Method for applying medicine in small package of traditional Chinese medicine

The automated medicine dispensing machine enables automatic management of medicine storage and empty medicine boxes, solving the problems of low efficiency and high error rate in dispensing traditional Chinese medicine, and improving the safety and efficiency of traditional Chinese medicine distribution.

CN117184822BActive Publication Date: 2025-11-28ZHEJIANG IRON TECH CO LTD +1
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Application Number
CN202311284604.9
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Patents(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2023-09-28
Publication Date
2025-11-28
Estimated Expiration
2043-09-28

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Technical Problem

Existing methods for obtaining traditional Chinese medicine are inefficient and prone to errors, leading to medication safety issues.

Method used

An automated medicine dispensing machine is used, in which a robotic arm moves the medicine storage box to the equipment slot for medicine retrieval. The storage box and empty medicine box are managed automatically by a buffer belt and an outflow belt. Users only need to scan the medicine box code to complete the medicine dispensing operation.

Benefits of technology

It has enabled automated dispensing of small-packaged traditional Chinese medicines, reducing the possibility of human error, improving work efficiency, and reducing the requirements for user experience.

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Abstract

The application provides a small package traditional Chinese medicine medicine adding method, comprising the following steps: S1: adding a medicine storage frame to a medicine adding queue; S2: judging whether to exit medicine adding, if yes, ending medicine adding, if not, entering step S3; S3: judging whether there is medicine to be added in the medicine adding queue, if yes, controlling adding the medicine storage frame in the medicine adding queue to a buffer belt, if not, entering step S4; S4: judging whether there is a medicine storage frame on the buffer belt, if yes, controlling sending the medicine storage frame on the buffer belt to a slot on the device, if not, entering step S5; S5: judging whether there is an empty medicine frame in the slot on the device, if yes, controlling taking out the empty medicine frame in the slot on the device, if not, entering step S6; S6: judging whether there is an empty medicine frame on the buffer belt, if yes, controlling the empty medicine frame on the buffer belt to flow out, if not, entering step S2. The small package traditional Chinese medicine medicine adding method can realize automatic medicine adding of the medicine storage frame and automatic taking out of the empty medicine frame.
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TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The application relates to a small-package traditional Chinese medicine dispensing method. BACKGROUND

[0002] Traditional Chinese medicine is a medicine specific to traditional Chinese medicine, and currently, traditional Chinese medicine dispensing is usually performed in two ways, one is that a doctor manually weighs and dispenses medicine in a traditional Chinese medicine store according to a prescription, and the other is that a doctor manually dispenses small-package traditional Chinese medicine combinations according to a prescription in a traditional Chinese medicine hospital, and in the dispensing process, the doctor needs to manually cut the roll material traditional Chinese medicine package into small packages, the first dispensing method is low in efficiency and only suitable for street corner traditional Chinese medicine stores for sale, and the second dispensing method is obviously higher in efficiency than the first dispensing method, but still needs to be manually operated and needs to be judged by the doctor, and the doctor is prone to fatigue in a long-time operation process, so that the traditional Chinese medicine dispensing is wrong, and the medicine safety problem is prone to occur.

[0003] Therefore, it is necessary to improve the existing small-package traditional Chinese medicine dispensing method to solve the above problems. SUMMARY

[0004] The application aims to provide a small-package traditional Chinese medicine dispensing method to solve the problems that the existing traditional Chinese medicine is prone to errors and low in efficiency.

[0005] To achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the application provides a small-package traditional Chinese medicine dispensing method, which comprises the following steps:

[0006] S1: adding a medicine storage frame to a to-be-dispensed medicine queue;

[0007] S2: judging whether to exit dispensing, if yes, ending dispensing, and if not, entering step S3;

[0008] S3: judging whether there is to-be-dispensed medicine in the to-be-dispensed queue, if yes, controlling the medicine storage frame in the to-be-dispensed queue to be added to a buffer belt, and if not, entering step S4;

[0009] S4: judging whether there is a medicine storage frame on the buffer belt, if yes, controlling the medicine storage frame on the buffer belt to be sent to a slot on the equipment, and if not, entering step S5;

[0010] S5: judging whether there is an empty medicine frame in the slot on the equipment, if yes, controlling the empty medicine frame in the slot on the equipment to be taken out, and if not, entering step S6;

[0011] S6: judging whether there is an empty medicine frame on the buffer belt, if yes, controlling the empty medicine frame on the buffer belt to flow out, and if not, entering step S2.

[0012] As a further improvement of the present application, step S1 comprises the following steps: judging whether the following conditions are met simultaneously: the storage frame finishes scanning the code, there is a vacancy on the buffer belt, there is a vacant slot on the device or there is a slot with a vacant storage frame, if yes, assigning a slot to the storage frame, confirming the medicine, adding the storage frame to the queue of medicines to be added, if no, entering step S2.

[0013] As a further improvement of the present application, in step S3, the control of adding the storage frame to the buffer belt comprises the following steps: S31: adding the storage frame in the queue of medicines to be added to the buffer belt; S32: scanning whether there is a storage frame in the queue of medicines to be added, if yes, entering step S31, if no, entering step S2.

[0014] As a further improvement of the present application, after step S31, judging whether to exit the medicine adding.

[0015] As a further improvement of the present application, in step S4, the control of sending the storage frame on the buffer belt to the slot on the device comprises the following steps:

[0016] S41: querying the slot on the device corresponding to the first storage frame on the buffer belt;

[0017] S42: judging whether there is a vacant storage frame in the corresponding slot on the device, if yes, entering step S43, if no, entering step S44;

[0018] S43: taking out the vacant storage frame in the slot on the device and placing it on the buffer position on the buffer belt, entering step S44;

[0019] S44: controlling the first storage frame on the buffer belt to be sent to the slot on the device.

[0020] As a further improvement of the present application, after step S44, it further comprises step S45: pairing the slot on the device with the storage frame, and then entering step S2.

[0021] As a further improvement of the present application, the operations of taking out and placing the vacant storage frame and the storage frame in steps S43 and S44 are completed by a mechanical hand.

[0022] As a further improvement of the present application, in step S5, the control of taking out the vacant storage frame in the slot on the device comprises the following steps:

[0023] S51: controlling the vacant storage frame in the slot on the device to be taken out and placed on the end of the buffer belt;

[0024] S52: judging whether there is a vacant storage frame to be discharged on the buffer belt, if yes, entering step S53, if no, entering step S2;

[0025] S53: drive the buffer belt to rotate, flow the empty medicine frame at the end of the buffer belt to the outflow belt, start the outflow belt to take away the empty medicine frame, and then enter step S2.

[0026] As a further improvement of the present application, the step S6 of controlling the empty medicine frame to flow out on the buffer belt comprises the following steps:

[0027] S61: determine whether there is an empty medicine frame to be flowed out at the end of the buffer belt, if yes, enter step S62, and if no, enter step S63;

[0028] S62: drive the buffer belt to rotate, flow the empty medicine frame at the end of the buffer belt to the outflow belt, start the outflow belt to take away the empty medicine frame, and then enter step S2;

[0029] S63: drive the buffer belt to rotate without starting the outflow belt, and then enter step S2.

[0030] As a further improvement of the present application, in step S2, it is determined whether to exit the medicine loading according to whether the interface of the display is switched.

[0031] The present application has the advantages that the small-packaged traditional Chinese medicine loading method can realize automatic loading of the medicine frame, automatic taking out of the empty medicine frame, and the user only needs to scan the code on the medicine frame, and the rest of the operations are completed by the medicine loading machine, which reduces the experience requirement for the user, reduces the error possibility, and can work continuously with high efficiency. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0032] Fig. 1 is a simple flowchart of the small-packaged traditional Chinese medicine loading method of the present application;

[0033] Fig. 2 is a flowchart of the small-packaged traditional Chinese medicine loading method of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0034] The technical solutions of the present application will be described clearly and completely below with reference to the drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are part of the embodiments of the present application, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor fall within the scope of protection of the present application.

[0035] In the description of the present application, it should be noted that the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer" and the like indicate the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and are only for the convenience of describing the present application and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore cannot be understood as limiting the present application. In addition, the terms "first", "second", "third" are only for descriptive purposes and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance.

[0036] In the description of the present application, it should be noted that unless otherwise explicitly specified and limited, the terms "mounting", "connection", "connection" should be understood broadly, for example, it can be fixed connection, or detachable connection, or integral connection; it can be mechanical connection, or electrical connection; it can be directly connected, or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, or the internal communication of two elements. For those skilled in the art, the specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood according to the specific circumstances. In addition, the technical features involved in the different embodiments of the present application described below can be combined with each other as long as they do not conflict with each other.

[0037] As shown in Figs. 1-2 The small package of traditional Chinese medicine dispensing method of the present application is to complete the dispensing of the equipment by using a dispensing machine. The medicine storage frame filled with medicine is placed on the buffer belt of the dispensing machine, the mechanical hand moves the medicine storage frame on the buffer belt to the equipment to take medicine, the empty medicine frame after taking medicine is placed back on the buffer position on the buffer belt, and the empty medicine frame is moved to the return belt through the rotation of the buffer belt, and finally removed from the equipment.

[0038] The small package of traditional Chinese medicine dispensing method comprises the following steps:

[0039] S1: adding the medicine storage frame to the queue of products to be dispensed;

[0040] Step S1 includes: judging whether the medicine storage frame completes code scanning, the buffer belt has a vacant position, the equipment has a vacant slot or there is a slot with an empty medicine frame, if yes, assigning a slot to the medicine storage frame, confirming dispensing, and adding the medicine storage frame to the queue of products to be dispensed, if not, entering step S2. The three steps of the medicine storage frame completing code scanning, the buffer belt having a vacant position, and the equipment having a vacant slot or having a slot with an empty medicine frame can be judged in sequence or simultaneously.

[0041] The medicine storage frame contains small packages of important medicines, and has a two-dimensional code or a bar code on it, which has information such as the type and weight of the medicine.

[0042] The medicine storage frame can be placed on the buffer belt only when there is an empty position on the buffer belt, and the empty position on the buffer belt also needs to be excluded from the already allocated positions in the medicine queue to be placed. In addition to the fact that there is no medicine frame on the device to be placed, if there is an empty medicine frame, it can also be taken off in the subsequent process, thereby improving the medicine placing efficiency and improving the intelligence. The empty slot on the device and the slot with an empty medicine frame are collectively referred to as the empty slot of the device.

[0043] In addition, the scanning of the medicine storage frame in step S1 is triggered by a button that can be clicked by the person placing the medicine. Once clicked, the judgment is started once, that is, the step does not enter a loop and is operated by the person placing the medicine. The scanning of the medicine storage frame is completed at the medicine placing port.

[0044] S2: Determine whether to exit the medicine placing, if yes, end the medicine placing, if not, enter step S3; in this embodiment, whether to exit the medicine placing is determined according to whether the interface of the display of the device is switched, if a new interface is switched in when the person needs to stop the medicine placing, the program controls to end the medicine placing, otherwise, the next medicine placing process is entered.

[0045] S3: Determine whether there is medicine to be placed in the queue to be placed, if yes, control the medicine storage frame in the queue to be placed to be added to the buffer belt, if not, enter step S4.

[0046] The control of adding the medicine storage frame to the buffer belt in step S3 includes the following steps: S31: adding the medicine storage frame in the queue to be placed to the buffer belt; S32: scanning whether there is a medicine storage frame in the queue to be placed, if yes, enter step S31, if not, enter step S2, so that the medicine storage frame in the queue to be placed can be placed on the buffer belt for priority operation.

[0047] After step S31, it is determined whether to exit the medicine placing. This step also determines whether to exit the medicine placing according to whether the interface of the display of the device is switched, and this step is performed at the same time as step S32.

[0048] In step S32, a period of time can be set for scanning once.

[0049] Step S3 can realize the effect of placing the medicine storage frame in the queue to be placed on the buffer belt.

[0050] S4: Determine whether there is a medicine storage frame on the buffer belt, if yes, control the medicine storage frame on the buffer belt to be sent to the slot on the device, if not, enter step S5; step S4 realizes the effect of moving the medicine storage frame on the buffer belt to the slot on the device, that is, after step S4, the medicine placing of the device is realized.

[0051] In step S4, the control of sending the medicine storage frame on the buffer belt to the slot on the device includes the following steps:

[0052] S41: Query the slot on the device corresponding to the first storage frame on the cache belt;

[0053] S42: Determine whether there is an empty frame in the corresponding slot on the device, if yes, go to step S43, if no, go to step S44;

[0054] S43: Take out the empty frame in the slot on the device and put it into the cache position on the cache belt, and go to step S44;

[0055] S44: Control the first storage frame on the cache belt to be sent to the slot on the device.

[0056] S45: Pair the slot on the device with the storage frame, and then go to step S2.

[0057] The operations of taking and placing the empty frame and the storage frame in steps S43 and S44 are completed by a mechanical hand.

[0058] S5: Determine whether there is an empty frame in the slot on the device, if yes, control the empty frame in the slot on the device to be taken out, if no, go to step S6;

[0059] The control of taking out the empty frame in the slot on the device in step S5 includes the following steps:

[0060] S51: Control the empty frame in the slot on the device to be taken out and placed at the end of the cache belt;

[0061] S52: Determine whether there is an empty frame to be discharged on the cache belt, if yes, go to step S53, if no, go to step S2;

[0062] S53: Drive the cache belt to rotate, discharge the empty frame at the end of the cache belt to the discharge belt, start the discharge belt to take away the empty frame, and then go to step S2.

[0063] Step S5 realizes the taking out of the empty frame, and the empty frame on the device can be taken away after being taken off.

[0064] S6: Determine whether there is an empty frame on the cache belt, if yes, control the empty frame on the cache belt to be discharged, if no, go to step S2.

[0065] The control of discharging the empty frame on the cache belt in step S6 includes the following steps:

[0066] S61: Determine whether there is an empty frame to be discharged at the end of the cache belt, if yes, go to step S62, if no, go to step S63;

[0067] S62: Drive the cache belt to rotate, discharge the empty frame at the end of the cache belt to the discharge belt, start the discharge belt to take away the empty frame, and then go to step S2.

[0068] S63: drive the buffer belt to rotate without starting the outflow belt, and then go to step S2.

[0069] Step S6 can finally take out the empty medicine frame placed on the buffer position in step S4 by driving the buffer belt in step S63, and the effect of no empty medicine frame on the buffer belt after finally stopping the medicine.

[0070] The small-package traditional Chinese medicine medicine feeding method can realize automatic medicine feeding of the medicine frame and automatic taking out of the empty medicine frame, the user only needs to scan the code on the medicine frame, and the remaining operations are completed by the medicine feeding machine, the experience requirement for the user is reduced, the error possibility is reduced, and the machine can work continuously and has high efficiency.

[0071] The technical features of the above-described embodiments can be combined arbitrarily, and to make the description concise, all possible combinations of the technical features in the above-described embodiments are not described, however, as long as the combinations of the technical features do not exist contradictory, they should be considered as the scope of the description.

[0072] The above-described embodiments only express several implementation manners of the present application, the description is more specific and detailed, but it should not be understood as the limitation of the patent scope of the present application. It should be pointed out that for ordinary skilled in the art, without departing from the concept of the present application, a number of modifications and improvements can be made, which belong to the protection scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the patent of the present application should be subject to the appended claims.

Claims

1. A method for applying small packages of traditional Chinese medicine, characterized in that: The method for applying medicine in the small package traditional Chinese medicine comprises the following steps: S1: adding the medicine storage frame to the queue of medicine to be applied; step S1 comprises the following steps: judging whether the medicine storage frame is completed code scanning, the buffer belt has a space, the device has a vacant slot or there is a vacant slot with the medicine storage frame, if yes, assigning a slot to the medicine storage frame, confirming the medicine application, adding the medicine storage frame to the queue of medicine to be applied, if no, entering step S2; S2: judging whether to exit the medicine application, if yes, ending the medicine application, if no, entering step S3; S3: judging whether there is medicine to be applied in the queue of medicine to be applied, if yes, controlling the medicine storage frame in the queue of medicine to be applied to be added to the buffer belt, if no, entering step S4; the controlling the medicine storage frame to be added to the buffer belt in step S3 comprises the following steps: S31: adding the medicine storage frame in the queue of medicine to be applied to the buffer belt; S32: scanning whether there is medicine storage frame in the queue of medicine to be applied, if yes, entering step S31, if no, entering step S2; S4: judging whether there is medicine storage frame on the buffer belt, if yes, controlling the medicine storage frame on the buffer belt to be sent to the slot on the device, if no, entering step S5; S5: judging whether there is empty medicine frame in the slot on the device, if yes, controlling the empty medicine frame in the slot on the device to be taken out, if no, entering step S6; S6: judging whether there is empty medicine frame on the buffer belt, if yes, controlling the empty medicine frame on the buffer belt to flow out, if no, entering step S2.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method is characterized by: After step S31, judging whether to exit the medicine application.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method is characterized by: In step S4, the controlling the medicine storage frame on the buffer belt to be sent to the slot on the device comprises the following steps: S41: inquiring the slot on the device corresponding to the first medicine storage frame on the buffer belt; S42: judging whether there is empty medicine frame in the corresponding slot on the device, if yes, entering step S43, if no, entering step S44; S43: taking down the empty medicine frame in the slot on the device and putting it into the buffer position on the buffer belt, entering step S44; S44: controlling the first medicine storage frame on the buffer belt to be sent to the slot on the device.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the method is characterized by: After step S44, it further comprises step S45: pairing the slot on the device with the medicine storage frame, and then entering step S2.

5. The method according to claim 3, wherein the method is characterized by: The taking and putting of the empty medicine frame and the medicine storage frame in steps S43 and S44 are completed by a mechanical hand.

6. The method for applying medicine according to claim 1, wherein: In step S5, the controlling the empty medicine frame in the slot on the device to be taken out comprises the following steps: S51: controlling the empty medicine frame in the slot on the device to be taken out and put on the end of the buffer belt; S52: judging whether there is empty medicine frame to be flowed out on the buffer belt, if yes, entering step S53, if no, entering step S2; S53: driving the buffer belt to rotate, flowing out the empty medicine frame at the end of the buffer belt to the flow-out belt, starting the flow-out belt to take away the empty medicine frame, and then entering step S2.

7. The method for applying medicine according to claim 1, wherein: In step S6, the controlling the empty medicine frame on the buffer belt to flow out comprises the following steps: S61: judging whether there is empty medicine frame to be flowed out at the end of the buffer belt, if yes, entering step S62, if no, entering step S63; S62: drive the buffer belt to rotate, and flow the empty medicine frame at the end of the buffer belt to the outflow belt. Start the outflow belt to take the empty medicine frame away, and then enter step S2; S63: drive the buffer belt to rotate, and do not start the outflow belt, and then enter step S2.

8. The method for applying medicine according to claim 1, wherein: In step S2, it is judged whether to exit the medicine loading according to whether the interface of the display is switched.

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