[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
2.
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
3.
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
4.
ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, PROGRAM, AND DRUG DISPENSING SYSTEM
[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] 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
14.
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
[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).
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.
[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.
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.
[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
25.
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
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
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
26.
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).
[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
28.
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 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 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
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
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
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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.
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
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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.
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.
[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).
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.
[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.
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.
[Problem] To provide an apparatus for redistributing solid preparations that have been filled into a small container such as a packaging bag or a bottle and that have been sold for individual usage, so that the solid preparations may be subdivided on a dose-by-dose basis. [Solution] The present invention has one or a plurality of solid preparation dispensing devices, a solid preparation information input means that inputs information regarding the solid preparations, a dosing information input means, and a packaging means. The solid preparation dispensing device has a solid preparation storage part that is provided with an injection port through which solid preparations are injected and that is able to store the solid preparations, and a solid preparation removal means that discharges a desired number of solid preparations from the solid preparation storage part. The dosing information input means is able to directly input a solid preparation dosing time and the number of doses at each dosing time in association with the solid preparations injected into the solid preparation storage part. On the basis of the information inputted into the dosing information input means, the solid preparations are discharged on a dose-by-dose basis from the solid preparation dispensing device and are sent to the packaging means, and one or a plurality of types of solid preparations for each dosing are packaged in a pack by the packaging means.
[Problem] To enhance convenience of a medicine dispensing device. [Solution] A medicine dispensing device (1) is provided with a first rotating body, a second rotating body, a counter (26), a recovery route (22) having a recovery end part (22A), a dispensing route (21) having a dispensing end part (21A) disposed in a higher position than the recovery end part, and a switching mechanism (25) for switching a medicine passage route between the dispensing route and the recovery route.
A drug dispensing device (100) for dispensing drugs at regular single-dose intervals on the basis of prescription data is provided with: an operation unit (64) for receiving an input from a worker; a dispensing unit (2) at which a medicine to be distributed by hand is loaded; a monitor (63) for displaying a screen for assisting with work by the worker on the basis of the prescription data and the input from the worker; and a control unit (61). The control unit (61) causes the monitor (63) to display a screen for prompting the worker to input preparation information on a drug being dispensed, and receives input of the preparation information. The control unit (61) causes a storage unit (62) to store, in association with information identifying the patient, the preparation information on the drug that has been dispensed through the work of dispensing the drug to one patient.
A drug sorting device (1) is provided with: a discriminating part (64) for discriminating a type of a drug on the basis of an image captured by a first camera (131); and a conveyance/sorting unit (12) for sorting, for each type, a plurality of types of drugs accommodated in a mixed state in a first accommodating part (11) on the basis of a discrimination result by the discriminating part and storing the drugs in a second accommodating part (14).
[Problem] The present invention addresses the problem of providing a device for redistributing a solid preparation with which a small container is filled for individual use, and subdividing the solid preparation on a dose by dose basis, and of providing a method of subdividing a solid preparation. [Solution] This solid preparation subdividing device includes an information reading device, one or a plurality of solid preparation dispensing devices, and a packaging device. Each solid preparation dispensing device includes a solid preparation accommodating unit into which a solid preparation is introduced, and a solid preparation removing means for removing only a desired number of the solid preparations from the solid preparation accommodating unit. The information reading device is capable of reading information relating to the administration method from an information recording portion of the container. The packaging device is capable of individually packaging one or a plurality of the solid preparations. On the basis of the information relating to the administration method read by the information reading device, one dose each of the solid preparation is discharged from the solid preparation dispensing device and is fed to the packaging device, and each dose of the solid preparation is individually packaged by the packaging device.
A drug packaging device (10) includes a dispensing unit (20) and a packaging unit (60). The dispensing unit (20) includes a first dispensing unit (22) provided with a plurality of drug cassettes (26), and a second dispensing unit (24) that is capable of receiving and dispensing drugs which have been prepared separately from the drugs stored in the first dispensing unit (22). The second dispensing unit (24) includes a first storing and dispensing unit (32) and a second storing and dispensing unit (34). The second storing and dispensing unit (34) is capable of dispensing the amount of a drug for which packaging is necessary, from multiple drugs loaded together. The first storing and dispensing unit (32) and the second storing and dispensing unit (34) are arranged one above the other.
This medication sachet packaging device is provided with: a medication storing and dispensing unit (11) which supplies various types of medication; a medication packaging portion (45) which uses sachet paper (S) to package the medication supplied from the medication storing and dispensing unit (11) in individual portions; a medication packaging hopper (73) which causes the individual portion of medication to fall into the sachet paper S in the medication packaging portion (45); and a medication checking portion (5) which determines at least whether the medication is attached to the medication packaging hopper (73), on the basis of an image obtained by imaging an inner wall surface of the medication packaging hopper (73).
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
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
This medicine dispensing device (200) comprises: a container storage part (206) that stores a medicine container; a medicine supply part (203) that supplies a solid medicine; a container eject means (6) that ejects the container from the container storage part (203); a medicine charging part that charges, into the medicine container, the solid medicine supplied from the medicine supply part (203); and a container verification means (1). The container verification means (1) includes: a posture holding means (22) that holds the medicine container in a given posture; and a measurement member (35) that approaches and separates from the medicine container. The medicine dispensing device is characterized in that the type of the medicine container can be verified by holding the medicine container in a given posture with the posture holding means (22), and making the measurement member (35) approach the medicine container from a separated position and contact the medicine container.
[Problem] To provide an inspection assistance system and a drug dispenser which are able to assist a pharmacist in inspecting the result of a packaging process. [Solution] An inspection assistance system 1 is provided with: a packaging unit 504 that performs a packaging process in which one or more tablets are packaged in a packaging material for each administration timing on the basis of prescription data; and a posterior deviation detection unit 510 that, when at least some of the tablets to be filled into a first packaging material in the packaging process are carried and packed in a second packaging material that follows the first packaging material, determines that a posterior deviation malfunction has occurred with respect to the first packaging material and the second packaging material.
[Problem] The purpose of the present invention is to provide: a conveyance system in which failure of conveyance of a container can be suppressed to a minimum; and a medicine dispensing system using the conveyance system. [Solution] A conveyance system 30 comprises a conveyance direction changing unit 45, a detecting unit 46 that detects arrival of a tray T at the conveyance direction changing unit 45, and a control unit 100. The detecting unit 46 includes: a first detecting device 46g capable of detecting the presence/absence of an object at a downstream side in the conveyance direction in the conveyance direction changing unit 45; and a second detecting device 46h capable of detecting the presence/absence of an object at an upstream side, in the conveyance direction, relative to the first detecting device 46g. When the tray T is normally positioned at the conveyance direction changing unit 45, the first detecting device 46g detects the tray T but the second detecting device 46h does not detect the tray T. Under a condition that each of the first detecting device 46g and the second detecting deice 46h have detected an object, the control unit 100 determines occurrence of a failure in arrangement of the tray T.
B65G 43/08 - Control devices operated by article or material being fed, conveyed, or discharged
A61J 3/00 - Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms
B65G 47/57 - Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors, i.e. discharging or feeding devices to or from inclined or vertical conveyor sections for articles
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IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE
An image processing program (600) causes a computer to execute: a step of displaying images captured of regions including a plurality of medical agents (710-1) to (710-3), (720) on a display device; and a step of, on the basis of similarity between a selected image of a representative medical agent (710-2) among the images of the plurality of medical agents (710-1) to (710-3), (720) being displayed on the display device and each of the images of the plurality of medical agents (710-1) to (710-3), (720), rearranging and displaying the images of the plurality of medical agents (710-1) to (710-3), (720) on the display device.
A61J 3/00 - Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms
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
The present invention addresses the problem of providing a tablet cassette rotor that does not have many parts, can handle tablets of more shapes and sizes, and also can support automatic adjustment of the depth, width, and partitioning position of a tablet guideway. The problem is solved by a rotor (4) that is accommodated so as to be able to rotate in a cassette main body (3) accommodating tablets, and that has a plurality of tablet guideways (4b) for guiding the tablets to a tablet discharge hole, wherein the tablet guideways are provided with an inclined outer surface that is inclined with respect to the axis of rotation of the rotor and faces opposite an inverted cone-shaped inclined inner surface of the cassette main body. It is made possible to adjust the distance between the inverted cone-shaped inclined inner surface of the cassette main body and the inclined outer surfaces of the tablet guideways by raising/lowering the rotor relative to the cassette main body. It is made possible to adjust the distance between a partitioning member (8) and a tablet support table (47) that is located below the partitioning member and supports a lowermost tablet, by raising/lowering the tablet support table. It is made possible to rotate a first movable member (50) and second movable member (60) in a relative manner and adjust the distance between a first vertical protrusion (53) and second vertical protrusion (63) constituting the tablet guideways.
This drug dispensing device (100) displays a selection screen (P1) displaying a plurality of selection regions (A2) for selecting each variable cassette (22) in a manner identical to how the variable cassettes (22) are arranged in the drug dispensing device (100), accepts a selection operation of one of the selection regions (A2) in the selection screen (P1), assigns to-be-dispensed drug information to one of the variable cassettes (22) corresponding to said one of the selection regions (A2), and drives said one of the variable cassettes (22) in accordance with a driving condition set in advance for the drug information so as to allow dispensing of a drug matching the drug information by said one of the variable cassettes (22).
The present invention addresses the problem of providing an inspection assist system, a tablet packaging device, and a packaging control program for assisting an inspection operation conducted by a pharmacist to inspect the results of a packaging process performed by a tablet packaging device. The inspection assist system is provided with: a first storage processing unit in which a first photographed image of one or a plurality of tablets photographed in a first packaging process in which the one or a plurality of tablets are packaged in packaging material for each administration timing, on the basis of prescription data, and a second photographed image of the one or a plurality of tablets photographed in one or a plurality of second packaging processes which are re-executed after the execution of the first packaging process with respect to one or a plurality of the administration timings, are stored in association with the prescription data; and a display processing unit capable of displaying the first photographed image and the second photographed image stored by the first storage processing unit.
Provided is a mixing and injecting device that can efficiently execute a mixing and injecting process that includes a stirring step of stirring medicine. The mixing and injecting device comprises a mixing and injecting processing unit that executes a mixing and injecting process to inject medicine in a first container into a second container on the basis of preparation data, and a stirring device that is used in a stirring step of stirring the medicine in the first container used in the mixing and injecting process, wherein the stirring step that is included in the mixing and injecting process based on the preparation data can be executed before the start of execution of the mixing and injecting process based on the preparation data.
Provided is a picking support system with which it is possible to improve the efficiency of medication picking work by changing between picking work support modes for each user type. A picking support system (1) comprising: a specification processing unit (411) that specifies whether a user is a previously set specified user; a first display processing unit (412) that, if the specification processing unit (411) has specified the current user as being the specified user, can display information for all types of medication, said information being included in prescription data; and a second display processing unit (413) that, if the specification processing unit (411) has specified the current user as not being the specified user, can display, of the medication information included in the prescription data, only information regarding a second type of medication, from which information regarding a previously set first type of medication has been removed.
A drug cassette (100) is provided with a peripheral wall component (110), a first rotating body (120), a second rotating body (130), and a drug ejection part (144c). In the drug cassette (100), a drug prepared within a drug accommodation part (182) can be pushed up along with the rotation of the first rotating body (120) and transferred to the second rotating body (130), transported downstream with respect to the direction in which the second rotating body (130) rotates, and ejected from the drug ejection part (144c). The peripheral wall component (110) is provided with an expansion part (110a) that, below the second rotating body (130), expands toward the radially outward side of the second rotating body (130).
Provided are: an inspection device such that an inappropriate object can be easily eliminated; an inspection method; and a computer program product. This inspection device (1000) is provided with: an inspection base (700) on which objects to be inspected are placed; an imaging unit (100) capable of imaging the objects on the inspection base (700); an inspection unit for inspecting the objects on the inspection base (700) on the basis of an image captured by the imaging unit (100); and a distinguishing process unit that performs a process of making a specific object on the inspection base (700) visually distinguishable from other objects on the inspection base (700) on the basis of the result of inspection performed by the inspection unit.
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
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SCREENING ASSISTANCE DEVICE, SCREENING ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND SCREENING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM
[Problem] To provide a screening assistance device and screening assistance method which are capable of assisting with screening work in which drugs are screened in a state wherein a plurality of first packaging materials in which a plurality of drugs is contained is collectively contained in a second packaging material. [Solution] Provided is a screening assistance device 100 in which, on the basis of both the number of drugs in a second packaging material which contains a plurality of first packaging materials that contains a plurality of drugs and the total weight of the second packaging material which contains the plurality of first packaging materials, if the difference between the weighed values of balance units 51-54 and the nearest approximate weights to the weighed values of the balance units 51-54, among integer multiple weights of the total weight of the second packaging material, falls within a preset allowable range, then a control unit 10 is capable of comparing prescription data with, as a balance result, the total number of drugs which the second packaging material contains, which is a quantity corresponding to the integer multiple.
[PROBLEM] To provide a tablet packaging apparatus that has a simplified structure and that is capable of reducing discharge errors during discharging when packaging a tablet prescribed in each receiving recessed part of a blister-pack type tray. [SOLUTION] This tablet packaging apparatus 11 has a buffer unit 36 provided with: a carrier 37 having vertically-open compartments 67 into which tablets 29 are distributed from a dispensing port 21 of the tablets 29; and a shutter 38 that is slidably provided in the bottom surface of the carrier 38 and that can open and close the compartments 67. The buffer unit 36 has: passage slits 63 that are provided in the carrier 37, that forms openings in compartment walls 66 between the compartments 67 that are adjacent to each other to form a passage route extending in the sliding direction of the shutter 38; and projection members 81 which are provided on the upper surface of the shutter 38 and which pass through the passage route associated with sliding of the shutter to change positions of the tablets 29 in the compartments 67.
[Problem] To develop a medication dispensing device which is capable of packing medication with increased speed and accuracy while achieving a decrease in overall size of the device without a decrease in the number of medication containers that can be accommodated. [Solution] A medication dispensing device comprising: a medication container 30 which houses a powdered drug; a medication container housing unit 3 in which a plurality of medication containers is stored; a container moving means 5; and a wrapping device 6. The container moving means 5 includes a container holder means for holding the medication container 30, a transport means for moving the container holder means, and a discharge mechanism for discharging the powdered drug from the medication container, wherein the medication container 30 stored in the medication container housing unit 3 is extracted by the container moving means 5, the medication container is moved to a predetermined position by the transport means while the medication container is held by the holder means of the container moving means 5, and, with the medication container being held by the container holder means of the container moving means, the powdered drug is discharged from the medication container by the discharge mechanism.
A drug accommodating and dispensing device according to the present disclosure is provided with: a recognizing unit which recognizes drug data; a storage unit; a storage information memory unit which memorizes a state of storage of drugs in the storage unit; and a memory unit which memorizes a drug-related data table in which data relating to the drug are recorded. On the basis of the drug data obtained as a result of the recognizing unit recognizing the drug, and the drug storage state data recorded in the storage information memory unit, the storage position in which the drug is to be stored is determined, the drug is stored, and the drug data for the stored drug, and storage position data, are associated with one another and are recorded in the drug-related data table. For each individual drug of the same type, at least one of an upper limit value, which is the upper limit for the amount of the drug to be stored in the storage unit, a prescribed value, which is the prescribed amount to be stored in the storage unit, and a lower limit value, which is the lower limit for the amount to be stored in the storage unit, is set, and the set value or values are associated with the drug data and are recorded in the drug-related data table.
A61J 3/00 - Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms
B65G 1/00 - Storing articles, individually or in orderly arrangement, in warehouses or magazines
B65G 1/137 - Storage devices mechanical with arrangements or automatic control means for selecting which articles are to be removed
G16H 10/60 - ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of patient-related medical or healthcare data for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a mixed injection assistance system with which the operation efficiency of a mixed injection operation can be increased. The mixed injection assistance system (1) is provided with: a terminal display unit (162); and a terminal control unit (161) which causes the terminal display unit (162) to successively display information about operation steps included in a drug mixed injection operation. The terminal control unit (161), when the information about a specific one of the operation steps that has been set in advance is displayed, causes the terminal display unit (162) to only display, as the information about the specific operation step, the content, operation amount, and object of operation of the operation step.
A61J 3/00 - Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms
A61J 1/20 - Arrangements for transferring fluids, e.g. from vial to syringe
G16H 10/60 - ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of patient-related medical or healthcare data for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
[Problem] The purpose of the invention is to provide a medicine packing device that can accurately read identification information such as engraving on the medicine and thereby demonstrate excellent inspection performance. [Solution] A medicine packing device 10 comprises: a medicine preparing and dispensing unit 20; a packing unit 150; a pre-packing imaging unit 100 to read identification information attached to the medicine at a stage before the medicine is packaged by the packing unit 150; an individual supplying unit 60 that can individually supply medicine received from the medicine preparing and dispensing unit 20 side to the pre-packing imaging unit 100 side; and a controlling unit 200. The individual supplying unit 60 comprises: a receiving unit 72 to receive medicine from the medicine preparing and dispensing unit 20 side; and a delivering device 64 that can perform delivery operations to deliver the medicine by holding the medicine individually in the receiving unit 72 and releasing the same toward the pre-packing imaging unit 100 side. The controlling unit 200 performs inspections on the basis of the identification information read in the pre-packing imaging unit 100.
[Problem] To improve the safety during opening and closing of a door of a sterilization device. [Solution] The sterilization device according to the present invention is provided with: a sterilization chamber in which an object to be sterilized is placed; a door for opening and closing the sterilization chamber; and a sensor for detecting an obstacle present in the direction of movement of the door when the door is closing. The sterilization device is configured so that when the sensor detects the obstacle, the movement of the door is stopped or the door is moved in a direction opposite to the direction the door was moving.
[Problem] The purpose of the present invention is to make it easy to disassemble a drug dispenser cassette. [Solution] A drug dispenser cassette 200 has a main member 500, a first submember 300, a second submember 400, and a third submember 600. The main member 500 is provided with a disengagement member 700. When the disengagement member 700 is moved to a first position F, engagement between the main member 500 and the first submember 300 is released, thereby making it possible to disassemble the first submember 300 from the main member 500. When the disengagement member 700 is moved to a second position S, engagement between the main member 500 and the second submember 400 is released, thereby making it possible to disassemble the second submember 400 from the main member. The third submember 600 can be removed from the main member 500 independently of the operation of the disengagement member 700.
A61J 3/00 - Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms
B65B 35/26 - Feeding, e.g. conveying, single articles by rotary conveyors
B65D 35/26 - Pliable tubular containers adapted to be permanently deformed to expel contents, e.g. collapsible tubes for toothpaste or other plastic or semi-liquid materialHolders therefor with auxiliary devices for filling
B65D 43/20 - Non-removable lids or covers linearly slidable
[Problem] To provide a medicine packaging apparatus that allows the detection of medicine flowing out of a packaging bag to be detected when the medicine should be properly packaged. [Solution] The medicine packaging apparatus 10 comprises: a packaging paper supply unit 42 for supplying a packaging paper S for packaging a medicine M; a sealing device 50 for forming a packaging bag P by bonding the packaging paper S supplied from the packaging paper supply unit 42 in a folded state; a medicine introducing unit 80 for introducing the medicine M to the unsealed packaging bag P formed by the sealing device 50 through an open portion of the packaging bag P; a detection unit 90 for detecting the presence of the medicine M in a path in which the medicine M is introduced by the medicine introducing unit 80; and a determination unit capable of determining that a packaging error has occurred when the detection unit 90 detects the presence of the medicine M within a period from the timing when the sealing of the packaging bag P containing the medicine M is initiated to the timing when the medicine M is introduced into a following packaging bag P via the medicine introducing unit 80.
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
B65B 9/087 - 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 in a web folded and sealed transversely to form pockets which are subsequently filled and then closed by sealing the web advancing continuously
B65B 51/10 - Applying or generating heat or pressure or combinations thereof
B65B 57/00 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices
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
[Problem] The purpose of the present invention is to provide a drug portion packaging device whereby high-quality printing can be applied to a portion packaging paper without a support stage or the like for the portion packaging paper being provided, while the drug portion packaging device is provided with a printing unit for jetting ink and printing. [Solution] A drug portion packaging device 10 has a drug feeding unit 20, a packaging unit 30, a portion packaging paper conveyance unit 40, and a printing unit 60. The printing unit 60 has an ink ejection unit 62 configured so as to be capable of ejecting ink downward. A conveyance path T of the portion packaging paper conveyance unit 40 has an intersecting-direction conveyance unit T1 for conveying portion packaging paper S in a direction intersecting with the ejection direction of the ink, and a first conveyance direction switching unit 46 and second conveyance direction switching unit 48 for changing the conveyance direction of the portion packaging paper S on an upstream side and a downstream side, with respect to the intersecting-direction conveyance unit T1, in the conveyance direction of the portion packaging paper S. The ink ejection unit 62 is arranged in a position separated a predetermined distance upward from the intersecting-direction conveyance unit T1.
[Problem] A drug compounding management device and a coinjection device that are capable of easily managing the task of preparing a drug in preset group units. [Solution] The drug compounding management device 1 according to the present invention comprises: a first evaluation process unit 113 for evaluating whether or not the coinjection device 2, which executes a coinjection process in which a drug in a first drug container is introduced into a second drug container, is capable of executing the coinjection process for a drug included in a preset group; and a second evaluation process unit 114 for evaluating whether the coinjection process for all drugs included in the group can be executed by the coinjection device according to the evaluation results derived from the first evaluation process unit 113.
A61J 3/00 - Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms
A61J 1/20 - Arrangements for transferring fluids, e.g. from vial to syringe
G16H 10/60 - ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of patient-related medical or healthcare data for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
[Problem] To provide a drug dispensing system with which the need to replenish drugs can be reported with appropriate timing, while taking into account changes in the dispensing amount of the drugs due to time-related factors. [Solution] In a drug dispensing system 10, for each predetermined replenishment timing a setting processing unit 114 sets a predicted dispensing amount for each drug for an interval up to a replenishment timing that is more than one replenishment timing in the future, said predicted dispending amount being set on the basis of the dispensing amount of each drug, among the past daily dispensing amounts, for the day in which each replenishment timing belongs. Then, a determination processing unit 113 determines, for each replenishment timing, whether the remaining amount of each drug is equal to or less than predicted dispensing amount corresponding to the current replenishment timing, and an output processing unit 115 outputs the determination result.
G16H 10/60 - ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of patient-related medical or healthcare data for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
[Problem] To provide a drug unit-dose packaging device capable of high work efficiency and limiting human error to a minimum, even with prescriptions that use a manual dispensing part. [Solution] A drug unit-dose packaging device 10 comprises a manual dispensing part 30, a packaging part 80, and a control part 100, and is capable of unit-dose packaging drugs fed from the manual dispensing part 30. The manual dispensing part 30 has multiple manual dispensing units 34 capable of feeding an introduced drug on the basis of a prescription. The drug unit-dose packaging device 10 is capable of feeding a drug from each dispensing unit 34 to the packaging part 80 and performing unit-dose packaging, when the drugs to be unit-dose packaged are introduced to different dispensing units 34 according to the type of drug.
[Problem] To provide a sterilization device and sterilization method for efficiently performing sterilization. [Solution] A sterilization device according to the present invention is provided with: a sterilization chamber that houses the matter to be sterilized; a supply unit that supplies a sterilizing agent, which contains liquid hydrogen peroxide, to inside the sterilization chamber; and an evaporation unit that is located inside the sterilization chamber and evaporates the liquid hydrogen peroxide inside the sterilization chamber.
[Problem] To provide a sterilization device and sterilization method for efficiently performing sterilization. [Solution] A sterilization device according to the present invention has: a sterilization chamber that houses the matter to be sterilized; a supply unit that supplies a sterilizing agent, which contains hydrogen peroxide, to inside the sterilization chamber; a decompression unit that decompresses the sterilization chamber; and a first decomposition unit that decomposes the hydrogen peroxide during the decompressing. The first decomposition unit is provided with: a plurality of decomposition catalyst units; and a switching means for switching the number of the decomposition catalyst units through which a gas passes during the decompressing.
[Problem] To provide a coinjection device with which it is possible to limit the omission of preparatory work required aside from a coinjection process performed using a coinjection device. [Solution] The coinjection device executes a coinjection process in which medicine is sucked from a medicine container using a syringe, on the basis of preparation data, and the medicine is injected from the syringe into an infusion container. Aside from the coinjection process, if preparatory work must be carried out before executing the coinjection process (S3: Yes), a pre-determined message relating to the preparatory work, for example, can be communicated (S4, S6).
[Problem] The purpose of the present invention is to prevent refilling of an incorrect drug into a drug-collecting container provided to a drug dispensing device. [Solution] A user first places a container 210 on a mounting part 410. The user then causes a symbol 511 on a bottle 500 to be read into an optical scanner 330. A drug dispensing device 100 then determines whether a drug in the bottle 500 is the correct drug to refill in the container 210. When the drug is not correct, an indication that the drug is not correct is displayed in a display 320. When the drug is correct, a camera 340 captures video of the drug refilling operation performed by the user. When refilling of the drug is completed, the camera 340 captures an image of the drug in the container 210. The display 320 then displays the captured image of the drug and an image of the correct drug to be refilled into the container 210. The user views the images and confirms whether the drug refilled into the container 210 is correct. When this confirmation is not completed, the drug dispensing device 100 does not dispense the drug from the container 210.
[Problem] To inspect a fixed-form agent prior to packaging. [Solution] The present invention is provided with a drug support part 3 for rotatably supporting a fixed-form agent 29 through use of a first rotating roller 9 and a second rotating roller 10, and a drug imaging part 2 having an imaging means for taking an image from above of the fixed-form agent 29 supported by the drug support part 3. The drug support part 3 is preferably configured so that the position of contact of the first rotating roller 9 with the fixed-form agent 29 is higher than that of the second rotating roller 10, and the position of contact is closer to a shaft center of the first rotating roller 9 than the center-of-gravity position of the fixed-form agent 29.
The present invention develops a drug feeder capable of discharging accurate amounts of a drug. The present invention is a drug feeder (1) having a drug container (2) and a container-mounting device (3). The drug container (2) is freely attached to and detached from the container-mounting device (3). In the drug container (2), there is a drug-discharging section for discharging the drug. The container-mounting device (3) comprises a vibrating base (50), a vibrating means (51), a container-holding means, and a weight measurement means, also comprising a magnet-energizing wire (65), a vibrating means-energizing wire (68), and a measurement means-energizing wire (70) and comprising a wire-holding member (73) for holding some of the wires. The wire-holding member (73) holds wires, is elastic, moves the position of a wire-fixing part (76) in response to external forces, and returns the wire-fixing part (76) to the original position when external forces disappear.
An inspection assistance system (1) is provided with an inspection display processing unit (211) that displays: a captured image of tablets by packaging unit, said image being captured prior to the packaging of tablets that are dispensed from one or both of a tablet cassette (41) and a manual distribution unit (42) in a tablet dispensing packaging device (4) on the basis of prescription data; and the result of inspection processing carried out on the basis of the prescription data and identifier information for the tablets that is included in the captured image of the tablets. As a result, it is possible to assist a pharmacist with inspection work carried out in relation to tablets packaged by the tablet packaging device (4).
[Problem] To provide a medicine dispensing device having an advantage, for example, that the medicine dispensing device can quickly dispense a plurality of different types of medicine sheets. [Solution] A medicine dispensing device is provided with: a cassette rack 1011 having arranged therein a plurality of medicine containing cassettes 1 for containing PTP sheets 100; a cassette transport section 2 for performing the operation of extracting the medicine containing cassettes 1 from the cassette rack 1011 and transporting the medicine containing cassettes 1 to a plurality of reception/delivery sections 3, the cassette transport section 2 also performing the operation of returning the medicine containing cassettes 1, which are located on the reception/delivery section 3, to the cassette rack 1011; a dispensing operation section 110 for extracting the PTP sheets 100 from the medicine containing cassettes 1, which have been transported to the reception/delivery section 3, and discharging the extracted PTP sheets 100 from a medicine sheet outlet section 1120; and a tray movement section 5 (500) for moving a medicine tray T so that the medicine tray T receives the PTP sheets 100 discharged from the medicine sheet outlet section 1120 of the dispensing operation section 110.
The present invention addresses the problem of providing a drug dispensing device that makes it possible to further simplify packaging operation and further suppress the occurrence of defects. The present invention is a drug dispensing device 1 that packages a drug and that is provided with: a container storage device 23 that is provided to the interior of the drug dispensing device 1 and that is for storing a plurality of powdered drug storage containers 4; and a container movement device 28 for moving the powdered drug storage containers 4. In addition, the drug dispensing device 1 is configured so that it is possible to remove a predetermined powdered drug storage container 4 from the container storage device 23, place said drug storage container 4 on a container holding platform 36, and carry out a packaging operation. The drug dispensing device 1 is additionally provided with a display device 3 for displaying information relating to powdered drugs that are currently stored in the powder drug storage containers 4 stored in the container storage device 23.
Provided is a drug sorting device that automatically recognizes the orientation and position of a drug as well as characteristics such as shape, size, type, and expiration date and stores the drug while maintaining a high degree of freedom. This drug sorting device is provided with: a recognition unit that recognizes drug data including at least the drug characteristics of shape, size, and type; a storing unit for storing a drug; a storage information storage unit that stores the storage state of a drug in the storing unit; and a storage unit that stores a drug-related data table in which data relating to a drug is recorded. The storage position at which a drug is to be stored is determined on the basis of the storage information storage unit and drug data obtained as a result of the recognition unit recognizing an accommodated drug, the drug is stored, and drug data for the stored drug and storage position data therefor are associated and recorded in the drug-related data table.
[Problem] While having a compact configuration, to allow reliable dispensing of a medicine one unit at a time. [Solution] Provided is a medicine cassette, comprising a medicine dispensing unit (7) for dispensing medicine housed therein. The medicine dispensing unit (7) further comprises: a first rotating body (24) which has a circular face and is disposed rotatably at an incline to the horizontal plane; a second rotating body (25) which has a ring-shaped face disposed horizontally and is disposed rotatably at the outer circumference side of the first rotating body (24); and a guide member (28), further comprising a guide face which is positioned above the circular face of the first rotating body (24) and extends in the radial direction with respect to the circular face so as to be more downstream in the rotational direction of the first rotating body (24) the further outward in the radial direction, the guide face being configured such that the medicine which is loaded upon the first rotating body (24) is capable of making contact with the guide face by the rotation of the first rotating body (24).
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a coinjection device capable of using a syringe taking the orientation of the needle tip of the injection needle of the syringe or the inclination of the injection needle into consideration. The coinjection device (1) of the present invention is for executing the coinjection process of drawing up a drug from a container (10) using a syringe (11) and injecting same into another container (12). The device is capable of: detecting the respective widths of the projection images of the needle tip (11e) of the injection needle (11c) of the syringe when light is irradiated on the needle tip (11e) from multiple directions; and detecting a first direction from the center of the injection needle (11c) in the radial direction of the injection needle (11) to the pointed end (11g) of the injection needle (11c) as the orientation of the needle tip (11e) according to the detected respective widths of the projection images and the respective light irradiation directions corresponding to said projection images.
[Problem] To simply and reliably inspect drugs before packaging. [Solution] This drug dispensing device is provided with multiple drug cassettes (16), a distributed drug supply device (14), a printing means (42) which prints dosage information included in prescription data on a packaging sheet (40), a packaging means (6) which is supplied with the packaging sheet (40) and which, for each package, packages the drug dispensed from a drug cassette (16) or the distributed drug supply device (14) on the basis of the prescription data, a rotating means (36) which rotates the drug prior to packaging in the packaging sheet (40) by the packaging means (6), an imaging means (22) which images the drug rotated by the rotating means (36) and an identification portion, and a control means (7) which reads the identification portion from the drug imaged by the imaging means (22), extracts drug information on the basis of the read identification portion, and performs inspection processing involving comparison with the drug information included in the prescription data.
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
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
[Problem] To reduce noise generated by water or gas discharged after a sterilization process and prevent adhesion of condensation water on a sterilization subject. [Solution] This invention is provided with: a can body (2) having a heater (12), it being possible to house the sterilization subject (3) in the can body (2); a steam discharge pipe (32) connected to the can body (2), the steam discharge pipe (32) having an opening/closing means (34) for opening/closing a channel to enable discharging of steam; and a steam discharge tank (35) provided partway along the steam discharge pipe (32), the steam discharge tank (35) having a greater channel cross-sectional area than the steam discharge pipe (32).
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