JP2004238086A - Inspecting method for portion-packaged medicine, portion packaging device for medicine and inspecting system for medicine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an inspecting method for a medicine which does not cause reduction in a portion-packaging speed. <P>SOLUTION: A capsule-like transponder is housed in one of tablet feeders of a tablet portion-packaging device 4. One transponder is discharged and portion-packaged to give the portion-packaged bag in which only the transponder is portion-packaged at the front end of the bags before a tablet is discharged. The portion-packaging information can be attached to the portion-packaged medicine in a short time by sending a sending signal from an antenna arranged in a transferring passage of a portion-packaging sheet to the portion-packaged transponder and making the packed transponder memorize portion-packaging information, by this the reduction of portion-packaging speed can be prevented. On the other hand, the inspection of the medicine is conducted by sending a sending signal requiring signal from a reader 40, reading-out the portion-packaging information from the transponder, and verifying the portion-packaged medicine based on the read-out portion-packaging information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a drug packaging inspection method capable of collating a packaged drug with packaging information based on a prescription without decreasing the packaging speed of the drug packaging.

  2. Description of the Related Art In general, in a pharmacy of a hospital, a medicine dispensing device packs a medicine prescribed for each patient so as to be suitable for taking each time.

  At that time, it is checked whether the packaged medicine is packaged according to the prescription, that is, a so-called drug check is performed, and the medicine is delivered to the patient.

  By the way, such a drug check operation involves comparing the packaged medicine with the prescription, and checking the medicine actually packaged for each package and the medicine listed in the prescription list. This is a time-consuming and complicated operation, and is one of the major factors for increasing the waiting time at the pharmacy counter.

Therefore, as one method for solving this problem, (Patent Document 1) includes a printer that prints prescription data on a tablet packaging device, and the printer uses, as shown in FIG. The tablet type, the number of tablets, the patient name, and the like are printed on the prescription content display section 2 formed separately from the divided packaging section, and the prescription content display section 2 on which the tablet type, the number of tablets, the patient name, and the like are printed is displayed. A gazette is disclosed in which a drug check can be performed without having to look at the prescription list at every time.
Japanese Patent Publication No. 3-35181

  However, in the method of printing the prescription content by the printer on the prescription content display section 2 provided on the medicine packaging 1 shown in FIG. 20, the printing speed of the printer is slower than the packaging speed of the medicine. Since the prescription content display section 2 printed by the printer is provided in the packaging bag, the packaging process cannot be completed until the printing process by the printer is completed, so that there is a problem that the packaging speed is reduced. In particular, when the number of data to be printed is large, such as when there are many types of medicines to be packaged, there is a problem that the packaging speed is extremely reduced.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a method of detecting a drug package in which a drug can be easily detected without lowering the packaging speed.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, according to the present invention, a transponder that transmits data stored in a memory circuit in response to a transmission request signal includes packaging information including drug data and patient recognition data when packaging a drug. The transponder storing the packaging information is attached to the medicine packaging in which the packaging is performed, and is transmitted to the medicine packaging when the medicine packaging with the transponder is inspected. Means for transmitting a transmission request signal from the means, reading the packaging information transmitted by the transmitted request signal with a receiver, and collating with the packaged medicine based on the read data. The method was adopted.

  At this time, it is also possible to adopt a medicine packaging inspection method of reading out the stored contents of the transponder and checking the written data immediately after the transponder is attached to the medicine packaging.

  At this time, when a writing error occurs in the transponder, the package information is rewritten, or a transponder storing the package information in the memory circuit is newly attached to the drug package. It is also possible to adopt a package detection method.

  Further, at this time, it is monitored by the detecting means whether or not the packaged medicine is packaged according to the medicine data. At this time, if the packaged medicine does not conform to the medicine data, a data to that effect is provided. May be stored in the transponder, and the medicine package may be attached to the medicine package in which the medicine is mistakenly packaged.

  The present invention is configured as described above, and stores packaging information including drug data and patient recognition data in a transponder that transmits data stored in a memory circuit in response to a transmission request signal, and performs packaging when packaging. Attach to the medicine package, transmit the transmission request signal from the transmission means at the time of drug detection of the medicine package, read the packaging information transmitted by the request signal with a receiver, and read the packaged data and the package. By performing collation with the medicine, the packaging information can be attached to the medicine packaging at a high speed, and the packaging speed can be increased. Therefore, the waiting time of the patient can be reduced, and the burden on the patient can be reduced.

  At this time, by reading the data stored in the transponder and checking the written data, a mistake in writing to the transponder can be checked, so that a drug detection mistake can be prevented.

  In addition, when a writing error occurs in the transponder, the package information is rewritten, or the transponder storing the package information in the memory circuit is newly attached to the medicine package, so that the correct data is always obtained. Can be attached to the medicine package, so that mistakes at the time of medicine examination can be prevented, and the accuracy of medicine examination can be improved.

  Further, it is detected at the time of performing the drug packaging whether the packaged drug is packaged according to the drug data, and when the detected data is not the drug data, the fact is stored in the transponder. Since it is attached to the medicine package and notified to that effect at the time of drug detection, drug detection errors can be easily prevented, and moreover, efficiency of drug detection work and reduction of drug detection work can be achieved.

  Hereinafter, the best mode of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows, as a first embodiment, a drug detection system according to a drug package detection method of the present invention.

  In the present system, the transponder 3 stores the medicine information, and the transponder 3 storing the medicine information is automatically attached to the medicine packaging 1, and the tablet is packed by the tablet packing apparatus 4. A drug counter 5 for detecting the drug package 1.

  In the case of the present embodiment, the transponder 3 has a ferrite antenna 6, a C-MOS IC chip 7 and a power supply capacitor 8 sealed in a tube 9 made of hard glass, as shown in FIG. It has a shape very similar to.

  In the IC chip 7 of the transponder 3, a control circuit and the like necessary for communication with the ID RAM memory are formed, and reading / writing of package information coded in the memory by transmission / reception radio waves can be repeated. It has become. Further, the IC chip 7 is made of a C-MOS IC to achieve extremely low power consumption, and is provided with a power supply capacitor 8 as shown in the block diagram of FIG. In this way, there is no power supply. For this reason, the transponder 3 can be used repeatedly without replenishing power such as charging or replacing batteries.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the tablet packaging device 4 includes an input control device 10 and a tablet packaging device main body 11.

  The input control device 10 comprises a control computer having an input means 12 such as a mouse or a keyboard and a display means 13 by a display. The input means 12 allows the display means 13 to display information such as a patient name, a tablet name, and the number of tablets. When the packaging information is displayed and input, the packaging information and the control signal corresponding to the input are output to the control device of the tablet packaging apparatus main body 11.

  In the case of the present embodiment, the tablet packing apparatus main body 11 is provided with an upper guide device 14 composed of guide rollers and rails and a lower guide device 15 composed of guide rollers and slide rails in a box-shaped case. It is a so-called drawer type in which a plurality of drawers 16 incorporated on the left and right incorporated by the device 14 and the lower guide device 15 can be pulled out from an opening which is opened by holding with a door. A large number of tablet feeders 17 are arranged in the vertical direction. Further, each of the tablet feeders 17 of the drawer 16 arranged as described above is connected to the input control device 10 via a control device having an interface circuit provided in the tablet packaging device main body 11 so as to be controlled. Has become.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the tablet feeder 17 includes a motor base 18 and a cartridge container 19 detachably attached to the motor base 18. A rotor 20 is incorporated in the cartridge container 19, and the assembled rotor 20 is The tablets stored in the cartridge container 19 are rotated by the motor M supported by the base 18 so as to enter the pockets 21 provided on the outer periphery of the rotor 20, and the tablets in the pockets 21 are removed from the cartridge container 19 and the drawer. It discharges one by one from the discharge ports 22 formed in the 16 support bases.

  Further, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, a detecting means by an optical sensor S in which a light emitting element and a light receiving element are opposed to each other is provided in the discharge port 22 and the sensor S is connected to a control device to thereby perform input control. The device 10 can monitor whether or not the discharge based on the control signal has been performed.

  Incidentally, the light receiving element of the optical sensor S is a line sensor, which detects the size of the tablet to be ejected and the tablet to be ejected is of a regular size or a fragment formed by breaking the tablet. Can be determined.

  On the other hand, the tablets discharged from the discharge port 22 are placed in a common hopper 24 provided therebelow by a discharge path 23 extending in the vertical direction of the drawer 16 connected to the discharge port 22 of the tablet feeder 17. After being discharged, the packaging is performed by a packaging device 25 provided below the hopper 24.

  As shown in FIG. 6A, the packaging device 25 includes a triangular folder 27 provided on a transfer path of the inclined heat-sealable packaging sheet 26 and a chute 28 on the downstream side of the triangular folder 27. , And a sealing device 29 provided therebetween.

  As shown in FIG. 6A, the folder 27 abuts on the sheet 26, and folds the sheet 26 in the length direction. Further, a chute 28 provided on the downstream side of the folder 27 is attached to the tip of the hopper 24, and discharges the tablets discharged to the hopper 24 between the folds of the packaging sheet 26 folded in half by the folder 27. I do.

  The sealing device 29 includes a pair of horizontal heating bodies 30 for heating the sheet 26 in the width direction and vertical heating bodies 31 for heating both side edges of the sheet 26 disposed downstream of the horizontal heating body 30. The heating elements 30 and 31 are connected to servo motors, respectively, and are individually driven to rotate. Therefore, the sealing device 29 seals both side edges of the sheet 26 while conveying the packaging sheet 26 from which the tablets have been discharged by the chute 28 by the vertical heating body 31, and at the same time, the longitudinal direction of the sheet 26 by the horizontal heating body 30. Can be sealed.

  Downstream of the sealing device 29, an antenna 32 for reading / writing data with the transponder 3 is provided along the transfer path of the packaging sheet 26.

  As the antenna 32, for example, a gate antenna wound with electric wires or a rod antenna using a ferrite core can be used, so that an optimum antenna can be selected according to the packaging speed and the noise level of the installation location. ing.

  The antenna 32 is connected to the input control device 10 via a read / write device 33.

  The read / write unit 33 includes an RF module 34 and a control module 35 as shown in FIG. The control module 35 has a transmission / reception decoding circuit, and performs transmission according to a predetermined data writing communication procedure determined with the transponder 3 from packaging information transmitted from the input control device 10 during writing. Create a signal. Then, the RF module 34 modulates the created transmission signal into, for example, an FSK signal of a predetermined frequency and transmits the FSK signal from the antenna 32. On the other hand, at the time of reading, the transmission signal from the transponder 3 received by the antenna 32 is demodulated by the RF module 34, and the demodulated signal is converted into a digital signal by the control module 35 and output to the input control device 10.

  A cutter 36 is provided downstream of the antenna 32 so as to perforate the heat-sealed packaging sheet 26. An example of the medicine packaging 1 in which tablets are continuously packed in this manner is shown in FIG. It is shown in (b).

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 1, the drug detection counter 5 has a transmitting / receiving antenna 39 provided on a drug detection table 38, a reader 40 functioning as a receiver, and an output terminal for displaying the reception result. It is composed of a computer 41.

  The transmitting / receiving antenna 39 may be the same as the gate antenna or the rod antenna provided in the tablet packaging device 4, and the type of the antenna is appropriately determined according to the installation situation.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the reader 40 includes an RF module 34 and a control module 35. The control module 35 has a built-in microcomputer, controls communication of the reader 40, and transmits data from the transponder 3 in the following procedure. Read the data.

1. A transmission request signal is transmitted from the RF module 34 to the transponder 3 to provide energy for response. Then, the transponder 3 transmits data in response to the transmission request signal,
2. The transmission state is switched to the reception state, and the signal from the transponder 3 is received.
3. When the received signal is received, it is converted (encoded) into a digital signal and transmitted to the output terminal computer 41.

  On the other hand, the output terminal computer 41 has a database on tablets, and displays packaging information such as a patient name, a tablet name, and the number of tablets on the screen based on the packaging information transmitted from the reader 40. I do.

  At this time, by storing the graphic data of the tablets in the database of the output terminal computer 41, as shown in FIG. 8, the tablet names and the shapes and colors of the tablets are visually displayed together with the tablet names. Can be easily performed, and errors such as misreading of tablets at the time of drug detection can be reduced, so that the efficiency of drug detection work and the accuracy of drug detection can be improved.

  This embodiment is configured as described above. Next, a description will be given of a method of detecting a medicine package by describing its operation.

  In this tablet packing apparatus, by using the capsule-type transponder 3 as described above, for example, as shown in FIG. 4, one of the tablet feeders 17 ′ is packed in a medicine packing box for discharging the transponder 3. Attach packaging information to 1.

  That is, when the packaging information is input to the input control device 10, the input control device 10 transmits a control signal to the control device of the tablet packaging device main body 11, and transmits the control signal from the tablet feeder 17 ′ in which the transponder 3 is inserted to the transponder 3. Is discharged to the packaging device 25 to make a package in which only the transponder 3 is packaged. After that, the input control device 10 operates each of the tablet feeders 17 (other than the tablet feeder 17 'containing the transponder 3) based on the information, and makes the tablets into a package in a continuous manner. At the same time, the above information is transmitted to the read / write unit 33, and as shown in FIG. 6A, the data is transmitted from the antenna 32 to the transponder 3 which moves while enclosing the transfer path, and writes the data. The packaging information is attached to the medicine packaging 1. For this reason, the attachment of the packaging information to the medicine packaging 1 can be performed at a very high speed. FIG. 9 shows the packaged state.

  Immediately after writing the information to the transponder 3, the input control device 10 transmits a transmission request signal to the transponder 3, receives the transmission signal corresponding to the transmission request signal from the transponder 3, and writes the transmission request signal. Check the data.

  That is, the parcel information transmitted by the transponder 3 in response to the transmission request signal is read, the read data is collated with the previously written data, and it is checked whether the data is correctly written.

  As described above, by checking whether or not data has been correctly written to the transponder 3, the inspection accuracy can be improved, and a failure of the transponder 3 can be checked.

  At this time, if the two data match, the packaging process is continued as it is. If the two data do not match, correct data is stored by rewriting the transponder 3.

  Then, the transmission request signal is transmitted again to the transponder 3 to which the data is rewritten, the data stored in the transponder 3 is read, and the read data and the written data are collated. At this time, if correct data is not stored, a new transponder 3 storing the correct data is attached to the medicine package 1 instead of the transponder 3 storing the incorrect data.

  This reattachment of the transponder 3 is performed, for example, by discharging a new transponder 3 from the tablet feeder 17 ′ containing the transponder 3 at the end of the packaging of the medicine packaging 1 to which the transponder 3 storing the erroneous data is attached. At the end of the medicine package 1, a packaging bag containing only a new transponder 3 is made as shown in FIG. 6 (b). Then, the data is written to the last transponder 3 that is packaged and moves on the transfer path. At this time, it is natural that the transmission request signal is transmitted to the last transponder 3 to which the data is written, and the data is collated. If correct data still cannot be written, packaging is stopped and an error is displayed.

  On the other hand, as described above, in the input control device 10 in which the packaging information is written in the transponder 3, the ejection of tablets is monitored by the optical sensor S provided in each tablet feeder 17 during packaging, and at this time, the prescription In the case where tablets other than those described in the above are discharged or the required tablets are not discharged due to tablet breakage, or conversely, when a predetermined amount or more is discharged by double discharge of tablets or in the tablet feeder 17 Upon detecting abnormal discharge of the tablet from the tablet feeder 17 such as when broken tablet fragments are mixed, the transponder 3 is newly discharged from the tablet feeder 17 'containing the transponder 3 at the end of the packaging. Then, a package is made, and for the transponder 3 moving along the transfer path after being packaged, for example, a discharge abnormality as shown in FIG. 10 is displayed. And stores the message as data.

  By the way, in the method of detecting the medicine package 1 in which the transponder 3 is packaged as described above, when the medicine package 1 in which the transponder 3 is packaged is brought close to the medicine table 38 of the medicine counter 37, the medicine table is checked. The transponder 3 transmits the packaging information in response to the transmission request signal from the reader 40, and the transmitted signal is read by the reader 40 and displayed on the display device of the output terminal computer 41.

  For this reason, by checking the packaging information displayed on the display device with the actually packaged tablets, it is possible to quickly perform the drug detection work.

  At the time of this drug check, if there are two or more packaged transponders 3 in the drug package 1 to be tested, as described above, the transponder 3 packaged at the rear end corrects the data. Since the transponder 3 is stored, if the transponder 3 packed is brought closer to the medicine table 38, the packaging information stored in the transponder 3 that has been brought close is read and displayed on the display device as described above. The medicine may be checked by comparing the packaging information to be actually packaged with the actually packaged tablets.

  When the transponder 3 is a transponder 3 packed due to an abnormal discharge, when the package of the transponder 3 is brought closer to the inspection table 38, the reader 40 reads the data stored in the transponder 3, and A message for notifying the discharge abnormality as shown in FIG. 10 is displayed on the display device.

  For this reason, the displayed message allows the medicine package 1 packaged due to the discharge abnormality to be immediately recognized and eliminated, thereby making it possible to easily prevent a medicine inspection error. In addition, since this is reported without performing the drug detection, the efficiency of the drug detection work and the reduction of the drug detection work can be achieved.

  In this embodiment, the message is displayed on the display device. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The message may be notified by voice or warning sound.

  After the drug test, the package containing the transponder 3 is removed from the drug package 1 and delivered to the patient. At this time, if the detached transponder 3 is returned to the tablet feeder 17 'containing the transponder 3 and used repeatedly, the cost required for drug detection can be reduced.

  At this time, the packaging information is printed on a sticker, and the transponder 3 is attached to the removed medicine packaging 1, so that the patient himself can check whether the correct medicine is packaged. can do.

  In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 9, the transponder 3 is packaged at the head of the medicine package 1, but the present invention is not limited to this. May be wrapped.

  Further, the transponder 3 is of a capsule type, but is not limited to this shape, and may be of any other shape such as a tablet type or a tablet type.

  Furthermore, in this embodiment, one of the tablet feeders 17 of the drawer 16 is diverted to the tablet feeder 17 ′ for discharging the transponder 3, but in this case, the tablet feeder 17 of the drawer 16 is diverted. Alternatively, a tablet feeder 17 ″ dedicated to the transponder may be provided in the tablet packaging apparatus main body 4 as shown at 17 ″ in FIG. 4, for example. At that time, a separate discharge path may be provided for discharging the transponder 3 to the hopper 24.

  FIG. 11 shows, as Embodiment 1, a case where the present invention is applied to a so-called drum type in which the tablet packing device main body 11 has the tablet feeder 17 arranged in a cylindrical shape.

  That is, also in this case, as in the case of the previous embodiment, one of the tablet feeders 17 ′ is diverted for discharging the transponder 3, and the antenna 32 and the read / write are transferred to the transfer path of the packaging sheet 26 in the packaging device 25. By providing a container (not shown), the method for detecting a medicine package 1 of the present invention can be performed. Further, since other configurations of the drug counter 37 and the tablet packaging device main body 11 according to the present invention, for example, the input control device 10 and the like are the same as those in the first embodiment, the description of the operation and effect thereof will be omitted.

  FIG. 12 shows another embodiment of the first embodiment in which a tablet feeder 17 ′ for exclusive use of discharging the transponder 3 is provided in the tablet packaging apparatus main body 11, separately from the tablet feeder 17 arranged in a cylindrical shape. The other configuration is the same as that of the first embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted.

  13 and 14, as a second embodiment, a case 11 is provided with a feeder storage section 42 divided by a partition plate, and a plurality of tablet feeders 17 are installed above the hopper 24 by the storage section 42. FIG. 1 shows an example to which the present invention is applied.

  In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 14, one near side is a tablet feeder 17 'for discharging the transponder 3.

  Each of the tablet feeders 17 and 17 ′ includes a motor base 18 and a cartridge container 19, as described in the embodiment, and these tablet feeders 17 and 17 ′ have an elongated slim shape. In this way, a large number of tablet feeders 17, 17 'can be arranged on the hopper 24 so that various kinds of tablets can be packaged.

  The tablet feeders 17 and 17 'arranged as described above are connected to the input control device 10 via a control device (not shown) in the case, and each tablet feeder 17 and 17' are set on the basis of prescription information, as in the previous embodiment. , 17 '.

  On the other hand, below the hopper 24, a packaging device 25 including a sealing device 29, an antenna 32, a read / write device 33, and a cutter device 36 is provided, and the packaging device 25 uses the hopper 24 from the tablet feeders 17, 17 '. The transponder 3 can be packaged in the medicine package 1 by discharging the transponder 3 in the same manner as in the previous embodiment. It has become.

  Reference numeral B in the drawing denotes a conveyor provided at a discharge port of a hopper 24 formed in a rectangular shape, and conveys the discharged tablets to a central packaging device 25.

  The drug counter 37 is the same as in the previous embodiment and Example 1, and the other configuration and operation are the same as those in the previous embodiment and Example 1. Therefore, description thereof will be omitted. I do.

  As another embodiment of the tablet packing apparatus 4, a tablet feeder 17 'for discharging the transponder 3 is provided on the side of the case as shown by a chain line in FIG. 13, and the tablet feeder 17 on the side of the case is provided. 1 shows a configuration in which a discharge path 23 penetrating the case through the transponder 3 discharged from ′ is provided so as to drop the hopper 24 inside the case.

  In this case, it goes without saying that other configurations and operations are the same as those of the second embodiment.

  FIG. 15 shows a third embodiment in which a powder input port 43 and a plurality of tablet input ports 44 are provided on the upper surface of the case, and the total amount of powder required for packaging into the powder input port 43 during packaging is supplied. At the same time, by setting the tablets for each one-minute package in each of the tablet input ports 44, the set tablets and powder are sequentially dropped into the packaging device 25 provided below and packaged. An example in which the detection method of the present invention can be applied to the packaging device 45 is shown.

  That is, this device is provided with the antenna 32 and the read / write device 33 on the transfer path of the packaging sheet 26 of the packaging device 25.

  In the case of the divided packager 45, the transponder 3 described above is set in the tablet input port 43 for discharging the tablet first or last instead of the tablet, and the first package 1 or the last package 1 is packed. The transponder 3 is attached to the medicine package 1 by enclosing it in a package.

  The drug counter 37 is the same as in the previous embodiment and the first embodiment, and the other configuration and operation are the same as those in the first embodiment and the first embodiment.

  FIG. 16 shows another embodiment of the third embodiment in which a tablet feeder 17 ′ for discharging the transponder 3 is provided in the divided packager 45.

  In this case, by providing the tablet feeder 17 ″ dedicated to discharge of the transponder 3, it is not necessary to set the transponder 3 in the tablet input port 44 for each packaging, thereby improving the efficiency of the packaging operation. Can be.

  As a fourth embodiment in FIG. 17, a plurality of medicine containers 50 for placing a powdered medicine for each prescription are arranged on a turntable 51, and each medicine container 50 is rotated by rotating the turntable 51 on which the medicine containers 50 are arranged. The medicine container 50 is sequentially moved to the charging position, the medicine container 50 is tilted, the powdered medicine is charged into the hopper 52 provided below the charging position, and the powder is dispensed one by one by the disc-shaped distributor and packaged by the packaging device 25. The following describes a so-called automatic powder dispenser in which the detection method of the present invention can be applied.

  That is, in this device, the powdered medicine is first or lastly supplied to the charging position in the same manner as in the second embodiment, by providing the antenna 32 and the reader / writer 33 in the transfer path of the packaging sheet 26 of the packaging device 25. The transponder 3 can be packaged by setting the transponder 3 in the medicine container 50 instead of the medicine.

  Further, since the drug counter 5 and the input control device 10 may be the same as those of the previous embodiment, the description of the operation and effect thereof will be omitted.

  Further, as another embodiment of the fourth embodiment, a dedicated feeder 17 ′ for discharging the transponder 3 may be provided in an automatic powder dispenser as shown by reference numeral 17 ″ in FIG.

  FIG. 18 shows a fifth embodiment in which a plurality of powder feeders 54 capable of continuously discharging a predetermined amount of powder are arranged on a turntable 51, and the turntable 51 is rotated to sequentially discharge each powder feeder 54. To a hopper 52 provided below the discharge position, and is packaged one by one by a disc-shaped distributor and packaged by the packaging device 25. The following shows a method that can be applied to the drug detection method.

  That is, in this apparatus, an antenna 32 and a read / write device 33 are provided in a transfer path of the packaging sheet 26 of the packaging device 25, and one of the powdered feeders 54 is discharged from the transponder 3 as in the previous embodiment. In this case, the transponder 3 is discharged every time one prescription is packaged from the feeder 54 ′, and the transponder 3 is packaged (attached) to the medicine package 1.

  Also, the drug counter 5 and the input control device 4 are described as. Since this embodiment is the same as the previous embodiment, the description of the operation and effect thereof will be omitted.

  FIG. 18 shows another embodiment of the fifth embodiment in which a dedicated feeder 17 ″ for discharging the transponder 3 is provided in a continuous packager of powdered medicine, as indicated by reference numeral 17 ″ in FIG. 18.

  Incidentally, in this drug detection method, not only tablets and powders as described above, but also ampules 55 and liquid medicines are packaged using a drug package as shown in Example 6 of FIG. Naturally, it can be applied in such cases. Further, in that case, the transponder 3 is not limited to a capsule shape or a tablet shape.

  In addition, in the said embodiment and Example, although the case where the transponder 3 was packaged by the packaging device in the medicine packaging 1 was shown, this method may also be used by manually transposing the transponder 3 into the medicine packaging 1. Can also be attached. In this case, for example, a method may be adopted in which the transponder 3 is formed into a card shape and attached to the medicine package 1 with an adhesive tape.

  Further, in the above-described embodiments and examples, the response to the transponder 3 using radio waves is described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, instead of the antenna 6 of the transponder 3, an optical transceiver is used. By providing an optical transceiver for exchanging data with the optical transceiver in place of the antenna 36 on the transfer path, data transmission / reception may be performed using an optical signal.

Perspective view showing an embodiment Transponder partially cutaway perspective view Block diagram of transponder and writer of embodiment Front view of the tablet packaging device of the embodiment Cross section of tablet feeder Longitudinal sectional view of the packaging device Block diagram of transponder and reader Front view showing display screen of terminal computer Front view of medicine package of embodiment Operation explanatory view for explaining a message of the embodiment Front view of the first embodiment Sectional view showing another embodiment of the first embodiment. Example 2 perspective view FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram for explaining an internal structure of the second embodiment. Front view of the third embodiment Front view of Example 4 Front view of Example 5 Front view showing another embodiment of the fifth embodiment. Function explanatory view for explaining Example 6 Front view of conventional drug packaging

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1 medicine package 3 transponder 33 writer 40 reader S optical sensor

Claims (4)

  A transponder that transmits the data stored in the memory circuit in response to the transmission request signal stores packaging information including drug data and patient recognition data at the time of drug packaging, and stores the packaging information. A transponder is attached to the medicine package in which the packaging has been performed, and a transmission request signal is transmitted from the transmitting means to the medicine packaging when the transponder is attached to the medicine packaging. Thus, a method of detecting a medicine package, in which the transmitted packaging information is read by a receiver and the packed medicine is checked based on the read data.   2. The method according to claim 1, wherein immediately after the transponder is attached to the medicine package, the stored contents of the transponder are read and the written data is checked.   When a writing error occurs in the transponder, repackaging information is rewritten, or a transponder storing the packaging information in a memory circuit is newly attached to the medicine packaging. 3. The method for detecting a drug package according to 2 above.   It is monitored by the detecting means whether or not the packaged medicine is packaged according to the medicine data. At this time, if the packaged medicine does not conform to the medicine data, data to that effect is stored in the transponder. The method for detecting a medicine package according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the medicine package is attached to the medicine package in which the medicine is mistakenly packaged.

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