Medicine dispensing device and medicine dispensing method

Abstract

The present application relates to a medicine dispensing device, and relates to the field of medicine management in hospital pharmacies, including a computer medicine cabinet, which is used to send out corresponding medicines according to the computer medicine retrieval information. The medicine cabinet includes a plurality of medicine boxes, and each medicine box includes a medicine storage box and a medicine output box that are interconnected. A medicine box pushing component is provided inside the medicine storage box, and the medicine box pushing component is used to send the corresponding medicines into the medicine output box according to the medicine retrieval information. The medicine output box is provided with a plurality of medicine outlets, and a medicine box conveying component is provided inside the medicine output box, and the medicine box conveying component is used to send the medicines from the corresponding medicine outlets according to the medicine retrieval information. The present application can avoid the accuracy problem of manually taking medicines according to the medicine retrieval information, and improve the efficiency and accuracy of medicine dispensing.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present application relates to the field of drug management in hospital pharmacies, and in particular to a drug dispensing device and a drug dispensing method. Background Art

[0002] The outpatient reception volume of large and medium-sized hospitals is very large, with more than 3,000 patients per day, which has caused great pressure on the drug dispensing work of pharmacies. At present, the drug dispensing and dispensing process in major hospitals is still completed by pharmacy doctors.

[0003] The outpatient doctor diagnoses the patient, writes a prescription on the computer and generates an electronic payment receipt. After the patient pays through the self-service payment machine or payment window, a paper prescription receipt with a corresponding barcode is generated. The patient takes the prescription receipt to the pharmacy doctor, who scans the barcode on the receipt, matches the doctor's work number from the computer and retrieves the prescription information. After taking the medicine from the medicine cabinet in the pharmacy using the prescription information, the doctor manually checks whether the medicine and prescription information are correct, and only gives the medicine to the patient after ensuring that there is no error.

[0004] The above-mentioned manual method of checking medicines results in a heavy workload for pharmacy doctors, especially when there are many patients picking up medicines. The pharmacist needs to quickly pick up medicines manually based on the prescription information of multiple patients. If the prescription information of multiple patients involves different quantities of the same type of medicines, the pharmacist needs to take different quantities of medicines from the same medicine outlet multiple times, which can easily lead to mistakes if one is not careful. Summary of the invention

[0005] The embodiments of the present application provide a medicine dispensing device and a medicine dispensing method to solve the problem of easy dispensing errors in manual medicine taking and the medicine dispensing method in the related art, and improve the efficiency and accuracy of medicine dispensing.

[0006] In a first aspect, a medicine dispensing device is provided, comprising a medicine cabinet; the medicine cabinet comprises a plurality of medicine boxes, each of which comprises a medicine storage box and a medicine delivery box which are connected to each other, and a push port is provided at the connection between the two; the medicine boxes correspond to the types of medicines stored therein one by one;

[0007] The inner wall of the medicine storage box opposite to the pushing port is provided with a medicine box pushing component;

[0008] The side wall of the medicine discharging box opposite to the push port is provided with a plurality of medicine discharging ports in parallel, and a horizontal conveying member, a plurality of vertical conveying members, and a plurality of medicine supporting plates are provided inside the medicine discharging box, the horizontal conveying member is respectively connected to each vertical conveying member, each vertical conveying member is connected to a medicine supporting plate, and the medicine discharging ports and the vertical conveying members correspond one to one;

[0009] When the medicine is pushed from the pushing port to the medicine outlet box by the medicine box pushing assembly, the medicine falls on the medicine supporting plate, the vertical conveying member transports the medicine supporting plate to the height of the corresponding medicine outlet in the vertical direction, and the horizontal conveying member transports the vertical conveying member to the corresponding medicine outlet in the horizontal direction to transport the medicine supporting plate to the outside of the corresponding medicine outlet.

[0010] In some embodiments, the plurality of medicine outlets are arranged on the front side of the medicine outlet box, and the bottom of the back side of the medicine outlet box is provided with a first communication port for communicating with the medicine storage box;

[0011] One end of the medicine storage box is provided with a second communication port for communicating with the medicine outlet box, and the other end is provided with the medicine box pushing component, and the first communication port and the second communication port are connected to form the pushing port;

[0012] The medicine box pushing assembly includes a first controller and a first cylinder, the first controller is connected to the first cylinder, and the first cylinder is connected to a side of the medicine storage box opposite to the pushing port;

[0013] The first controller controls the extension length of the power output end of the first cylinder to push a specified amount of medicines to the medicine output box through the push port.

[0014] In some embodiments, two split-type medicine baffles are further provided inside the medicine storage box at the rear side of the push port, each medicine baffle is arranged inside the medicine storage box through a vertically arranged rotating shaft, and each rotating shaft is provided with a torsion spring, one end of the torsion spring is connected to the medicine baffle, and the other end is connected to the medicine storage box;

[0015] The top of the medicine storage box is also provided with a transparent observation plate and a medicine replenishing port.

[0016] In some embodiments, the medicine dispensing box further includes a second controller, and the second controller is respectively connected to the horizontal conveying member and the plurality of vertical conveying members;

[0017] Each time the medicine box pushing component pushes the medicine to the medicine outlet box through the pushing port, the medicine falls on the medicine supporting plate. The second controller controls the vertical conveying members to lift the medicine supporting plate to the height of the corresponding medicine outlet, and then controls the horizontal conveying members to convey all the vertical conveying members to the corresponding medicine outlet, so as to convey all the medicines on the medicine supporting plates to the outside of the corresponding medicine outlet.

[0018] In some embodiments, the horizontal conveyor includes a top plate and a second cylinder, the top plate is horizontally arranged in the medicine output box, the left and right sides of the top plate are slidably arranged in the slide grooves on the inner wall of the medicine output box, the second cylinder is located at the rear side of the top plate in the medicine output box, and the second cylinder is connected to the second controller;

[0019] The vertical transmission member includes four drive motors, four groove wheels, and four lifting ropes. The four drive motors are respectively arranged at four corners of the lower surface of the top plate. Each drive motor is connected to a lifting rope through a groove wheel, and each drive motor is connected to the second controller.

[0020] The medicine supporting plate is horizontally arranged in the medicine dispensing box, and waist-shaped grooves corresponding to the four groove wheel positions of the corresponding vertical conveying member are respectively provided at the four corners of the medicine supporting plate. The four lifting ropes of the vertical conveying member corresponding to the medicine supporting plate pass through the waist-shaped grooves of all other medicine supporting plates located above the medicine supporting plate, and are connected to the four waist-shaped grooves of the medicine supporting plate.

[0021] In some embodiments, guide blocks are respectively provided on the left and right sides of the medicine supporting plate, and waist-shaped grooves are respectively provided on the front and rear sides of the medicine supporting plate;

[0022] The inner wall of the medicine outlet box is provided with a vertical groove and a plurality of horizontal grooves, the vertical groove is vertically connected to each horizontal groove, and each horizontal groove is located at the bottom rear side of the medicine outlet;

[0023] When the vertical conveying member conveys the corresponding medicine-supporting plate in the vertical direction, the guide blocks on the left and right sides of the medicine-supporting plate slide along the vertical groove;

[0024] When the horizontal conveying member conveys the corresponding medicine supporting plate in the horizontal direction, the guide blocks on the left and right sides of the medicine supporting plate slide along the horizontal groove.

[0025] In some embodiments, each medicine outlet is provided with a medicine door, the top edge of the medicine door is hinged to the medicine outlet box through a stainless steel spring hinge, the rotating shaft of the stainless steel spring hinge is arranged horizontally, and the bottom edge of the medicine door is movably connected to the medicine outlet box through an elastic locking piece;

[0026] The medicine door is provided with a first display screen, a second display screen, and a prompt light, and the first display screen, the second display screen, and the prompt light are used to display the type and quantity of medicines.

[0027] In some embodiments, the inner side of the bottom edge of the medicine door is provided with a plug-in slot matching the medicine supporting plate, and one side of the plug-in slot is provided with a positioning slot;

[0028] A receiving groove is provided on the medicine outlet box at a position corresponding to the positioning groove, and the receiving groove is provided with a spring and a wedge-shaped block, one end of the spring is connected to the medicine outlet box, and the other end is connected to the wedge-shaped block, the shape of the wedge-shaped block matches the positioning groove, and the side of the wedge-shaped block facing the medicine supporting plate has an inclined surface;

[0029] A through hole is also provided at a position on the medicine dispensing box corresponding to the wedge-shaped block, and a dial plate penetrating the through hole is provided on the wedge-shaped block.

[0030] In some embodiments, the medicine cabinet further comprises a moisture-proof platform disposed at the bottom of the plurality of medicine boxes, and the plurality of medicine boxes are distributed in a rectangular array on the moisture-proof platform;

[0031] The medicine cabinet also includes a medicine taking basket movably connected to the medicine box, and a scanner and an alarm are arranged in the medicine taking basket. The scanner is used to scan the medicines in the medicine taking basket and compare the scanning result with the medicine taking information. When the comparison is inconsistent, the alarm is controlled to sound an alarm.

[0032] In a first aspect, a medicine dispensing method is provided, based on the medicine dispensing device; the method comprises:

[0033] Using computers for human-computer interaction to obtain medication information, the medication information includes doctor information, patient information, and medication information, and the medication information includes medication quantity and medication content;

[0034] According to the medicine taking information, the medicine box pushing component in the corresponding medicine box is controlled to push a specified number of medicines from the medicine storage box to the medicine output box, and the vertical conveying member in the corresponding medicine box is controlled to transport the medicines to the height of the corresponding medicine outlet in the vertical direction, and then the horizontal conveying member in the corresponding medicine box is controlled to transport the vertical conveying member to the corresponding medicine outlet in the horizontal direction, so as to transport the medicines to the outside of the corresponding medicine outlet.

[0035] The beneficial effects brought about by the technical solution provided in the present application include: obtaining medicine collection information according to a computer, and delivering a specified number of medicines from a specific medicine outlet through a medicine box pushing component and a medicine box conveying component in the corresponding medicine box, thereby avoiding the accuracy problems existing in manual medicine collection and improving the efficiency and accuracy of medicine dispensing. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0036] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the drawings required for use in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the present application. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative work.

[0037] Figure 1 Schematic diagram of the structure of the medicine dispensing device in an embodiment of the present invention.

[0038] Figure 2 It is a front view of the medicine box in the embodiment of the present invention.

[0039] Figure 3 for Figure 2 Schematic diagram of the cross section at AA in the middle.

[0040] Figure 4 for Figure 3 Schematic diagram of the enlarged structure at point B in the middle.

[0041] Figure 5 yes Figure 3 One of the cross-sectional diagrams at CC.

[0042] Figure 6 yes Figure 3 The second schematic diagram of the cross section at CC.

[0043] Figure 7 Schematic diagram of the structure of the wedge block in the embodiment of the present invention.

[0044] Figure 8 Schematic diagram of the structure of the medicine supporting plate in the embodiment of the present invention.

[0045] Fig. 9 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the medicine taking basket in an embodiment of the present invention.

[0046] Reference numerals:

[0047] 1-computer; 2-medicine cabinet; 3-moisture-proof table; 4-medicine box; 5-medicine output box; 6-medicine storage box; 7-medicine output port; 8-medicine door; 9-first display screen; 10-second display screen; 11-prompt light; 12-first connecting port; 13-second connecting port; 14-first cylinder; 15-medicine; 16-medicine blocking plate; 17-transparent observation plate; 18-medicine replenishment port; 19-medicine supporting plate; 20-top plate; 21-second cylinder; 22-driving motor; 23-groove wheel; 24-lifting rope; 25-waist groove; 26-guide block; 27-vertical groove; 28-horizontal groove; 29-stainless steel spring hinge; 30-plug-in groove; 31-positioning groove; 32-accommodating groove; 33-spring; 34-wedge block; 35-through hole; 36-push plate; 37-medicine basket; 38-scanner; 39-alarm. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0048] In order to make the purpose, technical solution and advantages of the embodiments of the present application clearer, the technical solution in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are part of the embodiments of the present application, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without making creative work are within the scope of protection of this application.

[0049] The embodiment of the present application provides a medicine dispensing device, which can solve the accuracy problem of manually dispensing medicine according to medicine dispensing information. The medicine dispensing device includes a computer 1 and a medicine cabinet 2. The computer 1 is used to obtain medicine dispensing information through human-machine communication and send the medicine dispensing information to the medicine cabinet 2. The medicine cabinet 2 is used to receive the medicine dispensing information and automatically deliver the specified number of medicines 15 contained in the medicine dispensing information. The medicine cabinet 2 includes a plurality of medicine boxes 4, each of which stores a kind of medicine 15, and the types of medicines stored in different medicine boxes 4 are different. Each medicine box 4 includes a medicine dispensing box 5 and a medicine storage box 6 arranged front and back and connected to each other. The medicine storage box 6 is used to store the medicine 15. A medicine box pushing component is arranged inside the medicine storage box 6, which can push the medicine 15 stored in the medicine storage box 6 into the medicine dispensing box 5. A medicine box conveying component is arranged inside the medicine dispensing box 5, which can convey the medicine 15 pushed by the medicine box pushing component to the designated medicine outlet 7 for delivery. If the prescriptions of multiple patients involve different quantities of medicines of the same type, the medicines can be output separately from different medicine outlets to avoid errors.

[0050] like Figures 1 to 3 As shown, the medicine dispensing device includes a computer 1 and a medicine cabinet 2, and the medicine cabinet 2 is used to deliver corresponding medicines 15 according to the medicine taking information generated by the computer 1. The medicine cabinet 2 includes a plurality of medicine boxes 4, and each medicine box 4 includes a medicine storage box 6 and a medicine delivery box 5 that are interconnected. The medicine boxes 4 correspond to the types of medicines 15 stored therein one by one.

[0051] The medicine storage box 6 is provided with a medicine box pushing component inside, and the medicine box pushing component is used to send the corresponding medicine 15 into the medicine output box 5 according to the medicine taking information.

[0052] The medicine dispensing box 5 is provided with a plurality of medicine dispensing ports 7 , and a medicine box conveying assembly is provided inside the medicine dispensing box 5 , and the medicine box conveying assembly is used to deliver the medicines 15 from the corresponding medicine dispensing ports 7 according to the medicine taking information.

[0053] In this embodiment, the computer 1 includes a medicine order processing system, a payment system, and a pharmacy dispensing system. The medicine order processing system is located in the hospital lobby and on each floor. The outpatient doctor diagnoses the patient by hanging an acupuncture needle, prescribes the medicine in the medicine order processing system, and generates an electronic payment receipt and a corresponding prescription. After receiving the prescription, the patient pays the fee. The payment method can be an autonomous payment machine or a manual payment window that supports cash, mobile payment or medical insurance card payment. After receiving the medicine fee paid by the patient, the payment system sends the medicine collection information to the pharmacy dispensing system. The pharmacy dispensing system is located in the pharmacy, and can verify the medicine collection information with the medicine order processing system and then send the medicine collection information to the medicine cabinet 2, and store the relevant information of the prescribing doctor who picks up the medicine.

[0054] The above-mentioned medicine cabinet 2 can control the medicine box pushing component and the medicine box conveying component in the corresponding medicine box 4 to deliver the medicine 15 from the specific medicine outlet 7 according to the medicine collection information generated by the computer 1, thereby avoiding the accuracy problem of manual medicine collection based on the medicine collection information, and accurately matching the medicine outlet 7 through information data, thereby reducing the doctor's independent verification, reducing the probability of error in medicine dispensing, and improving the efficiency and accuracy of medicine dispensing.

[0055] In a preferred embodiment, if Figure 1 and Fig. 9 As shown, the medicine cabinet 2 includes a moisture-proof platform 3 arranged at the bottom of the plurality of medicine boxes 4, and the plurality of medicine boxes 4 are distributed in a rectangular array on the moisture-proof platform 3;

[0056] The medicine cabinet 2 also includes a medicine basket 37 movably connected to the medicine box 4, and a scanner 38 and an alarm 39 are provided in the medicine basket 37. The scanner 38 is used to scan the medicines 15 in the medicine basket 37 and compare the scanning results with the above-mentioned medicine collection information. When the comparison is inconsistent, the alarm 39 is controlled to sound an alarm.

[0057] In this embodiment, the medicine basket 37 can be hung on the medicine cabinet 2 when not in use, and can be used to place the medicine 15 when the medicine box conveying component delivers the medicine 15 from the medicine outlet 7. The scanner 38 scans the medicine 15 in the medicine basket 37 according to the medicine taking information to determine whether the medicine is taken correctly. If the medicine is taken correctly, the medicine 15 will be marked in the pharmacy dispensing system. If the medicine is taken incorrectly, the alarm 39 will be controlled to sound an alarm.

[0058] In a preferred embodiment, the above-mentioned medication collection information includes doctor information, patient information, and medication information, and the medication information includes the quantity of medication 15 and the content of the medication.

[0059] In a preferred embodiment, if Figure 3 As shown, the plurality of medicine outlets 7 are arranged on the front side of the medicine outlet box 5 , and a first communication port 12 for communicating with the medicine storage box 6 is provided at the bottom of the back side of the medicine outlet box 5 .

[0060] One end of the medicine storage box 6 is provided with a second communication port 13 for communicating with the medicine dispensing box 5, and the other end is provided with the medicine box pushing assembly. The first communication port 12 and the second communication port 13 are connected to form a pushing port.

[0061] The above-mentioned medicine box pushing component includes a first controller (not shown in the figure) and a first cylinder 14. The first controller is used to control the extension length of the power output end of the first cylinder 14 according to the medicine taking information, so as to push the corresponding number of boxes of medicines 15 into and out of the medicine box 5 through the pushing port.

[0062] The medicine storage box 6 is provided with two split medicine baffles 16 at the rear side of the push port. Each medicine baffle 16 is arranged inside the medicine storage box 6 through a vertically arranged rotating shaft. Each rotating shaft is provided with a torsion spring, one end of which is connected to the medicine baffle 16, and the other end is connected to the medicine storage box 6.

[0063] The top of the medicine storage box 6 is also provided with a transparent observation plate 17 and a medicine replenishing port 18 .

[0064] In this embodiment, the power output end of the first cylinder 14 is directed toward the push port, and the extension length of the power output end of the first cylinder 14 is adjusted according to the medicine taking information, so that the medicines 15 of the number of boxes corresponding to the medicine taking information are pushed into the medicine box 5 through the push port. After the pushing is completed, the power output end of the first cylinder 14 is retracted, and the medicine blocking plate 16 is automatically closed under the action of the torsion spring.

[0065] In a preferred embodiment, if Figure 3 As shown, the above-mentioned medicine box conveying assembly includes a second controller (not shown in the figure), a horizontal conveying member, a plurality of vertical conveying members, and a plurality of medicine supporting plates 19. The horizontal conveying member is respectively connected to a plurality of vertical conveying members. The second controller is used to control the horizontal conveying amount of the horizontal conveying member and the vertical conveying amount of the vertical conveying member according to the above-mentioned medicine taking information. Each vertical conveying member is connected to a medicine supporting plate 19.

[0066] In this embodiment, the medicine box pushing device pushes the medicine 15 onto the medicine supporting plate 19 arranged at the bottom of the medicine outlet box 5, and then the medicine supporting plate 19 is lifted by the vertical conveyor, and then the medicine supporting plate 19 is sent out of the medicine outlet 7 by the horizontal conveyor.

[0067] In a preferred embodiment, if Figures 3 to 6 As shown, the above-mentioned horizontal conveying member includes a top plate 20 and a second cylinder 21. The top plate 20 is horizontally arranged in the medicine output box 5. The left and right sides of the top plate 20 are slidably arranged in the slide grooves on the inner wall of the medicine output box 5. The second cylinder 21 is located at the rear side of the top plate 20 in the medicine output box 5, and the second cylinder 21 is connected to the above-mentioned second controller.

[0068] The above-mentioned vertical conveyor includes four driving motors 22, four groove wheels 23, and four lifting ropes 24. The four driving motors 22 are respectively arranged at the four corners of the lower surface of the top plate 20. Each driving motor 22 is connected to a lifting rope 24 through a groove wheel 23, and each driving motor 22 is connected to the above-mentioned second controller.

[0069] The above-mentioned medicine supporting plate 19 is horizontally arranged in the medicine dispensing box 5, and the four corners of the medicine supporting plate 19 are respectively provided with waist-shaped grooves 25 corresponding to the positions of the four groove wheels 23 of the corresponding vertical conveying member. The four lifting ropes 24 of the vertical conveying member corresponding to the medicine supporting plate 19 pass through the waist-shaped grooves 25 of all other medicine supporting plates 19 located above the medicine supporting plate 19, and are connected to the four waist-shaped grooves 25 of the medicine supporting plate 19.

[0070] In this embodiment, three medicine supporting plates 19 and three corresponding vertical conveying members are used as an example for explanation. When the previous medicine delivery has ended and the current medicine delivery has not yet started, the three medicine supporting plates 19 are horizontally placed and stacked at the bottom of the medicine output box 5, the top plate 20 is set on the top of the medicine output box 5, and three groups of vertical conveying members are staggered on the lower surface of the top plate 20. The four driving motors 22 included in each vertical conveying member are respectively connected to a corner of the medicine supporting plate 19 through a lifting rope 24. When only one medicine taking information matches the medicine 15 in the medicine box 4, after the medicine 15 is pushed to the first medicine supporting plate 19 at the top, the first medicine supporting plate 19 is lifted to the first medicine delivery port at the top, and then delivered horizontally. When two medicine picking information match the medicines 15 in the medicine box 4, the medicines 15 required by the first medicine picking information are pushed to the first medicine supporting plate 19 at the top, and then the first medicine supporting plate 19 is lifted to the first medicine delivery port at the top. After the medicines 15 required by the second medicine picking information are pushed to the second medicine supporting plate 19, the second medicine supporting plate 19 is lifted to the second medicine delivery port in the middle, and finally the first and second medicine supporting plates 19 are delivered horizontally together.

[0071] Furthermore, the top plate 20 may be provided in plurality, the plurality of top plates 20 are all provided horizontally and are located in the same horizontal plane, and each of the top plates 20 is respectively connected to a vertical conveying member.

[0072] In a preferred embodiment, if Figure 3 , Figures 5 and 6 ,as well as Figure 8 As shown, the left and right sides of the medicine supporting plate 19 are respectively provided with guide blocks 26, and the front and rear sides of the medicine supporting plate 19 are respectively provided with the waist-shaped grooves 25.

[0073] The inner wall of the medicine dispensing box 5 is provided with a vertical groove 27 and a plurality of horizontal grooves 28 . The vertical groove 27 is vertically connected to each horizontal groove 28 . Each horizontal groove 28 is located at the bottom rear side of the medicine dispensing port 7 .

[0074] When the vertical conveyor conveys the corresponding medicine supporting plate 19 in the vertical direction, the guide blocks 26 on the left and right sides of the medicine supporting plate 19 slide along the vertical grooves 27;

[0075] When the horizontal conveyor member conveys the corresponding medicine supporting plate 19 in the horizontal direction, the guide blocks 26 on the left and right sides of the medicine supporting plate 19 slide along the horizontal grooves 28 .

[0076] In a preferred embodiment, if Figure 2 , Figures 4 to 7 As shown, each medicine outlet 7 is provided with a medicine door 8, the top edge of the medicine door 8 is hinged to the medicine box 5 through a stainless steel spring hinge 29, the rotating shaft of the stainless steel spring hinge 29 is horizontally arranged, and the bottom edge of the medicine door 8 is movably connected to the medicine box 5 through an elastic locking piece.

[0077] The medicine door 8 is provided with a first display screen 9, a second display screen 10, and a prompt light 11, and the first display screen 9, the second display screen 10, and the prompt light 11 are used to display the medicine taking information.

[0078] An inserting groove 30 matching with the medicine supporting plate 19 is provided on the inner side of the bottom edge of the medicine door 8 , and a positioning groove 31 is provided on one side of the inserting groove 30 .

[0079] A receiving groove 32 is provided on the medicine outlet box 5 at a position corresponding to the positioning groove 31, and the receiving groove 32 is provided with a spring 33 and a wedge block 34. One end of the spring 33 is connected to the medicine outlet box 5, and the other end is connected to the wedge block 34. The wedge block 34 matches the shape of the positioning groove 31, and the wedge block 34 has an inclined surface on the side facing the medicine supporting plate 19.

[0080] A through hole 35 is further provided on the medicine dispensing box 5 at a position corresponding to the wedge-shaped block 34 , and a dial plate 36 penetrating through the through hole 35 is provided on the wedge-shaped block 34 .

[0081] In this embodiment, the medicine door 8 is also provided with a first display screen 9, a second display screen 10 and a prompt light 11 connected to the pharmacy dispensing system. The first display screen 9 displays the name and dosage of the taken medicine 15, and the second display screen 10 displays the name of the pharmacy doctor who picks up the corresponding medicine, so that the pharmacy doctor can quickly find the medicine 15, further reducing the possibility of taking the wrong medicine.

[0082] When picking up medicine, if the pharmacists at multiple windows happen to match the medicine 15 in the same medicine box 4, in order to ensure that the medicine is not affected, three (at least two) medicine delivery ports are opened from top to bottom, and the different colors displayed by the prompt light 11 are used to distinguish the pharmacists at different windows.

[0083] When the medicine door 8 is in a closed state, the wedge block 34 is embedded in the positioning groove 31. The wedge block 34 and the positioning groove 31 are matched in structure and can buckle the positioning groove 31 to achieve position limiting, preventing the medicine door 8 from opening under the action of the stainless steel spring hinge 29. At this time, one side of the medicine support plate 19 is inserted into the positioning groove 31. When the top plate 20 drives the medicine support plate 19 to move horizontally outward, the medicine support plate 19 pushes the medicine door 8 outward, and the medicine support plate 19 slides outward along the inclined surface of the wedge block 34. The wedge block 34 withdraws from the positioning groove 31, and the medicine door 8 is opened under the action of the stainless steel spring hinge 29.

[0084] When the medicine supporting plate 19 is reset, the top plate 20 drives the medicine supporting plate 19 to move horizontally inward, the medicine door 8 is manually pressed to close the medicine delivery port, and the wedge block 34 is inserted into the positioning groove 31 by moving the paddle 36 to limit the rebound of the torsion spring.

[0085] The present application also provides a medicine dispensing method based on the above-mentioned medicine dispensing device, including:

[0086] Computers are used for human-computer interaction to obtain medication information, which includes doctor information, patient information, and medication information. The medication information includes medication quantity and medication content.

[0087] According to the medicine taking information, the medicine box pushing component in the corresponding medicine box 4 is controlled to push a specified number of medicines from the medicine storage box 6 to the medicine outlet box 5, and the vertical conveying member in the corresponding medicine box 4 is controlled to transport the medicines to the height of the corresponding medicine outlet in the vertical direction, and then the horizontal conveying member in the corresponding medicine box 4 is controlled to transport the vertical conveying member to the corresponding medicine outlet in the horizontal direction, so as to transport the medicines to the outside of the corresponding medicine outlet.

[0088] In the description of the present application, it should be noted that the terms "upper", "lower", etc. indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the accompanying drawings, and are only for the convenience of describing the present application and simplifying the description, rather than indicating or implying that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore cannot be understood as a limitation on the present application. Unless otherwise clearly specified and limited, the terms "installed", "connected", and "connected" should be understood in a broad sense, for example, it can be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection; it can be a mechanical connection or an electrical connection; it can be a direct connection, or it can be an indirect connection through an intermediate medium, or it can be a connection between the two elements. For those of ordinary skill in the art, the specific meanings of the above terms in the present application can be understood according to the specific circumstances.

[0089] It should be noted that, in this application, relational terms such as "first" and "second" are only used to distinguish one entity or operation from another entity or operation, and do not necessarily require or imply any such actual relationship or order between these entities or operations. Moreover, the terms "include", "comprise" or any other variants thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, method, article or device including a series of elements includes not only those elements, but also other elements not explicitly listed, or also includes elements inherent to such process, method, article or device. In the absence of further restrictions, the elements defined by the sentence "comprise a ..." do not exclude the presence of other identical elements in the process, method, article or device including the elements.

[0090] The above description is only a specific implementation of the present application, so that those skilled in the art can understand or implement the present application. Various modifications to these embodiments will be apparent to those skilled in the art, and the general principles defined herein can be implemented in other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the present application. Therefore, the present application will not be limited to the embodiments shown herein, but will conform to the widest range consistent with the principles and novel features applied for herein.

Claims

1. A medicine dispensing device, comprising a medicine cabinet (2); characterized in that: The medicine cabinet (2) comprises a plurality of medicine boxes (4), each of which comprises a medicine storage box (6) and a medicine delivery box (5) which are connected to each other, and a delivery port is provided at the connection point between the two; the medicine boxes (4) and the types of medicines (15) stored therein correspond one to one; The inner wall of the medicine storage box (6) opposite to the pushing port is provided with a medicine box pushing component; The medicine outlet box (5) has a plurality of medicine outlets (7) arranged side by side on the side wall opposite to the push port, and a horizontal conveying member, a plurality of vertical conveying members, and a plurality of medicine supporting plates (19) are arranged inside the medicine outlet box (5), the horizontal conveying member is respectively connected to each vertical conveying member, each vertical conveying member is connected to a medicine supporting plate (19), and the medicine outlets (7) and the vertical conveying members correspond one to one; When the medicine is pushed from the pushing port to the medicine outlet box (5) by the medicine box pushing component, the medicine falls on the medicine supporting plate (19), the vertical conveyor conveys the medicine supporting plate (19) to the height of the corresponding medicine outlet in the vertical direction, and the horizontal conveyor conveys the vertical conveyor to the corresponding medicine outlet in the horizontal direction, so as to convey the medicine supporting plate (19) to the outside of the corresponding medicine outlet; The medicine cabinet (2) further comprises a moisture-proof platform (3) arranged at the bottom of the plurality of medicine boxes (4), and the plurality of medicine boxes (4) are distributed in a rectangular array on the moisture-proof platform (3); The medicine cabinet (2) further comprises a medicine taking basket (37) movably connected to the medicine box (4), wherein a scanner (38) and an alarm (39) are arranged in the medicine taking basket (37), wherein the scanner (38) is used to scan the medicines (15) in the medicine taking basket (37) and compare the scanning result with the medicine taking information, and when the comparison is inconsistent, the alarm (39) is controlled to sound an alarm; Each medicine outlet (7) is provided with a medicine door (8), the top edge of the medicine door (8) is hinged to the medicine outlet box (5) through a stainless steel spring hinge (29), the rotating shaft of the stainless steel spring hinge (29) is arranged horizontally, and the bottom edge of the medicine door (8) is movably connected to the medicine outlet box (5) through an elastic locking piece; The medicine door (8) is provided with a first display screen (9), a second display screen (10), and a prompt light (11), and the first display screen (9), the second display screen (10), and the prompt light (11) are used to display the type and quantity of medicines; The inner side of the bottom edge of the medicine door (8) is provided with a plug-in slot (30) matching with the medicine supporting plate (19), and one side of the plug-in slot (30) is provided with a positioning slot (31); A receiving groove (32) is provided on the medicine outlet box (5) at a position corresponding to the positioning groove (31), and the receiving groove (32) is provided with a spring (33) and a wedge-shaped block (34), one end of the spring (33) is connected to the medicine outlet box (5), and the other end is connected to the wedge-shaped block (34), the shape of the wedge-shaped block (34) matches that of the positioning groove (31), and the side of the wedge-shaped block (34) facing the medicine supporting plate (19) has an inclined surface; A through hole (35) is also provided on the medicine dispensing box (5) at a position corresponding to the wedge-shaped block (34), and a dial plate (36) penetrating the through hole (35) is provided on the wedge-shaped block (34).

2. The medicine dispensing device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The plurality of medicine outlets (7) are arranged on the front side of the medicine outlet box (5), and a first communication port (12) for communicating with the medicine storage box (6) is provided at the bottom of the back side of the medicine outlet box (5); One end of the medicine storage box (6) is provided with a second communication port (13) for communicating with the medicine outlet box (5), and the other end is provided with the medicine box pushing component, and the first communication port (12) and the second communication port (13) are connected to form the pushing port; The medicine box pushing component comprises a first controller and a first cylinder (14), the first controller is connected to the first cylinder (14), and the first cylinder (14) is connected to a side of the medicine storage box (6) opposite to the pushing port; The first controller controls the extension length of the power output end of the first cylinder (14) to push a specified amount of medicine (15) to the medicine output box (5) through the push port.

3. The medicine dispensing device according to claim 2, characterized in that: The medicine storage box (6) is provided with two split medicine blocking plates (16) at the rear side of the push port, each medicine blocking plate (16) is arranged inside the medicine storage box (6) via a vertically arranged rotating shaft, and each rotating shaft is provided with a torsion spring, one end of the torsion spring is connected to the medicine blocking plate (16), and the other end is connected to the medicine storage box (6); The top of the medicine storage box (6) is also provided with a transparent observation plate (17) and a medicine replenishing port (18).

4. The medicine dispensing device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The medicine dispensing box (5) is further provided with a second controller, and the second controller is respectively connected to the horizontal conveying member and the plurality of vertical conveying members; Each time the medicine box pushing component pushes the medicine to the medicine outlet box (5) through the pushing port, the medicine falls on the medicine supporting plate (19). After the second controller controls the vertical conveying members to lift the medicine supporting plate (19) to the height of the corresponding medicine outlet (7), the second controller controls the horizontal conveying members to convey all the vertical conveying members to the corresponding medicine outlet (7), so as to convey all the medicines on the medicine supporting plates (19) to the outside of the corresponding medicine outlet (7).

5. The medicine dispensing device according to claim 4, characterized in that: The horizontal conveying member comprises a top plate (20) and a second cylinder (21), the top plate (20) being horizontally arranged in the medicine outlet box (5), the left and right sides of the top plate (20) being slidably arranged in the slide grooves on the inner wall of the medicine outlet box (5), the second cylinder (21) being located at the rear side of the top plate (20) in the medicine outlet box (5), and the second cylinder (21) being connected to the second controller; The vertical conveyor comprises four drive motors (22), four groove wheels (23), and four lifting ropes (24), the four drive motors (22) are respectively arranged at four corners of the lower surface of the top plate (20), each drive motor (22) is connected to a lifting rope (24) through a groove wheel (23), and each drive motor (22) is connected to the second controller; The medicine supporting plate (19) is horizontally arranged in the medicine dispensing box (5), and waist-shaped grooves (25) corresponding to the positions of four groove wheels (23) of the corresponding vertical conveying members are respectively arranged at the four corners of the medicine supporting plate (19), and the four lifting ropes (24) of the vertical conveying member corresponding to the medicine supporting plate (19) pass through the waist-shaped grooves (25) of all other medicine supporting plates (19) located above the medicine supporting plate (19), and are connected with the four waist-shaped grooves (25) of the medicine supporting plate (19).

6. The medicine dispensing device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The left and right sides of the medicine supporting plate (19) are respectively provided with guide blocks (26), and the front and rear sides of the medicine supporting plate (19) are respectively provided with waist-shaped grooves (25); The inner wall of the medicine outlet box (5) is provided with a vertical groove (27) and a plurality of horizontal grooves (28), the vertical groove (27) is vertically connected to each horizontal groove (28), and each horizontal groove (28) is located at the bottom rear side of the medicine outlet (7); When the vertical conveying member conveys the corresponding medicine supporting plate (19) in the vertical direction, the guide blocks (26) on the left and right sides of the medicine supporting plate (19) slide along the vertical grooves (27); When the horizontal conveying member conveys the corresponding medicine supporting plate (19) in the horizontal direction, the guide blocks (26) on the left and right sides of the medicine supporting plate (19) both slide along the horizontal groove (28).

7. A medicine dispensing method, based on the medicine dispensing device according to claim 1; characterized in that: The method comprises: Using computers for human-computer interaction to obtain medication information, the medication information includes doctor information, patient information, and medication information, and the medication information includes medication quantity and medication content; According to the medicine taking information, the medicine box pushing component in the corresponding medicine box (4) is controlled to push a specified amount of medicine from the medicine storage box (6) to the medicine outlet box (5), and the vertical conveying member in the corresponding medicine box (4) is controlled to convey the medicine to the height of the corresponding medicine outlet in the vertical direction, and then the horizontal conveying member in the corresponding medicine box (4) is controlled to convey the vertical conveying member to the corresponding medicine outlet in the horizontal direction, so as to convey the medicine to the outside of the corresponding medicine outlet.

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