Automatic medicine feeding device and intelligent medicine cabinet

Abstract

The utility model discloses an automatic dosing device and an intelligent medicine cabinet, and the automatic dosing device comprises a medicine storage conveying assembly which comprises a left-right conveying belt and a plurality of medicine clamping positions arranged on the left-right conveying belt; the medicine outlet conveying assembly comprises a front-back conveying belt arranged on the right side of the left-right conveying belt; and the medicine discharging tray assembly is arranged in front of the medicine discharging conveying assembly and comprises a lifting driving mechanism and a medicine tray, and the lifting driving mechanism drives the medicine tray to ascend and descend between the front end of the forward-backward conveying belt and a medicine discharging position. The medicine storage conveying assembly, the medicine discharging conveying assembly and the medicine discharging tray assembly form a three-dimensional conveying device which is tightly connected with one another, after the medicine to be taken is determined, one or more medicines can be rapidly conveyed to the medicine tray assembly, then a user can take out the medicines in a centralized mode, and the medicine taking device is very suitable for small-sized and self-service medicine feeding equipment.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model belongs to the technical field of mechanical automation and intelligent control, and particularly relates to an automatic drug delivery device and an intelligent medicine cabinet. Background Art

[0002] The traditional way of getting medicine is that the doctor writes a paper prescription, which is carried by a nurse or a patient to the pharmacy to get medicine, and the staff in the pharmacy completes manual medicine retrieval according to the prescription. Among them, whether the information on the paper prescription can be accurately expressed and recognized greatly affects the accuracy of getting medicine; moreover, the efficiency of manual medicine retrieval is low. Later, with the popularization of informatization and network technology, as well as the rapid development of automated and intelligent devices; most pharmacies are equipped with automatic medicine retrieval machines, which are connected to the doctor's computer to realize automatic medicine grabbing and automatic shunting, and only a small number of staff are needed to distribute them in sequence.

[0003] However, the automatic medicine retrieval machines adopted by existing pharmacies mainly use a mechanical hand to grab medicine, and then place it on the corresponding slideway and slide it to the packing and distribution station, and then the staff pack and distribute it. This method can cover more medicine storage shelves, and the medicine retrieval is accurate and flexible, but it is only suitable for the configuration of pharmacies with a large space and is not suitable for the use of miniaturized and self-service devices. Content of the Utility Model

[0004] The purpose of the utility model is to provide an automatic drug delivery device and an intelligent medicine cabinet, which can adapt to miniaturized and self-service drug delivery devices.

[0005] In the first aspect of the utility model, an automatic drug delivery device is provided, including:

[0006] A medicine storage and conveying assembly, including a left-right conveyor belt and a plurality of medicine positions arranged on the left-right conveyor belt;

[0007] A medicine delivery conveyor assembly, including a front-back conveyor belt arranged on the right side of the left-right conveyor belt;

[0008] A medicine delivery tray assembly, arranged in front of the medicine delivery conveyor assembly, including a lifting drive mechanism and a medicine tray, and the lifting drive mechanism drives the medicine tray to lift between the front end of the front-back conveyor belt and a medicine delivery position.

[0009] As a preferred technical solution, the medicine storage and conveying assembly further includes baffles arranged on the front and back sides of the left-right conveyor belt, and the driving shaft and the driven shaft of the left-right conveyor belt are arranged on the baffles on the front and back sides of the left-right conveyor belt; medicine occupancy sensors are arranged on the baffles corresponding to each position.

[0010] As a preferred technical solution, the tops of the baffles on the front and back sides of the left-right conveyor belt are provided with flip-up covers.

[0011] As a preferred technical solution, the medicine delivery assembly further includes a medicine guide plate and a medicine limiting plate, which are respectively arranged on the left and right sides of the front-back conveyor belt.

[0012] As a preferred technical solution, the lifting drive mechanism includes a motor, a lead screw and a guide post. The lead screw and the guide post are both longitudinally arranged and are respectively fitted through the left and right ends of the medicine tray. The motor drives the lead screw to rotate and drives the medicine tray to move up and down along the guide post.

[0013] As a preferred technical solution, more than two groups of the medicine storage conveyor assemblies are arranged side by side in the front and back on the left side of each medicine delivery assembly.

[0014] As a preferred technical solution, more than two groups of the medicine delivery assemblies are arranged side by side in the up and down direction behind the medicine delivery tray assembly.

[0015] In the second aspect of the present invention, an intelligent medicine cabinet is provided, which includes a cabinet body, a medicine storage bin body, a control module and the automatic medicine delivery device described above; the medicine storage conveyor assembly is arranged in the medicine storage bin body and is arranged on the cabinet body so as to extend or retract along with the medicine storage bin body; the medicine delivery assembly and the medicine delivery tray assembly are arranged in the cabinet body and are located on the right side of the medicine storage bin body; a medicine taking opening is provided at the front end of the cabinet body corresponding to the medicine delivery position; the control module is electrically connected to the medicine storage conveyor assembly, the medicine delivery assembly and the medicine delivery tray assembly.

[0016] As a preferred technical solution, the intelligent medicine cabinet further includes a host computer, which is communicatively connected to the control module.

[0017] As a preferred technical solution, the intelligent medicine cabinet further includes a recycling bin body for recycling empty medicine bottles, which is arranged on the cabinet body so as to extend or retract.

[0018] In the automatic drug delivery device provided by the present utility model, the drug storage and transfer assembly has both a drug storage function and a transfer function. It can quickly discharge the drugs on the drug storage and transfer assembly to the drug delivery transfer assembly on its side, and the drug delivery transfer assembly then transfers the drugs to the drug delivery tray assembly and further to the drug delivery position. The drug storage and transfer assembly, the drug delivery transfer assembly, and the drug delivery tray assembly form a three-dimensional transfer device with tight connection to each other. After determining the drugs to be taken, single or multiple drugs can be quickly transported to the drug tray assembly and then taken out by the user in a centralized manner, which is very suitable for miniaturized and self-service drug delivery devices. The intelligent medicine cabinet provided by the present utility model is designed based on the above automatic drug delivery device. The drug storage and transfer assembly is arranged in a pull-out drug storage bin body, which is more convenient for loading drugs into the card slots of the drug storage and transfer assembly. At the same time, a drug taking opening corresponding to the drug delivery position is opened on the cabinet body. When the drug tray together with the carried drugs moves to the drug delivery position, the user can directly take out the drugs from the drug taking opening. Description of the Drawings

[0019] Figure 1 It is a perspective view of the basic embodiment of the automatic drug delivery device provided by the embodiment of the present utility model.

[0020] Figure 2 It is a perspective view of the drug storage and transfer assembly in the automatic drug delivery device provided by the embodiment of the present utility model.

[0021] Figure 3 It is a detailed view of the drug storage and transfer assembly in the automatic drug delivery device provided by the embodiment of the present utility model.

[0022] Figure 4 It is a perspective view of the drug delivery transfer assembly in the automatic drug delivery device provided by the embodiment of the present utility model.

[0023] Figure 5 It is a perspective view of the cooperation between the drug delivery transfer assembly and the drug delivery tray assembly in the automatic drug delivery device provided by the embodiment of the present utility model.

[0024] Figure 6 It is a perspective view of the drug delivery tray assembly in the automatic drug delivery device provided by the embodiment of the present utility model.

[0025] Figure 7 It is a longitudinal sectional view of the drug delivery tray assembly in the automatic drug delivery device provided by the embodiment of the present utility model.

[0026] Figure 8 It is a perspective view of the optimized embodiment of the automatic drug delivery device provided by the embodiment of the present utility model.

[0027] Figure 9 It is a perspective view of the intelligent medicine cabinet provided by the embodiment of the present utility model.

[0028] Figure 10A perspective view of multiple medicine storage and conveying components in the intelligent medicine cabinet provided by the embodiment of the present utility model, which are arranged in the medicine storage cavity. Detailed implementation manners

[0029] The technical solutions of the embodiments of the present utility model will be explained and described below with reference to the accompanying drawings of the embodiments of the present utility model. However, the following embodiments are only the preferred embodiments of the present utility model and not all of them. In the description of the present utility model, it should be understood that the orientation or positional relationships indicated by terms such as "center", "longitudinal", "transverse", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", "front side", "back side", etc. are all based on the orientation or relative positional relationships shown in the drawings, aiming to clearly describe the structure of the product or device, and are not used to limit the actual orientation of the product or device during production, use, sales, etc.

[0030] In addition, the terms "first" and "second" are only used for the purpose of distinction in the description and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly specifying the quantity of the indicated technical features. Thus, the features defined with "first" and "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of such features. In the description of the present utility model, unless otherwise stated, the meaning of "a plurality" is two or more, unless otherwise clearly defined.

[0031] The following will explain in detail the specific implementation manners of the present utility model with reference to the drawings. On the premise that there is no conflict between each other, the technical features in each specific embodiment can be used interchangeably.

[0032] As Figure 1 shown, the basic implementation manner of this embodiment provides an automatic drug delivery device 100, including a medicine storage and conveying component 10, a medicine delivery and conveying component 20, and a medicine delivery tray component 30. The medicine storage and conveying component 10 has the function of storing bottled or boxed medicines and also has the function of transmitting the stored medicines in the left-right direction. When it is determined that a certain medicine needs to be taken out, the medicine storage and conveying component 10 can quickly transmit the medicine thereon to the right corner and drop it onto the medicine delivery and conveying component 20 on its side. The medicine delivery and conveying component 20 then conveys the medicine forward to the medicine delivery tray component 30, and the medicine delivery tray component 30 further sends it to a medicine delivery position to complete the drug delivery operation.

[0033] Combined with Figures 1 to 3As shown in the figure, the medicine storage and conveying assembly 10 includes a left-right conveyor belt 11 and a plurality of medicine slots 12 provided on the left-right conveyor belt; a plurality of medicines are stored on the corresponding slots 12. When determining the medicine to be taken out, the left-right conveyor belt 11 makes a step-by-step transmission to convey the medicine to the right end corner of the left-right conveyor belt 11. At this time, the medicine slot 12 is controlled to open, and the medicine falls onto the medicine discharging and conveying assembly 20 on the right side. Or, when the left-right conveyor belt 11 reaches the right end corner of the medicine slot 12, it naturally opens due to tension deformation, and the medicine falls onto the medicine discharging and conveying assembly 20 on the right side.

[0034] Continue to refer to Figures 1 to 3 , the medicine storage and conveying assembly 10 further includes baffles 13 provided on the front and back sides of the left-right conveyor belt 11. The two ends of the driving shaft and the driven shaft of the left-right conveyor belt 11 are respectively arranged on the baffles 13 on the front and back sides through bearings. Sensor assembly holes 131 are provided on the baffle 13 corresponding to each slot. A plurality of medicine occupancy sensors 14 are correspondingly arranged in the sensor assembly holes 131. The medicine occupancy sensors 14 are used to detect whether a medicine is placed in the corresponding slot 12, and provide reference information for the medicine storage quantity and the step-by-step transmission of the left-right conveyor belt 11.

[0035] Refer to Figure 2 As shown in the figure, a cover plate 15 that can be turned over and opened is provided on the top of the baffles 13 on the front and back sides of the left-right conveyor belt 11; when loading medicines, turn up the cover plate 15 and put the medicines into the slot 12; after loading the medicines, cover the cover plate to protect the medicines.

[0036] Combined with Figure 1 , Figure 4 and Figure 5 As shown in the figure, the medicine discharging and conveying assembly 20 includes a front-back conveyor belt 21. The front-back conveyor belt 21 is arranged on the right side of the left-right conveyor belt 11. The front-back conveyor belt 21 is used to receive the medicines transmitted and released to the right by the left-right conveyor belt 11 and then convey them forward.

[0037] In addition, in order to make the medicines transmitted and released to the right by the left-right conveyor belt 11 fall onto the front-back conveyor belt 21 more stably and smoothly, the medicine discharging and conveying assembly 20 further includes a medicine guiding plate 22 arranged on the left side of the front-back conveyor belt 21 and connected to the right end corner of the left-right conveyor belt 11.

[0038] Furthermore, in order to prevent the medicines transmitted and released to the right by the left-right conveyor belt 11 from sliding out excessively to the right when falling onto the front-back conveyor belt 21, the medicine discharging and conveying assembly 20 further includes a medicine limiting plate 23 arranged on the right side of the front-back conveyor belt 21.

[0039] Combined with Figure 1 , Figure 5 , Figure 6 and Figure 7As shown in the figure, the medicine delivery tray assembly 30 is arranged in front of the medicine delivery conveyor assembly, and includes a lifting drive mechanism 31 and a medicine tray 32. The lifting drive mechanism 31 drives the medicine tray 32 to move up and down between the front end of the front-to-back conveyor belt 21 and a medicine delivery position. Here, the medicine delivery position refers to the position corresponding to the height at which it is convenient to take out the medicine from the medicine tray 32.

[0040] Specifically, the lifting drive mechanism 31 includes a motor 311, a lead screw 312 and a guide post 313. The lead screw 312 and the guide post 313 are both longitudinally arranged. The lead screw 312 and the guide post 313 are respectively inserted and fitted to the left and right ends of the medicine tray 32. The motor 311 drives the lead screw 312 to rotate and drives the medicine tray 32 to move up and down along the guide post 313.

[0041] See Figure 8 As shown in the figure, as a preferred implementation mode of this embodiment, the automatic medicine delivery device 100 includes multiple groups of medicine storage conveyor assemblies 10. Two or more groups of medicine storage conveyor assemblies 10 are arranged side by side in the front and back on the left side of a group of medicine delivery conveyor assemblies 20. In this way, a group of medicine delivery conveyor assemblies 20 can be docked with multiple groups of medicine storage conveyor assemblies 10, that is, two or more groups of medicine storage conveyor assemblies 10 arranged side by side in the front and back can all convey medicines to the medicine delivery conveyor assembly 20 on their right side, greatly improving the medicine delivery efficiency.

[0042] Continue to refer to Figure 8 , as a further preferred implementation mode, the automatic medicine delivery device 100 includes multiple groups of medicine storage and delivery conveyor assemblies 20. Two or more groups of medicine delivery conveyor assemblies 20 are arranged one above the other behind a group of medicine delivery tray assemblies 30. In this way, a group of medicine delivery tray assemblies 30 can be docked with the medicine delivery conveyor assemblies 20, that is, two or more groups of medicine delivery conveyor assemblies 20 arranged one above the other can all convey medicines to the medicine delivery tray assembly 30 in front of them, further improving the medicine delivery efficiency.

[0043] Combined with Figure 9 and Figure 10 As shown in the figure, this embodiment also provides an intelligent medicine cabinet, which includes a cabinet body 50, a medicine storage bin body 60, a control module (not shown in the figure) and the above-mentioned automatic medicine delivery device 100; the medicine storage conveyor assembly 10 of the automatic medicine delivery device 100 is arranged in the medicine storage bin body 60. The medicine storage bin body 60 is similar to a drawer structure. The medicine storage conveyor assembly 10 is arranged on the cabinet body 50 so as to extend or retract along with the medicine storage bin body 60; the medicine delivery conveyor assembly 20 and the medicine delivery tray assembly 30 of the automatic medicine delivery device 100 are arranged in the cabinet body 50 and are located on the right side of the medicine storage bin body 60; a medicine taking opening 51 is provided at the front end of the cabinet body 50 corresponding to the medicine delivery position; the control module is electrically connected to the medicine storage conveyor assembly 10, the medicine delivery conveyor assembly 20 and the medicine delivery tray assembly 30, and controls the medicine storage conveyor assembly 10, the medicine delivery conveyor assembly 20 and the medicine delivery tray assembly 30, and also includes collecting the signals of the medicine occupancy sensor 14.

[0044] The intelligent medicine cabinet provided in this embodiment further includes a host 70, which is communicatively connected to the control module and is used to implement parameter setting and upper-level control. The intelligent medicine cabinet provided in this embodiment further includes a recycling bin body 80, which is disposed on the cabinet body 50 in a telescopic manner and is used to recycle empty medicine bottles.

[0045] The above-disclosed are only the preferred embodiments of the present application. Of course, the scope of rights of the present application cannot be limited thereby. Therefore, equivalent changes made according to the claims of the present application still fall within the scope covered by the present application.

Claims

1. An automatic drug delivery device, characterized in that, Comprising: A medicine storage and conveying assembly, including a left-right conveyor belt and a plurality of medicine slots provided on the left-right conveyor belt; A medicine dispensing conveyor assembly, including a front-back conveyor belt provided on the right side of the left-right conveyor belt; A medicine dispensing tray assembly, provided in front of the medicine dispensing conveyor assembly, including a lifting drive mechanism and a medicine tray, and the lifting drive mechanism drives the medicine tray to lift between the front end of the front-back conveyor belt and a medicine dispensing position.

2. The automatic drug delivery device according to claim 1, wherein, The medicine storage and conveying assembly further includes baffles provided on the front and back sides of the left-right conveyor belt, and the driving shaft and the driven shaft of the left-right conveyor belt are provided on the baffles on the front and back sides of the left-right conveyor belt; medicine occupancy sensors are provided on the baffles corresponding to each of the slots.

3. The automatic drug delivery device according to claim 2, wherein, Covers that can be turned over and opened are provided at the tops of the baffles on the front and back sides of the left-right conveyor belt.

4. The automatic drug delivery device according to claim 1, characterized in that, The medicine dispensing conveyor assembly further includes a medicine guiding plate and a medicine limiting plate, which are respectively provided on the left and right sides of the front-back conveyor belt.

5. The automatic drug delivery device according to claim 1, characterized in that, The lifting drive mechanism includes a motor, a lead screw and a guide post. The lead screw and the guide post are both longitudinally arranged and are respectively fitted through the left and right ends of the medicine tray in a penetrating manner, and the motor drives the lead screw to rotate and drives the medicine tray to lift along the guide post.

6. The automatic drug delivery device according to claim 1, wherein Two or more groups of the medicine storage and conveying assemblies are arranged side by side in the front and back on the left side of each group of the medicine dispensing conveyor assemblies.

7. The automatic drug delivery device according to claim 6, characterized in that, Two or more groups of the medicine dispensing conveyor assemblies are arranged side by side in the up and down direction behind the medicine dispensing tray assembly.

8. An intelligent medicine cabinet, characterized in that, Comprising a cabinet body, a medicine storage bin body, a control module and the automatic medicine dispensing device according to any one of claims 1-7; the medicine storage and conveying assembly is arranged in the medicine storage bin body and is arranged on the cabinet body so as to extend or retract with the medicine storage bin body; the medicine dispensing conveyor assembly and the medicine dispensing tray assembly are arranged in the cabinet body and are located on the right side of the medicine storage bin body; a medicine taking opening is provided at the front end of the cabinet body corresponding to the medicine dispensing position; the control module is electrically connected to the medicine storage and conveying assembly, the medicine dispensing conveyor assembly and the medicine dispensing tray assembly.

9. The intelligent medicine cabinet according to claim 8, wherein, The intelligent medicine cabinet further includes a host computer, which is communicatively connected to the control module.

10. The intelligent medicine cabinet according to claim 8, characterized in that, The intelligent medicine cabinet further includes a recycling bin body for recycling empty medicine bottles, which is arranged on the cabinet body so as to extend or retract.

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