Novel externally-placed medicine tray

Abstract

The utility model belongs to the technical field of medical treatment, and provides a novel externally-placed medicine tray which is used in a medicine placing machine or independent externally-placed medicine adding equipment and comprises a medicine tray assembly, a medicine placing area is arranged on the medicine tray assembly, the medicine placing area comprises a plurality of notches, a detection device is further arranged on the medicine tray assembly, and the detection device is connected with the medicine tray assembly. The detection device comprises a transmitting device and a receiving device, the transmitting device transmits a detection wave beam to the receiving device, and the detection wave beam is arranged at each notch. The dropping position of the medicine is detected through the detection wave beam formed by the transmitting device and the receiving device, and then whether the medicine adding position is wrong or not is judged, so that a pharmacist is prompted, the efficiency of adding the external medicine is improved, and human errors during medicine adding are reduced.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the field of medical technology, and particularly relates to a novel external medicine dispensing tray. Background Art

[0002] An oral medicine dispensing machine or a full-automatic medicine sub-packaging machine realizes functions such as classification, distribution, packaging, printing, encapsulation and storage management of medicines according to electronic prescriptions. The external medicine dispensing tray is a device unit for manually adding external medicines (also known as non-machine-stored medicines). At present, when the staff in a medical institution pharmacy uses the medicine dispensing machine, usually the medicine addition details prompt information is displayed on the display screen of the medicine dispensing machine or a paper medicine addition details list is printed out; then, according to the content prompt on the display screen or the paper medicine addition list, the pharmacist sequentially puts the corresponding medicines and quantities into specific grids of the external medicine dispensing tray as required. When adding medicines, there will be corresponding light prompts on the external medicine dispensing tray. According to the prompts, the pharmacist adds the corresponding medicines into the corresponding small grids. After that, in order to reduce the error checking of medicine dispensing and ensure the medication safety of patients, the management personnel often need to add another staff member specifically engaged in checking to manually check the previous medicine addition process again. A prompt device with an LED indicator board is covered on the external medicine dispensing tray, and the LED lights on the indicator board are lit through the control system of the device to mark the position of the grid where the current external medicine needs to be added, so as to prevent the medicines from being put in the wrong position.

[0003] However, the external medicine dispensing tray is composed of multiple small grids. Due to the large number of grids and the fact that the medicines are all added manually, when the pharmacist adds external medicines according to the prompts of the indicator lights, it is easy to add more medicines or the medicines accidentally fall into the grids. Moreover, the medicine dispensing machine cannot monitor the quantity and position of the added medicines. After the addition of medicines is completed, another error-checking staff member is added to check for errors, but it cannot ensure that the quantity and position of the medicines are added correctly, and human errors are always unavoidable.

[0004] In recent years, due to work needs, many pharmacies have purchased equipment specifically for pre-adding manual external medicines. By sharing the external medicine dispensing tray with the medicine dispensing machine or the sub-packaging machine, the alternating work of multiple external medicine dispensing trays is realized, and the medicine dispensing efficiency is improved. Therefore, the operation of adding medicines to the external medicine dispensing tray also faces the need to avoid manual medicine dispensing error checking and improve the medicine dispensing efficiency. Content of the Utility Model

[0005] Aiming at the defects in the prior art, the utility model provides a novel external medicine dispensing tray to reduce human errors when adding medicines and improve the efficiency of adding external medicines.

[0006] A novel external medicine dispensing tray provided by the utility model is used in a medicine dispensing machine or an independent external medicine adding device, and includes: a medicine tray assembly, on which a medicine placing area is provided, the medicine placing area includes a plurality of notches, and a detection device is further provided on the medicine tray assembly, the detection device includes a transmitting device and a receiving device, the transmitting device emits a detection beam to the receiving device, and the detection beam is arranged at each notch.

[0007] As can be seen from the above technical solution, a novel external medicine dispensing tray provided by the utility model is used in combination with a medicine dispensing machine, a sub-packaging machine or an independent external medicine adding device. When external medicine needs to be added, the external medicine is added through the notches opened on the medicine placing area. During the adding process, the detection device in the medicine tray assembly is used to detect whether the quantity and position of the medicine are accurate. The transmitting device and the receiving device arranged in the detection device form a detection beam, and the detection beam is arranged on the notch. When an object falls, the object will block the beam of the corresponding notch, resulting in the receiving device not receiving the detection beam. The medicine dispensing machine will then detect the position where the detection beam is blocked, so as to obtain the falling position of the medicine, and then the medicine dispensing machine can infer whether the position of the medicine addition is correct. In addition, since it is required to add external medicine one by one, the number of added medicines can be judged accurately according to the number of times the detection beam is blocked. When the medicine dispensing machine or the device finds that the medicine addition is incorrect, it will prompt the pharmacist to correct the error in time, improve the medicine addition efficiency, and effectively reduce the human error during medicine addition.

[0008] Preferably, the detection device is arranged at each notch, and the transmitting device and the receiving device are located on opposite sides of the corresponding notch. Arranging the detection device in each notch facilitates the detection of the medicine, and the relative arrangement of the transmitting device and the receiving device facilitates the receiving device to receive the detection information in real time.

[0009] Preferably, the notches are distributed in a matrix in the medicine placing area; two groups of the detection devices are provided in the medicine placing area, the same group of the transmitting device and the receiving device are located on opposite sides of the medicine placing area, and the detection beams formed by the two groups of the detection devices intersect vertically to form a plurality of intersection points, and the plurality of intersection points correspond to the plurality of notches one by one. By the characteristic that a plurality of intersection points formed by two groups of detection beams in the medicine placing area correspond to the notches one by one, the position when the medicine falls can be obtained, and then it can be judged whether the falling position of the medicine is correct, so as to prompt the pharmacist to correct in time and improve the efficiency during medicine addition.

[0010] Preferably, the medicine tray assembly includes a medicine slot, a detection board, a bracket and an indicator light assembly. The medicine slot is arranged in the drawer of the medicine placing machine, the detection board is clamped between the medicine slot and the bracket, the indicator light assembly is fixedly connected to the bracket, and the bracket is slidably connected to the medicine placing machine; the slot includes a bottom-closed closure portion located on the medicine slot, a detection port located on the detection board, and an opening portion located on the bracket and the indicator light assembly; the detection device is installed on the detection board. The design of the indicator light assembly can prompt the pharmacist to add the medicine when adding the medicine. When an error occurs in adding the medicine, the pharmacist can be reminded in time through the control of the medicine placing machine or equipment, and the error can be corrected in time to improve the efficiency of adding the medicine.

[0011] Preferably, the indicator light assembly includes an indicator light board and a panel, lamp beads are arranged between the openings on the indicator light board, insulating pads are fixedly connected to the upper and lower sides of the indicator light board, and the insulating pads are provided with through holes, and the lamp beads are inserted into the through holes; a lining plate is clamped on the outer periphery of the indicator light board and the insulating pad, and the indicator light board is fixedly connected to the panel. The insulating pad is arranged on the outer surface of the indicator light mainly to prevent the indicator light board from contacting the bracket, thereby preventing the indicator light from being disturbed and causing the light to flicker. Secondly, the lining plate is designed to prevent the panel from bending when the panel is fixed.

[0012] Preferably, the upper surface of the panel is provided with numbers, and the lower surface of the panel is provided with a plurality of grooves, and the grooves are on the same vertical line as the through holes; the panel is made of acrylic material. The number design is mainly used for the medicine placing machine to indicate the dosing position, and the grooves are for the indicator light to be displayed more clearly. The acrylic material is transparent, so that the pharmacist can observe more clearly when adding medicine according to the light of the indicator light, further reducing the error of dosing.

[0013] Preferably, a connecting plate is provided inside the medicine placing machine or device, a first slide groove is provided inside the connecting plate, a first slider is provided outside the drawer, and the first slide groove is slidably connected to the first slider; a second slide groove is provided outside the connecting plate, and both ends of the bracket extend in the height direction to form a support plate, a second slider is provided inside the support plate, and the second slide groove is slidably connected to the second slider. The connecting plate is mainly designed to separate the drawer and the bracket, so that when the wrong medicine is added, the bracket can be pushed to take the medicine and correct it in time; and the cooperation between the slide groove and the slider allows the drawer and the bracket to slide freely.

[0014] Preferably, the drawer and the bracket are both fixedly connected with a collision block near the inner side of the medicine placing machine, and the medicine placing machine is connected with a collision ball near the drawer, and the cooperation between the collision block and the collision ball limits the maximum moving range of the drawer. The design of the collision ball and the collision block can effectively prevent the drawer from being completely pulled out of the medicine placing machine.

[0015] Preferably, a limiting member is provided at one end of the drawer close to the medicine dispensing machine or inside the device. The limiting member is provided with a limiting groove along its length direction. A limiting block is provided at the bottom of the bracket. The limiting block slides in the limiting groove to define the maximum movement range of the bracket relative to the medicine slot. When an error in the number of medicines is detected, the bracket can be pushed to expose the medicine slot, so that the medicines can be taken out. The limiting member can effectively prevent the bracket from being pushed into the medicine dispensing machine or the device and unable to be taken out.

[0016] Preferably, the detection device is an infrared opposed detector. When using infrared detection, remote monitoring can be carried out, and this detection method is not affected by the color, material and shape of the object surface, and can provide relatively accurate detection results. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0017] In order to more clearly illustrate the specific embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the following will briefly introduce the drawings required for the description of the specific embodiments or the prior art. In all the drawings, similar elements or parts are generally identified by similar reference numerals. In the drawings, the elements or parts are not necessarily drawn to actual scale.

[0018] Figure 1 FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a detection device for a novel external medicine dispensing tray provided in Embodiment 1 of the present invention;

[0019] Figure 2 FIG. 2 is a three-dimensional structural diagram of a novel external medicine dispensing tray provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

[0020] Figure 3 FIG. 3 is an exploded view of a medicine placing device of a novel external medicine dispensing tray provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

[0021] Figure 4 For Figure 3 partial enlarged view A;

[0022] Figure 5 FIG. 4 is a partial schematic view of the sliding fit between the drawer and the bracket of a novel external medicine dispensing tray and the medicine dispensing machine provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

[0023] Figure 6 FIG. 5 is a partial cross-sectional view of the indicator light board and the insulating pad of a novel external medicine dispensing tray provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

[0024] Figure 7 FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of the limiting member and the collision block of a novel external medicine dispensing tray provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

[0025] Figure 8Schematic diagram of a detection device for a new type of external medicine tray provided in the second embodiment of the present utility model.

[0026] Reference numerals:

[0027] 1 - Detection board; 11 - Notch; 12 - Detection beam; 2 - Drawer; 21 - First slider; 22 - Limiting member; 221 - Limiting groove; 3 - Medicine slot; 4 - Bracket; 41 - Support plate; 411 - Second slider; 42 - Bumping block; 43 - Limiting block; 5 - Indicator light assembly; 51 - Indicator light board; 52 - Panel; 511 - Lamp beads; 521 - Groove; 6 - Insulating pad; 61 - Through hole; 7 - Liner plate; 8 - Connecting plate; 81 - First chute; 82 - Second chute; 9 - Bumping bead. Detailed implementation manners

[0028] The embodiments of the technical solutions of the present utility model will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. The following embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present utility model more clearly, so they are only examples and cannot be used to limit the protection scope of the present utility model.

[0029] It should be noted that unless otherwise specified, the technical terms or scientific terms used in this application should have the ordinary meanings understood by those skilled in the art to which the present utility model belongs.

[0030] In the description of this application, it should be understood that the orientation or positional relationships indicated by the terms "upper", "lower", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "length", etc. are based on the orientation or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for the convenience of describing the present utility model 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 of the present utility model.

[0031] In addition, the terms "first", "second", etc. are only used for descriptive purposes and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly specifying the quantity of the indicated technical features. In the description of the present utility model, the meaning of "a plurality" is more than two unless otherwise specifically defined.

[0032] In this application, unless otherwise clearly specified and limited, the terms "installed", "connected", "connected", "fixed", etc. should be understood in a broad sense. For example, it can be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or integrated; it can be a mechanical connection or an electrical connection; it can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and it can be the internal communication of two elements or the interaction relationship between two elements. For those of ordinary skill in the art, the specific meanings of the above terms in the present utility model can be understood according to specific circumstances.

[0033] In this application, unless otherwise clearly specified and defined, the first feature being "on" or "under" the second feature may mean that the first and second features are in direct contact, or the first and second features are in indirect contact through an intermediate medium. Moreover, the first feature being "above", "over" and "on top of" the second feature may mean that the first feature is directly above or obliquely above the second feature, or merely indicates that the first feature has a higher horizontal height than the second feature. The first feature being "under", "beneath" and "underneath" the second feature may mean that the first feature is directly below or obliquely below the second feature, or merely indicates that the first feature has a lower horizontal height than the second feature.

[0034] Embodiment 1

[0035] As Figure 1-7 shown, a novel external medicine dispensing tray provided in this embodiment is used inside the equipment after the medicine dispensing machine, and includes a medicine tray assembly. The medicine tray assembly includes a medicine slot 3, a detection board 1, a bracket 4 and an indicator light assembly 5. The medicine slot 3 is clamped in the drawer 2 of the medicine dispensing machine. The indicator light assembly 5 is fixedly connected to the bracket 4, and the bracket 4 is slidably connected to the medicine dispensing machine.

[0036] A medicine placing area is provided on the above-mentioned medicine tray assembly. The medicine placing area includes a plurality of notches 11. The notch 11 includes a closed portion with a closed bottom located on the medicine slot 3, a detection opening located on the detection board 1, and an opening portion located on the bracket 4 and the indicator light assembly 5.

[0037] A detection device is further provided on the medicine tray assembly. The detection device includes a transmitting device and a receiving device. The transmitting device emits a detection beam 12 to the receiving device. In this embodiment, a detection device is provided at each notch 11, and the transmitting device and the receiving device are located on opposite sides of the corresponding notch, so that a detection beam 12 is arranged in each notch 11. When a medicine drops, the medicine will briefly block the detection beam 12, resulting in the receiving device not receiving the detection beam 12. The medicine dispensing machine or the equipment will then detect the position where the detection beam 12 is blocked, thereby obtaining the dropping position of the medicine, and then the medicine dispensing machine or the equipment can infer whether the position where the medicine is added is correct. In addition, since it is required to add external medicine one by one, the number of times the detection beam 12 is blocked can be used to determine whether the added quantity of the medicine is correct. When the medicine dispensing machine or the equipment detects a medicine adding error, it will prompt the pharmacist to correct the error in time through the light of different colors of the indicator light, improving the medicine adding efficiency and effectively reducing the human error during medicine adding.

[0038] Specifically, the detection device is an infrared opposed detector. Since infrared detection can be remotely monitored and this detection method is not interfered by the surface color, material and shape of the object, it can provide relatively accurate detection results.

[0039] In summary of this embodiment, the above detection device is installed on the detection board 1. In practice, the detection device can be fixedly connected to any part of the medicine tray assembly, as long as it can detect whether there is any medicine falling at the notch 11. Since the detection device has a certain thickness, if it is installed between the bracket 4 and the indicator light assembly 5 or inside the indicator light assembly 5, when connecting the bracket 4 and the indicator light assembly 5, the indicator light assembly 5 is blocked by the detection device, which is likely to cause the indicator light assembly 5 to bend and deform, and it is not easy to add medicine. Therefore, the detection board 1 installed with the detection device is clamped between the medicine slot 3 and the bracket 4, which not only fills the gap between the bracket 4 and the medicine slot 3, but also can prevent the bending of the indicator light assembly 5, facilitating the detection of the quantity of medicine and improving the efficiency of medicine addition.

[0040] Further, the above indicator light assembly 5 includes an indicator light board 51 and a panel 52. Insulating pads 6 are fixedly connected to both the upper and lower sides of the indicator light board 51 to prevent the indicator light board 51 from contacting the metal bracket and causing a short circuit. A lining board 9 is snap-fitted to the outer periphery of the indicator light board 51 and the insulating pads 6, and the lining board 9 is fixedly connected to the panel 52. Among them, through holes 61 are provided on the insulating pads 6, and lamp beads 511 are arranged between the openings on the indicator light board 51. The lamp beads 511 are inserted through the through holes 61, and numbers are provided on the upper surface of the panel 52 to facilitate the pharmacist to add medicine according to the prompts of the medicine dispensing machine. A groove 521 is provided on the lower surface of the panel 52, and the groove 521 is on the same vertical line as the through holes 61, so that the light of the indicator light can be clearly displayed to facilitate the pharmacist to add medicine.

[0041] Specifically, the above panel 52 is made of acrylic material, which is a semi-transparent material, enabling the pharmacist to observe more clearly when adding medicine according to the light of the indicator light, and further reducing the error of medicine addition.

[0042] In this embodiment, a connecting plate 8 is provided in the medicine dispensing machine or the device. A first sliding groove 81 is provided on the inner side of the connecting plate 8, and a first sliding block 21 is provided on the outer side of the drawer 2. The first sliding groove 21 is slidably connected to the first sliding block 81; a second sliding groove 82 is provided on the outer side of the connecting plate 8. The two ends of the bracket 4 extend along the height direction to form support plates 41, and second sliding blocks 411 are provided on the inner sides of the support plates 41. The second sliding groove 82 is slidably connected to the second sliding blocks 411. The design of the connecting plate 8 is mainly used to separate the drawer 2 and the bracket 4, so that when the medicine is added incorrectly, the medicine can be taken without disassembling the entire bracket 4, and the incorrectly added medicine can be corrected in time; the cooperation of the first sliding groove and the second sliding block and the second sliding groove and the second sliding block enables the drawer and the bracket to slide freely.

[0043] In this embodiment, bumpers 42 are fixedly connected to both the drawer 2 and the bracket 4 near the medicine dispensing machine or the inner side of the device. A detent 9 is connected to the opening of the medicine dispensing machine or the device near the movable drawer 2. The cooperation between the bumper 42 and the detent 9 limits the maximum range of the drawer 2 being pulled out, effectively preventing the drawer 2 from being completely pulled out of the medicine dispensing machine or the device.

[0044] In this embodiment, a limiting member 22 is provided at one end of the drawer 2 near the medicine dispensing machine or the device. A limiting groove 221 is provided along the length direction of the limiting member 22. A second slider 43 is provided at the bottom of the bracket 4. The second slider 43 slides in the limiting groove 221 to limit the maximum movement range of the bracket 4 relative to the medicine slot 3. The design of the limiting member 22 can effectively prevent the fixedly connected bracket 4 and the indicator light assembly 5 from being pushed into the medicine dispensing machine and being unable to be taken out.

[0045] Embodiment Two

[0046] As Figure 8 shown, the structure of a new type of external medicine dispensing tray provided in this embodiment is substantially the same as that of the external medicine dispensing tray in Embodiment One, except that the detection device is different.

[0047] In this embodiment, the slot openings 11 are distributed in a matrix in the medicine loading area. Two groups of detection devices are provided in the medicine loading area. The transmitting device and the receiving device of the same group are located on the opposite sides of the medicine loading area. The detection beams 12 formed by the two groups of detection devices intersect vertically to form a plurality of intersection points. The plurality of intersection points correspond to the plurality of slot openings 11 one by one. The two groups of detection beams 12 intersect vertically to form a vertical and horizontal beam. When a medicine drops, it will block the corresponding vertical and horizontal detection beam 12 of the slot opening, and the medicine dispensing machine will detect the position where the detection beam 12 is blocked, thereby obtaining the dropping position of the medicine. In addition, since it is required to add the external medicine one by one, the number of times the detection beam 12 is blocked is used to judge the number of medicines added, and then the position and number of the added medicines are calculated to determine whether they are correct.

[0048] Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention, rather than to limit it; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those of ordinary skill in the art should understand that: they can still modify the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments, or perform equivalent replacements on some or all of the technical features; and these modifications or replacements do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solutions deviate from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, and they should all be covered by the scope of the claims and the description of the present invention.

Claims

1. A new type of external swing medicine tray, used in a medicine placing machine or an independent external swing medicine adding device, characterized in that: include: A medicine tray assembly is provided with a medicine placement area, the medicine placement area includes a plurality of slots (11), and a detection device is also provided on the medicine tray assembly, the detection device includes a transmitting device and a receiving device, the transmitting device transmits a detection beam (12) to the receiving device, and the detection beam (12) is arranged at each slot (11).

2. A novel swing-out medicine tray according to claim 1, characterized in that: The detection device is arranged at each slot (11), and the transmitting device and the receiving device are located on opposite sides of the corresponding slot (11).

3. A novel swing-out medicine tray according to claim 1, characterized in that: The notches (11) are distributed in a matrix in the medicine placement area; Two groups of detection devices are arranged in the medicine placement area, and the transmitting device and the receiving device of the same group are located on opposite sides of the medicine placement area. The detection beams (12) formed by the two groups of detection devices intersect vertically to form multiple intersection points, and the multiple intersection points correspond one by one to the multiple slots (11).

4. The novel swing-out medicine tray according to claim 1 is characterized in that: The medicine tray assembly comprises a medicine slot (3), a detection board (1), a bracket (4) and an indicator light assembly (5); the medicine slot (3) is clamped in the drawer (2) of the medicine placing machine; the detection board (1) is sandwiched between the medicine slot (3) and the bracket (4); the indicator light assembly (5) is fixedly connected to the bracket (4); and the bracket (4) is slidably connected to the medicine placing machine; The notch (11) comprises a bottom-sealed closing portion located on the medicine slot (3), a detection port located on the detection plate (1), and an opening portion located on the bracket (4) and the indicator light assembly (5); The detection device is installed on the detection board (1).

5. A novel swing-out medicine tray according to claim 4, characterized in that: The indicator light assembly (5) comprises an indicator light board (51) and a panel (52); lamp beads (511) are arranged between openings on the indicator light board (51); insulating pads (6) are fixedly connected to the upper and lower sides of the indicator light board (51); a through hole (61) is arranged on the insulating pad (6); and the lamp beads (511) are inserted into the through hole (61); The indicator light board (51) and the insulating pad (6) are clamped with a lining board (7) at their outer peripheries, and the indicator light board (51) is fixedly connected to the panel (52).

6. A novel swing-out medicine tray according to claim 5, characterized in that: The upper surface of the panel (52) is provided with numbers, and the lower surface of the panel (52) is provided with a plurality of grooves (521), wherein the grooves (521) and the through holes (61) are on the same vertical line; The panel (52) is made of acrylic material.

7. The novel swing-out medicine tray according to claim 4 is characterized in that: A connecting plate (8) is arranged inside the medicine placing machine, a first sliding groove (81) is arranged inside the connecting plate (8), a first sliding block (21) is arranged outside the drawer (2), and the first sliding groove (81) is slidably connected to the first sliding block (21); A second sliding groove (82) is arranged on the outer side of the connecting plate (8), and both ends of the bracket (4) extend downward in the height direction to form a support plate (41), and a second sliding block (411) is arranged on the inner side of the support plate (41), and the second sliding groove (82) is slidably connected to the second sliding block (411).

8. The novel swing-out medicine tray according to claim 4 is characterized in that: The drawer (2) and the bracket (4) are both fixedly connected with a collision block (42) near the inner side of the medicine placing machine, and the medicine placing machine is connected with a collision ball (9) near the drawer (2). The cooperation between the collision block (42) and the collision ball (9) limits the maximum moving-out range of the drawer (2).

9. The novel swing-out medicine tray according to claim 4 is characterized in that: A limiting member (22) is provided at one end of the drawer (2) close to the medicine placing machine, and a limiting groove (221) is provided along the length direction of the limiting member (22). A limiting block (43) is provided at the bottom of the bracket (4), and the limiting block (43) slides in the limiting groove (221) to limit the maximum movement range of the bracket (4) relative to the medicine slot (3).

10. The novel swing-out medicine tray according to claim 1 is characterized in that: The detection device is an infrared radiation detector.

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