A drug inspection assisting apparatus for assisting an inspection of drugs collected by a drug collecting apparatus and/or by a manual operation, including: a plurality of drug inspection means, the drug inspection assisting apparatus being capable of implementing a plurality of drug inspection plans having different accuracies through selective implementation of the drug inspection means; an information acquiring means for acquiring first information and second information, the first information being information related to collection paths of drugs and/or devices involved in the collection of the drugs, the second information being information related to an operator who is involved in collection of drugs; and a plan selection means for selecting a certain drug inspection plan based on the first information and the second information, and the drug inspection plan selected by the plan selection means is implemented.
A61J 3/00 - Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms
G16H 20/13 - ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients delivered from dispensers
A drug sorting apparatus with reduced packaging time is provided. A drug sorting apparatus includes: a second accommodating portion in which a plurality of sorting cups are arrangeable, the plurality of sorting cups being configured to accommodate a plurality of types of drugs in a state of being sorted by type; a packaging mechanism configured to package a drug, which is accommodated in the accommodating portion; a first dispensing mechanism configured to dispense, for each of the plurality of sorting containers, the drug accommodated in the accommodating portion to the packaging unit; and a container takeout mechanism configured to take out a sorting container from the accommodating portion so as to deliver the sorting container to the first dispensing mechanism, wherein the first dispensing mechanism is configured to tilt the sorting container received from the container takeout mechanism, to thereby dispense the drug accommodated in the sorting container to the packaging unit.
A61J 7/00 - Devices for administering medicines orally, e.g. spoonsPill counting devicesArrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine
3.
DRUG DISCHARGE DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR DRUG DISCHARGE DEVICE
To provide a drug discharge device capable of reducing complexity when distributing a drug into a manual distribution device. A drug discharge device includes a manual distribution member 15 that includes a plurality of recessed portions 20 in which a solid drug is distributed, discharge means that discharges the drug distributed in the recessed portions 20 to a downstream side directly or via another member, and a control device that controls the discharge means, in which the discharge means is capable of individually discharging a drug corresponding to a predetermined recessed portion 20, the control device assigns the same drug to the recessed portions 20 in adjacent regions based on prescription information including information on a drug to be provided to a plurality of patients or one patient, and the discharge means discharges the drugs in a predetermined order.
B65B 5/10 - Filling containers or receptacles progressively or in stages by introducing successive articles, or layers of articles
B65B 57/14 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of articles or materials to be packaged and operating to control, or stop, the feed of articles or material to be packaged
B65B 59/02 - Arrangements to enable adjustments to be made while the machine is running
B65G 1/137 - Storage devices mechanical with arrangements or automatic control means for selecting which articles are to be removed
4.
MEDICINE PACKAGING DEVICE, MEDICINE PACKAGING METHOD, AND ROLL
[Problem] To make it possible to use a roll even when the roll has a joint in the middle of a packaging sheet. [Solution] A medicine packaging device 10 includes: a support part 21 for supporting a roll 6 around which a packaging sheet 7 is wound; a hopper 24 for guiding the medicine to the packaging sheet 7 fed out from the roll 6; a packaging part 25 for packaging the medicine using the packaging sheet 7; and a joint sensor 22 provided to upstream side of the hopper 24 in the feeding direction of the packaging sheet 7, the joint sensor 22 being used for detecting a joint 5 of the packaging sheet 7 fed out from the roll 6.
B65B 57/02 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of binding or wrapping material, containers, or packages
A61J 3/00 - Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms
B65B 9/06 - Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, in a longitudinally-folded web, or in a web folded into a tube about the articles or quantities of material placed upon it
B65B 57/00 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices
Drugs can be sorted irrespective of whether or not drug data is registered. A drug sorting device includes a conveying/sorting unit configured to: accommodate drugs determined to have drug data corresponding to image data into a confirmed area of a second accommodating portion for each type; and accommodate drugs determined to have no drug data corresponding to the image data into a temporarily determined area.
G16H 20/10 - ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
A61J 7/00 - Devices for administering medicines orally, e.g. spoonsPill counting devicesArrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine
B07C 5/342 - Sorting according to other particular properties according to optical properties, e.g. colour
B65B 3/00 - Packaging plastic material, semiliquids, liquids or mixed solids and liquids, in individual containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans or jars
B65B 57/14 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of articles or materials to be packaged and operating to control, or stop, the feed of articles or material to be packaged
B65G 1/137 - Storage devices mechanical with arrangements or automatic control means for selecting which articles are to be removed
G06V 20/52 - Surveillance or monitoring of activities, e.g. for recognising suspicious objects
G16H 20/13 - ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients delivered from dispensers
G16H 70/40 - ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of medical references relating to drugs, e.g. their side effects or intended usage
6.
DE-PACKAGING DEVICE, STORAGE DEVICE, AND DE-PACKAGING DEVICE STORAGE BOX
[Problem] A de-packaging device according to the present disclosure allows a plurality of medications to be de-packaged from a press-through pack (PTP) without manual pressing by hand. [Solution] A de-packaging device of the present disclosure comprises: a medication punching lid having a plurality of punching columns; a PTP holding part for holding a PTP, the PTP holding part having a plurality of holes; and a PTP pressing part which is disposed between the medication punching lid and the PTP holding part and has pressing holes which are a plurality of holes. The PTP has embosses for containing a plurality of medications. In a state in which the PTP is placed on the PTP holding part and the PTP pressing part and the PTP holding part are closed with the embosses of the PTP and the pressing holes being mated with each other, when the medication punching lid and the PTP holding part are closed, all of the medications contained in the embosses corresponding to the plurality of punching columns are de-packaged by the plurality of punching columns.
A61J 7/00 - Devices for administering medicines orally, e.g. spoonsPill counting devicesArrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine
B65B 69/00 - Unpacking of articles or materials, not otherwise provided for
7.
DISPENSATION CONTROL DEVICE, MEDICINE DISPENSATION SYSTEM, AND MEDICINE DISPENSATION PROGRAM
[Problem] To provide a dispensation control device, a medicine dispensation system, and a medicine dispensation program that make it possible to actively dispense older medicines. [Solution] A dispensation control device 1 comprises a drive processing section 112 and a priority setting processing section 113. The drive processing section 112 causes a medicine to be dispensed from each of a fixed cassette in which the medicine to be dispensed is fixed and a variable cassette in which the medicine to be dispensed can be changed. The priority setting processing section 113 can set the variable cassette as a priority cassette which is preferentially used for dispensing medicines, according to a user's operation.
G16H 20/10 - ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
A61J 3/00 - Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms
A drug packaging device includes a drug accommodating/dispensing unit that supplies various types of drugs, a drug packaging portion in which a drug supplied from the drug accommodating/dispensing unit is packaged in a packaging sheet, a drug packaging introducing member that drops the drug to be packaged into the packaging sheet in the drug packaging portion), a pooling portion that pools, upstream of this drug packaging introducing member, the drug, and a drug imaging device that captures an image of the drug in the pooling portion. The drug imaging device performs an imaging process of capturing an image of the drug in the pooling portion in a non-backlit state, and an imaging process of capturing an image of the drug in the pooling portion in a backlit state.
A61J 3/07 - Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms into the form of capsules or similar small containers for oral use
B65B 1/30 - Devices or methods for controlling or determining the quantity or quality of the material fed or filled
B65B 5/10 - Filling containers or receptacles progressively or in stages by introducing successive articles, or layers of articles
[PROBLEM] To provide an assistance system, a program, and a drug dispensing system that can efficiently use a plurality of drug dispensing systems while suppressing an increase in workload for a user. [SOLUTION] This assistance system (100) comprises: an allocation processing unit (213) that allocates each piece of drug dispensing data to any of a plurality of drug dispensing systems on the basis of a group to which the drug dispensing data belongs; and a transfer processing unit (116) that, when a preset transfer condition is satisfied, transfers the unprocessed drug dispensing data allocated to the one drug dispensing system to another drug dispensing system in units of the group.
A preparation management system (10) manages a portion or all of preparation work for preparing a drug on the basis of preparation data, and includes an acquisition processing unit (111) and a selection processing unit (112). The acquisition processing unit (111) acquires work information related to the preparation work. The selection processing unit (112) selects, for each piece of the work information, a preparation entity that performs the preparation work from among a human entity (preparation assistance device 4) and an automatic entity (automatic preparation device 5) that automatically performs at least a portion of the preparation work. The selection processing unit (112) preferentially selects the automatic entity over the human entity, and selects the human entity for the preparation work for an amount exceeding a limit range that is set corresponding to the automatic entity.
A61J 3/00 - Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms
G16H 20/10 - ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
This mixed injection system (100) is provided with a selection processing unit (201) for selecting a mixed-injection processing preparation method based on each of multiple preparation data items, such selection being performed on the basis of: the specification timing at which executed is specification processing for specifying one or a plurality of the preparation data items which serve as an execution target of mixed-injection processing in which a drug in a drug container is injected into an infusion container; and the timing at which drugs corresponding to each of the preparation data items are utilized.
A61J 3/00 - Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms
G16H 20/17 - ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients delivered via infusion or injection
A tablet halving device (1A) is for dividing, into halves, a plurality of tablets aligned, by a pair of tablet-pressing members (40), on a placement table (34a). The placement table (34a) is provided with first scale marks (101) oriented in a direction orthogonal to the alignment direction of the plurality of tablets. The pair of tablet-pressing members (40) are each provided with an indicator (100) for reading the first scale marks (101). The pair of tablet-pressing members (40) are each provided with second scale marks (102) oriented in the alignment direction of the plurality of tablets. A first scale mark (101) indicated by the indicator (100) and a second scale mark (102) indicated by the last of the aligned tablets are provided in a correspondence relationship that indicates the number of aligned tablets. The first scale marks (101) are provided so as to indicate the interval dimension between the pair of tablet-pressing members (40), while the second scale marks (101) are provided so as to indicate 10 times the interval dimension between the pair of tablet-pressing members (40).
A61J 7/00 - Devices for administering medicines orally, e.g. spoonsPill counting devicesArrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine
The present invention addresses the problem of providing a drug package separation device for individually separating drug packages from a drug package strip in which the drug packages are connected in a strip shape. A drug package separation device 1 individually separates drug packages 110 from a drug package strip 120 in which the drug packages 110 are connected in a strip shape. The drug package separation device 1 includes contact pieces 35, 36 which have a pair of contact parts 51a, 51b in contact with the same surface of the drug package strip 120. The contact pieces 35, 36 have one of the contact parts 51a, 51b and include pressing means for pressing the contact pieces 35, 36 against the drug package strip 120. The contact pieces 35, 36 are moved or changed in orientation by the force with which the contact piece 35 is pressed by the pressing means, thus widening the interval between the contact parts 51a, 51b.
B65B 61/12 - Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for severing webs, or for separating joined packages by tearing along perforations or lines of weakness
B65B 1/30 - Devices or methods for controlling or determining the quantity or quality of the material fed or filled
[Problem] To provide a mixed injection system and a mixed injection program with which it is possible to enhance work efficiency of a user of a mixed injection system including a mixed injection device for executing mixed injection processing on the basis of preparation data. [Solution] A mixed injection system (100) according to the present invention comprises: a mixed injection device (1) comprising a mixed injection processing unit that executes mixed injection processing for injecting a medicine in a medicine container into an infusion container on the basis of preparation data, and a first recording unit that records preset recording information relating to the preparation data onto a recording medium attached to the infusion container; and a control unit (201) that, when mixed injection processing based on the preparation data in the mixed injection device (1) is cancelled, causes the recording information relating to the preparation data to be recorded by second recording units (704, 804) provided separately from the mixed injection device.
This mixed injection device stirs a powder medicine and an infusion solution in a vial. Prior to a stirring operation, the mixed injection device uses a syringe to extract air in the vial into the syringe, and the extracted air in the syringe is discharged to the outside of a medicine container.
The present invention releases a user from dangerous work of removing a needle from a discarded syringe. An injection and mixing device (1) comprises: an injection and mixing unit (40) that executes, using a syringe with a needle attached thereto, an injection and mixing operation for injecting and mixing a drug stored in a vial into an infusion solution stored in an infusion solution container; and a needle removal unit (170) that removes the needle from the syringe used in the injection and mixing operation after the injection and mixing operation has ended.
A61J 1/20 - Arrangements for transferring fluids, e.g. from vial to syringe
A61M 5/32 - NeedlesDetails of needles pertaining to their connection with syringe or hubAccessories for bringing the needle into, or holding the needle on, the bodyDevices for protection of needles
[Problem] To enhancing possibility for dispensing a medicine to a dispensing port one by one.
[Problem] To enhancing possibility for dispensing a medicine to a dispensing port one by one.
[Means for Solving Problem] A carrier part (13) included in a medicine dispensing cassette (1) comprises a first carrier part (133), a second carrier part (134) and a guiding part (132). The first carrier part and the second carrier part can carry the medicine such that a first speed of the medicine guided to the first carrier part to the dispensing port (18) becomes larger than a second speed of the medicine guided from the second carrier part to the first carrier part.
A61J 7/00 - Devices for administering medicines orally, e.g. spoonsPill counting devicesArrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine
Medicine packaging apparatuses and methods for accurately determining a remaining sheet amount of a medicine packaging sheet are described. The apparatus includes: a roll support section to which a core tube of a medicine packaging sheet roll is attached; a sensor disposed in the roll support section for outputting a count value according to a rotation amount; a wireless reader-writer unit for writing information to a core tube IC tag and reading said information; an information generation section for generating information to be written to the core tube IC tag; a remaining sheet amount estimation section for estimating a current amount of remaining sheet based on the information and dimensional information of the core tube; and a controller which selectively performs an operation if a reference time-point count value is not yet written to the core tube IC tag and another operation if the count value is already written thereto.
B65B 57/02 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of binding or wrapping material, containers, or packages
B65B 57/04 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of binding or wrapping material, containers, or packages and operating to control, or to stop, the feed of such material, containers, or packages
B65H 26/06 - Warning or safety devices, e.g. automatic fault detectors, stop-motions, for web-advancing mechanisms responsive to predetermined lengths of webs
B65H 43/00 - Use of control, checking, or safety devices, e.g. automatic devices comprising an element for sensing a variable
[Problem] The present invention addresses the problem of developing a device for crushing solid drugs such as tablets. [Solution] A drug pulverization device (1) for pulverizing solid drugs (120) placed in bags (100), the drug pulverization device (1) being characterized by having a pulverization unit (5) for applying an external force to the drugs (120) in a state of being placed in the bags (100) and pulverizing the drugs, a pulverization confirmation means (8) for sensing whether the drugs (120) have been pulverized, and a feeding means (6) for feeding the bags (100), the bags (100) being fed by the feeding means (6) if it has been confirmed by the pulverization confirmation means (8) that the drugs have been pulverized.
A61J 7/00 - Devices for administering medicines orally, e.g. spoonsPill counting devicesArrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine
A61J 3/02 - Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms into the form of powders
[Problem] A drug cassette according to the present disclosure is intended to allow a plurality of drugs to be released from a press-through pack (PTP) without being pressed by the hand of a person. [Solution] A drug cassette according to one embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: a lid; an accommodating portion for accommodating a plurality of one type of drugs; a discharge mechanism for discharging the drugs from a drug discharge port provided in the accommodating portion; and a releasing device for releasing the drugs from the PTP in which the drugs are packaged.
B65B 69/00 - Unpacking of articles or materials, not otherwise provided for
A61J 3/00 - Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms
A61J 3/06 - Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms into the form of pills, lozenges or dragees
B65D 83/04 - Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing annular, disc-shaped, spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills
21.
CO-INJECTION CONTROL APPARATUS, CO-INJECTION SYSTEM, AND CO-INJECTION CONTROL PROGRAM
[Problem] To provide a co-injection control apparatus, a co-injection system, and a co-injection control program that achieve an increase in work efficiency of a user who uses a co-injection apparatus. [Solution] A co-injection control apparatus (140) according to the present invention controls a co-injection unit (40) that executes a co-injection process for injecting a medicine in a first container into a second container on the basis of preparation data, the co-injection control apparatus (140) controlling the co-injection process to be executed based on a plurality of items of the preparation data belonging to preset groups, successively in group units.
G16H 20/17 - ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients delivered via infusion or injection
A61J 3/00 - Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms
22.
MEDICINE DISPENSING SYSTEM, ADJUSTING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM
A medicine dispensing system and a program which can support dispensing of medicines using a medicine dispensing part capable of dispensing different types of medicines are provided. A medicine dispensing system (500) according to the present invention includes a determination processing part (212) that determines whether or not a medicine has been dispensed from a medicine dispensing part (2) that can be adjusted to a plurality of states capable of dispensing different types of medicine and a storage processing part (213) that stores dispensing confirmation information in a storage part (206, 202) in a state in which a correspondence relationship with the medicine dispensing part (2) can be specified when the determination processing part determines that the medicine has been dispensed from the medicine dispensing part (2).
A61J 7/00 - Devices for administering medicines orally, e.g. spoonsPill counting devicesArrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine
A main unit includes a cassette shelf, at least one transporting cassette holder that temporarily holds a cassette removed from the cassette shelf and to be transported to a drug receiver, at least one returning cassette holder that temporarily holds the cassette received from the drug receiver and to be returned to the cassette shelf, and a main cassette transporter that transports the cassette between the cassette shelf and the at least one transporting cassette holder, and between the cassette shelf and the at least one returning cassette holder.
[Problem] To provide a tablet-dispensing device with which tablets stuck on a rotor can be reliably guided to a tablet guide path and dispensed. [Solution] This tablet-dispensing device (1) comprises: a tablet-accommodating part (2) in which tablets are accommodated, the tablet-accommodating part (2) being provided with a tablet outlet (6a) for discharging the tablets; and a rotor (3) that is positioned inside the tablet-accommodating part (2) and is provided with a tablet guide part (13) for guiding the tablets to the tablet outlet (6a). The tablet-dispensing device is provided with a tablet introduction member (5) for guiding a tablet retained in the tablet-accommodating part (2) to the tablet guide part (13). The tablet introduction member (5) is a rod-shaped body projecting from the tablet-accommodating-part (2) side toward the rotor (3). Tablets stuck on the rotor (3) move together with the rotor (3), come into contact with the tablet introduction member (5), and are scooped by the tablet introduction member (5) and guided to the tablet guide part (13).
A tablet cassette (2) comprises: a tablet container (5) in which tablets are stored; and a rotor (8) which is rotatably housed in the tablet container (5). The rotor (8) has: a tablet guideway (8b) for guiding tablets in the tablet container (5) to a tablet discharge port (9) of the tablet container (5); and an adjustment part (33, 64) which is capable of adjusting the dimension of the tablet guideway (8b). This tablet guideway adjustment device (100) comprises: an adjustment member (102) which engages the adjustment part (33, 64); a manipulation amount detection unit (131) which detects a manipulation amount of the adjustment member (102); and a notification unit (201) which, on the basis of the manipulation amount detected by the manipulation amount detection unit (131), notifies a user of adjustment assistance information that is necessary for the user to make an adjustment to the adjustment part (33, 64) by means of the adjustment member (102).
A61J 7/00 - Devices for administering medicines orally, e.g. spoonsPill counting devicesArrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine
This drug packaging system comprises: a first storage region in which a cassette for housing a drug is stored and which is for dispensing the drug from the stored cassette; a second storage region in which the cassette to be conveyed to the first storage region is stored; a first conveyance part which conveys the cassette within the second storage region; a second conveyance part which conveys the cassette from the second storage region to the first storage region; and a packing part that packages, by means of a packaging body, the drug that has been dispensed from the cassette stored in the first storage region.
Evidence of a discrimination result of a drug can be presented, and various marks can be dealt with. A computer includes a feature extraction unit and a discrimination unit. The feature extraction unit generates an extraction mark image in which a mark appearing on a captured image is extracted, based on an output value obtained by inputting the captured image of a target drug whose type is unidentified to a trained model constructed to extract the mark formed on the drug. The discrimination unit discriminates the type of the target drug, based on a collation result between the extraction mark image and a registration mark image registered in advance for each type of the drug.
G06V 10/44 - Local feature extraction by analysis of parts of the pattern, e.g. by detecting edges, contours, loops, corners, strokes or intersectionsConnectivity analysis, e.g. of connected components
A rotor (4) is received rotatably in a cassette body (3) for receiving tablets. The rotor comprises a tablet guiding path (4b) formed between a slanted inner face (6a) of the cassette body and a slanted outer face (22a) of the rotor for guiding the tablets received in the cassette body to a tablet discharging hole (7) disposed to the cassette body. The rotor comprises a separating member (8) disposed above the tablet discharging hole of the cassette body, a tablet supporting pedestal (53) disposed elevatably to the tablet guiding path for supporting the tablet at the bottom position in the tablet guiding path and a height adjustment mechanism (50) for adjusting a tablet discharging height between the tablet supporting pedestal and the separating member. The height adjustment mechanism makes the tablet supporting pedestal elevate to a direction inclined to a rotation shaft of the rotor along the tablet guiding path.
B65G 47/14 - Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from disorderly-arranged article piles or from loose assemblages of articles arranging or orientating the articles by mechanical or pneumatic means during feeding
A61J 7/00 - Devices for administering medicines orally, e.g. spoonsPill counting devicesArrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine
B65G 65/48 - Devices for emptying otherwise than from the top using other rotating means, e.g. rotating pressure sluices in pneumatic systems
[Problem] To provide a drug dispensing device that can efficiently perform an inventorying process by using a count cassette. [Solution] This drug dispensing device comprises a display unit 103 and a count cassette 40. The drug dispensing device is configured such that, when the count cassette 40 is installed, a tablet discharged from a tablet cassette 11 above the count cassette 40 to drop through a tablet drop route 32 is received by the count cassette 40. When the count cassette 40 is installed, a tablet count mode screen 110 is displayed on the display unit 103. A count process for the number of tablets accommodated in the tablet cassette 11 is performed on the basis of the tablet count mode screen 110 and the counted number is output to the tablet count mode screen.
A drug packaging device includes a drug accommodating/dispensing unit that supplies various types of drugs, a drug packaging portion in which a drug supplied from the drug accommodating/dispensing unit is packaged in a packaging sheet, a drug packaging introducing member that drops the drug to be packaged into the packaging sheet in the drug packaging portion), a pooling portion that pools, upstream of this drug packaging introducing member, the drug, and a drug imaging device that captures an image of the drug in the pooling portion. The drug imaging device performs an imaging process of capturing an image of the drug in the pooling portion in a non-backlit state, and an imaging process of capturing an image of the drug in the pooling portion in a backlit state.
A61J 3/00 - Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms
A61J 3/07 - Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms into the form of capsules or similar small containers for oral use
B65B 1/30 - Devices or methods for controlling or determining the quantity or quality of the material fed or filled
B65B 5/10 - Filling containers or receptacles progressively or in stages by introducing successive articles, or layers of articles
Provided is a medicine packaging device. The medicine packaging device includes: a reader-writer that reads information from an IC tag installed at a supply core of an ink ribbon roll detachably installed to an ink ribbon cassette as well as writes information to the IC tag; a motor control unit that controls a winding motor for rotating a winding core, based on a used length of the ink ribbon which is information read from the IC tag, so that the ink ribbon of the ink ribbon roll runs in a winding direction at a higher speed than a feeding speed of a continuous sheet for packaging; and a written information output unit that outputs information showing the used length of the ink ribbon which has been changed due to use of the ink ribbon, to the reader/writer as information written on the IC tag.
B65B 61/02 - Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for perforating, scoring, or applying code or date marks on material prior to packaging
32.
Drug discharge device and control method for drug discharge device
To provide a drug discharge device capable of reducing complexity when distributing a drug into a manual distribution device. A drug discharge device includes a manual distribution member 15 that includes a plurality of recessed portions 20 in which a solid drug is distributed, discharge means that discharges the drug distributed in the recessed portions 20 to a downstream side directly or via another member, and a control device that controls the discharge means, in which the discharge means is capable of individually discharging a drug corresponding to a predetermined recessed portion 20, the control device assigns the same drug to the recessed portions 20 in adjacent regions based on prescription information including information on a drug to be provided to a plurality of patients or one patient, and the discharge means discharges the drugs in a predetermined order.
B65B 5/10 - Filling containers or receptacles progressively or in stages by introducing successive articles, or layers of articles
B65B 57/14 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of articles or materials to be packaged and operating to control, or stop, the feed of articles or material to be packaged
B65B 59/02 - Arrangements to enable adjustments to be made while the machine is running
B65G 1/137 - Storage devices mechanical with arrangements or automatic control means for selecting which articles are to be removed
g is configured to receive the tablets discharged from the tablet cassette 11 mounted on the mounting part 12 located above the tablet receptacle 50 and dropped along the tablet dropping passage 42.
The present invention addresses the problem of providing a drug packaging device that enables confirmation of the status of each step after separate packaging is performed. A drug packaging device 1 is characterized by comprising a drug packaging unit 2 that packages a drug for each dose, a terminal device 3, 5, and an operation recording means 77 that records the operation of the drug packaging unit 2 and manipulations performed with respect to the drug packaging unit 2, wherein the contents recorded in the operation recording means 77 by the terminal device 3, 5 is viewable, and a predetermined display is indicated on the terminal device 3, 5 when an obvious abnormality or a status suggesting abnormality occurs.
Provided is packaging paper which comprises a first resin layer comprising a resin composition containing at least two biodegradable resins and a second resin layer comprising moisture-proof cellophane, in which the ratio of a biodegradable component contained in the entire packaging paper is 90% by mass or more. Also provided is a roll for medicine packaging use, which is provided with strip-like packaging paper and a core tube, in which the packaging paper is wound in a roll-like shape around the core tube, and in which the packaging paper is provided with the first resin layer and the second resin layer comprising moisture-proof cellophane, and the ratio of a biodegradable component contained in the entire packaging paper is 90% by mass or more.
A61J 1/03 - Containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes for pills or tablets
B32B 23/08 - Layered products essentially comprising cellulosic plastic substances comprising such substance as the main or only constituent of a layer, next to another layer of a specific substance of synthetic resin
[Problem] To reduce a user's time and effort in filling injection instruments. [Solution] A co-injection device (1) comprises: a plurality of instrument holding units (11) capable of holding syringes; and an instrument transport unit (12) that transports at least one of the plurality of instrument holding units (11) to a work area (Ar1). The instrument transport unit (12) transports, in place of an instrument holding unit (11) located in the work area (Ar1), another instrument holding unit (11) thereto, triggered by a detection of a user's motion or the user's transport instruction.
Medicine packaging apparatuses and methods for accurately determining a remaining sheet amount of a medicine packaging sheet are described. The apparatus includes: a roll support section to which a core tube of a medicine packaging sheet roll is attached; a sensor disposed in the roll support section for outputting a count value according to a rotation amount; a wireless reader-writer unit for writing information to a core tube IC tag and reading said information; an information generation section for generating information to be written to the core tube IC tag; a remaining sheet amount estimation section for estimating a current amount of remaining sheet based on the information and dimensional information of the core tube; and a controller which selectively performs an operation if a reference time-point count value is not yet written to the core tube IC tag and another operation if the count value is already written thereto.
B65B 57/04 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of binding or wrapping material, containers, or packages and operating to control, or to stop, the feed of such material, containers, or packages
B65H 26/06 - Warning or safety devices, e.g. automatic fault detectors, stop-motions, for web-advancing mechanisms responsive to predetermined lengths of webs
B65H 43/00 - Use of control, checking, or safety devices, e.g. automatic devices comprising an element for sensing a variable
B65B 57/02 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of binding or wrapping material, containers, or packages
[Problem] To increase the possibility of dispensing medicine one at a time to a dispensing port. [Solution] A conveyance unit (13) included in a medicine dispensing cassette (1) comprises a first conveyance unit (133), a second conveyance unit (134), and a guiding unit (132). The first conveyance unit and the second conveyance unit are capable of conveying medicine such that a first speed of medicine guided from the first conveyance unit to a dispensing port (18) is faster than a second speed of medicine guided from the second conveyance unit to the first conveyance unit.
A61J 3/00 - Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms
B65G 47/14 - Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from disorderly-arranged article piles or from loose assemblages of articles arranging or orientating the articles by mechanical or pneumatic means during feeding
[Problem] To realize a drug sortation apparatus with which it is possible to shorten the time required for portioning. [Solution] A drug sortation apparatus (1) comprising: a second housing part (14) in which it is possible to arrange multiple sorting cups (141) for housing multiple types of drugs in a state of being classified by type; a portioning mechanism (6) which portions the drugs housed in a housing part; a first dispensing mechanism (4) which dispenses the drugs housed in the housing part to a portioning part for each sorting container; and a container takeout mechanism (124) which takes out the sorting container from the housing part and delivers the same to the first dispensing mechanism, wherein the first dispensing mechanism dispenses the drugs housed in said sorting container to the portioning part by tilting the sorting container received from the container takeout mechanism.
Provided are a drug feeder favorably employable in a drug dispensing unit having no robot mechanism, and a drug dispensing unit employing such a drug feeder. A drug feeder 5 comprises a drug container 20 in which a powder medicine is accommodated, a container holding part 16 that holds the drug container 20, and a weight measurement means 25 for directly or indirectly measuring the weight of the drug container 20. The drug feeder 5 vibrates the drug container 20 to discharge the powder medicine from the drug container 20, and is able to detect a discharge amount of the powder medicine with the weight measurement means 25. The drug container 20 is provided with an opening/closing member for opening/closing a powder medicine discharge part, and further has an opening/closing mechanism part. The opening/closing mechanism part directly or indirectly imparts power to the opening/closing member and moves at least a part of the opening/closing member to open/close the powder medicine discharge part. The opening/closing mechanism part imparts the power to the opening/closing member when bringing the powder medicine discharge part into an open state and when bringing the powder medicine discharge part into a closed state.
[Problem] To reduce burden on a user storing a drug box. [Solution] A storage device (1) is provided with: a shutter (114) having a side surface (1141) contacted by one side surface of a drug box received by a drug receiving unit (11); a first conveyance unit (112) that conveys the drug box received by the drug receiving unit to the shutter in a state in which the drug box is loaded on the first conveyance unit (112), and places one side surface of the drug box in contact with the side surface, and a second conveyance unit (17) that grasps the drug box after the side surface is contacted, and conveys the drug box to a storage rack (30) for storing the drug box.
B65G 47/244 - Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors orientating the articles by turning them about an axis substantially perpendicular to the conveying plane
A61J 3/00 - Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms
B65G 47/29 - Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors arranging the articles, e.g. varying spacing between individual articles during transit by a single conveyor by temporarily stopping movement
B65G 47/88 - Separating or stopping elements, e.g. fingers
42.
MEDICINE DISPENSING SYSTEM, ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM
The present invention provides a medicine dispensing system and a program which make it possible to assist with dispensation of medicine using a medicine dispensing section capable of dispensing different types of medicine. A medicine dispensing system (500) according to the present invention comprises: a determination processing section (212) that is for determining whether or not medicine has been dispensed from a medicine dispensing section (2) provided with an adjustment section capable of adjusting a plurality of states in which differing types of medicine can be dispensed; and a storage processing section (213) that, when the determination processing section (212) has determined that medicine has been dispensed from the medicine dispensing section (2), stores, in a storage section (206, 202), dispensation confirmation information with which the medicine dispensing section (2) and the correspondence with the type of medicine can be identified.
A61J 3/00 - Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms
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43.
TABLET GUIDEWAY ADJUSTMENT DEVICE FOR TABLET CASSETTE
A tablet cassette (2) comprises: a tablet container (5) in which tablets are stored; and a rotor (8) which is rotatably housed in the tablet container (5). The rotor (8) has: a tablet guideway (8b) for guiding tablets in the tablet container (5) to a tablet discharge port (9) of the tablet container (5); and an adjustment part (33, 64) which is capable of adjusting the dimension of the tablet guideway (8b). This tablet guideway adjustment device (100) comprises: an adjustment member (102) which engages the adjustment part (33, 64); a manipulation amount detection unit (131) which detects a manipulation amount of the adjustment member (102); and a notification unit (201) which, on the basis of the manipulation amount detected by the manipulation amount detection unit (131), notifies a user of adjustment assistance information that is necessary for the user to make an adjustment to the adjustment part (33, 64) by means of the adjustment member (102).
A tablet packaging device capable of shortening operation time required for packaging tablets for one tray. The tablet packaging device includes a packaging portion configured to accommodate tablets dispensed from a dispensing port into a tray. The packaging portion includes: a tray loading unit to which the tray is mountable; a tray unloading unit to which the tray accommodating the tablets is mountable; a tray driving unit, which is configured to removably support the tray, move the supported tray among positions of the dispensing port, the tray loading unit, and the tray unloading unit, and move the desired accommodation recess portion to the dispensing port for tablets; a tray attaching unit configured to attach the tray from the tray loading unit to the tray driving unit; and a tray detaching unit configured to detach the tray from the tray driving unit and place the tray on the tray unloading unit.
[Problem] To provide a tablet cassette in which a gap does not occur between wall parts constituting a tablet guide groove. [Solution] The present invention comprises a tablet container 5 which accommodates a tablet, and a rotor 8 rotatably provided to the tablet container, wherein a tablet guide groove 8b for guiding the tablet accommodated in the tablet container to a tablet discharge hole 9 formed in the tablet container is formed in the rotor. The tablet guide groove 8b has a first wall part 72 and a second wall part 81. The first wall part and the second wall part can move relative to each other. Tablet entry prevention members 101a, 101b are provided between the first wall part 72 and the second wall part 82 to prevent the tablet from entering a gap formed by the relative movement of the first wall part 72 and the second wall part 81.
A61J 3/00 - Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms
B65G 47/14 - Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from disorderly-arranged article piles or from loose assemblages of articles arranging or orientating the articles by mechanical or pneumatic means during feeding
B65G 65/48 - Devices for emptying otherwise than from the top using other rotating means, e.g. rotating pressure sluices in pneumatic systems
46.
TABLET DISPENSING DEVICE AND PORTIONING AND PACKAGING MACHINE
A tablet dispensing unit (100) provided with: two variable cassettes (1) for dispensing tablets MD; passages (200) respectively connected to the variable cassettes (1) for guiding the dispensed tablets to a common dispensing port (220); collection mechanisms (30), which respectively correspond to the variable cassettes (1) and are for collecting the tablets (MD) on the upstream side of the dispensing port (220); and a formulation control part (501) capable of performing a tablet (MD) collection action by the collection mechanisms (30) on one hand while performing a tablet (MD) dispensing action by the variable cassette (1) on the other hand.
A drug inspection assisting apparatus for assisting an inspection of drugs collected by a drug collecting apparatus and/or by a manual operation, including: a plurality of drug inspection means, the drug inspection assisting apparatus being capable of implementing a plurality of drug inspection plans having different accuracies through selective implementation of the drug inspection means; an information acquiring means for acquiring first information and second information, the first information being information related to collection paths of drugs and/or devices involved in the collection of the drugs, the second information being information related to an operator who is involved in collection of drugs; and a plan selection means for selecting a certain drug inspection plan based on the first information and the second information, and the drug inspection plan selected by the plan selection means is implemented.
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A61J 3/00 - Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms
48.
TYPE DISCRIMINATING DEVICE, TYPE DISCRIMINATING METHOD, TYPE DISCRIMINATING PROGRAM, AND DRUG SORTING DEVICE
A computer (60) comprises a feature extraction unit (64) and a discrimination unit (65). The feature extraction unit generates, on the basis of an output value obtained by inputting, to a learnt model (84) that has been constructed so as to extract a mark formed on a drug, a captured image (82) obtained by capturing a target drug the type of which is unknown, an extracted mark image (83) in which a mark appearing in the captured image is extracted. The discrimination unit discriminates the type of the target drug on the basis of the matching result between the extracted mark image and a registered mark image registered in advance for each drug type.
A61J 3/00 - Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms
A61J 3/06 - Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms into the form of pills, lozenges or dragees
[Problem] To provide a drug imaging device and a drug packaging device that carry out both imaging of an imprint etc. of a drug and imaging for drug number determination in a drug pooling portion to enable acceleration and the like of a drug imaging process. [Solution] The drug packaging device is provided with: a drug accommodation/discharging unit 11 that supplies various types of drugs; a drug wrapping unit 45 that packages drugs supplied from the drug accommodation/discharging unit 11 using a packing paper S; a drug wrapping introduction member 7 that drops the drugs to be packaged into the packaging paper S in the drug packaging unit 45; a pooling portion 50 that pools the drugs upstream of the drug wrapping introduction member 7; and a drug imaging device 6 that captures an image of the drugs in the pooling portion 50. The drug imaging device 6 carries out an imaging process of capturing an image of the drugs in the pooling portion 50 in a non-backlit state and an imaging process of capturing an image of the drugs in the pooling portion 50 in a backlit state.
[Problem] To provide a drug imaging device and a drug packaging device that carry out both imaging of an imprint etc. of a drug and imaging for drug number determination in a drug pooling portion to enable acceleration and the like of a drug imaging process. [Solution] The drug packaging device is provided with: a drug accommodation/discharging unit 11 that supplies various types of drugs; a drug wrapping unit 45 that packages drugs supplied from the drug accommodation/discharging unit 11 using a packing paper S; a drug wrapping introduction member 7 that drops the drugs to be packaged into the packaging paper S in the drug packaging unit 45; a pooling portion 50 that pools the drugs upstream of the drug wrapping introduction member 7; and a drug imaging device 6 that captures an image of the drugs in the pooling portion 50. The drug imaging device 6 carries out an imaging process of capturing an image of the drugs in the pooling portion 50 in a non-backlit state and an imaging process of capturing an image of the drugs in the pooling portion 50 in a backlit state.
a) of the rotor for guiding the tablets received in the cassette body to a tablet discharging hole (7) disposed to the cassette body. The rotor comprises a separating member (8) disposed above the tablet discharging hole of the cassette body for separating a space between a tablet at a bottom position and a tablet at an upper position, a tablet supporting pedestal (53) disposed elevatably to the tablet guiding path for supporting the tablet at the bottom position in the tablet guiding path and a height adjustment mechanism (50) for adjusting a tablet discharging height between the tablet supporting pedestal and the separating member. The height adjustment mechanism makes the tablet supporting pedestal elevate to a direction inclined to a rotation shaft of the rotor along the tablet guiding path.
B65G 47/14 - Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from disorderly-arranged article piles or from loose assemblages of articles arranging or orientating the articles by mechanical or pneumatic means during feeding
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B65G 65/48 - Devices for emptying otherwise than from the top using other rotating means, e.g. rotating pressure sluices in pneumatic systems
52.
BROUGHT-IN MEDICINE SORTING DEVICE AND BROUGHT-IN MEDICINE SORTING METHOD
[Problem] To achieve automatic and efficient sorting of brought-in medicines on an individual patient basis. [Solution] A medicine sorting device (1) comprises: a first accommodation unit (11) which stores a first brought-in medicine and a second brought-in medicine in separate compartments; and a second accommodation unit (14) in which the first brought-in medicine and the second brought-in medicine are stored on the basis of the types of brought-in medicines that are deemed to be the same. This medicine sorting device is provided with: a determination unit (64) which determines reference data; a comparison unit (65) which compares at least one characteristic of the second brought-in medicine with the reference data; and a transfer/sorting unit (12) which stores the first brought-in medicine in the second accommodation unit and which, on the basis of a result of comparison done by the comparison unit, stores the second brought-in medicine that is deemed to be of the same type as the first brought-in medicine in the same compartment as the one in which the first brought-in medicine has been stored.
The present invention addresses the problem of providing a drug discharge device that can reduce the complexity involved in dispensing a drug into a manual dispensing device. This drug discharge device comprises: a manual dispensing member 15 provided with a plurality of recesses 20 into which solid drugs are dispensed; a discharge means for discharging the drugs that have been dispensed into the recesses 20, so as to be discharged downstream either directly or with another member being interposed; and a control device for controlling the discharge means. The drug discharge device wherein: the discharge means is capable of individually discharging drugs corresponding to any of the recesses 20; and the control device, on the basis of prescription information including information on the drugs to be provided to one or more patients, allocates the same drug to the recesses 20 in a proximate region, with the discharge means discharging the drugs in a prescribed order.
Provided are: a tablet receptacle that can receive tablets discharged from a tablet cassette mounted on a drug dispensing device without the necessity of any special discharge passage or installation space during stocktaking of the tablet cassette of the drug dispensing device; and a drug dispensing device that can perform a stocktaking process using the tablet receptacle. A tablet receptacle 50 receives tablets discharged to a drug dropping passage 42 below a mounting part 12 of a drug dispensing device in which the tablets are discharged from a tablet cassette 11 to the drug dropping passage through the mounting part 12, and are packaged. The tablet receptacle 50 is provided with a reception port 50g that, when the tablet receptacle 50 is installed, is inserted into the drug dropping passage 42. The tablet receptacle is configured so as to receive, at the reception port 50g, the tablet that is discharged from the tablet cassette 11 mounted on the mounting part 12 above the tablet receptacle 50, and drops along the tablet dropping passage 42.
[Problem] To provide a drug dispensing device and a drug dispensing program, allowing a tablet cassette and a manual dispensing unit to be used by taking the work efficiency of a user into account. [Solution] This drug dispensing device is provided with: a tablet cassette capable of dispensing individually a tablet from a storage unit storing a plurality of tablets; a manual dispensing unit capable of dispensing tablets of each of a plurality of compartments in which tablets are introduced; an assignment processing unit capable of assigning, to the manual dispensing unit or to either of the tablet cassette and a mounting unit on which the tablet cassette is mounted, drug information of a tablet to be dispensed; and a drive processing unit for dispensing the tablet to be dispensed, from the tablet cassette or the manual dispensing unit, on the basis of the result from the assignment by the assignment unit. Then, among multiple types of tablets to be dispensed, the assignment processing unit prioritizes drug information of a tablet having a smaller size, for assignment to the tablet cassette or to the mounting unit.
[Problem] To provide: an inspection support system capable of efficiently performing inspection based on captured images of tablets; and an inspection support program. [Solution] This inspection support system is provided with: an acquisition processing unit for acquiring an individual captured image of each of tablets to be packaged by a drug dispensing device which can package a tablet at an administration timing; a classification processing unit for classifying each individual captured image into classification groups on the basis of reference individual captured images corresponding to the respective classification groups among the individual captured images; and a display processing unit for displaying the result of classification by the classification processing unit.
[Problem] To provide a tablet dispensing device capable of stably holding a tablet in a holding position of a tablet guiding groove, and smoothly discharging the tablet in a discharging position without causing the tablet to become stuck in the tablet guiding groove. [Solution] A tablet dispensing device 1 is provided with a cassette body 4 including a tablet accommodating portion 15 and a tablet outlet 18a, and a rotor 7 that is accommodated in the cassette body 4 and rotatable around a rotational axis. A tablet discharge path 54 is formed between an outer peripheral face of the rotor 7 and an inner face of the cassette body 4 in a direction intersecting the rotational direction of the rotor 7. A tablet T is discharged through the tablet discharge path 54. A holding portion 52 for holding the tablet T is provided in the tablet discharge path 54. The tablet discharge path 54 is configured to have a smaller width when the tablet T is held by the holding portion 52, and to have a greater width when the tablet T is discharged from the holding portion 52.
B26D 1/02 - Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting memberApparatus or machines thereforCutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a stationary cutting member
B26D 3/30 - Halving devices, e.g. for halving buns
A61J 3/00 - Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms
B65D 83/04 - Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing annular, disc-shaped, spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills
Drugs can be sorted irrespective of whether or not drug data is registered. A drug sorting device includes a conveying/sorting unit configured to: accommodate drugs determined to have drug data corresponding to image data into a confirmed area of a second accommodating portion for each type; and accommodate drugs determined to have no drug data corresponding to the image data into a temporarily determined area.
G16H 20/10 - ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
A61J 7/00 - Devices for administering medicines orally, e.g. spoonsPill counting devicesArrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine
B07C 5/342 - Sorting according to other particular properties according to optical properties, e.g. colour
B65B 3/00 - Packaging plastic material, semiliquids, liquids or mixed solids and liquids, in individual containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans or jars
B65B 57/14 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of articles or materials to be packaged and operating to control, or stop, the feed of articles or material to be packaged
B65G 1/137 - Storage devices mechanical with arrangements or automatic control means for selecting which articles are to be removed
G06V 20/52 - Surveillance or monitoring of activities, e.g. for recognising suspicious objects
G16H 20/13 - ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients delivered from dispensers
G16H 70/40 - ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of medical references relating to drugs, e.g. their side effects or intended usage
59.
Cassette handling apparatus and drug handling apparatus
A main unit includes a cassette shelf, at least one transporting cassette holder that temporarily holds a cassette removed from the cassette shelf and to be transported to a drug receiver, at least one returning cassette holder that temporarily holds the cassette received from the drug receiver and to be returned to the cassette shelf, and a main cassette transporter that transports the cassette between the cassette shelf and the at least one transporting cassette holder, and between the cassette shelf and the at least one returning cassette holder.
a expanding toward an outer side of a radial direction of the second rotating body 130 is provided in the side-wall constituent body 110 on a lower side of the second rotating body 130.
G07F 11/54 - Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from movable storage containers or supports the storage containers or supports being rotatably mounted about vertical axes
A61J 7/00 - Devices for administering medicines orally, e.g. spoonsPill counting devicesArrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine
A61J 3/00 - Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms
G07F 17/00 - Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articlesCoin-freed facilities or services
A drug cassette including a solid-preparation receiving portion, a lid member, lid locking means configured to hold the lid member in a locked state provided to the drug cassette, a cassette placement portion configured to place the drug cassette, removing/locking means and lid locking operation means configured to prevent removal of the drug cassette, provided to the cassette placement portion. After the lid locking means is brought into an unlocking state by the lid locking operation means, until the lid locking operation means operates in accordance with an operation by an operator so that the lid locking means is locked, the unlocking state of the lid locking means is maintained. After the lid locking means is locked by the lid locking operation means, the removing/locking means is cancelled, and the drug cassette is brought into a state of being removable from the cassette placement portion.
B65B 37/08 - Supplying or feeding fluent-solid, plastic, or liquid material, or loose masses of small articles, to be packaged by rotary feeders
A61J 7/00 - Devices for administering medicines orally, e.g. spoonsPill counting devicesArrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine
G16H 20/13 - ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients delivered from dispensers
62.
Pharmaceutical packaging apparatus, method of determining remaining quantity of pharmaceutical packaging paper and pharmaceutical packaging paper roll
Medicine packaging apparatuses and methods for accurately determining a remaining sheet amount of a medicine packaging sheet are described. The apparatus includes: a roll support section to which a core tube of a medicine packaging sheet roll is attached; a sensor disposed in the roll support section for outputting a count value according to a rotation amount; a wireless reader-writer unit for writing information to a core tube IC tag and reading said information; an information generation section for generating information to be written to the core tube IC tag; a remaining sheet amount estimation section for estimating a current amount of remaining sheet based on the information and dimensional information of the core tube; and a controller which selectively performs an operation if a reference time-point count value is not yet written to the core tube IC tag and another operation if the count value is already written thereto.
B65B 57/04 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of binding or wrapping material, containers, or packages and operating to control, or to stop, the feed of such material, containers, or packages
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B65B 57/02 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of binding or wrapping material, containers, or packages
A card dismounting device (150) comprises: a card chucking part (151) that chucks a rewrite card through suction from an obverse surface thereof; guide parts (152, 153), a support part (161), spindles (162, 163), and springs (164, 165) that cause the rewrite card chucked through suction by the card chucking part to bend; and a Z-axis motor (173) that causes the bent rewrite card to move in a first direction from a front-surface side of a card holder toward the card holder.
G06K 13/06 - Guiding cardsChecking correct operation of card-conveying mechanisms
G06K 19/00 - Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings
G06K 19/06 - Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings characterised by the kind of the digital marking, e.g. shape, nature, code
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G16H 20/10 - ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
64.
Tablet guide path-adjusting device of tablet cassette
Provided is a tablet guiding path adjusting apparatus that adjusts a tablet guiding path adjusting mechanism in the tablet cassette, comprising a rotor rotatably equipped within a cassette body and having a tablet guiding path for receiving at least one of tablets received within the cassette body and guiding to a discharging orifice of the cassette body; a partition member for entering the tablet guiding path and being located between a tablet at the lowest part and a tablet at the upper side thereof; and tablet guiding paths adjusting mechanisms configured to adjust at least either dimension of the depth and width of the tablet guiding path to the rotor; wherein the tablet guiding path adjusting apparatus engages with engaging parts of the tablet guiding path adjusting mechanisms to operate the tablet guiding path adjusting mechanism, and adjusts a dimension of the tablet guiding path in accordance with the shape or size of tablets received within the cassette body.
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A61J 1/03 - Containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes for pills or tablets
A61J 1/14 - Containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes DetailsAccessories therefor
B65G 1/08 - Storage devices mechanical with means for presenting articles for removal at predetermined position or level the articles being fed by gravity
B65G 47/84 - Star-shaped wheels or devices having endless travelling belts or chains, the wheels or devices being equipped with article-engaging elements
G07F 17/00 - Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articlesCoin-freed facilities or services
65.
Medicine packaging device, ink ribbon running control method, ink ribbon roll and ink ribbon cassette
Provided is a medicine packaging device. The medicine packaging device includes: a reader-writer that reads information from an IC tag installed at a supply core of an ink ribbon roll detachably installed to an ink ribbon cassette as well as writes information to the IC tag; a motor control unit that controls a winding motor for rotating a winding core, based on a used length of the ink ribbon which is information read from the IC tag, so that the ink ribbon of the ink ribbon roll runs in a winding direction at a higher speed than a feeding speed of a continuous sheet for packaging; and a written information output unit that outputs information showing the used length of the ink ribbon which has been changed due to use of the ink ribbon, to the reader/writer as information written on the IC tag.
B65B 61/02 - Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for perforating, scoring, or applying code or date marks on material prior to packaging
A rotor having a plurality of tablet guide paths is rotatably contained in a cassette main body. The rotor facing an inverse conical-shaped inclined inner surface of the cassette main body includes an inclined outer surface in each of the plurality of tablet guide paths. A distance between the inverse conical-shaped inclined inner surface of the cassette main body and the inclined outer surface of the table guide path can be adjusted by raising and lowering the rotor with respect to the cassette main body. A distance between a partitioning member and a tablet support table can be adjusted by raising and lowering the tablet support table provided on a lower side of the partitioning member. A distance between a first vertical protruding piece and a second vertical protruding piece constituting the tablet guide path can be adjusted by relatively rotating a first movable member and a second movable member.
A61J 7/00 - Devices for administering medicines orally, e.g. spoonsPill counting devicesArrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine
A61J 3/00 - Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms
A tablet packaging device capable of shortening operation time required for packaging tablets for one tray. The tablet packaging device includes a packaging portion configured to accommodate tablets dispensed from a dispensing port into a tray. The packaging portion includes: a tray loading unit to which the tray is mountable; a tray unloading unit to which the tray accommodating the tablets is mountable; a tray driving unit, which is configured to removably support the tray, move the supported tray among positions of the dispensing port, the tray loading unit, and the tray unloading unit, and move the desired accommodation recess portion to the dispensing port for tablets; a tray attaching unit configured to attach the tray from the tray loading unit to the tray driving unit; and a tray detaching unit configured to detach the tray from the tray driving unit and place the tray on the tray unloading unit.
The present invention pertains to a drug audit support device 3 which supports audit of drugs collected by a drug collection device 2 and/or collected manually, the support device 3 being characterized by: having a plurality of drug audit means; being capable of implementing a plurality of drug audit plans having different degrees of precision by selectively carrying out the drug audit means; having an information acquisition means for acquiring first information and second information, the first information being information related to drug collection pathways and/or equipment involved in drug collection, and the second information being information relating to workers participating in drug collection; and having a plan selection means for selecting the drug audit plans on the basis of the first information and the second information, the drug audit plan selected by the plan selection means being carried out.
A61J 3/00 - Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms
G16H 20/10 - ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
69.
DRUG AUDIT SUPPORT DEVICE, DRUG AUDIT SUPPORT SYSTEM, AND DRUG AUDIT METHOD
The present invention pertains to a drug audit support device 3 which supports audit of drugs collected by a drug collection device 2 and/or collected manually, the support device 3 being characterized by: having a plurality of drug audit means; being capable of implementing a plurality of drug audit plans having different degrees of precision by selectively carrying out the drug audit means; having an information acquisition means for acquiring first information and second information, the first information being information related to drug collection pathways and/or equipment involved in drug collection, and the second information being information relating to workers participating in drug collection; and having a plan selection means for selecting the drug audit plans on the basis of the first information and the second information, the drug audit plan selected by the plan selection means being carried out.
A61J 3/00 - Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms
G16H 20/10 - ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
Provided is a tablet cassette capable of discharging a large tablet without changing the size of a base body to which the tablet cassette is attached. The tablet cassette (1) comprises: a tablet container (3) housing a plurality of tablets and having a tablet outlet (17) formed in the bottom thereof; and a rotor (4) rotatably provided inside the tablet container (3) and having a tablet guide groove (12) provided therein that guides a tablet inside the tablet container (3) to the tablet outlet (17). The rotor (4) has a circumferential groove (14) formed in the circumferential direction thereof. A guide member (21) that enters the circumferential groove (14) is provided on the downstream side, in the rotation direction of the rotor (4), of the tablet outlet (17) in the tablet container (3). The guide member (21) has an inclined guide surface (21c) that faces the tablets in the tablet guide groove (12), in the rotation direction of the rotor (4), and facing the tablet outlet.
[Problem] To provide a medication dispensing system and medication dispensing program that are capable of assisting in the effective selection of medication types that are dispensable from medication cassettes. [Solution] A medication dispensing system 500 according to the present invention comprises: a first processing unit 422 for receiving estimation conditions associated with the selection of a medication type for a medication that is dispensable from a medication cassette during a medication dispensing operation, where medications of one or multiple medication types are dispensed on the basis of medication dispensing data, via a medication dispensing device capable of performing the medication dispensing operation; and a second processing unit 423 for outputting simulation results for the medication dispensing operation as performed on the basis of a plurality of items of the medication dispensing data when the estimation conditions received by the first processing 422 have been applied.
A61J 3/00 - Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms
G16H 40/40 - ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilitiesICT specially adapted for the management or operation of medical equipment or devices for the management of medical equipment or devices, e.g. scheduling maintenance or upgrades
This drug packaging device reduces the replacement operations of drug cassettes, shortens as much as possible the stopping time of the mechanism, and reduces the packaging operation time as a whole. This drug packaging device 11 is provided with multiple drug supply units 15, a prescription data storage unit 222 which stores prescription data of multiple patients, and a control unit 210 which extracts drug data indicating prescribed drugs on the basis of the prescription data stored in the prescription data storage unit 222, and controls the multiple drug supply units on the basis of the extracted drug data. The multiple drug supply units 15 comprise a drug cassette 16 and a drug feeder 17 which detachably supports the drug cassette 16. The drug feeder 17 has an indicator 17e which indicates the use state of the drug cassette 16, and the control unit 210 controls the indicator 17e of the drug feeder 17, and operates the indicator 17e so as to enable determine drug cassettes 16 mounted in the drug feeder 17 that are not used in packaging.
[PROBLEM] To provide a medicine box dispenser with good dispensing efficiency and excellent handling. [SOLUTION] This medicine box dispenser S is characterized by having a conveying unit C which dispenses medicine boxes 1, a tray arranging unit 140 which arranges trays 14 for housing the medicine boxes 1, and a tray detection unit which can read identification information of the trays 14. When dispensing a medicine box 1 to a tray 14 by means of the conveying unit, if the identification information of the tray 14 that is arranged in the tray arranging unit 140 is the same as the identification information of the tray that was arranged in the previous dispensing operation, then the medicine box 1 is not dispensed by the conveying unit C.
[Problem] To efficiently provide a cassette to a user. [Solution] A main body unit (2) comprises: a cassette shelf (21); a transfer cassette holding unit (231) that temporarily holds a cassette (Ca) taken out from the cassette shelf and transferred to a drug transfer unit (32); a receiving cassette holding unit (232) for temporarily holding the cassette which is received from the drug transfer unit and is to be returned to the cassette shelf; and a main body cassette conveying unit (22) that conveys the cassette between the cassette shelf and the transfer cassette holding unit and between the cassette shelf and the receiving cassette holding unit.
A rotor (4) is rotatably housed in a cassette body (3) that accommodates tablets. The rotor has a plurality of tablet guideways (4b) that are formed between an inclined inner face (6a) of the cassette body and an inclined outer face (22a) of the rotor and that guide tablets accommodated in the cassette body to a tablet discharge hole (7). The rotor comprises: a separation member (8) that is provided above the tablet discharge hole in the cassette body and that separates the bottom tablet from tablets thereon in the tablet guideway; a tablet support platform (53) that is provided in the tablet guideway so as to be able to be lifted and that supports the bottom tablet in the tablet guideway; and a height adjustment unit (50) that adjusts the tablet discharge height between the tablet support platform and the separation member by lifting and lowering the tablet support platform. The height adjustment unit lifts and lowers the tablet support platform along the tablet guideway in the direction of inclination with respect to the axis of rotation of the rotor.
A61J 3/00 - Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms
B65G 47/14 - Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from disorderly-arranged article piles or from loose assemblages of articles arranging or orientating the articles by mechanical or pneumatic means during feeding
B65G 65/30 - Methods or devices for filling or emptying bunkers, hoppers, tanks, or like containers, of interest apart from their use in particular chemical or physical processes or their application in particular machines, e.g. not covered by a single other subclass
A rotor (4) is rotatably housed in a cassette body (3) that accommodates tablets. The rotor has a plurality of tablet guideways (4b) that are formed between an inclined inner face (6a) of the cassette body and an inclined outer face (22a) of the rotor and that guide tablets accommodated in the cassette body to a tablet discharge hole (7). The rotor comprises: a separation member (8) that is provided above the tablet discharge hole in the cassette body and that separates the bottom tablet from tablets thereon in the tablet guideway; a tablet support platform (53) that is provided in the tablet guideway so as to be able to be lifted and that supports the bottom tablet in the tablet guideway; and a height adjustment unit (50) that adjusts the tablet discharge height between the tablet support platform and the separation member by lifting and lowering the tablet support platform. The height adjustment unit lifts and lowers the tablet support platform along the tablet guideway in the direction of inclination with respect to the axis of rotation of the rotor.
B65G 65/30 - Methods or devices for filling or emptying bunkers, hoppers, tanks, or like containers, of interest apart from their use in particular chemical or physical processes or their application in particular machines, e.g. not covered by a single other subclass
B65G 47/14 - Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from disorderly-arranged article piles or from loose assemblages of articles arranging or orientating the articles by mechanical or pneumatic means during feeding
A61J 3/00 - Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms
77.
Medication dispensing device, control method, and control program
A drug dispensing device includes: a variable cassette configured to dispense any type of drug; a mounting portion, to and from which the variable cassette is mountable and dismountable; a drive controller configured to cause the drug corresponding to the plurality of pieces of prescription data to be dispensed from the set; an allocation processor configured to allocate, based on the plurality of pieces of prescription data, drug information on the drug to be dispensed included in the plurality of pieces of prescription data to the variable cassette or the mounting portion; and a drive controller configured to drive the variable cassette in accordance with a driving condition set in advance in association with the drug information allocated to the variable cassette or the mounting portion by the allocation processor, to thereby dispense from the variable cassette the drug corresponding to the plurality of pieces of prescription data.
A61J 7/00 - Devices for administering medicines orally, e.g. spoonsPill counting devicesArrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine
G16H 20/13 - ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients delivered from dispensers
A61J 1/03 - Containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes for pills or tablets
G07F 17/00 - Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articlesCoin-freed facilities or services
78.
MEDICINE DOSE PACKAGING MACHINE, CONTROL PROGRAM FOR MEDICINE DOSE PACKAGING MACHINE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING SAID PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON
[Problem] To provide a medicine dose packaging machine that is capable of giving easy-to-understand instructions as to the type and quantity of medicine to be inputted in respective cells of a hand-distribution cell tray. [Solution] This medicine dose packaging machine is provided with: a hand-distribution cell tray which is divided into multiple cells; a dose packaging unit which receives, from each of the multiple cells, a medicine onto packaging paper and packs the medicine into a medicinal package; and an input/output interface on which operational input and output are performed; and a control unit 2. The control unit 2 has: a division data generation unit 211 that, on the basis of a tablet-wise occupancy rate indicating the area occupied by a single table of a medicine included in prescription data in a single cell and/or a signal medicinal package, generates medicine division data representing the number of medicinal tablets to be inputted into the respective cells; and a work instruction generation unit 212 that, on the basis of the medicine division data, generates work instruction data indicating the number of medicinal tablets to be inputted into the respective cells and causes said work instruction data to be outputted via the input/output interface.
A drug dispensing device, which is configured to separately dispense one dose of a drug based on prescription data, includes: an operation device configured to receive input given by a worker; a dispensing unit, to which a medication to be manually dispensed is to be input; a monitor configured to display a screen for supporting work of the worker based on the prescription data and on the input given by the worker; and a controller. The controller displays, on the monitor, a screen for allowing the worker to input manufacturing information on a drug to be dispensed, to receive input of the manufacturing information. The controller stores, into a storage, manufacturing information on a drug dispensed in work of dispensing a drug to one patient, in association with information for identifying the one patient.
G16H 20/13 - ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients delivered from dispensers
G16H 40/60 - ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilitiesICT specially adapted for the management or operation of medical equipment or devices for the operation of medical equipment or devices
80.
Drug sorting device, sorting container, and drug return method
A medicine sorting device includes: a discrimination part for discriminating a type of a medicine based on an image captured by a first camera; and a conveyance/sorting unit for sorting, by each type, a plurality of types of medicines accommodated in a mixed state in a first accommodating part based on a discrimination result of the discrimination part, and storing the medicines in a second accommodating part.
A solid preparation subdividing device includes: one or more dispensing devices, a solid preparation information input unit to input information on solid preparations, an administration information input unit, and a packaging unit. The dispensing device includes: an accommodating portion with a charging port to receive solid preparations, and a pickup unit to discharge a desired number of solid preparations from the accommodating portion. The administration information input unit is for directly inputting an administration timing for each solid preparation and a dosage for each administration timing in association with the solid preparations charged into the accommodating portion. The subdividing device executes operations for discharging, based on information input to the administration information input unit, the solid preparations from the dispensing device on a dose-by-dose basis to the packaging unit and packaging one or more kinds of solid preparations to be taken at a time collectively by the packaging unit.
G07F 17/00 - Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articlesCoin-freed facilities or services
B65B 5/10 - Filling containers or receptacles progressively or in stages by introducing successive articles, or layers of articles
G16H 20/13 - ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients delivered from dispensers
A61J 7/00 - Devices for administering medicines orally, e.g. spoonsPill counting devicesArrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine
A61J 7/04 - Arrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine, e.g. programmed dispensers
B65B 43/62 - Means for supporting containers or receptacles during the filling operation rotatable about an axis located at the filling position, e.g. the axis of the container or receptacle
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MEDICINE LOADING DEVICE AND MEDICINE RECOVERY METHOD
The present invention provides a medicine loading device that, on the basis of prescription information, can prevent the wrong medicine from being loaded. This medicine loading device includes a body, a medicine dispensing cassette, and a means for identifying medicines. The medicine dispensing cassette comprises a lid that can be opened/closed, and a lock mechanism for locking the lid. The lock mechanism is released when the type of the medicine, as detected by the means for identifying medicines, matches the type of medicine stored in the medicine dispensing cassette.
The present invention provides a medicine loading device which can prevent an improper medicine from being loadedbased on prescription information. The medicine loadingdevice has a main body, a medicine dispensing cassette and medicine discriminating means. An openable/closable lid and a locking mechanism for locking the cover are included in themedicine dispensing cassette. When a type of a medicinedetected by the medicine discriminating means matches a type of a medicine to be contained in the medicine dispensing cassette, the locking mechanism is released.
CA 03093894 2020-09-14ABSTRACTTo develop a drug dispensing device capable of re-opening a lid even after the lid (12) of the drug cassette (10) is closed. The drug cassette (10) includes a solid-preparation receiving portion (11) and a lid member (12). Lid locking means (72) configured to hold the lid member (12) in a locked state is provided to the drug cassette (10). A cassette placement portion (8) configured to place the drug cassette (10) is provided to the drug dispensing device, and removing/locking means (22) and lid locking operation means (23) configured to prevent removal of the drug cassette (10) are provided to the cassette placement portion (8). After the lid locking means (72) is brought into an unlocking state by the lid locking operation means (23), until the lid locking operation means (23) operates in accordance with an operation by an operator so that the lid locking means (72) is unlocked, the unlocking state of the lid locking means (72) is maintained. After the lid locking means (72) is locked by the lid locking operation means (23), the removing/locking means (22) is cancelled, and the drug cassette (10) is brought into a state of being removable from the cassette placement portion (8).Date Recue/Date Received 2020-09-14
A61J 3/00 - Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms
B65B 37/12 - Supplying or feeding fluent-solid, plastic, or liquid material, or loose masses of small articles, to be packaged by rotary feeders of centrifugal type
[Problem] To develop a drug dispensing device with which it is possible for a lid 12 of a drug cassette 10 to be reopened even after the lid has been closed. [Solution] The drug cassette 10 includes a solid preparation accommodating unit 11, and a lid member 12. The drug cassette 10 includes a lid locking means 72 for holding the lid member 12 in a locked state. There is a cassette placement unit 8 on which to place the drug cassette 10, and the cassette placement unit 8 is provided with a removal locking means 22 for rendering the drug cassette 10 non-removable, and a lid lock operating means 23. After the lid locking means 72 has been unlocked by means of the lid lock operating means 23, the unlocked state of the lid locking means 72 is maintained until the lid lock operating means 23 is activated as a result of an operation by a user and the lid locking means 72 is unlocked. After the lid locking means 72 has been locked by means of the lid lock operating means 23, the removal locking means 22 is released, and the drug cassette 10 can be removed from the cassette placement unit 8.
A61J 3/00 - Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms
B65B 37/12 - Supplying or feeding fluent-solid, plastic, or liquid material, or loose masses of small articles, to be packaged by rotary feeders of centrifugal type
[Problem] To make it possible to sort medicine regardless of whether or not medicine data is registered. [Solution] A medicine sorting device (1) is provided with a transport and sorting unit (12) with which medicine for which it is determined that medicine data corresponding to image data is present is accommodated on a per-kind basis in a fixed area (Ar11) of a second accommodation part (14) and with which medicine for which it is determined that medicine data corresponding to image data is not present is accommodated in a tentative determination area (Ar12).
a expanding toward an outer side of a radial direction of the second rotating body 130 is provided in the side-wall constituent body 110 on a lower side of the second rotating body 130.
A61J 3/00 - Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms
A61J 7/00 - Devices for administering medicines orally, e.g. spoonsPill counting devicesArrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine
G07F 11/54 - Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from movable storage containers or supports the storage containers or supports being rotatably mounted about vertical axes
G07F 17/00 - Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articlesCoin-freed facilities or services
A drug packaging device includes a dispensing portion and a packaging portion. The dispensing portion includes a first dispensing portion including a plurality of drug cassettes and a second dispensing portion configured to receive drugs, which are prepared separately from the drugs stored in the first dispensing portion, and to dispense the drugs. The second dispensing portion includes a first receiving/dispensing portion and a second receiving/dispensing portion. The second receiving/dispensing portion is configured to dispense drugs by the amount required for packaging among a plurality of drugs having been collectively distributed. The first receiving/dispensing portion and the second receiving/dispensing portion are vertically arranged.
Provided is a medicine dispensing device having a container stocking portion) for stocking a plurality of medicine containers, a medicine supplying part for supplying solid medicines, container taking means for taking the container from the container stocking portion, a medicine filling part for filling the medicine container with the solid medicines supplied from the medicine supplying part and container checking means. The medicine checking means has posture keeping means for keeping a constant posture of the medicine container and a measuring member which can approach to and move away from the medicine container. The container checking means can check a type of the medicine container by holding the medicine container with keeping the constant posture by using the posture keeping means and allowing the measuring member to approach to the medicine container from a remote position and make contact with the medicine container.
B65B 57/02 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of binding or wrapping material, containers, or packages
A61J 1/03 - Containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes for pills or tablets
Provided is an individual packaging device for tablets with which the time required for packaging tablets per one tray can be shortened. The individual-packaging device for tablets has an individual packaging unit 14 for storing tablets 29 into a tray 24 from a dispensing port 21. The individual packaging unit 14 has: a tray loading unit 1 on which the tray 24 can be mounted; a tray ejection unit 2 on which the tray 24 in which the tablets 29 are stored can be mounted; a tray drive unit 4 for detachably supporting the tray 24, moving the supported tray 24 among the positions of the dispensing port 21, the tray loading unit 1, and the tray ejection unit 2, and moving a desired storage pocket part 26 to the dispensing port 21 for a tablet; a tray attachment unit 5 for attaching the tray to the tray drive unit 4 from the tray loading unit 1; and a tray detachment unit 6 for detaching the tray 24 from the tray drive unit 4 and mounting the tray onto the tray ejection unit 2.
In order to increase the efficiency of utilization of a variable cassette (41B) when a prescription control process is performed successively with respect to a plurality of items of prescription data, a medication dispensing device (4) is provided with: a variable cassette (41B) capable of dispensing an arbitrary type of medication; an attachment unit (42B) to which the variable cassette (41B) can be detachably attached; a drive control unit capable of causing a medication corresponding to the plurality of items of prescription data to be dispensed from a set; an allocation process unit (511) capable of allocating, to the variable cassette (41B) or the attachment unit (42B) on the basis of a plurality of items of prescription data, medication information pertaining to a medication to be dispensed that is included in the plurality of items of prescription data; and a drive control unit (562) capable of causing the variable cassette (41B) to be driven in accordance with a drive condition, which is set in advance in correspondence to the medication information allocated to the variable cassette (41B) or the attachment unit (42B) by the allocation process unit (511), thereby causing the medication corresponding to the plurality of items of prescription data to be dispensed from the variable cassette (41B).
Provided is an individual packaging device for tablets with which the time required for packaging tablets per one tray can be shortened. The individual-packaging device for tablets has an individual packaging unit 14 for storing tablets 29 into a tray 24 from a dispensing port 21. The individual packaging unit 14 has: a tray loading unit 1 on which the tray 24 can be mounted; a tray ejection unit 2 on which the tray 24 in which the tablets 29 are stored can be mounted; a tray drive unit 4 for detachably supporting the tray 24, moving the supported tray 24 among the positions of the dispensing port 21, the tray loading unit 1, and the tray ejection unit 2, and moving a desired storage pocket part 26 to the dispensing port 21 for a tablet; a tray attachment unit 5 for attaching the tray to the tray drive unit 4 from the tray loading unit 1; and a tray detachment unit 6 for detaching the tray 24 from the tray drive unit 4 and mounting the tray onto the tray ejection unit 2.
The purpose of the present invention is to propose a novel powdered drug weighing device, and to make packaging work easier. The present invention comprises a drug container setup unit, a drug discharging means (vibrating table), a weight measuring means 22, a weighing container 52, and a weighing container setup unit 53. In a state where a powdered drug is stored in a drug container 30, the weighing container setup unit 53 is in the vicinity of the drug container setup unit, and the drug container 30 has been set up on the drug container setup unit, the powdered drug is taken out of the drug container 30 by the drug discharging means and moved to the weighing container 52. The weight of the powdered drug having been moved to the weighing container 52 is monitored directly or indirectly at the weigh measuring means 22. The drug discharging means is stopped under the condition that a predetermined amount of powdered drug has been moved to the weighing container 52.
A medicine dispensing apparatus comprises a medicine containing/dispensing unit (11) for supplying medicines of various kinds; a medicine wrapping part (45) for wrapping the medicine supplied from the medicine containing/dispensing unit (11) for every one dose package by a dispensing paper (S); a medicine wrapping hopper (73) for falling down the medicine for one dose package into a dispensing paper S in the medicine wrapping part (45) and a medicine check part (5) for determining depending on a photographed image of the medicine wrapping hopper (73) whether or not the medicine is adheres to the introduction part.
A61J 1/03 - Containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes for pills or tablets
A61J 7/00 - Devices for administering medicines orally, e.g. spoonsPill counting devicesArrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine
B65B 5/10 - Filling containers or receptacles progressively or in stages by introducing successive articles, or layers of articles
B65B 57/10 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of articles or materials to be packaged
A61J 3/00 - Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms
B65B 1/30 - Devices or methods for controlling or determining the quantity or quality of the material fed or filled
[Problem] To provide a dimension measurement device capable of accurately measuring medicine dimensions without being influenced by changes in the use environment. [Solution] This dimension measurement device S1 comprises: a light source unit L, a photography unit C, a medicine holding unit H for holding medicine 1 between the photography unit C and light source unit L such that the medicine 1 can be photographed from different directions, a light-source-output adjustment unit U1 for adjusting the luminance of the light source unit L on the basis of the brightness of a photographed image photographed by the photography unit C, and a shape measurement unit U2 for measuring the X dimension and Y dimension of the medicine 1 in mutually orthogonal X direction and Y direction in a photographed image photographed after luminance adjustment has been carried out at least once.
[Problem] To provide a dimension measurement device capable of accurately measuring medicine dimensions without being influenced by changes in the use environment. [Solution] This dimension measurement device S1 comprises: a light source unit L, a photography unit C, a medicine holding unit H for holding medicine 1 between the photography unit C and light source unit L such that the medicine 1 can be photographed from different directions, a light-source-output adjustment unit U1 for adjusting the luminance of the light source unit L on the basis of the brightness of a photographed image photographed by the photography unit C, and a shape measurement unit U2 for measuring the X dimension and Y dimension of the medicine 1 in mutually orthogonal X direction and Y direction in a photographed image photographed after luminance adjustment has been carried out at least once.
Medicine packaging apparatuses and methods for accurately determining a remaining sheet amount of a medicine packaging sheet are described. The apparatus includes: a roll support section to which a core tube of a medicine packaging sheet roll is attached; a sensor disposed in the roll support section for outputting a count value according to a rotation amount; a wireless reader-writer unit for writing information to a core tube IC tag and reading said information; an information generation section for generating information to be written to the core tube IC tag; a remaining sheet amount estimation section for estimating a current amount of remaining sheet based on the information and dimensional information of the core tube; and a controller which selectively performs an operation if a reference time-point count value is not yet written to the core tube IC tag and another operation if the count value is already written thereto.
B65B 57/04 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of binding or wrapping material, containers, or packages and operating to control, or to stop, the feed of such material, containers, or packages
B65H 26/06 - Warning or safety devices, e.g. automatic fault detectors, stop-motions, for web-advancing mechanisms responsive to predetermined lengths of webs
B65H 43/00 - Use of control, checking, or safety devices, e.g. automatic devices comprising an element for sensing a variable
B65B 57/02 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of binding or wrapping material, containers, or packages
98.
DRUG CASSETTE HANDLING DEVICE AND DRUG DISPENSING DEVICE
A drug cassette handling device (200) is provided with a cassette rack (110) for storing m cassettes (Ca) for accommodating a drug, a specific-processing part (120) for performing specific processing for the drug accommodated in the cassettes, a cassette retaining part (130) capable of temporarily retaining up to n (m > n ≥ 2) cassettes receiving specific processing, and a cassette transporting part (140) for transporting a cassette between the cassette rack and the cassette retaining part.
[Problem] To provide a dispensing support system capable of identifying the expiration date of each tablet. [Solution] This dispensing support system is provided with: an image capturing part for capturing an image of a tablet; a reading part for reading tablet information, etched or printed on the tablet, from the tablet image captured by the image capturing part; and an identifying part for identifying the expiration date of the tablet on the basis of the tablet information read by the reading part.
[Problem] To provide a tablet guide path-adjusting device of a tablet cassette, wherein the dimensions of a tablet guide path can be automatically and quickly adjusted according to the shape or size of a tablet. [Solution] This tablet guide path-adjusting device adjusts tablet guide path-adjusting mechanisms of a tablet cassette provided with: a rotor 8 rotatably disposed in a cassette body 5 and having a tablet guide path 8a that accommodates at least one tablet stored in the cassette body and guides the tablets to a discharge hole 9 of the cassette body; a partition member 20 which enters the tablet guide path and is positioned between the lowermost tablet and a tablet above the lowermost tablet; and the tablet guide path-adjusting mechanisms M2, M3, M4 configured to adjust, in the rotor, at least one dimension among the depth and the width of the tablet guide path 8a, wherein the tablet guide path-adjusting device engages with engagement parts 33c, 52b, 95d of the tablet guide path-adjusting mechanisms to operate the tablet guide path-adjusting mechanisms, and adjusts the dimensions of the tablet guide path according to the shape or size of the tablets.
A61J 7/00 - Devices for administering medicines orally, e.g. spoonsPill counting devicesArrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine
B65B 37/08 - Supplying or feeding fluent-solid, plastic, or liquid material, or loose masses of small articles, to be packaged by rotary feeders
B65D 83/04 - Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing annular, disc-shaped, spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills
