Manual drug distribution device, support program for manual drug distribution device, and recording medium on which the support program is recorded

Abstract

To provide a medicament hand-distribution device that clearly instructs the type and amount of a medicament to be put into each cell of a medicament tray.SOLUTION: A medicament hand-distribution device 100 includes a light-emitting unit 42 that is provided corresponding to each of a plurality of cells 41 and can switch among a plurality of colors to display. A work support screen displayed on a monitor 13 includes a cell image 111 that displays the plurality of cells 41 in accordance with the cell arrangement. A control unit 11, in the cell image, displays the cells into which a medicament should be put in different colors according to every administration time of the medicament, and displays the number of tablets to be put in the cell. The control unit 11 displays an external image of the medicant to be distributed by hand on the work support screen. The control unit 11 controls the light-emitting unit 42 so that the light-emitting unit 42 corresponding to the cell into which a specified medicament should be put displays the same color as the color associated with the cell in the cell image on the work support screen.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a device for manually dispensing medicines, and in particular to a device for manually dispensing medicines that has a function for supporting the work. A manual drug dispensing device, a support program for using this device, and and a recording medium on which the information is recorded. [Background technology]

[0002] Conventionally, prescription medications were individually packaged (divided into packets) for each dose. According to the medicine dispensing device, for example, when waking up, after breakfast, after lunch, after dinner, Only the necessary medications are packaged according to the prescribed timing, such as before bedtime or at night. It is also possible to print the patient's name and the timing of taking the medicine on each individual package. This has the advantage of preventing forgetting to take medicine or taking the wrong medicine.

[0003] Conventional medicine dispensing and packaging devices automatically dispense solid medicines such as powders, granules, or capsules. In addition to the packaging system, some machines are equipped with a system that allows manual spreading. For example, In Patent Document 1, a drug is injected into a plurality of cells arranged in a matrix, and the drug is injected into each cell. A device is disclosed that includes a manual dispensing unit. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0004] [Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2011-104077 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0005] In the medicine manual distribution device equipped with the manual distribution unit as described above, the pharmacist manually distributes the medicine. To prevent human error, the chemicals that should be added to each cell of the manual dispensing unit It is desirable to have a function that clearly indicates the type and amount of

[0006] In view of the above requirements, the present invention provides a method for manually distributing a fertilizer in order to prevent human errors in the manual dispensing work. The object is to provide a manual chemical spraying device equipped with a function to assist spraying work. [Means for solving the problem]

[0007] In order to achieve the above object, the manual medicine distribution device disclosed below comprises: A medicine tray divided into a plurality of cells into which medicines are placed. A manual spreading device, The tray is provided corresponding to each of the plurality of cells and can switch between a plurality of colors. Equipped with a light-emitting part, The medicine manual distribution device includes a monitor that displays a work support screen based on prescription data; a control unit that controls a monitor and the light emitting unit, The work support screen schematically shows the plurality of cells in the tray in accordance with a cell arrangement. The cell image area displays the cell image and the drug image area displays the drug appearance image. and The control unit determines whether the plurality of cells are included in the cell image based on the prescription data. The cells in which the prescribed medicine should be added are colored differently depending on the time when the medicine should be taken. The number of tablets to be inserted into the cell is also displayed. The control unit generates an image of the appearance of the medicine to be placed in the tray based on the prescription data. Display in the drug image area; The control unit controls a light emitting unit corresponding to a cell in the tray into which the predetermined medicine is to be placed. is the same color as the color associated with the cell in the cell image on the work support screen. The light emitting unit is controlled to display [Effects of the Invention]

[0008] According to the above configuration, the type and amount of medicine to be put into each cell of the medicine tray can be determined. This will help prevent human error during manual spreading work. It is possible to provide a manual drug distribution device. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0009] [Figure 1] FIG. 1 is an external view of a medicine manual distribution device according to a first embodiment. [Figure 2] FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic functional configuration of the medicine manual distribution device. [Figure 3] FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a medicine tray provided in the manual distribution unit. [Figure 4] FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a medicine packaging sheet discharged from a packaging unit. [Figure 5] FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of prescription data. [Figure 6] FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an initial screen of the manual preparation work support screen displayed on the monitor of the prescription control unit at the start of the manual preparation work. [Figure 7] FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a selected medicine response screen of the manual distribution work support screen according to the first embodiment. [Figure 8] FIG. 8 is a diagram showing another example of the selected medicine response screen of the manual preparation work support screen according to the first embodiment. [Figure 9] FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a manual distribution work support screen (selected medicine response screen) displayed during the second cycle of manual distribution work. [Figure 10]FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the flow of the main operations in the medicine packaging process. [Figure 11] FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of the selected medicine correspondence screen when the "repeat" process is selected. [Figure 12] FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of an initial screen of the manual distribution work support screen according to the second embodiment. [Figure 13] FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a selected medicine response screen of the manual distribution work support screen according to the second embodiment. [Figure 14] FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of a dosage timing correspondence screen of the manual distribution work support screen according to the second embodiment. [Figure 15] FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of a display when any drug is selected on the dosage timing correspondence screen. [Figure 16] FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of a selected medicine response screen of the manual preparation work support screen according to a modified example of the second embodiment. [Figure 17] FIG. 17 is a diagram showing an example of a selected medicine response screen of the manual preparation work support screen according to a modified example of the second embodiment. [Figure 18] FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing the flow of main operations in the medicine packaging process according to the third embodiment. [Figure 19] FIG. 19 is a diagram showing an example of a packaging monitor screen according to the third embodiment. [Figure 20] FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating an example of an LED assist screen according to the third embodiment. [Figure 21] FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating an example of an unmatched history registration screen according to the third embodiment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0010] The manual medicine distribution device according to the first configuration of the present invention is as follows: a tray divided into a plurality of cells into which a medicine is placed; a light-emitting unit provided corresponding to each of the plurality of cells and capable of switching between a plurality of colors; a monitor that displays a work support screen based on prescription data; a control unit that controls the monitor and the light emitting unit, The work support screen schematically shows the plurality of cells in the tray in accordance with a cell arrangement. The cell image area displays the cell image and the drug image area displays the drug appearance image. and The control unit determines whether the plurality of cells are included in the cell image based on the prescription data. The cells in which the prescribed medicine should be added are colored differently depending on the time when the medicine should be taken. The number of tablets to be inserted into the cell is also displayed. The control unit generates an image of the appearance of the medicine to be placed in the tray based on the prescription data. Display in the drug image area; The control unit controls a light emitting unit corresponding to a cell in the tray into which the predetermined medicine is to be placed. is the same color as the color associated with the cell in the cell image on the work support screen. The light emitting unit is controlled to display

[0011] That is, this first configuration is an operation of manually pouring medicine into a tray having a plurality of cells. When carrying out the work, a work support screen is displayed on the monitor. This work support screen is The data includes a cell image that shows a number of cells in a schematic manner corresponding to the cell arrangement. In the cell image, the cell into which a predetermined drug is to be introduced is selected from the plurality of cells. Each medication is displayed in a different color depending on when it should be taken. The number of tablets to be loaded is also displayed. The light-emitting unit changes color to a color associated with the cell in the cell image on the work support screen. The light emitting portions are controlled to display the same color.

[0012] This allows the pharmacist to check the color of the cell image on the work support screen by the light-emitting part. For cells displayed in the same color, add the number of tablets shown in the cell image. Therefore, it is possible for a pharmacist to dispense a drug into the wrong cell or to dispense the wrong number of tablets. This effectively prevents human error such as incorrectly selecting the correct value.

[0013] In addition, the light emitting portion corresponding to the cell in the tray into which the predetermined medicine is to be added is the same color as the color associated with the cell in the cell image on the business support screen is displayed. In the matter specifying the invention, "the same color" does not necessarily mean that the color is completely the same color chromatically. As long as the colors are within the range that can be detected by human vision and are recognized as being almost the same color, good.

[0014] In the first configuration, the control unit controls the medicines to be placed on the tray based on the prescription data. The appearance image of the medicine to be dispensed is displayed in the medicine image area of ​​the work support screen. By comparing the medicine at hand with the image displayed in the medicine image area, the medicine to be administered can be determined. It is easy to visually check whether the medicine is correct. Therefore, there is no risk of injecting medicine that is different from the prescription. This can effectively prevent human error.

[0015] The second configuration of the present invention relates to a manual medicine distribution device, which is the first configuration, The work support screen further includes a list of drugs included in the prescription data, Under the control of the control unit, the number of tablets for each drug at each dosing period in the drug list is The cell image is displayed in the same color as the color associated with the time of administration. .

[0016] According to this second configuration, in the list of drugs included in the prescription data, For each medication, the number of tablets for each dosing period is used to represent each dosing period in the cell image. This allows the pharmacist to see which squares on the tray are filled with the same color as the You can check how many tablets you need to put in by looking at the tray display color and the cell image display color. This can be easily confirmed by

[0017] The above-mentioned "number of tablets for each period of administration is displayed in the same color (omitted)" means that the number of tablets is displayed The background color of the area where the number of tablets is displayed should be the same, and the frame of the area where the number of tablets is displayed should be the same. The number of tablets shall be displayed in the same color, or the number of tablets shall be displayed in the same color. This may include tagging the affected areas with the same color, or any other display manner.

[0018] The medicine manual distribution device according to a third aspect of the present invention is the medicine manual distribution device according to the second aspect, further comprising: When any drug on the list of drugs is selected, the support screen displays the dosage of the selected drug. The number of tablets for each period is displayed in the same color as the color associated with that period in the cell image. It further includes a dose display area that displays the dose.

[0019] According to this third configuration, the number of tablets for each period of administration of the selected drug is displayed in the dosage display area. is displayed in the same color as the color associated with the time of administration in the cell image. This makes it easy to see how many tablets should be placed in which squares on the tray. Cut.

[0020] A fourth aspect of the present invention provides a manual medicine distribution device in the second or third aspect, On the work support screen, when one drug is selected on the list of drugs, When a drug is selected, the control unit displays a display related to the selected drug on the list of drugs. The display mode is switched to a mode different from the display mode of unselected drugs.

[0021] According to this fourth configuration, in the list of medicines, medicines for which manual distribution work has been completed and medicines for which manual distribution work has not been completed are distinguished. This has the advantage that drugs that have been dispensed can be distinguished from drugs that have not been dispensed, and pharmacists can easily check the progress of their work.

[0022] A chemical manual distribution device according to a fifth aspect of the present invention has any one of the first to fourth aspects. The work support screen displays the type and number of tablets to be put into each of the plurality of cells of the tray. It also includes a package image area that displays the image of each dose. This is an image of the hand-dispensed medicine for one dose (i.e., one packet) that is put into each cell. However, in addition to the medicines that are manually distributed, medicines are sometimes added from tablet cassettes and then packaged. Therefore, the medicines that are actually packaged and the medicines that are manually packaged displayed in the package image area are different. does not necessarily coincide.

[0023] According to the fifth configuration, the packing image area of ​​the work support screen displays the packing information of the plurality of cells of the tray. The type and number of tablets to be taken for each dose are displayed in an image. When inspecting after manual distribution work is completed, the number of tablets displayed in the package image area and the number of tablets in the tray cells are This has the advantage that inspection can be easily carried out by comparing the number of tablets with the number of tablets in the original. This image may be either an illustration image or a photographic image.

[0024] A sixth aspect of the present invention provides a medicine manual distribution device in the fifth aspect, further comprising: When one of the medication times is selected in the image area, the control unit In the cell image of the screen, a cell corresponding to a selected dosing time is selected from the plurality of cells. The cells are displayed so as to be distinguishable from the cells corresponding to other dosing periods.

[0025] According to the sixth configuration, it is possible to select either of the dosing periods in the package image area. As a result, the cell image on the work support screen shows the cell corresponding to the selected dosing period. The cells corresponding to the desired dosing times are displayed in a manner that makes them distinguishable from the cells corresponding to other dosing times. The timing and type and quantity of chemicals to be added can be more easily confirmed visually. Cut.

[0026] A seventh aspect of the present invention provides a manual medicine distribution device in the fifth or sixth aspect, When one of the dosing periods is selected in the package image area, the control unit In the cell image on the work support screen, a selected dosing time is selected from the plurality of cells. The total number of tablets of the drug prescribed for the relevant period is displayed in the cell corresponding to the number.

[0027] According to the seventh configuration, it is possible to select either of the dosing periods in the package image area. This allows the total number of tablets to be inserted at the desired time of administration to be determined more easily by visual inspection. It can be easily confirmed.

[0028] The eighth aspect of the present invention provides a manual medicine distribution device in the seventh aspect, When one of the dosing periods is selected in the package image area, If none of the prescribed drugs for the relevant dosing period is selected, the control unit In the cell image on the work support screen, a selected one of the plurality of cells In the cell corresponding to the period of administration, the total number of tablets of the drug prescribed for that period of administration is displayed. , When any of the drugs prescribed for the relevant dosing period is selected, the control unit In the cell image of the work support screen, a selected dose from among the plurality of cells The number of tablets of the selected drug is displayed in the cell corresponding to the period.

[0029] According to the eighth configuration, when either of the dosing periods is selected in the package image area, If none of the prescribed medications are selected for that timing, The total number of tablets to be taken at the time of administration can be easily confirmed visually. On the other hand, if one of the prescribed medications is selected for that timing, The number of tablets of the drug at the time of administration can be easily confirmed visually. Therefore, it is possible to more reliably prevent human error such as incorrectly adding the correct number of drugs. can.

[0030] A medicine manual distribution device according to a ninth aspect of the present invention has any one of the first to eighth aspects. And, a standby cell provided corresponding to each of the plurality of cells; an opening / closing control unit that controls opening / closing of an opening between the plurality of cells and the standby cell; Preparation, The opening / closing control unit is configured to control the operation of the next medicine when the manual preparation of one medicine is completed and the next medicine is selected. When the temperature reaches a certain level, the opening is controlled to be opened.

[0031] According to the ninth aspect, in a configuration including a standby cell, manual distribution of one medicine is performed. After the operation is completed, when the next agent is selected, the open / close control section controls the manual application. The medicine is discharged from the cell of the tray to the waiting cell. Each time the work is completed, it becomes possible to inspect each type.

[0032] A tenth aspect of the present invention provides a manual medicine distribution device in the fifth aspect, comprising: a standby cell provided corresponding to each of the plurality of cells; an opening / closing control unit that controls opening / closing of an opening between the plurality of cells and the standby cell; Preparation, After the manual distribution work for at least one medicine is completed, the opening / closing control unit When the control unit performs control to open the package, the control unit The image corresponding to one drug is not displayed.

[0033] According to the tenth aspect, in a configuration including a standby cell, at least one drug is After the manual distribution work is completed, the open / close control unit controls the cells in the manual distribution tray. When the medicines are discharged from the dispenser to the waiting cell, the images corresponding to those medicines are displayed in the package image area. Therefore, if you accidentally spray the chemicals again after you have already sprayed them manually, This can prevent human errors such as

[0034] The chemical manual distribution device according to the eleventh aspect of the present invention is any one of the first to tenth aspects. In a packaging unit for packaging the medicines placed in each of the plurality of cells into individual medicine packages; Preparation, When the number of medicine packages to be created is greater than the number of cells of the tray, the control unit creating a plurality of the work support screens based on the prescription data; The control unit is configured to: The operation support screen is displayed, and then the packaging unit starts dispensing. This is possible after receiving an instruction to start the packaging process.

[0035] According to the eleventh configuration, if there is no instruction to start the packaging process by the packaging unit, If this happens, you will not be able to switch from one work support screen to the next. Therefore, since the number of medicine packages to be made is greater than the number of cells in the tray, the number of sizes is increased. When manual spreading is performed in a cycle, the cells into which the agent was added in one manual spreading cycle are This prevents human error such as accidentally administering the next cycle of medicine. Cut.

[0036] A chemical manual distribution device according to a twelfth aspect of the present invention is a chemical manual distribution device according to any one of the first to eleventh aspects. In A continuous mode in which a medicine package sheet is formed so that medicine packages for the same dosing time on each dosing day are continuous; Either a repeat mode or a repeat mode in which a medication sheet is formed so that a day's worth of medication is arranged in the order of when it should be taken. a selection means for selecting whether The control unit controls the continuous mode in the cell image based on the prescription data. When a prescription is selected, cells for the same period are allocated consecutively for the number of days prescribed. When the repeat mode is selected, the dosing time for one day is assigned repeatedly for the number of days prescribed. In order to achieve this, a predetermined agent is introduced into a cell among the plurality of cells to which the predetermined agent is to be introduced. Displays the number of tablets required.

[0037] According to the twelfth configuration, the medicine packets are arranged in a continuous manner so that the medicine packets for the same dosing time on each dosing day are consecutive. A continuous mode forms a sheet of medicine, and a medicine sheet is formed so that a day's worth of medicine is arranged in the order of the time of administration. Depending on the mode selected, the control unit can The number of tablets to be put into a cell where a specific medicine should be put is displayed. This allows the pharmacist to avoid mistakes even in a configuration that allows switching between continuous mode and repeat mode. This effectively prevents human error, such as adding medicine to the wrong cell or adding the wrong number of tablets. This can be effectively prevented.

[0038] A chemical manual distribution device according to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention is a chemical manual distribution device according to any one of the first to twelfth aspects. In the method, the control unit determines, based on the prescription data, other information than the medicine to be put into the tray. The shape and dimensions are displayed in the drug image area together with the appearance image.

[0039] According to the thirteenth configuration, the external dimensions of the medicine to be manually distributed are displayed together with an image of the medicine. It is displayed in the medicine image area, so you can check not only the appearance image but also the external dimensions while manually dispensing. Therefore, human error such as adding the wrong medicine can be prevented. This can be prevented more effectively.

[0040] A medicine manual distribution device according to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention is a medicine manual distribution device according to any one of the first to thirteenth aspects. A code acquisition method for acquiring a code that identifies a drug from a drug container or package It has more steps, The control unit receives a code from a medicine container or a package by the code acquisition means. When the prescription is received, the drug is determined to be one of the drugs included in the prescription data based on the acquired code. A matching process is performed to determine whether the The control unit controls all of the medicines included in the prescription data that are to be manually distributed. If the collation process has not been completed for each item, the subsequent process of the manual preparation process cannot be started. stomach.

[0041] According to the fourteenth configuration, among the medicines included in the prescription data, the medicines to be manually distributed are For all medications, the medication picked up from the stockroom matches the medication in the prescription data. If the process of checking whether the data matches is not completed, the subsequent process of the manual distribution process cannot start. This effectively prevents dispensing errors.

[0042] A chemical manual distribution device according to a fifteenth aspect of the present invention is a chemical manual distribution device according to any one of the first to thirteenth aspects. A code acquisition method for acquiring a code that identifies a drug from a drug container or package It has more steps, The control unit receives a code from a medicine container or a package by the code acquisition means. When the prescription is received, the drug is determined to be one of the drugs included in the prescription data based on the acquired code. A matching process is performed to determine whether the The control unit controls all of the medicines included in the prescription data that are to be manually distributed. For each item, the verification process is completed or the verification process is terminated according to a predetermined procedure. If it is not registered that the process has been skipped, the subsequent process of the manual process cannot be started. stomach.

[0043] According to the fifteenth configuration, among the medicines included in the prescription data, the medicines to be manually distributed are For all medications, the medication picked up from the stockroom matches the medication in the prescription data. The verification process to determine whether the data match has been completed, or the verification process has been completed according to a predetermined procedure. If the skipped process is not registered, the subsequent process of the manual process can be started. This effectively prevents dispensing errors.

[0044] A support program according to one embodiment of the present invention includes: a tray divided into a plurality of cells, into which a medicine is placed; and a light-emitting section provided corresponding to each of the cells and capable of switching between a plurality of colors. A support program for assisting the operator in putting medicine into the tray when using the spraying device. It is On the computer, The plurality of cells of the tray are displayed in a schematic manner in accordance with the cell arrangement based on prescription data. In the cell image shown, the cell into which a predetermined drug is to be added is selected from the plurality of cells. The medicine is displayed in a different color depending on the time of taking the medicine, and the medicine to be put into the cell is displayed. A process to display the number of locks on the monitor; Based on the prescription data, an image of the appearance of the medicine to be put into the tray is displayed on the monitor. and The light emitting portion corresponding to the cell in the tray into which the predetermined medicine should be added is The cell image on the support screen is displayed in the same color as the color associated with the cell. and a process for controlling the light emitting unit.

[0045] By running this support program on a computer, pharmacists can While looking at the color of the cell image, select the cell that is displayed in the same color by the light-emitting part. Therefore, the pharmacist can insert the number of tablets displayed on the tablet image. However, there are human errors such as putting medicine into the wrong cell or putting in the wrong number of tablets. This can effectively prevent the occurrence of

[0046] In addition, an image of the appearance of the medicine to be placed in the tray based on the prescription data is displayed on the monitor. This allows the pharmacist to compare the medicine in hand with the image displayed on the monitor. This makes it easy to visually determine whether the medicine being administered is correct. This effectively prevents human error of administering the wrong drug.

[0047] The present invention also provides a computer-readable recording medium storing the above-mentioned assistance program. It can be implemented even if

[0048] [Embodiment Mode] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. The same reference numerals are used and the description thereof will not be repeated. In the drawings referred to below, the configurations are shown in a simplified or schematic manner, and some of the configurations are not shown. In addition, the dimensional ratios between the components shown in each drawing do not necessarily correspond to the actual dimensions. It does not represent the actual dimensional ratio.

[0049] [First embodiment] FIG. 1 is an external view of a medicine dispensing and packaging device 100 according to a first embodiment. 1 and 2 are block diagrams showing the schematic functional configuration of the packaging device. The packaging device 100 includes a prescription control unit 1, a tablet supply unit 2, a powdered medicine supply unit 3, and a hand The system includes a dispensing unit 4, a packaging unit 5, a barcode reader 6 (not shown in FIG. 1), etc. Prescription control unit 1, tablet supply unit 2, powder supply unit 3, manual dispensing unit The packaging unit 4 and the packaging unit 5 are connected to each other by an internal bus 7.

[0050] First, referring to Figs. 1 and 2, the prescription control unit 1, the tablet supply unit 2 , powdered medicine supply unit 3, manual dispensing unit 4, packaging unit 5, and barcode reader 6 The configuration and operation of the device will be outlined below.

[0051] [Prescription Control Unit 1] The prescription control unit 1 reads prescription data, displays an operation screen, and allows an operator (pharmacist) to That is, the prescription control unit 1 receives the instruction to operate the medicine packaging device 100. For this reason, the prescription control unit 1 functions as an input / output interface for the control 11, a storage unit 12, a monitor 13, an input device 14, a communication IF 15, and the like.

[0052] The monitor 13 can be realized by any display. The input device 14 can be a keyboard. The input device 14 can be realized by a keyboard, a touch panel, or the like. The prescription control unit 1 may also be provided with a speaker to output sound. The prescription control unit 1 may be configured as a built-in unit of the medicine dispensing and packaging device 100. or a drug packaging device such as a personal computer, tablet terminal, or PDA terminal. The prescription control unit 1 may be realized as a separate hardware from the prescription control unit 100. When the prescription control unit 1 is configured separately from the medicine packaging device 100, the communication between the prescription control unit 1 and the medicine packaging device 100 The communication may be either wired or wireless.

[0053] The control unit 11 includes a CPU, RAM, ROM, and EEPROM (none of which are shown). The control unit 11 stores the information in advance in the ROM, the EEPROM, or the storage unit 12. The various programs stored therein are executed by the CPU. The EEPROM serves as a temporary storage memory ( The control unit 11 is an integrated circuit such as an ASIC or a DSP. It may also be a road.

[0054] The storage unit 12 is a hard disk drive or a solid state drive (SSD). The storage unit 12 stores the medicine packaging process (see FIG. 10) to be described later in the CPU of the control unit 11. A program for executing the program (see flowchart) is stored in advance.

[0055] The program can be stored in a computer-readable medium such as a CD, DVD, or semiconductor memory. The data is recorded on a data-readable recording medium and can be read by a reading device such as a disk drive (not shown). The program is read from the recording medium and installed in the storage unit 12. The invention can also be regarded as a computer-readable recording medium on which the program is recorded. It is possible.

[0056] The storage unit 12 also stores, for example, a medicine master, a patient master, a cassette master, and a medicine master. The control unit 11 also stores various databases such as a station master database. , DVD, or semiconductor memory or other recording media, and read by a disk drive (not shown) or the like. Based on the data read by the device, the various data stored in the memory unit 12 are The control unit 11 can update the database. It is also possible to change the contents of the various databases in response to user operations.

[0057] The drug master contains information such as drug ID, drug code, drug name, JAN code (or RSS code), code), medicine bottle code, classification (dosage form: powder, tablet, liquid medicine, topical medicine, etc.), tablet size (high Size and width), specific gravity, drug type (ordinary drugs, poisons, narcotics, powerful drugs, antipsychotics, therapeutic drugs, etc.), distribution It also contains information about each drug, such as compounding, excipients, and precautions. The tablet image may include a tablet image. It is assumed that both photographic images and illustration images are registered. The patient master may contain only one of the patient ID, name, sex, and Patient information such as type, age, medical history, prescription drug history, family information, department, ward, and room The pharmacy master contains information about the pharmacy, such as the name of the pharmacy, the name of the pharmacist, and the pharmacist's ID. Contains information about the station.

[0058] The cassette master is provided to each tablet cassette of the tablet supply unit 2 described later. The correspondence between the cassette identification information and the drug information of the drug contained in each cassette The cassette master information is, for example, information indicating the initial state of the medicine packing device 100. At the time of setting, the control unit 11 registers the setting in response to a user operation on the operation unit 14 .

[0059] The monitor 13 displays the manual operation of the control unit 11 based on the prescription data. The manual dispensing work support screen is displayed. The manual dispensing work support screen is displayed when a pharmacist uses the manual dispensing unit 4. When performing manual spreading work, which of the multiple cells (explained later) of the manual spreading unit 4 is selected? It clearly displays which medication and how many tablets to administer for each dose.

[0060] The operation unit 14 includes a keyboard, a mouse, a touch panel, and the like that accept user operations. This is an operation means, and inputs an operation signal corresponding to a user operation to the control unit 11. 5 is a communication device for connecting the medicine packaging device 100 to an external prescription input terminal 200 via a communication network. The communication IF 15 is a communication interface for a host system such as a prescription input terminal 200. The prescription input terminal 200 is used in, for example, a hospital or a nursing home. Electronic medical record systems installed in hospitals, and dispensing management systems installed in hospital or external pharmacies The communication IF 15 communicates with various wireless communication devices such as the barcode reader 6. It also has a wireless communication interface such as a wireless communication card for wireless data communication.

[0061] The communication IF 15 acquires prescription data from the prescription input terminal 200 and transmits the acquired prescription data to For example, the communication IF 15 may input the prescription data to the control unit 11. It is monitored whether or not prescription data has been stored in a predetermined storage area of ​​the storage means, and When prescription data is stored in the predetermined storage area, the prescription data is read out from the predetermined storage area. The communication IF 15 receives prescription data transmitted from the prescription input terminal 200. It is also possible.

[0062] [Tablet supply unit 2] The tablet supply unit 2 is configured to be able to accommodate tablet cassettes 21 and 22. Set 21 is a set of tablets of a specific type that are predetermined and paid for in the required amount (unit amount). The tablet cassette 22 can be filled with any tablets as needed. It differs from the tablet cassette 21 dedicated to a specific type of tablet in that it can As with the tablet cassette 21, the required amount of tablets can be dispensed one by one (unit amount). That is, the tablet supply unit 2 is used to automatically or semi-automatically divide and package tablets. In addition, even if it is a tablet, the drug that cannot be used with the tablet cassettes 21 and 22 , or drugs for which the use of the tablet cassettes 21 and 22 is inefficient or not suitable, The medicines are packaged using the manual distribution unit 4 described later.

[0063] Each of the tablet cassettes 21 and 22 has a cassette identification number that identifies the respective cassette. For example, an RFID tag (not shown) is used to store information, drug information for identifying the drug, etc. The tablet supply unit 2 has the RFID tags of the tablet cassettes 21 and 22. A tag reader is provided to read the prescription data, and the tablet cassette is From 21 and 22, select the cassette containing the target tablet. The tablets are transported to a tablet dispensing section (not shown) by a motor mechanism or the like in the tablet supply unit 2. The required amount of tablets is dispensed according to the prescription data. The structure for transporting the tablet cassettes 21 and 22 within the chamber 2 will not be described in detail here. The tablets dispensed from the tablet cassettes 21 and 22 are delivered in packets from the tablet dispenser. The product is sent to the packaging unit 5 and packaged.

[0064] Instead of transporting the tablet cassettes 21 and 22 to the tablet dispensing section, the tablet cassettes 21 22 will not be moved, and only the tablets dispensed according to the prescription data will be delivered in single doses. (i.e., in package units) to the packaging unit 5.

[0065] [Powdered Medicine Supply Unit 3] As shown in FIG. 1, the powdered medicine supply unit 3 has two input portions 31 and 32 for inputting powdered medicine. The pharmacist measures the total amount of prescribed powder medicine and inserts it into the inserting section 31 / 32. The powder medicine supply unit 3 then divides the powder medicine into individual packets (single doses) according to the prescription data. The powder medicine is divided equally and sent to the packaging unit 5. The powder medicine supply unit 3 divides the prescribed powder medicine into individual packets. The configuration for this purpose will not be described in detail here. Although the configuration in which two input ports 31 and 32 are provided is illustrated, the number of input ports is arbitrary.

[0066] [Hand-distributed Unit 4] The manual dispensing unit 4 may require special care, such as storage in a cool place, or may require frequent prescriptions. The pharmacist may use the tablets that are not suitable for management in the tablet cassettes 21 and 22 due to reasons such as a lack of The manual dispensing unit 4 is used to manually dispense the medicine into individual packets. 3 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the medicine tray. The drug dispenser has a plurality of cells 41 divided into a matrix. A dose of drug is placed in one cell 41 .

[0067] In the manual distribution unit 4 shown in FIG. 3, a total of 48 cells 41 are provided in 6 rows and 8 columns. Hereinafter, when describing each of the cells 41, reference will be made to 4101 to 4148. In FIG. 3, for the sake of simplicity, reference numerals 4101 to 41 In this embodiment, only a part of the cells 48 in the medicine tray is shown. The number of cells 41 is 48, but the number of cells is not limited to this example and is arbitrary.

[0068] When the pharmacist has completed the manual distribution of the medicine to the cell 41 according to the prescription data, the prescription data Whether the medication is being administered correctly according to the dosage and administration instructions specified by the The medicines will be inspected by the pharmacist who distributed them.

[0069] The bottom surfaces of the cells 41 are configured to be individually opened and closed. As shown in FIG. 2, the unit 4 has a cell opening mechanism for individually controlling the opening and closing of the bottom of the cell 41. The cell opening / closing control unit 44 is connected to the packaging process control unit 5 of the packaging unit 5. When the bottom of the cell 41 opens, the medicine in the cell 41 is transferred to the packaging unit 5. The opening and closing of the bottom of the cell 41 is linked to the operation of the packaging unit 5. After the inspection is completed, the pharmacist presses the start button to start the packaging process. As a result, the bottoms of the cells 41 are opened one by one, and the medicines in the cells 41 are sequentially transferred to the packaging unit 5. The medicines sent to the packaging unit 5 are then delivered to the packaging unit 5 as will be described later. In step 5, the amount of the medicine is divided into one cell and packaged. The medicines are individually packaged in a packaging unit 5 .

[0070] In the manual distribution unit 4, as shown in FIG. 3, on one side of the frame of each cell 41, The LED 42 is embedded. The LED 42 can switch between multiple colors. In order to control the display color of the LED 42, the manual distribution unit 4 The prescription control unit 1 includes an LED control unit 43. The LED control unit 43 is 1, the LED 42 of the manual distribution unit 4 is controlled to emit a light of a certain color. The control of the light emission color of the LED 42 by the control unit 43 will be described in detail later.

[0071] [Packaging unit 5] The packaging unit 5 includes the tablet supply unit 2, the powder supply unit 3, and the manual dispensing unit The medicine sent from 4 is packaged in packets. Packaging paper is made of paper or cellophane. The medicine is divided into single doses and sealed using heat sealing.

[0072] FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a medicine packaging sheet 501 discharged from the packaging unit 5. As shown in FIG. 1, the medicine packet sheet 501 is made up of a series of medicine packets 502 each containing a single dose of medicine. Perforations 503 are formed between the medicine packets 502. The medicine packets 502 can be individually separated along the seams 503. In the example of FIG. Although the example shows a state in which only tablets are packaged, it is also possible to package only powdered medicine. It is also possible to enclose tablets and powdered medicine in the same medicine bag. On the surface of 502, various information such as the patient's name, photo, drug name, dosage and administration is printed. It is possible.

[0073] In the medicine packaging device 100, the order of the medicine packets 502 on the medicine packaging sheet 501 is determined by the You can choose from two types: "Continuous" and "Repeated." When "Continuous" is selected, the same The medicine package sheet 501 is formed so that the medicine packages 502 at the time of administration are continuous. Then, a medicine package sheet 501 is formed so that the medicine packages 502 for one day are arranged in the order of the time of administration. For example, there are three types of dosage times, "after breakfast," "after lunch," and "after dinner," and five days' worth of dosage is When prescription is made, if "consecutive" is selected, five "after breakfast" medicine packets 502 will be consecutive, and Later, five "after lunch" packets 502 are consecutively placed, followed by five "after dinner" packets 502. On the other hand, when "Repeat" is selected, The drug packets are placed in a sequence that repeats the set of "after breakfast," "after lunch," and "after dinner" for five days. The choice between "continuous" and "repeated" is determined by the pharmacist in charge of the prescription system. Control unit 1 can be specified.

[0074] [Barcode reader 6] The barcode reader 6 is used to read codes that identify medicines, and is used to read codes that identify medicines, such as those on medicine shelves in pharmacies. The JA label is printed on the tablet container (box, bottle, etc.) or PTP sheet. A code reading means for reading N code, RSS code, or QR code (registered trademark) The barcode reader 6 is a portable terminal such as a PDA. The above may be a conventionally known auxiliary device used when taking out a medicine from a storage cabinet. The auxiliary device is a device that allows a pharmacist or other such person to manually dispense medicines by taking them from a medicine shelf according to a prescription. For example, the medicine is read from the JAN code written on the container, The read medicine is compared with the prescription data.

[0075] The information read by the barcode reader 6 is transmitted from the barcode reader 6 to the The barcode reader is input to the prescription control unit 1. The tablet cassette 6 can be freely carried to the medicine packaging device 100 or a medicine shelf, etc. It is also possible to insert tablets into the dispenser 22 at any location. It is also conceivable that the reader 6 is connected to the prescription control unit 1 by wire. When a plurality of packaging devices 100 are provided, a corresponding number is assigned in advance to each of the medicine packaging devices 100. A barcode reader 6 is provided separately.

[0076] [Manual spreading work support screen] Next, the functions provided in the medicine packaging device 100 to support manual dispensing work include: In the medicine packaging device 100, when manual dispensing work is performed, prescription control The unit 1 and the manual dispensing unit 4 are linked, and the monitor 13 of the prescription control unit 1 displays the manual dispensing operation. The operation support screen is displayed, and the manual dispensing unit 4 is configured to select which cell 41 of the medicine tray to dispense. An LED 42 is illuminated to guide which medication should be administered.

[0077] In the following description, it is assumed that the prescription data shown in FIG. 5 is input to the medicine packaging device 100. The prescription data shown in Figure 5 is for four types of medicines, with the dosage times set to four times a day. In this case, a 15-day supply is prescribed. The total number of medicine packets 502 to be packaged according to this prescription data is 60. The number of cells 41 in the set 4 is 48, which is less than the number of medicine packets 502 to be packaged. In this case, two cycles of manual preparation are required. 48 packets were packaged in 48 cells by hand, and the remaining 12 packets were packaged in the second cycle. The prescription control unit 1, manual distribution unit 4, and packaging unit 5 are linked together to package the medicine. In the following description, the order of medicine packets 502 on medicine packet sheet 501 is referred to as "continuous." It is assumed that the following is selected. Note that the specific values ​​shown here (type of drug, timing of taking) The number of prescriptions, the number of prescription days, the number of cells, etc. do not limit the present invention and may be changed as appropriate. It is possible to do this.

[0078] FIG. 6 shows the manual mixing operation displayed on the monitor 13 of the recipe control unit 1 at the start of the manual mixing operation. This is the initial screen 110 of the work support screen. This initial screen 110 is, for example, the prescription input terminal 2 The control unit 11 detects that the prescription data acquired from the When detected, the control unit 11 displays it on the monitor 13.

[0079] As shown in FIG. 6, the manual distribution work support screen includes a cell image area 111, a medicine list area 112, a drug image area 113, and a dose display area 114. 11 is a diagram showing a configuration of a plurality of cells 41 in the medicine tray of the manual dispensing unit 4 in accordance with the actual cell arrangement. That is, the cell image area 111 includes a manual distribution unit 4 The same number (48) of cell parts 111c01 to 111c48 as the cell 41 are used as the manual dispensing unit. The layout is the same as that on the medicine tray in Part 4 (6 rows x 8 columns). In this figure, for the sake of simplicity, some of the reference numerals of the cell parts 111c01 to 111c48 are omitted. On the manual distribution work support screen, the cell part 111c0 of the cell image area is 1 corresponds to the cell 4101 of the manual distribution unit 4. Similarly, the following cell parts 111c02 to 111c48 corresponds to the cells 4102 to 4148 of the manual distribution unit 4.

[0080] In the initial screen 110, the cell image area 111 includes cell sections 111c01 to 111c02. 48 are all displayed in the same color (e.g., white), and nothing is displayed in each cell. Furthermore, on the initial screen 110, nothing is displayed in the medicine image area 113. I can't.

[0081] The dosage display area 114 on the initial screen 110 displays the dosage schedule based on the prescription data. Here, each of the four daily dosing periods is displayed in the dose display area 114. The following were taken: "minute 1 when waking up," "minute 2 after breakfast," "minute 3 after lunch," and "minute 4 after dinner." In addition, in the dose display area 114, the background color of the portion where "1 portion" is written is purple. Similarly, the background color of the part that says "2" is yellow, and the background color of the part that says "3" is yellow. The background color of the blue background is red. The maximum number of times (minutes) is 8 in this example, and the dose display area 114 displays "minutes 1" to "minutes The prescription data shown in Figure 5 shows four times the medication is taken. Therefore, nothing is displayed in the "5th minute" to "8th minute" columns. The color to be used as each background color can be set in advance and registered in the storage unit 12. This can be done.

[0082] In Figure 6, for convenience, the colors are expressed by the direction of the hatching lines. In Fig. 6, the purple color is represented as a hatched area with diagonal lines going down to the right. Yellow is the hatched area with diagonal lines going up to the right, blue is the hatched area with horizontal lines, and red is the hatched area with vertical lines The hatched areas are shown as follows:

[0083] The medicine list area 112 includes a medicine name column 112a, a total medicine number column 112b, and a medicine name column 112c for each medicine included in the prescription data. Included are a quantity field 112b, a tablet image field 112c, and a cell pattern field 112d. In the product name column 112a, the drug name of each drug is extracted from the prescription data and displayed. In 12b, the total number of tablets for each drug per day is extracted from the prescription data and displayed. The tablet image field 112c displays a tablet image of each medicine. The image data can be acquired from the medicine master in the storage unit 12. 2d is divided into periods for administration, and the number of tablets for each period is displayed. Cell pattern column 112 In d, the background color of the area displaying the number of tablets for each administration period is the same as that of the dosage display area 114. The background color of the "1st minute" to "4th minute" notation is the same as the color of the background. However, the background color of the minutes ("1 minute" to "4 minutes") in the dose display area 114 and the background color of the medicine list area The background color for each dosing period in the cell pattern column 112d of 112 is the LED4 of the manual dispensing tray 4. It corresponds to the emission color of 2.

[0084] The pharmacist may pre-order the medicines displayed in the medicine list area 112 from a storehouse or the like. The pharmacist reads the barcodes attached to the medicine containers etc. When the barcode is read by the barcode reader 6, the barcode information read by the barcode reader 6 is transmitted to the prescription control unit. The control unit 11 of the prescription control unit 1 then reads the data and sends it to the prescription control unit 1. Based on this, the medicine in the container read by the barcode reader 6 is determined to be one of the medicines in the prescription data. It is determined whether it matches any of the above.

[0085] When it is confirmed that they match, the control unit 11 changes the manual distribution work support screen to the initial screen 1. 10 to the selected drug response screen 120. FIG. 7 shows an example of the selected drug response screen 120. In the initial screen 110 of FIG. 6, the medicine list area 112 is displayed in the second line from the top. This is the screen after the drug "bbbb OD Tablets 15mg" was selected. In the selected drug correspondence screen 120, in the drug list area 112, The drug is selected by displaying the background in a different color from the other rows. For example, in the example in Figure 7, the second line from the top of the drug list area 112 is "bbbb OD Tablets The figure shows a schematic diagram of the state in which "15mg" is selected. The display mode that can be distinguished in the agent list area 112 is such that the background color is different. The display mode is not limited to this, and any display mode can be used.

[0086] As shown in FIG. 7, the selected drug correspondence screen 120 displays the selected drug “bbbb An image of "OD Tablets 15 mg" is displayed in the drug image area 113. The image displayed in the medicine image area 11 may be an image that shows the appearance of the medicine. The image displayed in 3 may be an illustration of the drug or may be a photograph of the actual drug. The illustration and photographic images of the medicine may be, as described above, , and are registered in the medicine master in the storage unit 12. In the case of an illustration image, the medicine can be It is preferable that the characteristic shape of the medicine is expressed so that it can be easily identified. Examples of suitable shapes include the distinction between capsules and tablets, the presence or absence of a dividing line, and markings. In this embodiment, both the illustration image and the photograph image are registered in the medicine master in the storage unit 12. This allows you to choose whether to display an illustration image or a photograph. In the example, a photograph image is selected and displayed, but the "Illustration" tab is selected in the medicine image area 113. You can switch to an illustration image by clicking or touching the button.

[0087] When a drug is selected on the selected drug correspondence screen 120, the control unit 11 By checking the medicine master of 2, an image of the selected medicine is obtained. The control unit 11 stores the illustration image and the photograph image of the selected medicine in the medicine matrix of the storage unit 12. If it is determined that the drug image is not registered in the drug master, for example, It is preferable to output a message such as "No medication available" in the medicine image area 113 or the like. Such a situation may occur, for example, when information on a new drug has not yet been reflected in the drug master data in the storage unit 12. It can happen at a time when you are not there.

[0088] The image displayed in the medicine image area 113 includes the size ( It is preferable that the tablet size (diameter and thickness) is also written. In this way, the selected medicine can be acquired from the master. The image of the tablet is preferably displayed together with the tablet size, so that the pharmacist can easily determine the size of the tablet to be dispensed. It is easy to visually check whether the formulation complies with the prescription.

[0089] Furthermore, when a drug is selected, the control unit 11 displays the dose in the dose display area 114 based on the prescription data. In the example of Figure 7, the dosage of the selected drug for each period is displayed. The dosage of "bbb OD Tablets 15mg" is "2 times a day after breakfast" and "1 tablet 3 times a day after lunch." The label indicates that one tablet should be taken "four times a day after dinner."

[0090] Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 7, the selected medicine correspondence screen 120 displays the medicine selected in the cell. "bbbb OD Tablets 15mg" Image area 111, cells 111c01 to 111c48 Each of these is connected to the cell 41 of the manual distribution unit 4 according to the time of taking the selected medicine. The control unit 11 performs control based on the prescription data so that the colors are displayed in the same color. In the case of "bbbb OD Tablets 15mg," as shown in Figure 5, 0 tablets are taken "upon waking" and 0 tablets are taken "after breakfast." The prescription information stipulates that the patient take one tablet "after lunch," one tablet "after dinner," and one tablet "after dinner." It is being done.

[0091] Therefore, the control unit 11 sends an instruction to the LED control unit 43 of the manual distribution unit 4 to The LED 42 of cells 4116 to 4130 corresponding to 15 days of "after meals" is displayed in yellow. Furthermore, the control unit 11 controls the cells 4116 to 4130 in the cell image area 111. For the cells 111c16 to 111c30 that correspond to the above, the frames of these cells are displayed in yellow. Furthermore, the control unit 11 arranges cells 4116 to 4119 within the frame of the cell parts 111c16 to 111c30. The number of tablets to be inserted, "1", is displayed in 4130.

[0092] Similarly, the control unit 11 sends an instruction to the LED control unit 43 of the manual distribution unit 4 to display the message "Lunch The LEDs 42 of the cells 4131 to 4145 corresponding to the 15 days after the start of the test are displayed in blue. In addition, the control unit 11 selects the cells corresponding to the cells 4131 to 4145 in the cell image area 111. For the cells 111c31 to 111c45, the frames of these cells are displayed in blue. In addition, the control unit 11 allocates cells 4131 to 4134 within the cell sections 111c31 to 111c45. The number of tablets to be inserted into 145 is displayed as "1".

[0093] Similarly, the control unit 11 sends an instruction to the LED control unit 43 of the manual distribution unit 4 to display the message "Dinner The LEDs 42 of the cells 4146 to 4148 corresponding to the three days after the "after" date are displayed in red. In the cell image area 111, the control unit 11 selects cells 4146 to 4148. The cell parts 111c46 to 111c48 have their frames displayed in red. Furthermore, the control unit 11 allocates cells 4146 to 4141 within the frame of the cell parts 111c46 to 111c48. The number of tablets to be inserted, "1", is displayed in 48.

[0094] On the other hand, cells 4101 to 4115, which correspond to 15 days of "upon waking," Therefore, the control unit 11 does not include the "bbbb OD Tablet 15 mg" that is the target of input. In the cell image area 111, cell portions 111c01 to 111c02 corresponding to these cells are c15 is displayed in a dark color such as black or gray. It is preferable to turn off the LEDs 42 of the non-elementary cells 4101 to 4115.

[0095] In this way, on the selected medicine correspondence screen 120, the selected medicine is displayed in the cell image area 111. Cell 1 corresponds to cell 41, where the selected drug, "bbbb OD Tablet 15mg," should be placed. The frame of 11c is displayed in a color that represents the corresponding time of administration. The color is the same as the display color of the LED 42. Also, on the selected medicine correspondence screen 120, the medicines input into each cell are The number of tablets to be dispensed is also displayed. This allows the pharmacist to select the medicine and While looking at the above, the selected drug is entered into the cell 41 displayed in the same color as the selected drug. Therefore, it is possible to determine how many tablets to put into which cells of the plurality of cells 41. This allows the operator to visually check whether the medicine should be added, reducing the occurrence of dispensing errors. It can be prevented.

[0096] In this way, "bbbb OD Tablet 15" is added to the required cells out of 48 cells 41. Once the "mg" has been added, the pharmacist will take out the other drugs from the storage room. The barcode of the container is read by the barcode reader 6. This allows other drugs to be selected. A selected drug screen for the drug is displayed.

[0097] For example, the first line of the medicine list area 112 displays "aaaa capsule 0.75 FIG. 8 shows the selected drug response screen 130 that is displayed after the drug "μg" is selected. As shown in Figure 5, the "aaaa capsule 0.75μg" is taken as one tablet "upon waking up" and one tablet "at breakfast." The prescription data specifies that 0 tablets should be taken "after lunch," 0 tablets should be taken "after dinner," and 0 tablets should be taken "after dinner." It is set forth.

[0098] Therefore, the control unit 11 sends an instruction to the LED control unit 43 of the manual distribution unit 4 to The LEDs 42 of the cells 4101 to 4115 corresponding to 15 days of "bedtime" are displayed in purple. Furthermore, the control unit 11 controls the cells 4101 to 4115 in the cell image area 111. For the cells 111c01 to 111c15, the frame of these cells is displayed in purple. In addition, the control unit 11 allocates cells 4101 to 4104 within the cell sections 111c01 to 111c15. The number of tablets to be inserted in 115 is displayed as "1".

[0099] On the other hand, cells 4116 to 4130, which correspond to 15 days of "after breakfast," and 15 days of "after lunch" Cells 4131-4145 correspond to minutes, and cells 4146-4 correspond to three days' worth of "after dinner." Regarding 148, it is not a target for the selective drug "aaaa capsule 0.75μg" Therefore, the control unit 11 displays the following in the cell image area 111: The cells 111c16 to 111c48 are displayed in a dark color such as black or gray. Show.

[0100] In addition, on the selected drug response screen 130, "bbbb OD" which has been added earlier is displayed. For "15 mg tablets," the control unit 11 changes the line of this drug in the drug list area 112 to In this way, the chemicals that have been manually distributed are grayed out (displayed dark). In this case, the medicine list area 112 is grayed out to allow the pharmacist to It is easy to distinguish between drugs for which the dispensing process has been completed and drugs for which the dispensing process has not been completed.

[0101] Using the same procedure as above, all four types of medications included in the prescription data were manually prepared. Once this is completed, an inspection will be conducted by another pharmacist or the pharmacist who carried out the manual distribution work. Inspection is a procedure to confirm that the medication is dispensed as prescribed. Then, the pharmacist presses the packaging start button to start packaging processing by the packaging unit 5. This packaging start button is incorporated into the manual distribution work support screen on the monitor 13. It may be built into the medicine packing device 100 or may be provided on the operation panel of the medicine packing device 100.

[0102] When the packaging start button is pressed, the control unit 11 displays two cycles on the monitor 13. This enables the display of the manual distribution work support screen for the first batch. Before this, it was not possible to transition to the manual distribution work support screen for the second cycle. As a result, the drug for the second cycle was mistakenly added to the drug that was added in the first cycle. Furthermore, it is possible to prevent the manual dispensing work of one cycle from being completed and the packaging After the start button is pressed and the manual distribution work support screen for the next cycle is displayed, the previous manual distribution work will be This means that, for example, it is not possible to switch to a single-size work support screen. After the first cycle of manual spreading work was completed, while the second cycle of manual spreading work was being carried out, This can prevent the medicine from being injected into the container.

[0103] When the packaging start button is pressed, the cells of the manual distribution unit 4 are The bottom surfaces of the cells 4101 to 4148 are opened in this order, so that the The medicines are sent to the packaging unit 5 one medicine packet at a time, and are packaged in the packaging unit 5.

[0104] When the packaging process of 48 medicine packets 502 is started in the packaging unit 5, The packaging process control unit 5 sends a signal to the control unit 11 indicating that the first cycle of packaging process has started. Upon receiving this signal, the control unit 11 starts the second cycle of manual administration based on the prescription data. The work support screen is displayed on the monitor 13. That is, the first cycle of manual spreading work is performed. 15 days of "upon waking up," 15 days of "after breakfast," 15 days of "after lunch," and 15 days of "in the evening" A total of 48 medicine packets 502 for three days after meals have been packaged, so the second cycle of manual distribution work begins. The remaining 12 days' worth of medication for "after dinner" is then injected into cell 41.

[0105] Figure 9 shows the manual distribution work support screen displayed on the monitor 13 during the second cycle of manual distribution work. 9 shows the screen (selected drug correspondence screen 140) of the "bbbb OD Tablet 15" as in FIG. mg" is selected. In the second cycle of manual spreading, "bbbb When "OD tablet 15 mg" is selected, the selected drug response screen 140 is displayed in the cell image area 11. 7. Selected Drug Correspondence Screen 120 is the same as the selected drug correspondence screen 120 shown in FIG. In the cell image area 111 of 140, the frames of the cell parts 111c01 to 111c12 are "Dinner The number of tablets to be inserted is displayed in red, which corresponds to "after" and "1" is displayed. On the selected medicine response screen 140, it is indicated at the bottom left of the screen that the manual distribution work is the second cycle. The message "2 / 2 scatter" is displayed. The chemical response screen 120 displays the message "1 / 2 cycle" indicating that the manual spreading work is the first cycle. This allows the pharmacist to check the progress of the manual preparation work. You can correctly understand the situation.

[0106] Here, the flow of the medicine packaging process controlled by the control unit 11 will be explained with reference to FIG. Fig. 10 is a flowchart showing the flow of the main operations in the medicine packaging process. As shown in FIG. 10, when the control unit 11 acquires prescription data (step S1), Based on the prescription data, the monitor 13 displays the initial screen 110 of the manual distribution work support screen. (Step S2).

[0107] Then, the control unit 11 reads the barcode of the medicine container by the barcode reader 6. If the barcode information is acquired (step S3), the drug indicated by this barcode information is included in the prescription data. It is determined whether the medicine matches the medicine contained in the data (step S4). If it is determined that the two do not match, an error is notified. If it is determined that the medicine indicated by the barcode information has been selected, the control unit 11 Then, a selected drug corresponding screen for the drug is displayed on the monitor 13 (step S5). In step S5, the control unit 11 instructs the LED control unit 43 of the manual distribution unit 4 to The LED 42 of the cell 41 to which the selected medicine should be added is illuminated with a signal determined for each dose period. In addition, as described above, in the selected drug correspondence screen, the color of the cell The cell portion 111c of the image area 111 is displayed in the same color as the LED 42 of the corresponding cell 41. In addition, on the selected drug response screen, as mentioned above, the cell image area In the cell section 111c of 111, the number of tablets to be inserted into the corresponding cell 41 is displayed.

[0108] Thereafter, the control of the control unit 11 returns to step S3, and the above processing is repeated.

[0109] In step S3, the control unit 11 detects that the packaging start button has been pressed. When detected, the control unit 11 instructs the packaging unit 5 to start packaging processing ( Step S6). Then, the control unit 11 determines the manual dispensing time for the next cycle based on the prescription data. It is determined whether or not there is work (step S7), and if there is manual work for the next cycle, In this case, the manual distribution work support screen corresponding to the next cycle is displayed on the monitor 13 (step S8), and return to step S3. If there is a manual distribution task for the next cycle in step S7, If not, the process ends.

[0110] As described above, in the first embodiment, the control unit 11 of the prescription control unit 1 controls the manual dispensing unit. The LED 42 of the cell 41 of the tablet 4 displays different colors depending on the time of administration, and the monitor 13 manually controls the color. A cell image area 111 according to the actual arrangement of the cells 41 is displayed on the work support screen. In this cell image area 111, the cell portion 111c into which the medicine should be injected is selected by the corresponding cell. This allows you to easily distinguish between different medications when prescribing multiple medications. You can work while checking which of the multiple cells 41 you should put the do.

[0111] Furthermore, the control unit 11 controls each cell portion 111c of the cell image area 111 to The number of tablets to be put into each cell 41 is displayed. This allows the number to be easily and reliably confirmed.

[0112] Furthermore, the control unit 11 displays the manual distribution work support image in the medicine image area 113 on the manual distribution work support screen. This allows the operator to select the medicine to be put into the cell 41 and the medicine to be taken from the storage. This allows for more reliable matching of the medicines taken out from the container.

[0113] In the above specific example, the order of medicine packets 502 on medicine packet sheet 501 is as follows: The explanation was given on the assumption that "Continuous" was selected. When "repeat" is selected as the order of the medicine bags 502 in the The display mode of the cell image area 111 on the selected medicine correspondence screen 120 is as shown in FIG. It becomes like this.

[0114] [Second embodiment] A second embodiment of the present invention will be described below. The components having the same functions as those described above are denoted by the same reference numerals and will be described in detail. Omitted.

[0115] In the second embodiment, the control unit 11 displays a package image on the manual distribution work support screen. This embodiment differs from the first embodiment in that the manual distribution of the An aspect in which a package image area 211 is displayed on the initial screen 210 of the work support screen. In the second embodiment, the prescription data is also the same as in the first embodiment. The following description will be given assuming that the same as that shown in FIG.

[0116] This initial screen 210 is similar to the initial screen 110 described in the first embodiment, and displays prescription data. When the prescription data is input, the control unit 11 displays a screen on the monitor 13 based on the prescription data. Also, on the initial screen 210, like the initial screen 110, no medicine has been selected yet. It is not selected.

[0117] As shown in FIG. 12, the package image area 211 of the initial screen 210 is divided into frames for each dosing period. In each box, the total number of medications to be administered at each dosage period is displayed on the image of the medication. In the example of Figure 12, "Aaaa capsule 0.7" is displayed as "When waking up." I was prescribed two tablets in total: one tablet of "5μg" and one tablet of "dddd soft capsule 200mg". Therefore, the illustration of these tablets is displayed in the "Waking Up" column 211a of the package image area 211. In addition, after breakfast, 1 "bbbb OD Tablet 15mg" is displayed. One tablet of "cccc tablet 2.5mg" and one tablet of "dddd soft capsule 200mg" Since a total of three tablets are prescribed, the following is entered in the "After Breakfast" column 211b of the package image area 211: The illustration images of these tablets are displayed. The same is true for column 211c and "After dinner" column 211d.

[0118] The illustration image of the tablets displayed in the package image area 211 is generated by the control unit 11 based on the prescription data It can be acquired from the medicine master etc. in the storage unit 12 based on the above. An example is shown in which an illustration image is displayed in the package image area 211. Instead, a photograph of the medicine may be displayed. Note that prescriptions may be made in units of 0.5 or 0.25 tablets. For tablets to be divided, images (illustrations) showing how they are divided into 0.5 tablets or 0.25 tablets are provided. It is preferable to register the image or photograph of the drug in advance in the drug master. I wish.

[0119] In addition, if the number of doses is large, the following is displayed to the right of the package image area 211 in FIG. By clicking or touching the scroll button 211e, the package image can be The displayed contents are scrolled in the page area 211. For example, in the example shown in FIG. If the prescription is displayed but the medication timing is more than 5 times, press scroll button 2. By clicking 11e, you can change the timing of taking medication (e.g. The prescription details (e.g., "before going to bed") can be displayed.

[0120] Also, if the number of tablets prescribed for one dose is too large to display the entire number, The scroll buttons are located within the respective frames of the columns 211a to 211d of the package image area 211. A scroll button may be provided to allow the display contents to be scrolled within the frame.

[0121] In this way, the medicines to be put into the cells 41 for each dosing period are displayed in the package image area 211. By displaying the total number of drugs using images, visual inspection becomes easier. There are advantages.

[0122] In addition, when any medicine is selected from the initial screen 210, the control unit 11 switches the display to a selected drug correspondence screen 220 as shown in FIG. 13. In the example of FIG. In the selected drug response screen 220, "bbbb OD Tablets 15 mg" is selected. As shown in Figure 13, the image of only the selected drug "bbbb OD Tablets 15mg" is The medicine is displayed for each period of administration in the package image area 211. During manual dispensing work, it is easy to know how many tablets to put into each cell for each dosage period. It can be confirmed.

[0123] In addition, in the selected medicine correspondence screen 220 shown in FIG. 13, the “selected medicine” displayed at the bottom right When the "Remove" button 220a is clicked or touched, the control unit 11 The display returns to the initial screen 210 shown in FIG. 12. This allows the pharmacist to perform manual preparation work at any time. You can check the completed status.

[0124] In addition, when returning from the selected medicine correspondence screen 220 to the initial screen 210 in this way, the control unit 11, the image of the medicine that has already been manually distributed is shown in the package image area 211. This allows you to see which medicines have been manually dispensed and which ones have been grayed out. The display clearly shows the completed and incomplete medicines, allowing pharmacists to check the progress of manual preparation work. It has the advantage of being easy to check.

[0125] In the above example, an illustration image of a tablet is displayed in the package image area 211. However, if a photographic image of a tablet is registered in the medicine master of the storage unit 12, A photographic image may be used instead of the last image.

[0126] In addition, in the initial screen 210 shown in FIG. 12, in the medicine list area 112, When no medicine is selected, the columns 211a to 211d of the package image area 211 When one of the dosing periods is selected by touching the As shown in 4, the medication timing screen displays information about the medication corresponding to the selected medication timing. It is also possible to display 230.

[0127] In the dosage time correspondence screen 230, the selected dosage time is displayed in the cell image area 111. Only the cell portion 111c corresponding to the cell into which the corresponding medicine should be added is displayed in color. In addition, the colored cell portion 111c indicates the medicine prescribed for the relevant period. The total number of tablets is displayed. The cell corresponding to the selected period is colored, and It is also possible to display only one of the two, i.e., the total number of tablets or the number of tablets taken.

[0128] For example, the dosage timing corresponding screen 230 shown in FIG. 14 is the same as the initial screen 210 shown in FIG. In the example of FIG. 14, the screen is displayed when the "When waking up" field 211a is selected by touch operation. In the package image area 211, the selected "When waking up" column 211a is highlighted with a bold frame. This indicates that this time period has been selected. However, the display format is not limited to this. For example, only the selected "When waking up" column 211a is highlighted in a conspicuous color. Alternatively, the columns 211b to 211d for the unselected dosing periods can be marked as unselected. It may be possible to gray out the item so that it can be easily seen.

[0129] In the example shown in FIG. 14, the medicine for "waking up" is injected in the cell image area 111. The frames of the cells 111c01 to 111c15 to be processed are displayed in color (for example, purple). In order to distinguish them from each other, the other cell parts 111c16 to 111c48 are If so, display it in a dark color such as black or gray.

[0130] In the example shown in FIG. 14, the medicine prescribed for the selected "when waking up" is "aa One tablet of "AA Capsule 0.75μg" and one tablet of "DDDD Soft Capsule 200mg" There are two tablets in total. Therefore, the cell part 111c01 to which the medicine for "waking up" should be added is In 111c15, "2" is displayed, which is the total number of tablets of medication prescribed for "upon waking up." is shown.

[0131] In addition, in the medicine list area 112, medicines that are not prescribed for the selected period can be In this case, it is preferable that the item be displayed in gray as shown in FIG.

[0132] In this way, after the manual distribution work is completed or during the manual distribution work, When you want to check the prescription (type and total number of tablets), you can select any of the following in the medicine list area 112. When no medicine is selected, tap the desired dosing time in the package image area 211. All you have to do is select it with a click.

[0133] In addition, on the dosage timing correspondence screen 230, any drug can be selected in the drug list area 112. When selected, the display of the cell parts 111c01 to 111c15 in the cell image area 111 is switched. It is preferable that only the number of tablets of the selected drug is displayed instead. In the example shown in Figure 15, among the drugs prescribed for "upon waking up," "aaaa capsule 0 Since "0.75 μg" is selected in the drug list area 112, the cell portion 111c0 The number of prescriptions for this drug, "1", is displayed within 1-111c15. After the manual distribution work is completed or during the manual distribution work, the dispensing of specific medications for each administration period is The number of points can be easily confirmed visually.

[0134] In addition, on the dosage timing correspondence screen 230, when any drug is selected in the drug list area 112, When the selected medicine is selected, only the image of the selected medicine is highlighted in the package image area 211. Alternatively, the images of the drugs that are not selected may be displayed in gray.

[0135] As described above, in the second embodiment, the manual preparation work support screen A package image area 211 showing the total number of tablets prescribed for each is displayed. This allows the user to perform manual distribution work while looking at the image in the packaging image area 211. This makes it easy to visually check the type and number of tablets that should be taken at each dosage time. Another advantage is that it makes it easier to inspect the materials after the manual distribution work is completed.

[0136] Furthermore, by touching the package image area 211, one of the dosing times can be determined. When selected, only the cells corresponding to the selected dosing period are colored in the cell image area. The total number of tablets prescribed for that period shall be displayed in the cell. This allows pharmacists who distribute the medicines by hand to determine which medicines to put in which cells for each dose period. It is easy to check whether the tablet has been administered.

[0137] The second embodiment can also be modified as follows.

[0138] [Variations] In the modified example of the second embodiment, the initial screen 210 (see FIG. 12) is displayed. When any medicine is selected from the medicine list area 112, the control unit 11 displays the medicine list shown in FIG. The display is switched to the selected drug correspondence screen 220 shown in FIG. When "bbbb OD Tablets 15mg" is selected while the initial screen 210 is displayed, In the selected medicine correspondence screen 220, as shown in FIG. 16, all medicines included in the prescription data are displayed. Of all the drugs, only the image of the selected drug "bbbb OD Tablets 15mg" is available as a separate package image. The highlighted area in the page area 211 (the area marked with reference numeral 211H in FIG. 16) In FIG. 16, the highlighted image in the package image area 211 is The area where the cursor is located (211H) is hatched, but on the actual screen, the area in question may be different from the actual area. For example, the background color may be displayed in a conspicuous color such as yellow, thereby highlighting the image.

[0139] Therefore, according to the selected medicine correspondence screen 220 of FIG. 16, when waking up, after a meal, after lunch, and in the evening It is important to confirm the type and number of medications to be prescribed for each timing of administration after meals. At the same time, the type and number of chemicals currently being manually distributed are highlighted. Therefore, while checking the progress of the work, the type and number of tablets to be added in the current manual work can be determined. This can be easily confirmed visually.

[0140] In this modified example, the pharmacist can manually select the medicines to be dispensed in the medicine list area 11. 2 and read the barcode attached to the drug container etc. with the barcode reader 6. When the medicine is read, the control unit 11 reads the medicine selected in the medicine list area 112 and the medicine If the medicine matches the medicine read in step 6, the package image area 211 is displayed as shown in FIG. In the image, a check mark is added to the image of the drug and the image is displayed.

[0141] This check mark remains visible even after another drug is selected in the drug list area 112. Therefore, it is possible to manually prepare all the drugs included in the prescription data. If done correctly, all drugs will be checked off when the task is complete. This makes it easy to visually check whether any prescriptions have been omitted. Cut.

[0142] [Third embodiment] The medicine packaging device according to the third embodiment is the same as the medicine packaging device according to the first or second embodiment. The packaging device has enhanced functionality for barcode verification of manually dispensed medicines. That is, the medicine dispensing and packaging device according to the third embodiment can store all of the manually prepared medicines included in the prescription data. Regarding the "Must be verified" barcode verification, which is required to complete the barcode verification before packaging can begin. The operation of the medicine packaging device according to this embodiment will be described below. do.

[0143] FIG. 18 shows a medicine packing device according to the third embodiment, in which the operation mode is a verification required mode. 18 is a flowchart showing the operation in the case where the third embodiment In the medicine dispensing and packaging device, the control unit 11 reads the barcode data by the barcode reader 6. When the barcode information of the medicine container is acquired (step S13), the barcode information is It is determined whether the indicated medicine matches the medicine included in the prescription data (step S1 4) If it is determined in step S14 that the two do not match, an error is notified. If it is determined in step S14 that they match, the control unit 11 Assuming that a drug has been selected, the selected drug screen for that drug is displayed on the monitor 13. In step S15, the control unit 11 also The LED control unit 43 of the cell 4 sends an instruction to turn on the LED of the cell 41 to which the selected medicine should be added. 42, the color determined for each dosage period is displayed. As described above, the cell portion 111c of the cell image area 111 is a corresponding cell 4. The color displayed is the same as the color of the LED 42 in the previous screen. As described above, the cell portion 111c of the cell image area 111 indicates the charge amount to be input to the corresponding cell 41. The number of tablets to be taken will be displayed.

[0144] Next, the control unit 11 checks all of the hand-prepared medicines included in the prescription order for the current hand-prepared work. It is determined whether the barcode matching process in step S14 has been completed (step S15). If the barcode matching process has been completed for all manually distributed medicines, the control unit 11 activates the packaging start button (step S17). The button may be incorporated into the manual dispensing work support screen on the monitor 13, or may be displayed on the medicine packaging screen. In the medicine packaging device of the third embodiment, If the verification required mode is selected, the control unit 11 checks this packaging slot in step S17. If the start button is not activated, operations on the sachet start button will not be accepted. I can't.

[0145] Then, in step S18, the control unit 11 detects that the packaging start button has been pressed. When this is detected, the control unit 11 instructs the packaging unit 5 to start packaging processing. Then, the control unit 11 determines the next cycle based on the prescription data (step S19). It is determined whether or not manual spreading work is present (step S20), and the manual spreading work for the next cycle is If there is, the manual spreading work support screen corresponding to the next cycle is displayed on the monitor 13 ( Step S21) and return to step S13. In step S20, the next cycle of manual processing is performed. If there is no work to be done, the process ends. This is the same as steps S6 to S8 in the previous section.

[0146] In this way, barcode matching is performed on all manually prepared medicines included in the prescription data. Do not activate the dispense start button until you are sure the medication has been dispensed. This can effectively prevent mistakes.

[0147] Even in the above-mentioned required verification mode, logs that do not undergo barcode verification processing are By following the prescribed procedure, the barcode matching process can be skipped. In this case, the log data includes the date and time, prescription ID, unchecked medication, and the operation performed. The user ID of the pharmacist who filled the prescription is recorded in memory unit 12 of the medicine packaging device.

[0148] An example of this predetermined procedure is described below. For example, if the prescription data includes a manually prepared medicine, If the pharmacist is using the package, for example, a package monitor screen such as that shown in FIG. However, when you select the name of the medicine for manual preparation (in the example of Figure 19, "bbb" is displayed at the top), b) Assume that the drug name field 301 of "OD Tablets 15 mg" is selected. The display screen will transition to an LED assist screen as shown in Figure 20. If multiple hand-prepared medications are displayed on the screen, the pharmacist can select any medication name. It is possible.

[0149] The next LED-assisted screen 300 (see FIG. 20) displays the medicine list area 112. is displayed, and the image of the selected hand-dispensed drug "bbbb OD Tablets 15mg" is displayed. It is displayed in the image area 113. Also, in the cell image area 111, The cells 41 into which the medicines are to be added are displayed in different colors, and the number of tablets to be added to each cell is displayed. The points are as explained in the first and second embodiments. The ED assist screen 300 includes the package image area 211 described in the second embodiment. However, a display mode that does not include the package image area 211 may also be used.

[0150] Also, the LED assist screen 300 shown in FIG. 20 displays a collation skip button 220b. Also, the "Mandatory Verification Mode" display indicates that the device is operating in mandatory verification mode. Column 220c is also included.

[0151] The pharmacist skips the barcode verification process for this hand-distributed medicine, "bbbb OD Tablets 15mg." If the user wishes to skip the verification, the user presses the verification skip button 220b. The screen will transition to the unverified history registration screen as shown in Figure 21. On the unverified history registration screen, The pharmacist presses the skip verification button 220b to indicate the name of the drug for which the barcode verification process is to be skipped. A message will appear asking if you want to proceed. The pharmacist enters his / her user ID in the user name input field 311 and presses the OK button 312. By doing so, you can skip the barcode verification process for the medicines displayed on the unverified history registration screen. In other words, by following the above procedure, the medicine packing device records The date and time when the OK button 312 was pressed, the medicine for which the barcode matching process was skipped, and the like are stored in the memory unit 12. The name of the pharmacist, the prescription ID that identifies the prescription data, and the user ID that identifies the pharmacist are recorded in the log. and recorded.

[0152] In addition, it is possible to decide whether or not each pharmacist is authorized to skip the barcode verification process. In this case, the medicines to be dispensed can be stored in the storage unit 12 in advance. - For each ID, you can register whether or not the user has the authority to skip the barcode matching process. When the OK button 312 is pressed, the user name entered in the user name input field 311 is displayed. Check whether the user ID has permission to skip the barcode matching process, and If the user ID is not specified, an error message should be output.

[0153] In this way, when the barcode matching process can be skipped, the flow chart of FIG. The process of step S16 in the above is performed for all manually prepared medicines included in the prescription data. The barcode verification process is completed or the barcode verification process is skipped. The process can be changed to check whether the tag is still stored in the storage unit 12.

[0154] As described above, according to the third embodiment, all manually prepared medicines included in the prescription data are The barcode verification process is completed or the barcode verification process is skipped. If the log is stored in the storage unit 12 or if any of the conditions is not met, packaging is started. This makes it possible to effectively prevent dispensing errors.

[0155] In the above example, all the hand-prepared medicines included in the prescription data are The barcode verification process is completed, or a log is generated indicating that the barcode verification process has been skipped. The data is stored in the memory unit 12, or after one of the conditions is met, that is, after the manual distribution work The packaging process is given as an example of a subsequent process that continues after normal completion is confirmed. However, the subsequent processing is not limited to packaging processing, and may be any other processing.

[0156] [Other embodiments] Although the embodiment of the present invention has been specifically described above, the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment. The present invention is not limited to the above and various modifications are possible.

[0157] For example, in the above embodiment, the tablet supply unit 2, the powder supply unit 3, and The embodiment of the present invention has been described as a medicine packaging device including the packaging unit 5. Among the above-mentioned components, the tablet supply unit 2, the powdered medicine supply unit 3, and the packaging unit At least one of the tablets 5 can be omitted. It does not have a powder supply unit, powder medicine supply unit, or packaging unit, and only dispenses medicine by hand. The present invention can also be implemented as a manual drug distribution device.

[0158] Also, a configuration is illustrated in which a medicine master is stored in the storage unit 12 of the prescription control unit 1. However, it is possible to access the pharmaceutical master data outside the device via a communication interface and an external network. It may also be configured to be accessible.

[0159] In the above embodiment, the container for identifying medicines, such as tablet containers and PTP sheets, is used. The device is provided with a barcode reader 6 as a means for reading the barcode, and based on the information in the read barcode, Based on this, a configuration was exemplified in which a check is made to see if the manually prepared medicine matches the prescription data. The carrier of the code that identifies the medicine is not limited to a barcode, and the means for reading it is also not limited to a barcode. The code for identifying the drug may be electrically, magnetically, or optically encoded. It can be attached to a medicine container or the like by any readable carrier, and The reading means may be designed appropriately according to the characteristics of the code.

[0160] In the above embodiment, after one cycle of manual spreading work is completed, i.e. After all the medicines to be packaged have been poured into the cells of the tray, an inspection is carried out and packaging begins. However, if a standby cell is provided below each of the cells 41 of the manual distribution unit 4, It is possible to perform the following control by using a configuration equipped with the above functions. After each dose is dispensed, an inspection is carried out, and the next medication to be dispensed is inspected by a pharmacist. When selected in the list area 112, the cell opening / closing control unit 44 opens / closes the plurality of cells 41. The bottom is opened. This completes the inspection of each type of medicine scattered in the cell 41. After one cycle of chemicals has been manually dispensed, When the start button is pressed to start the packaging process, the medicine in the waiting area is packaged. The medicine is delivered to the packaging unit 5. With this configuration and control, the medicine to be manually dispensed can be delivered in 1 This makes it easier to inspect each type.

[0161] In addition, in the configuration with the standby cell as described above, after spraying at least one type of chemical agent, After the inspection is completed, the pharmacist will carry out a prescribed procedure to The cell opening / closing control section 44 may open the bottom surfaces of the plurality of cells 41. The operation of the cell 41 is, for example, the operation of the cell open / close button. After the manually distributed tablets are sent to the waiting cell, the control unit 11 The image of the medicine is not displayed in the package image area 211. For example, for medicines that have been manually distributed and inspected, an image is displayed in the package image area 211. In other words, the image of the medicines required for the subsequent manual preparation work is not displayed in the package image area 211. This makes it easier to visually check the work being done manually. It can be made easier.

[0162] The drug list area 112 and the dose display area 114 disclosed in the above embodiment are not necessarily required. For example, in the above embodiment, the selection of a drug in the drug list area 112 is not required. However, the medicine list area 112 is omitted, and the medicine list area 112 is read by the bar code reader 6. The drug may be selected by reading a barcode from a drug container or the like. .

[0163] In the above embodiment, the tray of the manual dispensing unit is provided with a plurality of cells. The light emitting unit is provided in response to the light and can switch between a plurality of colors. Correspondingly, the color of the cell part of the cell image area on the manual sowing work support screen is switched and displayed. However, if this light-emitting part is omitted and the color of the cell part on the manual distribution work support screen is changed, The display switching may also be omitted.

[0164] Furthermore, the third embodiment is a modification of the first or second embodiment, in which a manual distribution unit is provided. The LED 42 is provided for each cell 41, and the cell image area 111 and the medicine image area 112 are The barcode matching process is completed assuming that the image area 113 and the like are displayed on the monitor 13. The example shows a configuration in which the packaging start button cannot be operated unless the manual dispensing unit is pressed. 4 LED 42, the cell image area 111 and the drug image area displayed on the monitor 13 113 and the like are not essential components for the third embodiment. Regarding this, in any medicine dispensing device that performs manual dispensing work, the containers and PTP sheets of manual dispensing medicines The system is equipped with a means for reading a code that identifies a drug from a drug carton, etc., and performs a process based on the information in the code that has been read. The system is configured to check whether the manually dispensed medicine matches the prescription data, and the prescription data includes If the verification process has not been completed for all hand-dispensed medicines, or if the prescribed procedure has not been completed, If there is no record of the collation process being skipped in accordance with the above, the subsequent processes such as packaging will not be carried out. An invention can be understood as a device that cannot be started.

[0165] For example, a configuration having the following elements (Appendix 1-2) can be understood as an invention disclosed in this application. It is possible.

[0166] [Appendix 1] a tray divided into a plurality of cells into which medicines are placed; A monitor that displays a work support screen based on the data, and a control unit that controls the monitor. A manual drug distribution device, The work support screen schematically shows the plurality of cells in the tray in accordance with a cell arrangement. The cell image area displays the cell image and the drug image area displays the drug appearance image. and The control unit determines whether the plurality of cells are included in the cell image based on the prescription data. In the cell where the specified drug should be added, the number of tablets to be added to that cell is displayed. The control unit generates an image of the appearance of the medicine to be placed in the tray based on the prescription data. A manual medicine distribution device that displays in the medicine image area.

[0167] According to the invention of the above-mentioned Supplementary Note 1, on the work support screen, a plurality of cells of a tray are displayed as cells. The cell image, which is shown in a schematic representation corresponding to the layout, indicates the medicine to be injected into each of the multiple cells. The number of tablets and an image of the medicine are displayed. This prevents the user from accidentally putting medicine into the wrong cell. This effectively prevents human error, such as inserting the wrong number of tablets or inserting the wrong number of tablets. This can be done.

[0168] [Appendix 2] a tray divided into a plurality of cells into which medicines are placed; A monitor that displays a work support screen based on the data, and a control unit that controls the monitor. A manual drug distribution device, A continuous mode in which a medicine package sheet is formed so that medicine packages for the same dosing time on each dosing day are continuous; Either a repeat mode or a repeat mode in which a medication sheet is formed so that a day's worth of medication is arranged in the order of when it should be taken. a selection means for selecting whether The work support screen schematically shows the plurality of cells in the tray in accordance with a cell arrangement. The cell image area displays the cell image and the drug image area displays the drug appearance image. and The control unit controls the continuous mode in the cell image based on the prescription data. When a prescription is selected, cells for the same period are allocated consecutively for the number of days prescribed. When the repeat mode is selected, the dosing time for one day is assigned repeatedly for the number of days prescribed. In order to achieve this, a predetermined agent is introduced into a cell among the plurality of cells to which the predetermined agent is to be introduced. Displays the number of tablets to be taken, The control unit generates an image of the appearance of the medicine to be placed in the tray based on the prescription data. A manual medicine distribution device that displays in the medicine image area.

[0169] According to the invention of the above Supplementary Note 2, on the work support screen, a plurality of cells of the tray are displayed as cells. The cell image, which is shown in a schematic representation corresponding to the layout, indicates the medicine to be injected into each of the multiple cells. The number of tablets and an image of the appearance of the medicine are displayed. A continuous mode is used to form a medicine package sheet so that medicine packages for the same dosing time on each dosing day are consecutive. and a repeat mode in which a medicine packet sheet is formed so that a day's worth of medicine packets are arranged in the order of their dosing times. The work involves determining which drug and how many tablets to administer to each of the multiple cells. This will help you avoid putting medicine into the wrong cell or putting in the wrong tablet. This effectively prevents human errors such as incorrect counting.

[0170] [Appendix 3] The monitor displays a work support screen based on prescription data, and the device reads the medicine from the container or packaging. Further comprising a code acquisition means for acquiring a code that identifies the drug, The control unit receives a code from a medicine container or a package by the code acquisition means. When the prescription is received, the drug is determined to be one of the drugs included in the prescription data based on the acquired code. A matching process is performed to determine whether the The control unit controls all of the medicines included in the prescription data that are to be manually distributed. If the collation process has not been completed for each item, the subsequent process of the manual preparation process cannot be started. A manual chemical spraying device.

[0171] In the construction of this Appendix 3: and a code acquisition means for acquiring a code for identifying the drug from the drug container or packaging. In preparation for The control unit receives a code from a medicine container or a package by the code acquisition means. When the prescription is received, the drug is determined to be one of the drugs included in the prescription data based on the acquired code. A matching process is performed to determine whether the The control unit controls all of the medicines included in the prescription data that are to be manually distributed. For each item, the verification process is completed or the verification process is terminated according to a predetermined procedure. If it is not registered that the process has been skipped, the subsequent process of the manual process cannot be started. A different configuration may also be used.

[0172] Some or all of the processes described in the above embodiments are realized by a program. In this case, part or all of the processes may be performed by a central processor in a computer. The processing is performed by a central processing unit (CPU), microprocessor, processor, etc. The program to perform this is stored in a storage device such as a hard disk or ROM. The program is executed in ROM or read into RAM. Non-transitory tangible items such as tapes, disks, cards, semiconductor memories, printers, etc. A programmable logic circuit or the like can be used.

[0173] The processes described in the above embodiments may be realized by hardware or software. (OS (operating system), middleware, or a specified library) It may also be realized by software and hardware. It may be realized by a mixed processing of hardware. When processing is performed by hardware, it is necessary to adjust the timing for each process. In the above embodiment, for the sake of convenience, actual hardware is used. The details of timing adjustments for various signals that occur in software design are omitted. [Explanation of symbols]

[0174] 1...Prescription control unit 2...Tablet supply unit 3...Powdered medicine supply unit 4...Hand-spreading unit 5...Packaging unit 6...Barcode reader 11...Control unit 12...Storage section 13...Monitor 14...Input device 15...Communication IF 41...Cell 42...LED 43...LED control unit 44...Cell opening / closing control section 110, 210…Initial screen 111...Cell image area 112...Medication list area 113...Drug imaging area 114…Dose display area 120, 130, 220...Selection drug response screen 211...Package image area

Claims

1. a tray divided into a plurality of cells into which a medicine is placed; The monitor and A control unit; a packaging unit that packages the medicines placed in each of the plurality of cells into medicine packets, the control unit creates an operation support screen based on prescription data, in which a cell image that schematically represents the plurality of cells on the tray in accordance with the arrangement of the plurality of cells on the tray is displayed in a manner that enables identification of a cell corresponding to a cell into which a medicine should be added on the tray, and displays the screen on the monitor; When the number of medicine packages to be created is greater than the number of cells in the tray, the control unit creates a plurality of the work support screens based on the prescription data, the control unit displays, on each of the plurality of work support screens, information indicating the total number of cycles required to create all of the medicine packages and which cycle out of the total number of cycles the work support screen displayed on the monitor corresponds to; The control unit receives an instruction to start packaging processing by the packaging unit for the medicines inserted according to one work support screen, and after the next work support screen is displayed, makes it impossible to transition from the next work support screen to the first work support screen.

2. A continuous mode in which a medicine package sheet is formed so that medicine packages for the same dosing time on each dosing day are continuous; a repeat mode in which the medicine package sheet is formed so that the medicine packages for one day are arranged in order of the time of administration, The control unit creates the work support screen and displays it on the monitor based on prescription data so that, when the continuous mode is selected, cells with the same dosing time are assigned consecutively for the number of prescribed days, and when the repetitive mode is selected, one day's dosing time is assigned repeatedly for the number of prescribed days.

3. Further comprising a code acquisition means for acquiring a code identifying the drug from a drug container or package, 3. The medicine manual distribution device according to claim 1, wherein when the code acquisition means acquires a code from a medicine container or packaging, the control unit performs a comparison process to determine whether the medicine matches any of the medicines included in the prescription data based on the acquired code.

4. The medicine manual distribution device according to claim 3 , wherein the control unit does not allow subsequent processes of the manual distribution process to be started unless the collation process for the prescription data is completed.

5. A support program for supporting an operation of putting medicines into a tray when using a manual medicine dispensing device, the tray being divided into a plurality of cells into which medicines are put, and a packaging unit that packages the medicines put into each of the plurality of cells into medicine packets, the program comprising: On the computer, a command to execute a process of creating an operation support screen that identifiably displays cells corresponding to cells into which medicines should be added in the tray in a cell image that schematically represents the plurality of cells in the tray in accordance with the arrangement of the plurality of cells in the tray based on prescription data, and displaying the screen on a monitor; If the number of medicine packages to be produced is greater than the number of cells in the tray, a plurality of work support screens are produced based on the prescription data, and information indicating the total number of cycles required to produce all of the medicine packages and the number of cycles to which the work support screen displayed on the monitor corresponds is displayed on each of the plurality of work support screens. An assistance program that accepts an instruction to start packaging processing by the packaging unit for drugs inserted according to one work support screen, and makes it impossible to transition from the next work support screen to the first work support screen after the next work support screen is displayed.

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