickup devices 58 are simultaneously brought close to a plurality of (four) standby positions. The four pickup devices 58 clamp the drug package 25 when the drug package 25 is located at the corresponding standby position. For example, as shown in FIG. 14, when medicine packages 25 are waiting at four standby positions, four pickup devices 58 each grip the medicine packages 25 at the corresponding standby positions.

Then, the base member 57 and the four pickup devices 58 are moved upward (see FIG. 14) and positioned near the medication calendar 80 arranged in the package setting area 98 (see FIG. 15(a)). ).
Here, the setting device transport means 50 performs an operation of setting the drug packages 25 for each row of the plurality of drug containers 82 arranged in a matrix. That is, the four pickup devices 58 move to the upper side of the drug storage section 82 belonging to a predetermined row (the first row at the top in FIG. 15), and release the drug packages 25 that they were holding (stopping the grip). By releasing the drug package 25, the drug package 25 is thrown (inserted) into the drug storage section 82.

In this way, in the multiple target setting operation, an operation (hereinafter referred to as Execute the first row set operation). Then, when the first row setting operation is performed on the first medication calendar 80a, the first medication calendar 80a is wrapped by the first setting tool moving device 51 (see FIG. 2), as shown in FIG. It is moved from the body setting area 98 to the second setting tool accommodating section 40b. Then, the first medication calendar 80a is held in the second calendar holding device 54 of the second setting tool accommodating portion 40b.

Around this time (or at the same time), the second medication calendar 80b is moved to the package setting area 98. Then, the first row setting operation is executed for the second medication calendar 80b (see FIG. 17).
That is, the drug packages 25 that need to be set are set in only some of the plurality of drug storage units 82 of the first medication calendar 80a (only the drug storage units 82 belonging to the first row). The operation (partially set operation) is executed. Then, before performing the operation of setting the drug packaging 25 that needs to be set in the drug storage section 82 of the other row of the first drug administration calendar 80a, a part of the second drug administration calendar 80b is loaded. The action of setting the medicine package 25 that needs to be set is performed for only the medicine package 25 that needs to be set.

In other words, after the operation of setting the drug packages 25 for one medication calendar 80a is started, only some of the drug packages 25 to be set have been set (one (at the stage when the partial setting operation has been executed), the operation of setting the medicine package 25 on one medication calendar 80a is temporarily interrupted. Then, before all the drug packages 25 to be set are set in one medication calendar 80a, the operation of setting the drug packages 25 in the other medication calendar 80b is started.
At this time, the drug storage unit 82 in which the drug package 25 is set in the first medication calendar 80a and the drug storage unit 82 in which the drug package 25 is set in the second medication calendar 80b both belong to the first row. . In other words, these are the portions that correspond to each other among the plurality of drug storage portions 82 arranged in the same distribution in the respective medication calendars 80a and 80b.

When the first row setting operation is completed for the second medication calendar 80b (see FIG. 17(b)), the second medication calendar 80b is moved to the second setting tool in the same manner as the first medication calendar 80a. It is moved to the storage part 40b (illustration is omitted). By repeating this, as shown in FIG. 18(a), a plurality of (14) medication calendars 80 are held in the second setting tool accommodating portion 40b. Note that, at this time, all of the plurality of medication calendars 80 held in the second setting tool accommodating portion 40b have already undergone the first row setting operation.

Note that in this embodiment, the first medication calendar 80a is sequentially moved to the second set device accommodating section 40b, but at this time, the medication calendar 80 that was moved immediately before is moved to the front side, and then The medication calendar 80 is positioned. Therefore, at this time, the 14 medication calendars 80 held in the second set tool accommodating portion 40b are arranged in this order: the first medication calendar 80a, the second medication calendar 80b, etc. from the back side. state. Also at this time, each medication calendar 80 is in a posture with the front side facing the front side.

In this state, as shown in FIG. 18(a), a plurality of (14) medication calendars 80 are newly introduced into the first set device storage section 40a, and the door section 45 is closed. (See FIG. 18(b)). This introduction is performed in the same manner as above. These multiple (14) medication calendars 80 are the remaining medication calendars 80 in the medication calendar group described above.

Then, the multiple target set operation is continued. That is, as shown in FIG. 19(a), for the 15th medication calendar 80 (the first of the plurality of newly introduced medication calendars 80), this medication calendar 80 is packaged as necessary. The body is moved to the body setting area 98 and the first row setting operation is executed.

Then, as shown in FIG. 19(b), the action of moving the 15th medication calendar 80 from the package setting area 98 to the second setting tool accommodating section 40b, and moving the 16th medication calendar 80 into the package The operation of moving to the set area 98 is executed. In addition, an operation is performed to move the first medication calendar 80 from the second setting tool accommodating section 40b to the first setting tool accommodating section 40a. Specifically, the first medication calendar 80 is moved to the back side of the 28th medication calendar 80. These operations may be performed in parallel or one by one in a predetermined order.

When the first row setting operation is performed on the 16th medication calendar 80, the operation of moving this medication calendar 80 to the second setting tool accommodating section 40b and the 17th medication calendar 80 into the package are performed in the same manner as described above. An operation of moving to the set area 98 is executed (not shown). Further, an operation is performed to move the second medication calendar 80 from the second setting tool accommodating section 40b to the first setting tool accommodating section 40a (not shown). By repeating this operation, all (28) medication calendars 80 introduced into the medicine setting device 3 are in a state where the first row setting operation has already been performed, as shown in FIG. 20(a). becomes.

At this time, a plurality of (14) medication calendars 80 introduced previously are located in the first set device storage section 40a, and from the front side, the first medication calendar 80a, the second medication calendar 80b, and the third medication calendar 80b. The eye medication calendars 80 are arranged in this order. At this time, the front side of each medication calendar 80 faces the front side.
Then, the remaining plurality (14) of medication calendars 80 that were subsequently introduced are located in the second setting tool storage section 40b. At this time, the 15th (first newly introduced) medication calendar 80 from the back, the 16th (second newly introduced) medication calendar 80, the 17th medication calendar 80, etc. They are lined up in this order, with the front side facing you.

Next, for each medication calendar 80, there is an operation of setting the drug package 25 to be set in the drug storage unit 82 belonging to the second row (second row from the top) (hereinafter referred to as the second row setting operation). Execute.

That is, the first medication calendar 80 is moved to the package setting area 98 as necessary, and the second line setting operation is performed on the first medication calendar 80 (see FIG. 21). Then, the operation of moving the first medication calendar 80, which has completed the second row setting operation, to the second setting tool storage section 40b, and the operation of moving the second medication calendar 80 to the package setting area 98 are executed. (See FIG. 20(b)). In addition, an operation is performed to move the 15th medication calendar 80 (the first newly introduced medication calendar 80) from the second setting tool accommodating section 40b to the first setting tool accommodating section 40a. By repeating this operation, all (28) medication calendars 80 introduced into the medicine setting device 3 will be in a state where the first row setting operation and the second row setting operation have already been performed.

Thereafter, similarly, for all (28) medication calendars 80, there are operations to execute the third line set operation one by one, operations to execute the fourth line set operation one by one, and operations to execute the fourth line set operation one by one. Perform the five-element set movements in this order. In this way, starting from the top row, the α-th row set operation (a partial set operation, where α is an integer greater than or equal to 1 and is the number of rows) is executed one by one for all medication calendars 80. repeat. The α-th row setting operation is an operation for setting the medicine package 25 that needs to be set in the medicine storage section 82 belonging to the target row. In this embodiment, by executing the set operation up to the seventh row, all the drug packages 25 to be set are set in each of all (28) medication calendars 80. That is, a medication calendar group is formed.

At this time, the plurality of (14) medication calendars 80 introduced previously are located in the first setting tool accommodating part 40a, and the remaining plurality (14) of medication calendars 80 are located in the second setting tool accommodating part 40b. The state will be as follows. Then, the door section 45 is changed from the closed state to the open state, the cart 88 is introduced into the first set tool accommodating section 40a, and the plurality of medication calendars 80 are loaded from the first set tool accommodating section 40a in the reverse order of the introduction described above. Take it out. Thereafter, the plurality (14) of medication calendars 80 held in the second setting tool accommodating section 40b are moved to the first setting tool accommodating section 40a, and similarly, the plurality of medication calendars 80 are moved from the first setting tool accommodating section 40a. Execute the eject operation.

In the α-th row setting operation described above, among the plurality of drug storage units 82 belonging to the target row, a drug package 25 to be set is set in the drug storage unit 82 in which the drug package 25 is to be set, while an empty one is set. Do not set the drug package 25 in the drug storage section 82 that should be used.

For example, as shown in FIG. 22, it is assumed that the first medication calendar 80 sets a medicine package 25 containing medicines to be taken after breakfast on a predetermined day (see FIG. 22(a)). It is assumed that the second medication calendar 80 is set with a medicine package 25 containing medicines to be taken after lunch on the same day (see FIG. 22(b)). Then, it is assumed that the drug storage units 82 belonging to the first row of each medication calendar 80 are assigned to, from the left, Mr. "Sato", Mr. "Suzuki", Mr. "Takahashi", and Mr. "Watanabe". . Then, each of the four people was prescribed a drug to be taken after breakfast on a given day, and the drug to be taken after lunch on a given day was prescribed to three people: Mr. Sato, Mr. Takahashi, and Mr. Watanabe. do.
In such a case, in the first row setting operation for the first medication calendar 80, target drug packages 25 are set in the four drug storage units 82, respectively. Then, in the first row setting operation for the second medication calendar 80 that is executed subsequently, the target drug packages 25 are set in the three drug storage units 82, respectively. Specifically, among the four pickup devices 58, the pickup device 58 associated with the second row of the queue (medicine storage section 82 assigned to Mr. Suzuki) does not hold the drug package 25 (does not hold the drug package 25). (not carried). On the other hand, three pickup devices 58 associated with other columns each hold a drug package 25. Then, the pickup device 58 that does not hold (does not carry) the drug package 25 does not set the drug package 25 in the associated drug accommodating section 82, and the other three pickup devices 58 do not set the drug package 25 in the associated drug accommodating section 82. The medicine package 25 is set at 82. From this, the drug package 25 is not set in the drug container 82 in the (1, 2) component of the matrix assigned to Mr. Suzuki, and the drug package 25 is not set in the drug container 82 in the same row. Set.

In the multi-target setting operation described above, when the α-th row setting operation is executed one by one for the plurality of medication calendars 80, in any of the medication calendars 80, the medicine storage section belonging to the target row is 82 may all be empty.
In this case, the medication calendar 80 may be moved from the package setting area 98 without performing the α-th row setting operation.

For example, in the first medication calendar 80, there are drug packages 25 to be set in the four drug containers 82 belonging to the first row, and in the second medication calendar 80, there are four drug packages 25 that belong to the first row. It is assumed that all three drug storage units 82 should be emptied.
In this case, when performing the first row setting operation on each of the plurality of medication calendars 80, after performing the first row setting operation on the first medication calendar 80, the first medication calendar 80 is placed in the package setting area. Move from 98. After moving the second medication calendar 80 to the package setting area 98, the second medication calendar 80 is set as a package without performing the first row setting operation on the second medication calendar 80. It may be moved from area 98.

Further, as shown in FIG. 23, the α-th row setting operation in the case where a plurality of drug packages 25 are set in one drug storage section 82 will be described.
Specifically, in one medication calendar 80, among the four drug containers 82 belonging to the first row, the drug package 25 to be set in one drug container 82 in the (1,1) component of the matrix. A case where there are two medicine packages 25 and one medicine package 25 to be set in each of the other three medicine storage parts 82 will be described.
In this case, first, an operation is carried out to transport the four drug packages 25 from the standby position, and one drug package 25 is set in each drug storage section 82 belonging to the first row (see FIG. 23(a)). ). Then, without moving the medication calendar 80 from the package setting area 98, an operation is carried out to transport one drug package 25 from the standby position, and one drug is placed in the drug storage section 82 in the (1, 1) component of the matrix. The packaging 25 is set (see FIG. 23(b)). As a result, a total of two drug packages 25 are set in the drug storage section 82 in the (1,1) component of the matrix, and one drug package 25 is set in each of the other three drug storage sections 82 belonging to the first row. is set.

That is, in the α-th row setting operation for one medication calendar 80, the operation of transporting the drug package 25 from the standby position and setting it in the drug storage section 82 may be performed one or more times. Furthermore, the number of times this operation is executed is the maximum number of medicine packages 25 to be set in each of the medicine storage units 82 belonging to the target row.

In the embodiment described above, an example will be described in which the drug packages 25 are set in the medication calendar 80 (see FIG. 8) that accommodates a plurality of drug packages 25 each containing drugs prescribed to different patients and scheduled to be taken at the same time. did. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, as shown in FIG. 24, a medication calendar 100 (medication set tool, second drug set tool) that accommodates a plurality of drug packages 25 each containing drugs prescribed for one patient with different dosing times. On the other hand, an operation of setting the medicine package 25 may be performed.

In addition, in this case, as shown in FIG. 25, the multiple target setting operation is an operation of setting all drug packages 25 to be set for one medication calendar 100, and repeating this operation (second set action). That is, the multiple target setting operation is not limited to the operation (first set operation) in which a partial set operation is executed one by one for the plurality of medication calendars 80 described above and this is repeated.
Specifically, as shown in FIG. 25, the first medication calendar 100 is moved to the package setting area 98, and the first row setting operation is performed on the first medication calendar 100 (FIG. 25 ( a)). Thereafter, while the first medication calendar 80 is placed in the package setting area 98, the second line setting operation is performed on the first medication calendar 80 (see FIG. 25(b)). Similarly, the process sequentially executes the setting operation up to the seventh row (see FIG. 25(c)) until all drug packages 25 to be set in the first medication calendar 80 are set. Then, the first medication calendar 80 is moved to the second setting tool storage section 40b, and the second medication calendar 80 is moved to the package setting area 98. Similarly, the operation of setting all drug packages 25 that should be set one by one for each of the plurality of medication calendars 80 is performed. This forms a medication calendar group.

Further, as shown in FIG. 26, the medication calendar 101 (drug setting tool) for setting the drug packaging 25 is a group medication calendar 80 (first drug setting tool) for groups to which seven different people belong. It's okay. This medication calendar 80 corresponds to a predetermined date (day of the week), and the medication storage units 82 arranged in rows and columns are assigned to different patients in each row and to different dosing times in each column. There is.

In the embodiment described above, the maximum number of medication calendars 80 that can be introduced at once is half (14) of the maximum number of medication calendars 80 that can be targeted in the multiple target set operation, but the present invention is not limited to this. It is not limited. By enlarging the housing 42 of the medicine setting device 3, etc., the maximum number of medication calendars 80 that can be introduced at once is the same as the maximum number of medication calendars 80 that can be targeted in the multiple target setting operation (28 ). In this case, the number of medication calendars 80 that can be held by the cart 88 (that can be suspended from the hanging rod section 93) is also the maximum number of medication calendars 80 that can be targeted in the multiple target setting operation. The same number (28 pieces) may be used. In this case, the multiple target set operation can be executed continuously without being interrupted. Moreover, the operation of moving the medication calendar 80, which has been moved to the second setting tool accommodating section 40b after performing the α-th row setting operation, to the first setting tool accommodating section 40a may be performed at an appropriate timing. Note that the medication calendar 80 moved to the second setting tool accommodating portion 40b after the α-th row setting operation is completed until the α-th row setting operation to the last (28th) medication calendar 80 is completed. It is preferable to move from the second set tool accommodating section 40b to the first set tool accommodating section 40a.

In the embodiment described above, an example was described in which the cutting device 19 performs either the individual package production operation for producing individual drug packages 25 one by one or the band production operation for producing the drug packaging band 26. However, the present invention is not limited to this.
For example, the cutting device 19 is assumed to produce only the drug packaging strip 26, and when performing the individual package production operation, the drug packaging strip 26 is cut at another position downstream of the cutting device 19. may be executed. That is, the second cutting device (cutting means) is provided in a portion of the drug dispensing device 2 that is downstream of the cutting device 19 of the drug packaging device 12, and when performing the individual package production operation, the second The drug packaging band 26 may be cut with a cutting device to form individual drug packages 25.

Further, a wrapping band cutting device (cutting means) may be provided between the drug dispensing device 2 and the drug setting device 3. That is, the drug packaging band 26 is supplied (transported) from the drug dispensing device 2 to the packaging band cutting device, the drug packaging band 26 is cut by the packaging band cutting device to produce individual drug packages 25, and the drug packaging band 26 is supplied from the packaging band cutting device. The drug packages 25 may be supplied to the drug setting device 3 one by one.

Further, a cutting device (cutting means) and a package standby section for waiting individual drug packages 25 are provided inside the drug setting device 3, and the drug packaging band 26 is supplied from the drug dispensing device 2 to the drug setting device 3. You can also use it as That is, the drug setting device 3 cuts the supplied drug packaging band 26 to produce individual drug packages 25, and transports the produced drug packages 25 to the package waiting section. Then, the package is transported from the package waiting section to the lower side of the pickup device 58 using a robot arm or the like or a conveyor. At this time, it is preferable that the drug packaging band 26 supplied to the drug setting device 3 be a bandage 30 for the same patient.
That is, the production of individual drug packages 25 by cutting may be performed by any device (any device) belonging to the drug set system 1.

Here, in addition to the above-described drug packaging 25, the drug storage section 82 of the medication calendar 80 contains drug packages (or drug containers) that are difficult to handle with the device, and drugs that are preferably handled by hand. In some cases, drug packaging may be set.
In such a case, in the multi-target setting operation, such a drug package (or drug container) is not set in the drug container 82 where such a drug package (or drug container) should be set, and only the drug set is selected from among the drug packages to be set. Only the items that can be set by the device 3 may be set.

That is, although the above-described multiple target setting operation was an operation of setting all drug packages 25 to be set in each of the plurality of medication calendars 80, the present invention is not limited to this. The multiple target setting operation may be an operation of setting only a part (only those that can be set by the medicine setting device 3) of all medicine packages 25 to be set in each of the plurality of medication calendars 80. In such a case, after the multiple target setting operation is completed, a person may manually set the drug package on an appropriate one of the plurality of medication calendars 80 taken out from the drug setting device 3.

In the embodiment described above, an example was described in which information to be displayed on the electronic paper 83 is acquired or created based on prescription data and the created information is displayed, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, each drug package 25 is provided with an information display such as a code that can obtain information about itself, and the drug setting device 3 is provided with an information acquisition means for reading information from this code, and the information is acquired from the drug package 25. The information may be displayed on the electronic paper 83. Further, information that can be acquired or created from the information acquired from the drug packaging 25 and information based on prescription data may be displayed on the electronic paper 83.
Similarly, the characters printed on the drug packaging 25 may be read (character analyzed), and the electronic paper 83 may display the read characters or information that can be obtained or created from the read characters and information based on the prescription data. .

In the embodiment described above, an example has been described in which the α-th row setting operation is performed as a partial set operation, and the α-th row setting operation is performed sequentially from the upper row of the medication calendar 80. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The partial set operation may target a predetermined column, for example. That is, it may be a predetermined part of all the drug storage units 82 of the medication calendar 80. Further, the α-th row setting operation may be performed sequentially from the bottom row. That is, when a partial set operation is performed multiple times on one medication calendar 80, the portion targeted for operation in each of the first to nth set operations (some of the drug storage units 82) The order may be changed as appropriate. For example, the α-th row setting operation may be executed by executing the fifth row setting operation and then executing the second row setting operation.

In the embodiment described above, the medicine dispensing device 2 is a tablet packaging machine, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the medicine dispensing device 2 may be a powder medicine packaging machine that packs powder medicine into packaging paper for each dose based on prescription data. Similar to the tablet packaging machine described above, this powder medicine packaging machine may be capable of performing a dispensing operation with automatic supply and a dispensing operation with manual supply. In the dispensing operation in automatic supply, a weighing operation for measuring the weight of the powder medicine may be performed.

Next, a medicine setting device 201 according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. Furthermore, in the following description, the same parts as those described above are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description will be omitted.

The medicine setting device 201 of this embodiment includes a medicine package supply device 202, a main body device 203, and a display device 4. The main body device 203 has substantially the same structure as the medicine setting device 3 in the embodiment described above, and redundant detailed description will be omitted. That is, the medicine setting device 201 of this embodiment is formed by integrating the medicine setting device 3 described above and the medicine package supply device 202.
The medicine package supply device 202 also has a control section (not shown) that includes a calculation section, a storage section, and a communication section, and includes external equipment (a host control device (not shown), dispensing equipment such as a medicine packaging machine, etc. It is possible to send and receive various signals and various information to and from an external PC (such as an external PC). Additionally, various information can be stored.

In the medicine package supply device 202, a housing 236 is provided with a plurality (four) of drawer groups 220 (package supply section group) consisting of a first drawer group 220a to a fourth drawer group 220d.
Each of the plurality of drawer groups 220 has a plurality of drawer sections 222 (drug packaging supply section), and in this embodiment, two drawer sections 222 consisting of a first drawer section 222a and a second drawer section 222b are used. have At this time, the plurality of drawer groups 220 are formed at horizontally shifted positions.

Further, as shown in FIG. 28, inside the drug package supply device 202, there is provided a supply-side package conveyance means 225 for conveying the drug packages 25 from each drawer section 222 to the inter-apparatus package conveyance means 263 located below. have

Here, the drug setting device 201 of the present embodiment includes a package conveyance means for conveying the drug package 25 from the production position (produced position) to the drug storage section 82 of the medication calendar 80. This package conveying means includes a supply side package conveying means 225, an inter-apparatus package conveying means 263, and an intra-setting apparatus conveying means 50.

The supply side package conveyance means 225 has a plurality (four) of individual conveyance means 226 (upstream conveyance section) consisting of a first individual conveyance means 226a to a fourth individual conveyance means 226d (see FIG. 29(a)). are doing. Each individual conveyance means 226 includes a hand portion that can hold the drug package 25, a back-and-forth movement mechanism (for example, an extension mechanism of an arm portion, etc.) that moves the hand portion in the front-rear direction (front-to-back direction), and a hand portion and It has a belt-type lifting device that lifts and lowers the back-and-forth moving mechanism.

The plurality of individual conveyance means 226 are respectively associated with different drawer groups 220 on a one-to-one basis. Specifically, the first individual conveyance means 226a is associated with the first drawer group 220a, and similarly, the second individual conveyance means 226b to the fourth individual conveyance means 226d are associated with the second drawer group 220b to 226d, respectively. They are associated with each of the fourth drawer groups 220d. Then, each individual conveyance means 226 conveys the medicine packages 25 produced in the drawer sections 222 belonging to the associated drawer group 220 to the inter-apparatus package conveyance means 263.

For example, the first individual transport means 226a transports the drug package 25 from any of the drawer sections 222 (first drawer section 222a, second drawer section 222b) belonging to the first drawer group 220a to the inter-apparatus package transport means 263. It is a device that does Similarly, the second individual conveyance means 226b to the fourth individual conveyance means 226d convey the medicine package 25 from one of the two drawer sections 222 belonging to the second drawer group 220b to the fourth drawer group 220d, respectively.

The inter-apparatus packaging transport means 263 is substantially the same as the inter-apparatus packaging transport means 63 described above, and is capable of transporting the drug package 25 in an upright position. Note that the inter-apparatus package conveyance means 263 of this embodiment differs from the above-described embodiments in the structure of the upper conveyor section (detailed illustration is omitted), and the roller row section 67b (see FIG. 6) is replaced by the other conveyor section. A side conveyor section (not shown) is provided. The other side conveyor section has two pulleys that rotate on a vertical axis and a belt member. That is, the drug package 25 is held between the conveyor section 67a on one side and the conveyor section on the other side.

As shown in FIG. 30, the drawer section 222 includes a wrapping band attachment section 230, a package gripping section 231, a tension pulley section 232, and a package cutting device 233 (cutting means).

The packaging band attachment part 230 is a part to which the drug packaging band 26 (see FIG. 4) wound into a roll is attached, and has a core part.
The package gripping part 231 is a part that grips a part of the medicine packaging band 26 that has been fed out, and has two rollers that rotate on a vertical axis. That is, a part of the drug packaging band 26 is held between the two rollers.

Here, at least one of the core part of the wrapping band attachment part 230 and the two rollers of the package gripping part 231 can be driven to rotate by the power of a motor or the like (not shown). That is, the drawer section 222 has a feeding mechanism for automatically feeding and feeding the medicine packaging band 26.

The tension pulley section 232 is a roller that rotates on a vertical axis and is applied to apply a constant tension to the medicine packaging band 26 that has been fed out.

The package cutting device 233 includes a main body portion 233a equipped with a cutter (cutting blade) capable of cutting the drug packaging band 26 (medicine packaging paper), and a sensor portion 233b that detects the cutting position of the drug packaging band 26. That is, the package cutting device 233 is a device that forms one drug package 25 by performing a package band cutting operation of cutting the drug package band 26 .

That is, each drawer section 222 can be switched between a state where it is pulled out from the main body portion (casing 236) of the drug package supply device 202 and a state where it is pushed in, and the drug packaging band 26 can be attached in the pulled out state. be. In addition, each drawer section 222 is capable of a wrapping band cutting operation in which the drug wrapping band 26 is cut to produce one drug package 25.

The wrapping band cutting operation may be an operation in which a part of the drug packaging band 26 is gripped by the hand portion of the individual conveying means 226 and the drug packaging band 26 is cut by the package cutting device 233. In this case, the individual conveyance means 226 conveys one drug package 25 (for one package) formed by the gripped portion as it is.
Further, for the wrapping band cutting operation, a holding means (not shown) for holding one manufactured drug package 25 may be provided on the downstream side of the main body portion 233a of the package cutting device 233. In this case, one drug package 25 is produced by cutting, and the drug package 25 is kept on standby by the holding means. Then, the individual conveyance means 226 grasps the medicine package 25 waiting in the holding means with the hand portion and conveys it downward.

Next, a procedure for forming a medication calendar group using the medication setting device 201 of this embodiment will be described. Note that an example will be described in which a medication calendar group similar to the above is formed.

First, the medicine package supply device 202 executes a medicine package supply operation in which medicine packages 25 are produced and transported one by one toward the medicine setting device 201. At this time, prior to this medicine package supply operation, a plurality of medication calendars 80 are introduced into the main body device 203 using the cart 88 in the same manner as described above. Further, prior to the medicine package supply operation, the medicine packaging band 26 is set in the first drawer section 222a belonging to each of the first drawer group 220a to the fourth drawer group 220d of the medicine package supply device 202.

Specifically, in the first drawer part 222a of the first drawer group 220a, there are bandages 30 for the same patient (Fig. 4) is attached.
That is, in each medication calendar 80 (see FIG. 8) belonging to the medication calendar group, the same patient bandages are formed by consecutively forming medication packages 25 to be set in the medication container 82 located in the (1, 1) component of the matrix. It is 30. That is, the first drug package 25 belonging to the same patient bandage 30 is a drug package that should be set in the drug storage section 82 located at the (1,1) component of the first medication calendar 80. Further, the second drug package 25 is a drug package that should be set in the drug storage section 82 located at the (1,1) component of the second medication calendar 80. Similarly, each drug package 25 should be set in a separate medication calendar 80, and each drug package 25 should be set in the drug storage section 82 located at the (1,1) component of the medication calendar 80.

Similarly, the same patient bandages 30 to be attached to the first drawer section 222a of the second drawer group 220b are drug packages to be set in the drug storage sections 82 located at the (1, 2) components of different medication calendars 80. 25 are formed in a row.
In addition, the same patient's bandages 30 to be attached to the first drawer section 222a of the third drawer group 220c are the drug packages 25 to be set in the drug storage sections 82 located at the (1, 3) components of different medication calendars 80. It is formed by a series of
The same patient bandages 30 to be attached to the first drawer section 222a of the fourth drawer group 220d are connected to drug packages 25 to be set in drug storage sections 82 located at the (1, 4) components of different medication calendars 80. It was formed by

That is, the drug packaging band 26 in which the drug packages 25 set in the first row setting operation are connected is attached to the first drawer portion 222a of each of the first drawer group 220a to the fourth drawer group 220d. That is, drug storage units 82 in different columns of the medication calendar 80 are associated with each drawer group 220. Therefore, at this time, the four drug packaging bands 26 respectively attached to the four drawer groups 220 should be set in the drug storage sections 82 at different positions (columns) in the same row (first row). Includes drug packaging 25.

Note that the drug packaging band 26 to be attached to the drawer section 222 described above is prepared in advance using an external device (tablet packaging machine) or the like. Furthermore, when the drug packaging band 26 is attached to the drawer section 222, the drug information display 33 (see FIG. 4) on the drug packaging band 26 is read by a reading device (not shown) equipped with a scanner or the like. As a result, the supply unit specifying operation for specifying the drawer unit 222 to which the medicine packaging band 26 is attached is executed. Note that this reading device may be formed integrally with the medicine setting device 201, or may be a portable device capable of transmitting and receiving signals to and from the medicine setting device 201.

Specifically, information is acquired from the drug information display 33 by executing a reading operation of the drug information display 33 with the reading device. Then, based on the acquired information and information such as prescription data stored in the control unit of the medicine setting device 201, the drawer section 222 to which the medicine packaging band 26 to which the medicine information display 33 is attached is to be attached is specified. . This completes the supply section specifying operation.

Then, when the supply section specifying operation is completed, a set guide operation is executed to notify the user of the result of the supply section specifying operation. The set guide operation may be, for example, an operation of automatically shifting the identified drawer section 222 to a state of being pulled out toward the front (sliding it toward the front). In addition, an ID or the like (unique number) is attached to all the drawers 222 in advance, and the display device 4 displays a message such as "Please attach it to the drawer number 〇〇" so that the medicine can be packaged in the specified drawer 222. It may also be an operation of displaying a message prompting the wearer to wear the belt 26. Furthermore, it may be an operation of outputting a similar message by voice or the like. Alternatively, all the drawer sections 222 may be provided with lamp members such as LEDs, and the lamp member of the specified drawer section 222 may be turned on or blinked. The operation may include performing a plurality of these operations.

In the medicine package supply operation, a first individual conveyance operation is performed in which a medicine package 25 is produced in the first drawer section 222a of the first drawer group 220a and is conveyed to the inter-apparatus package conveyance means 263 by the first individual conveyance means 226a. Ru. In parallel with this, a second individual transport operation is performed in which the drug packages 25 are produced in the first drawer section 222a of the second drawer group 220b and transported to the inter-apparatus package transport means 263 by the second individual transport means 226b. Ru. Similarly, in parallel, a third individual conveyance operation of conveying the medicine package 25 from the drawer section 222 belonging to the drawer group 220 associated with the third individual conveyance means 226c and the fourth individual conveyance means 226d, and a fourth individual conveyance operation. Action is performed.

Here, as shown in FIG. 31, the lower end sides of each of the first individual conveyance means 226a to the fourth individual conveyance means 226d serve as standby positions for the medicine packages 25 on the side of the medicine package supply device 202. Further, similarly to the above-described embodiment, the lower end sides of each of the four pickup devices 58 serve as standby positions (from the downstream side, the first standby position to the fourth standby position) for the medicine package 25 on the main body device 203 side.

That is, when the first individual transport operation is executed, the drug package 25 is introduced from the first individual transport means 226a to the inter-apparatus package transport means 263, and is transported to the first standby position. Similarly to the embodiment described above, in this embodiment as well, the medicine package 25 whose standby position on the main body device 203 side is located further downstream is preferentially transported. Therefore, for example, when the drug package 25 is conveyed to the lower end side in the second individual conveyance operation before the first individual conveyance operation, the drug package 25 is moved to the standby position of the drug package 25 on the side of the medicine package supply device 202. Have them wait. Similarly, by performing the second individual conveyance operation, the third individual conveyance operation, and the fourth individual conveyance operation, respectively, and then conveying the drug package 25 by the inter-apparatus package conveyance means 263, the main body apparatus 203 side The medicine package 25 is transported to the second standby position, the third standby position, and the fourth standby position.

When all of the drug packages 25 to be transferred are conveyed to the lower end sides of each of the four pickup devices 58, the operation of conveying the drug packages 25 by the intra-setting device conveyance means 50 is performed, similarly to the above-described embodiment. be done. That is, one to four drug packages 25 are transported from the standby position on the side of the main device 203 to the drug storage section 82 of the medication calendar 80. Then, similarly to the embodiment described above, the first row setting operation is executed for the first medication calendar 80.

Subsequently, in the same manner as described above, the operation of transporting the drug package 25 used in the first row setting operation for the second medication calendar 80 is performed, and the first row setting operation for the second medication calendar 80 is performed. be done. Similarly, as in the embodiment described above, the first row setting operation is executed one by one for all medication calendars 80 belonging to the medication calendar group.

At this time, when the first row setting operation is being executed for one medication calendar 80, the operation for producing the drug packaging 25 to be set in the first row setting operation for the other medication calendar 80 that will be performed later is executed. be done. Further, an operation is performed to transport the manufactured drug package 25 to the standby position on the main body device 203 side. That is, the operation of setting the drug package 25 on the medication calendar 80, the operation of producing the drug package 25, and the operation of transporting the drug package 25 are executed in parallel.

When performing the first row setting operation for a plurality of medication calendars 80 in this manner, a reservation setting process is performed in which the drug packaging bands 26 are attached to the four second drawer sections 222b of the drug package supply device 202.

In this step, the drug packaging band 26 in which the drug packages 25 to be set in the second row setting operation are connected is attached to the second drawer section 222b of each of the first drawer group 220a to the fourth drawer group 220d. Specifically, the bandages 30 for the same patient that are attached to the second drawer section 222b of the first drawer group 220a are the same patient's bandages 30 that are attached to the drug that is located in the (2,1) component of the matrix in each medication calendar 80 that belongs to the medication calendar group. The drug packages 25 to be set in the accommodating portion 82 are formed in a row. Similarly, in the second drawer part 222b of the second drawer group 220b, medicine packages 25 to be set in the medicine storage part 82 located at the (2, 2) component of the medication calendar 80 are arranged in a row for the same patient. Set the bandage 30.

That is, the four drug packaging bands 26 attached to the four second drawer sections 222b each include drug packages 25 to be set in different columns of the same row (second row). At this time, each second drawer section 222b is attached with a drug packaging band 26 containing the drug packages 25 to be set in the drug storage section 82 in the row corresponding to the drawer group 220 to which each second drawer section 222b belongs.

When the first line setting operation is completed for all the medication calendars 80 belonging to the medication calendar group, the second line setting operation is performed one by one for the plurality of medication calendars 80 for which the first line setting operation has already been completed. To go.

At this time, in the medicine package supply operation, the medicine packages 25 produced in the second drawer sections 222b of the first drawer group 220a to the fourth drawer group 220d are conveyed by the first to fourth individual conveyance operations, respectively. Ru. That is, the drug packages 25 are transported from the respective second drawer portions 222b to the inter-apparatus package transport means 263 by each individual transport operation. Then, similarly to the above, the drug package 25 is supplied to the main device 203.
In other words, in the operation of performing the second row setting operation on the medication calendar 80, compared to the operation of performing the first row setting operation on each medication calendar 80, the drawer section 222 for producing the drug package 25 The drawer section 222 that serves as the transport source is different.

Then, when performing the second row setting operation on the plurality of medication calendars 80, a reservation setting process is performed in which the drug packaging bands 26 are attached to the four first drawer sections 222a of the drug package supply device 202. This reservation setting step is an operation of setting a drug packaging band 26 in which drug packages 25 to be set in the third row are connected in each of the first drawer portions 222a.

In other words, in the reservation setting process, the drug package is placed in one of the four first drawer sections 222a and the four second drawer sections 222b that were not used during the previous (currently executed) α-th row setting operation. This is the process of attaching the belt 26. Further, at this time, a drug packaging band 26 is attached to each drawer portion 222, in which the drug packages 25 to be set in the subsequent α-th row setting operation are connected. The drug packaging band 26 attached to each drawer section 222 includes drug packages 25 to be accommodated in the drug storage sections 82 located in the rows associated with the drawer sections.

By repeating the above operations and steps, all the drug packages 25 to be set are set in all the medication calendars 80, respectively. That is, a medication calendar group is formed.

In the embodiment described above, the medicine package supply device 202 is located on the right side of the medicine setting device 201 (see FIG. 28), but the present invention is not limited thereto, and it may be located on the left side of the medicine setting device 201.
Further, in the above-described embodiment, the drug packaging band 26 is fed out toward the left side, but as shown in FIG. 32, it may be fed out toward the right side. At this time, the medicine packaging band 26 may be wound clockwise (see FIG. 32(a)) or counterclockwise (see FIG. 32(b)). When the medicine package supply device 202 is positioned on the right side of the medicine setting device 201, it may be wound counterclockwise, and when it is placed on the left side, it may be wound clockwise. Regardless of the winding method, as shown in FIG. 32, it is preferable to wind the drug packaging band 26 so that the printed portion is located on the front side of the drawer section.

In the embodiment described above, the medicine packaging band 26 is provided with the header part 28, but the medicine packaging band 26 does not necessarily need to be provided with the header part 28. In this case, each drug package 25 belonging to the drug packaging band 26 may be given the above code. Then, the code or characters may be read from the medicine package 25, and the supply unit specifying operation may be executed based on the read information. Further, in addition to the header section 28, the above-described drug information display 33 may be attached to any part of the produced drug packaging band 26.

In the embodiment described above, an example was described in which the medication calendar 80 was adopted as the medicine setting tool, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the medicine setting tool may be a medicine distribution tray 380 (medication setting tool) shown in FIG. 33.

The medicine distribution tray 380 is a container with an open top, and the inner space is divided into 28 small spaces 382 (medicine storage parts) by a partition member 380a, and each small space 382 can set the medicine package 25. It becomes a place (part) to do something. In this medicine distribution tray 380, a plurality of small spaces 382 are distributed in a matrix shape in a plan view.

Similar to the medication calendar 80 described above, the medicine distribution tray 380 may accommodate a plurality of medicine packages 25 each containing medicines prescribed to different patients and scheduled to be taken at the same time. Alternatively, a plurality of drug packages 25 may be accommodated, each containing a drug prescribed for one patient and taken at different times. Furthermore, each row of the plurality of small spaces 382 may be assigned to a different patient, and each column may be assigned to a different administration period.
That is, the medicine distribution tray 380 is for setting one or more medicine packages 25 to be set in each small space 382, similarly to the above-mentioned medicine calendar 80.

Next, the medicine setting system 1 for setting the medicine packaging 25 on the medicine distribution tray 380 will be described in detail below.

A medicine setting system 301 according to the third embodiment of the present invention includes a medicine dispensing device 2 and a medicine setting device 303, as shown in FIG.
The drug setting device 303 includes a setting tool supply device 310, a setting tool storage device 311, a drug setting section 312, a conveyor 313, and a tray receiving device 314.

The setting tool supply device 310 is a device that can hold a plurality of drug distribution trays 380 in a vertically stacked state, and is a device that can supply the drug distribution trays 380 one by one to the setting tool storage device 311.
The setting tool accommodating device 311 has a first setting tool accommodating section 311a on the left side and a second setting tool accommodating section 311b on the right side. The transport conveyor 313 transports the medicine distribution tray 380 in which all the medicine packages 25 to be set are set from the second setting tool accommodating part 311b to the tray receiving device 314. The tray receiving device 314 is a device that can hold a plurality of drug distribution trays 380 each having a drug package 25 set therein in a vertically stacked state, and allows the drug distribution trays 380 to be taken out. There is.

In this medicine setting system 301, the medicine package 25 is supplied from the medicine dispensing device 2 to the medicine setting section 312. On the other hand, the medicine distribution tray 380 is supplied to the medicine setting part 312 from the first setting tool accommodating part 311a. Then, a partial setting operation is performed in which only a portion of the medicine packages 25 that need to be set are set on the medicine distribution tray 380. Then, the medicine dispensing tray 380 with the medicine packaging 25 set thereon is transported to the second setting tool accommodating section 311b. That is, the drug setting system 301 includes a transport device that transports the drug package 25 from the drug dispensing device 2 to the drug setting section 312, a transport device (pickup device) that sets the drug package 25 on the drug distribution tray 380, and a drug dispensing device. 2 to the second setting tool accommodating section 311b.

The first setting tool accommodating section 311a and the second setting tool accommodating section 311b are also devices capable of holding a plurality of drug distribution trays 380 in a vertically stacked state. A device for moving the medicine tray 380 from the second setting tool accommodating section 311b to the first setting tool accommodating section 311a is provided near the upper end.

From the above, the drug setting system 301 of the present embodiment executes a partial setting operation for each of the plurality of drug distribution trays 380 one by one while circulating the plurality of drug distribution trays 380, as in the embodiment described above. By repeating this, it becomes possible to set the drug packages 25 to be set in each of the plurality of drug distribution trays 380.

In other words, the medicine dispensing trays 380 transported from the medicine setting section 312 to the second setting tool storage section 311b are stacked up such that those for which some of the medicines have been previously set are placed on top. Then, among the stacked medicine distribution trays 380, the one located at the uppermost side is transported to the first setting tool storage section 311a.

Further, in the first setting tool storage section 311a, among the stacked drug distribution trays 380, the lowest one is supplied to the drug setting section 312. Then, each of the medicine distribution trays 380 stacked on the medicine distribution tray 380 moves downward.

Note that, as shown in FIG. 35, in the medicine setting system 301 described above, a medicine package supplying device 202 may be provided in place of the medicine dispensing device 2 to form one medicine setting device 401. Note that the medicine setting device 303 described above becomes the main device of this medicine setting device 401.

1,301; drug setting system, 2; drug dispensing device, 3,201,303,401; drug setting device, 19; cutting device (cutting means), 233; package cutting device (cutting means) 25; drug packaging, 26; Drug packaging band, 30; Bandage for the same patient, 80, 80a, 80b, 100, 101; Medication calendar (drug setting tool), 82; Drug storage section, 380; Medicine distribution tray (drug setting tool), 382; Small space (drug storage area)

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A drug setting system comprising: a drug dispensing device that produces and dispenses a drug package containing a drug; and a drug setting device that sets the drug package in a drug setting tool,
comprising a package transport means for transporting the drug package from the drug dispensing device toward the drug setting device;
It is possible to carry out an operation of transporting and supplying the manufactured and dispensed drug package to the drug setting device and setting the drug package supplied to the drug setting device in the drug setting tool,
A medicine set system comprising a cutting means for producing individual medicine packages containing one dose of medicine by cutting. An operation of setting the previously produced drug package in the drug setting tool, an operation of producing another individual drug package by cutting, and a further production of another drug package by enclosing the drug. The medicine set system according to claim 1 , wherein the medicine set system performs the above operations in parallel. A drug setting system comprising: a drug dispensing device that produces and dispenses a drug package containing a drug; and a drug setting device that sets the drug package in a drug setting tool,
comprising a package transport means for transporting the drug package from the drug dispensing device toward the drug setting device;
It is possible to carry out an operation of transporting and supplying the manufactured and dispensed drug package to the drug setting device and setting the drug package supplied to the drug setting device in the drug setting tool,
The package conveying means includes an inter-device package conveying means provided across the drug dispensing device and the drug setting device,
When dispensing the plurality of drug packages, the drug dispensing device supplies a drug packaging band in which a plurality of drug packages are connected in a band shape to the drug setting device without passing through the inter-device package conveying means. A medicine setting system capable of switching between an external dispensing mode in which the medicine package is dispensed to the outside without being removed, and a supply mode in which the medicine package is transported and supplied to the medicine setting device via the inter-device packaging conveyance means. A drug setting system comprising: a drug dispensing device that produces and dispenses a drug package containing a drug; and a drug setting device that sets the drug package in a drug setting tool,
comprising a package transport means for transporting the drug package from the drug dispensing device toward the drug setting device;
It is possible to carry out an operation of transporting and supplying the manufactured and dispensed drug package to the drug setting device and setting the drug package supplied to the drug setting device in the drug setting tool,
The drug dispensing device is capable of producing a drug packaging band in which a plurality of drug packages are connected in a band shape,
A drug set system capable of producing a bandage for the same patient, in which drugs prescribed to the same patient and taken at different times are enclosed in each of a plurality of drug packages connected in a band shape, as the drug packaging band. A drug setting system comprising: a drug dispensing device that produces and dispenses a drug package containing a drug; and a drug setting device that sets the drug package in a drug setting tool,
comprising a package transport means for transporting the drug package from the drug dispensing device toward the drug setting device;
It is possible to carry out an operation of transporting and supplying the manufactured and dispensed drug package to the drug setting device and setting the drug package supplied to the drug setting device in the drug setting tool,
The medicine setting tool is capable of setting the medicine packaging in each of a plurality of medicine storage parts,
A drug setting system that is capable of simultaneously setting a plurality of individually divided drug packages in separate drug storage units. The medicine setting tool is capable of setting the medicine packaging in each of a plurality of medicine storage parts,
Transport and supply the n (n is an integer of 2 or more) bandages for the same patient from the drug dispensing device toward the drug setting device, cut each of the n bandages for the same patient, and cut each of the bandages for the same patient. 4. The drug packaging is formed one by one from the bandages for the same patient, and the n drug packages thus formed are simultaneously conveyed by a robot arm and set in different corresponding drug storage units at the same time. The drug set system described in . A drug setting system comprising: a drug dispensing device that produces and dispenses a drug package containing a drug; and a drug setting device that sets the drug package in a drug setting tool,
comprising a package transport means for transporting the drug package from the drug dispensing device toward the drug setting device;
It is possible to carry out an operation of transporting and supplying the manufactured and dispensed drug package to the drug setting device and setting the drug package supplied to the drug setting device in the drug setting tool,
The drug dispensing device is a device that produces and dispenses the drug package in which a drug is packaged based on prescription data, and the drug packaged in the drug package and/or to be packaged matches the prescription content. A medicine set system that executes a confirmation operation to check whether or not they match.

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