JPH024298B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a dispensing device that handles a large number of drug containers.

[Prior Art] Generally, hospital pharmacies are equipped with a large number of drug containers (so-called device bottles) containing various drugs, and these drug containers are taken from the shelf and used for dispensing the contents as needed. However, since workers have to quickly dispense a large number of prescriptions in a short period of time, they have to look at the label when taking the drug container from the shelf. There is a tendency to identify and handle drug containers based on their location on the shelf without checking the name of each drug, and there is also a tendency to handle drug containers that are used many times without returning them to the shelf each time. The reality is that.

[Problem to be solved by the invention] However, if a worker mistakenly takes a drug container next to him on a shelf, if the contents are similar, the worker will not notice the mistake and may cause a dispensing error. If a drug container that was intended to be returned to the shelf is not returned to the shelf, or if a drug container that was intended to be returned to the shelf is returned to the shelf, it takes time and effort to search for the drug container. There were problems such as delays in dispensing work.

This invention solves the above-mentioned problems of the conventional methods, and allows the user to confirm the drug name of a drug container taken from a shelf without looking at its label, and to check the drug name of a drug container that has not been returned to the shelf. The object is to provide a dispensing device that allows confirmation without looking at the label.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a dispensing device in which a large number of drug containers placed on a shelf are removed from the shelf and used for dispensing. a member that detects that a drug container has been taken from the shelf; and a member that continuously displays a drug name corresponding to the drug container detected by the detection member until the drug container is returned to the shelf. It is equipped with the following.

[Operation] By employing the above means, the present invention displays the corresponding drug name when a drug container is taken from the shelf, and the drug name continues until the drug container is returned to the shelf. will be displayed.

[Example] Hereinafter, an example of the present invention shown in the drawings will be described.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of this invention, 1,1,
... is a shelf stacked in multiple stages behind the workbench 2, 3,
3,... indicates that a plurality of drug containers with a circular cross section (so-called device bottles) were placed on each shelf 1, and 4, 4,... indicates that drug containers 3, 3,... were taken from shelves 1, 1,... Detection member 5 detects detection member 4, 4,...
This is a display member that displays the names of medicines corresponding to the medicine containers detected by the user, that is, the medicine containers 3, 3, . . . taken from the shelves 1, 1, .

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, each detection member 4 is arranged at the center of the bottom surface of a circular attachment 6 that is integrally attached to the bottom of the drug container 3 by adhesive, suction cup adsorption, press-fitting, or other appropriate means. At the location where the drug container 3 is placed on the shelf 1 in which a circular recess 8 whose outline corresponds to the outline of the detected object 7 made of a permanent magnet and the attachment 6 is placed, the medicine container 3 is placed at the center of the circular recess 8. The sensor 9 is made of a Hall IC. The bottom of the attachment 6 has an object 7 to be detected.
Recesses 10,
10, .
Convex portions 11, 11, . . . are arranged at positions corresponding to 0, . A projection 13 is formed on the front surface of the attachment 6, and a groove 14 is formed in the circular recess 8 at a position corresponding to the projection 13. 8, the concave portions 10, 10, . . . and the convex portions 11, 11, . The concave portions 10, 10, ... and the convex portions 11, 11, ... constitute a large number of drug containers 3,
3, ... and the circular recesses 8, 8, ... at their predetermined locations, their positions and numbers are set so as to provide different combinations, for example, a recess provided with three protrusions 11, 11. Four recesses 1 including one at a position corresponding to the circular recess 8
0, 10, 10, 10 is placed, the sensor 9 will detect the detected object 7. Therefore, in order to prevent such erroneous detection, the recesses 10, 10, . . . For example, items with different numbers of protrusions 11, 11, ... may be placed on the same shelf 1.
Divide them into separate groups so that they do not mix with each other. Therefore, when the drug containers 3, 3,... are taken from their corresponding predetermined locations on the shelves 1, 1,..., the detection members 4, 4,... detect the objects 7, 7,... on the sensors 9,...
By leaving the detection area of 9, . . . , it is detected that the drug containers 3, 3, . . . have been removed from the shelves 1, 1, .

In the display member 5, the sensors 9, 9,... are the detected objects 7,
7,... consists of a CRT connected to a control device 15 to which a status signal output when the state changes from a detection state to a non-detection state, and an appropriate weighing device 16 for dispensing is connected to the control device 15. Although not shown, the control device 15 controls the drug containers 3, 3, . . . placed on the shelves 1, 1, . A memory for storing corresponding drug names, and at least temporarily storing drug names and weighed values of the weighing device 16 corresponding to the drug containers 3, 3, . . . to which the status signals are output from the sensors 9, 9, . It is equipped with a memory that controls the operation of the computer, and a CPU that controls the operation of each part. Therefore, when the drug containers 3, 3, ... are taken from the shelves 1, 1, ... in order based on the prescription, the display member 5 responds to the status signals output from the sensors 9, 9, ... at the locations where the medicine containers 3, 3, ... are taken from the shelves 1, 1, ... The drug names corresponding to the drug containers 3, 3, ... are displayed via the control device 15, and the drugs taken out from these drug containers 3, 3, ... are weighed in order by the weigher 16. , when the weighed values are stabilized, the weighed values output from the scale 16 are displayed via the control device 15 in correspondence with each drug name, and when the dispensing (weighing) step of these drugs is completed, the drug containers are 3, 3,…
When the drug is returned to its designated location on shelf 1, 1,..., the drug name and weight value that had been displayed until then are erased from the screen and printed out via an appropriate printer if necessary. For drug containers 3, 3, ... that are not returned to their predetermined locations on shelves 1, 1, ... at the end of the step, their drug names are displayed on the screen in an auxiliary section separated by a dividing line from the previous display area. The area will now be displayed again.

To use the above dispensing device, first use the medicine name registration keyboard (not shown) to register shelves 1, 1,...
If you enter the drug name corresponding to each drug container 3, 3, ... placed there for each specified storage location above, it will correspond to all drug containers 3, 3, ... placed on shelf 1, 1, ... The chemical name given is stored in the memory of the control device 15. After doing this, when the necessary drug containers 3, 3, ... are taken from the shelves 1, 1, ... based on the prescription, the detected objects 7, 7, ... are detected from the sensors 9, 9, ... at their locations. A state signal that ... has left the detection area is transmitted to the control device 15,
The drug names corresponding to the drug containers 3, 3, . . . are displayed on the display member 5. Therefore, when taking out the drug containers 3, 3, ... from the shelves 1, 1, ..., the worker does not have to look at the label and confirm the drug name one by one, but can simply look at the screen of the display member 5 and check the drug names. This means that the names of chemicals corresponding to containers 3, 3, . . . can be confirmed all at once. Next, those medicine containers 3,
When the medicines are taken out in order from 3, . Therefore, the operator can check the weighed value of each drug at any time during the dispensing operation simply by looking at the screen of the display member 5. When the dispensing work for these drugs is completed, all drug containers 3, 3, etc. are placed on shelves 1, 1,
...After returning it to the designated place above, I will take the drug containers 3, 3, ... that are required based on the next prescription from the shelves 1, 1, ..., but the drug containers 3, 3 that I forgot to put back. , ... or drug containers 3, 3, ... that have not been returned for next use, the corresponding drug names are displayed in the auxiliary area on the screen of the display member 5. Therefore, the worker
Medicine containers 3, 3, which were intended to be returned to shelves 1, 1, ...
If... has not been returned, or if drug containers 3, 3,... have been returned to the shelf even though they were not returned,
By simply looking at the auxiliary area on the screen of the display member 5, the drug names corresponding to the drug containers 3, 3, . . . that have not been returned can be confirmed.

In the above embodiment, the shelves 1, 1, ... are stacked in multiple stages, but the invention is not limited to this, and in the above embodiment, the drug containers 3, 3, ... are so-called device bottles with a circular cross section. Not limited to,
Further, in the above embodiment, the detection members 4, 4, ... were composed of the detected object 7 made of a permanent magnet and the sensor 9 made of a Hall IC, but the present invention is not limited to this.
Further, in the above embodiment, the display member 5 is made of a CRT, but the display member 5 is not limited to this.Furthermore, in the above embodiment, even after the dispensing step is completed, the display members 5 are displayed on the shelves 1, 1, . . .
Drug containers 3, 3,... that are not returned to their designated locations.
The name of the drug was redisplayed in the auxiliary area separated by a dividing line from the previous display area, but it may also be displayed in the previous display area. Further, in the above embodiment, the attachment 6 is attached to the drug container 3, but it may be constructed as a part of the drug container 3 from the beginning, and in the above embodiment, by aligning the projection 13 and the groove 14, 10, 10, . . . and the convex portions 11, 11, . . . are aligned to a relative angle that allows fitting.
1,... are arranged in appropriate positions and numbers of concentric rings divided into several equal parts in the radial direction around the detected object 7 and the sensor 9, so that the protrusions 13 and the grooves 14 There is no need to provide
By simply placing the drug container 3 at a predetermined location on the shelf 1 at an arbitrary angle, the concave portions 10, 10, ... and the convex portions 11, 1
1,... can be fitted together. Also, the recess 1
0, 10, . . . and convex portions 11, 11, . For example, if the contour of the bottom of the drug container 3 is
If the detected object 7 is made to enter the detection area of the sensor 9 only when the two contours correspond to the predetermined contour above, the concave portions 10, 10, ... and the convex portions 11, 11, ... can also be omitted.
Furthermore, in the above embodiment, the control device 15 includes a weighing device 16.
Although the weighed value of the drug is also displayed on the display member 5 by connecting the above, it is not limited to this, and it goes without saying that this invention can be modified in various ways to the above embodiments. .

[Effects of the Invention] Since this invention is configured as described above, in the former case, when a drug container is taken from the shelf, the display member can display the name of the drug corresponding to the drug container. When taking a medicine from the shelf, you can always check the name of the medicine by looking at the display on the display member without having to look at the label on the medicine container. Therefore, for example, if you accidentally take the medicine container next to it on the shelf, If a drug is accidentally removed, the worker can easily notice the mistake by looking at the display on the display member even during dispensing operations.
Dispensing errors can be prevented from occurring, and the drug name once displayed on the display member remains unchanged until the drug container is returned to the shelf, regardless of whether the dispensing process for that drug has been completed or not. Therefore, for drug containers that have not been returned to the shelf, workers can always check the drug name by looking at the display on the display member without having to look at the label. Therefore, if, for example, a drug container that was intended to be returned to the shelf is not returned, or if a drug container that was intended to be returned to the shelf is returned to the shelf, the operator can check the display on the display member. Since it is possible to easily check the drug containers that have not been returned to the shelf, it does not take time to search for the drug containers, and the dispensing work can be done quickly and in a short time without delay. It has excellent effects.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a developed vertical sectional view of the main part showing the detection member, and FIG.
The figure is a bottom view of the attachment, and FIG. 4 is a plan view of the installation location. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Shelf, 2... Workbench, 3... Drug container, 4... Detection member, 5... Display member, 6... Attachment, 7...
Detected object, 8...Circular recess, 9...Sensor, 10...Recess, 11...Protrusion, 12...Abutment guide, 13...Protrusion, 14...Groove, 15...Control device, 16...Weigher.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. In a dispensing device in which a large number of drug containers placed on a shelf are removed from the shelf and used for dispensing, detecting that each of the drug containers is taken from the shelf. A dispensing device comprising: a member; and a member that continuously displays a drug name corresponding to a drug container detected by the detection member until the drug container is returned to the shelf. 2. Claim 1, wherein the shelves are stacked in multiple stages, and a plurality of the drug containers are placed on each shelf.
Dispensing device as described in section. 3. The detection member includes a detection object provided on each drug container and a sensor provided at a predetermined location of each drug container on the shelf, and the detection member includes a detection object provided on each drug container, and a sensor provided at a predetermined location of each drug container on the shelf, 2. The dispensing device according to claim 1, wherein when the drug container is removed, the object to be detected leaves the detection area of the sensor, thereby detecting that the drug container is removed from the shelf. 4. The dispensing device according to claim 3, wherein the object to be detected is made of a permanent magnet, and the sensor is made of a Hall IC. 5. The dispensing device according to claim 1, wherein the display member is capable of displaying a plurality of drug names corresponding to a plurality of drug containers at one time.