Multi-functional mobile medication dispensing device

The multi-functional mobile medication dispensing device addresses the challenge of ensuring accurate and timely medication dispensing by integrating mass measuring and image recording technologies with a control unit, significantly reducing errors and enhancing patient safety.

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Patent Information

Application Number
PCT/HU2023/000016
Authority / Receiving Office
WO · WO
Patent Type
Applications
Current Assignee / Owner
Priority Date
2023-08-07
Filing Date
2023-09-07
Publication Date
2025-02-13

AI Technical Summary

Technical Problem

Existing medication dispensing devices in healthcare settings lack comprehensive control mechanisms to ensure accurate and timely dispensing of medications, leading to potential dosing errors and safety issues.

Method used

A multi-functional mobile medication dispensing device equipped with a housing, sliding collection drawers, mass measuring devices, image recording devices, and a control unit that includes data input, image display, opening-closing control, and signal transmission sub-units, allowing for real-time verification and recording of medication doses and timing.

Benefits of technology

The device enables objective verification of medication doses and timing, reducing human error and ensuring that patients receive the correct medications at the right time, thereby enhancing medication safety and therapy effectiveness.

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Abstract

The invention relates to a multifunctional mobile medication dispensing device, which has a housing (10) with a working surface (11), at least two collection drawers (20, 30) slidably arranged in the housing (10), and at least two compartments (21, 22, 31, 32) formed in each collection drawer (20, 30), where each collection drawer (20, 30) has a fixing member (20a, 30a), while each compartment (21, 22, 31, 32) has a closing member (21b, 22b, 31b, 32b) ) has a door (21a, 22a, 31a, 32a), and the housing (10) is associated with a control unit (40), where the control unit (40) has a data input sub-unit (41), an image display sub-unit (42), an opening-closing control module (44) and has a signal transmitter subunit (43), the signal transmitter subunit (43) is connected to a data storage (50), the data storage (50) has a patient data storage module (51), a medication module (52), a stock data storage module (53), and has a storage identification module (54), and an energy source (60) is placed in the housing (10). The characteristic feature of the invention is that the housing (10) is located near the work surface (11) and has a mass measuring device (70) with a signal transmission line (71) ), and is equipped with an image recording device (80) with a signal transmission line (81), while the control unit (40) has a timing device (45) with a signal transmission line (45a), and the data storage (50) for storing image information (55a, 55b) has an image information module (55), a mass data module (56) for storing mass data (56a, 56b) and a time module (57) for storing time (57a, 57b), at least the individual image information (55a, 55b), the individual mass data (56a, 56b) and the individual times (57a, 57b) are uniquely assigned to each patient data (5 la, 5 lb) of the patient data storage module (51).
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Description

[0001] Multi-functional mobile medication dispensing device

[0002] The subject of the invention is a multi-functional mobile medicine dispensing device, which has a housing with a working surface, at least two collection drawers slidably arranged in the housing, and at least two compartments formed in each collection drawer, where each collection drawer has a fastening member, while each compartment has a door with a closing member, furthermore, the housing is associated with a control unit, where the control unit has a data input sub-unit, an image display sub-unit, an opening-closing control module and a signal transmission sub-unit, where the signal transmission sub-unit is connected to a data storage, the data storage has a patient data storage module, medication module, stock data storage module, and storage has an identification module, and an energy source is located in the house.

[0003] In health care, especially in hospitals, in-patient care facilities and nursing homes, the daily medication and distribution of medications to the patients was handled for a long time by the nursing staff by manually dispensing the various types of medication to the patients according to medical regulations. However, due to the diversity of the medicines, the similarity of the packaging and / or the names of the medicines, this was the source of many dosing errors, which in some cases caused serious problems and led to life-threatening situations. In order to avoid this danger, several solutions have recently been experimented with.

[0004] Among other things, the medication dispensing cart presented in the description of the utility model with registration number CN 218889878 is known, which has a facial recognition module and a code reader. In addition, there are lockable drawers in the car, and medicine containers that can be handled vertically in the drawers.

[0005] The undoubted advantage of the solution is that it can reduce the possibility of dispensing the wrong medicine, but the disadvantage is that it does not completely exclude it, since there is no objective control to check the dispensed medicine.

[0006] Public release document No. CN 109700189 presents a solution in which a central control unit is used to arrange the medicines prescribed by the doctor for the given patient and to place them in a given container. This container is later opened by the system with the help of a code reader after patient identification, and thus the patient can access the previously centrally prepared medicines. The shortcoming of this solution, however, is that there is no control system available at the central preparation site that would exclude the possibility of mistakes, and in some cases complete medication doses may even be stored incorrectly, which again can lead to serious problems.

[0007] The medication dispensing cart in US 2018 / 0008498 also has drawers with locks and also locked containers placed in the drawers, which locks can be opened by a central processor, and which processor also ensures that there is only one drawer and one container at a time open. And the dispensing related to the given beneficiary is controlled by the processor after using the device for checking the entitlement.

[0008] This solution enables only authorized persons to have access to the contents of a specific container, but does not exclude the possibility of a patient receiving faulty medication.

[0009] The general shortcoming of such known medication dispensing devices is that it is not possible to check whether a given patient receives the appropriate medications at the prescribed time and the timing of the dosage may be important from the point of view of the mechanism of action. Thus, it would be important to know whether the care staff is acting properly in this regard.

[0010] With the solution according to the invention, our goal was to eliminate the shortcomings of the known medication dispensing carts and to create a version that, in addition to controlled and controlled medication access, enables a significantly more accurate control of the dispensed medications, and is thus essentially able to exclude incorrect medication dispensing.

[0011] Our goal was also to make the dispensing process as automated as possible, i.e. controlled by a computer, which would further reduce the possibility of human error and reduce the psychological burden of the provider, which comes with the responsibility of dispensing medication, as well as making it controllable, and makes the entire medication process traceable afterwards.

[0012] The idea of the invention was based on the realization that if, unlike the usual, devices for measuring the mass of the dispensed medications and recording their visual appearance are placed in the environment of the work surface for dispensing the medicine, and with the help of them we record real-time information about the combination of this data, then on the one hand the information obtained from crowd and visual control becomes verifiable, on the other hand, the data relating to the time of recording the information can be linked with the data of the patient currently being served, thus without human intervention, it is possible to clearly check the type, quantity, and time of the dispensed medications, as well as the person performing the service, and if any of the boundary conditions differ from the prescribed ones, then the wrong activity can be prevented based on a signal, and thus the task becomes solvable.

[0013] In accordance with the intended purpose, the multifunctional mobile medication dispensing device according to the invention has a housing with a working surface, at least two collection drawers slidably arranged in the housing, and at least two compartments formed in each collection drawer, where each collection drawer has a fastening member, while each compartment has it has a door with a fixing device, and the house is associated with a control unit, where the control unit has a data input sub-unit, an image display subunit, an opening-closing control module and a signal transmission sub-unit. , as well as a storage identification module, and an energy source is located in the housing, - it is designed in such a way that the housing is equipped with a mass measuring device with a signal transmission line, an image recording device with a signal transmission line, located near the work surface, while the control unit has a signal transmission line has a time measuring device, and the data storage has an image information module for storing image information, a mass data module for storing mass data and a time module for storing time, at least the individual image information, individual mass data and individual times are associated with each patient data of the patient data storage module unambiguously assigned.

[0014] A further feature of the device according to the invention may be that the control unit has an operational coordination module with signal management gates and a data sending output, the signal transmission line of the mass measuring device is connected to one of the signal management gates of the operational coordination module, and the signal transmission line of the image recording device is another signal manager of the operational coordination module is connected to the gate. The data of the data transmitter output of the operation coordination module is connected to the time data of the signal transmission line of the timing device.

[0015] From the point of view of the equipment, it can be advantageous if the housing is equipped with rolling elements, and also if the housing has at least one handle.

[0016] In another version of the invention, the data storage is in the house, or the data storage is in a remote access location other than the house, or, as appropriate, one part of the data storage is in the house and another part is in the remote access location.

[0017] The device according to the invention has many advantageous properties. The most important of these is that, thanks to the newly applied mass measuring device, image recording device, and the unusual connection of the information recorded with them, it is possible to objectively check the doses of medicine prepared by the provider, connected to the person being treated, and to prevent errors in the event of an error, dispensing of inappropriate medications.

[0018] Another advantage is that the time of the treatments can be clearly recorded, which can greatly improve the effectiveness of the therapy, especially in cases where the time of taking the medicine plays an important role in the treatment.

[0019] A further advantage from the above is that with the help of the arrangement according to the invention, it can be ensured that a given person receives only the medicines prescribed by the doctor and takes them during the prescribed period.

[0020] It should also be considered as an advantage that it is possible to solve the digital control of the entire course of medication, confirmed by photo documentation, to track the authorization of the staff in relation to medication treatment, and to follow it up.

[0021] An additional advantage related to the device according to the invention is that thanks to the digital data recording, recording and storage, the identification and verification of the authorization of the person distributing the medicine can be done automatically. Furthermore, it becomes easy to follow up the supply unit's need for medication and to indicate possible shortages. The economic advantage that can be linked to the device according to the invention is that the safety of medication can be significantly increased by using the device, as a result of which complications resulting from incorrect medication can be avoided, and the costs associated with their treatment, which on the one hand means savings on nursing labor and, on the other hand, medication. In addition, the demand for medicine can be planned in advance at the level of the supply unit and traceability can also be solved. As a result, the quantity and value of unnecessarily stored and distributed medicines can be reduced.

[0022] In the following, the device according to the invention will be described in more detail in connection with an embodiment, based on a drawing. It is in the drawing

[0023] Figure 1 is a view of a possible version of the device according to the invention, a

[0024] Figure 2. Allocation of the data storage modules belonging to the device according to the invention.

[0025] Figure 1 shows a version of the device according to the invention that can be used in hospital wards. The housing 10 of the device can be observed, at the bottom of which the rolling elements 12 and the handles 13 are located on the sides. The units for storing medicines are placed pull-out from the sides of the housing 10, underneath and / or next to each other. Here, e.g. the collection drawer 20 and the collection drawer 30 are located next to each other. It should be noted here that the equipment can have several collection drawers, but for the sake of simplicity, only the collection drawers 20 and the collection drawers 30 are listed here.

[0026] The collection drawer 20 includes the fixing member 20a, the task of which is to connect the collection drawer 20 to the housing 10 without displacement in the basic position, and to maintain this state until the given conditions are met. The collection drawer 20 also has the collection drawer identifier 20b. Inside the collection drawer 20 are the compartments 21 and the compartments 22. It should also be noted here that several compartments can be placed in the collection drawer 20 depending on the type of medication that needs to be stored. Here, for the sake of simplicity, only compartment 21 and compartment 22 have been named. Compartment 21 has the compartment identifier 21c. At the top of the compartment 21 is the lockable door 21a. The lockable door 21a is fixed to the compartment 21 by the closing member 21b. The closing member 21b also allows the door 21a to open and the interior of the compartment 21 accessible only under certain conditions. The same applies to the compartment 22, which has a door 22a with a closing member 22b and a compartment identifier 22c.

[0027] The collection drawer 30 has a structural arrangement similar to the collection drawer 20. The collection drawer 30 has the fixing member 30a and the collection drawer identifier 30b. Furthermore, in the collection drawer 30, the compartments 31 and 32 are located. The door 31a of the compartment 31 is provided with the closing member 31b, and the compartment 31 also has its own compartment identifier 31c. The compartment 32 can also be closed with the door 32a, which is equipped with the closing member 32b, and the compartment 32 also has a compartment identifier 32c. It should be mentioned here that door 21a, door 22a, door 31a and door 32a can be opened independently of each other, and only one of them can be open at a time while using the equipment. The same can be said about the 20 collection drawers and the 30 collection drawers.

[0028] It should be noted here that the collection drawer ID 20b, collection drawer ID 30b, compartment ID 21c, compartment ID 22c, compartment ID 31c and compartment ID 32c are virtual indications and do not need to include collection drawer 20, collection drawer 30, on the surface of compartment 21, compartment 22, compartment 31 and compartment 32.

[0029] Figure 1 also shows that the work surface 11 is located on top of the housing 10, on which the user administers the medication. 80 is located near these 11 work surfaces image recording device, which is directed to the work surface 11 and whose task is to take a picture of the medications placed on the work surface 11 and transmit them. The weighing device 70 is also located on at least one part of the work surface 11, which is designed to measure the mass of the prepared medicines and transmit the data.

[0030] The control unit 40, which coordinates the operation of the equipment, is also located on top of the housing 10. While - in the case of the given version - the energy source 60 is located under the housing 10, which supplies the electricity required for the operation of the control unit 40. The 60 energy source is ideally a high-capacity rechargeable battery. The control unit 40, more precisely its opening-closing control module 44, is connected to the fixing member 20a of the collection drawer 20, the closing member 21b of the compartment 21, the closing member 22b of the compartment 22, the fixing member 30a of the collection drawer 30, the closing member 31b of the compartment 31, the closing member 32b of the compartment 32 with. It should be noted that the opening-closing control module 44 can consist of two parts. Then one part controls the fixing member 20a of the collecting drawer 20 and the fixing member 30a of the collecting drawer 30, and the other controls the closing member 21b of the compartment 21, the closing member 22b of the compartment 22, the closing member 31b of the compartment 31 and the closing member 32b of the compartment 32.

[0031] When managing the collection drawers and the compartments in them, it is advisable to design the control in such a way that the opening-closing control module 44 also monitors that the current collection drawer is fully open, and only then opens the given compartment. Individual open and closed states can be notified to the operator with a light and / or sound signal.

[0032] The control unit 40 itself is connected to the data storage 50, which is essential for the correct operation of the equipment, via the signal transmission sub-unit 43, and also to the mass measuring device 70 and the image recording device 80 via the operation coordination module 90.

[0033] In addition to the signal transmission sub-unit 43 and the opening-closing control module 44, the control unit 40 also includes the processor 40a, the data input sub-unit 41 and the image display sub-unit 42. The data input sub-unit 41 and the image display subunit 42 ensure communication with the processor 40a of the control unit 40.

[0034] The task of the opening-closing control module 44 is to regulate the fixing member 20a of the collection drawer 20, the fixing member 30a of the collection drawer 30, the closing member 21b the compartment 21, the closing member 22b of compartment 22, the closing member 31b of compartment 31 and the closing member 32b of compartment 32 open or closed. The control unit 40 also includes the time measuring device 45, the task of which is to provide time data 45b to the processor 40a of the control unit 40. It should be noted here that the control unit 40 can expediently consist of one or more computers on which the program that controls the operation of the equipment runs. The sub-units and modules belonging to the control unit 40 are not necessarily physically separate structural units. Identifying them with a separate designation and name only facilitates easier monitoring of the operation. The process of operation basically takes place in the processor 40a of the control unit 40, for which the information and data are supplied by the data storage 50, the data input sub-unit 41, the image display sub-unit 42, the mass measuring device 70, the image recording device 80, the time measuring device 45 and the operating provided by the coordinating module.

[0035] Figure 1 also shows that the operation coordination module 90 has the signal processing gate 91, the signal processing gate 92 and the data sending output 93. The signal processing gate 91 is connected to the mass measuring device 70 via the signal transmission line 71, while the signal processing gate 92 is connected to the image recording device 80 via the signal transmission line 81. The task of the operation coordination module 90 is to synchronize the stage of the equipment's operation when both mass data information and image information are prepared for the prepared medicines, in order to record them simultaneously. The data 94 synchronized in this way is delivered by the data sending output 93 to the processor 40a of the control unit 40, which also receives time data 45b from the timing device 45 with the help of the signal transmission line 45a.

[0036] It is important to mention that the operation coordination module 90 can also be an independent structural unit, which is connected to the control unit 40 only via the data sending output 93. But the operation coordination module 90 can also be integrated into the control unit 40. In that case, of course, the data sending output 93 can essentially be virtual. After all, then the signals containing data 94 produced by the operation coordination module 90 reach the processor 40a of the control unit 40 from the operation coordination module 90 via the internal wiring.

[0037] Turning now to Figure 2, the virtual arrangement of those 50 data storages can be viewed. Of course, the data storage 50 is a conventional memory unit, the compartments of which contain various data in the conventional manner. Here, too, the names only serve to make the operation easier to understand. Important to highlight that the data storage 50 can be located in the house 10, or it can be completely independent from it, in a remote location. But it is also possible to imagine a design where the 50 data stores are partly in the 10 house and partly in a remote location, e.g. it is in the cloud containing hospital databases. In this case, the processor 40a of the control unit 40 also manages the task of which data and instruction to retrieve from which part of the data storage 50 or where to store it. However, it is expedient if the control program running on the processor 40a is definitely located in the part of the data storage 50 in the housing 10.

[0038] In addition to registers for storing other data, the data storage 50 has a patient data storage module 51, a medication module 52, a stock data storage module 53, a storage identification module 54, as well as an image information module 55, a mass data module 56 and a time module 57 which are essential for the present invention. The patient data storage module 51 contains patient data 51a and patient data 51b. The medication module

[0039] 52 contains medication data 52a and medication data 52b containing the data, quantity and timing of the medication assigned to each patient and prescribed by the doctor . The

[0040] 53 stock data storage modules contain the name, image, weight and other quantitative data of the available medicines.

[0041] The storage identification module 54 contains the collection drawer ID 20b of the collection drawer 20, the collection drawer ID 30b of the collection drawer 30, the compartment ID 21c of the compartment 21, the compartment ID 22c of the compartment 22, the compartment ID 31c of the compartment 31, and the compartment ID 32c of the compartment 32. . Image information module 55 includes image information 55a and image information 55b, while mass data module 56 includes mass data 56a and mass data 56b. Time module 57 contains time 57a and time 57b. Of course, the amount of data can be arbitrary here as well, but for the sake of simplicity, we have named enough elements for understanding here as well.

[0042] The operation of the device according to the invention is as follows. First, the patient data storage module 51, medication module 52, stock data storage module 53 and storage identification module 54 of the data storage 50 must be uploaded. In the case that the data storage 50 is in the housing 10, this process can be solved by using the data input sub-unit 41 and the image display sub-unit 42 of the control unit 40.

[0043] The 53 stock data storage modules include the data, images, weight data, and the values of the basic stocks of the various medicines in the area of use of the equipment. And the storage identification module 54 contains the data of the individual collection drawers and the compartments located in them.

[0044] The 51st patient data storage module must be filled with patient data 51a and patient data 51b of each patient. Then the medication data 52a and medication data 52b prescribed by the doctor for each patient are entered into the medication module 52.

[0045] After uploading this data, the individual collection drawers and the compartments located in them can be filled with the medicines included in the stock data storage module 53, namely in such a way that, in the case of a compartment containing a specific medicine, the medicine must be assigned the identifier of the collection drawer and the identifier of the compartment in it, which is indicated by 54a identifier and the identifier 54b. For example, that there is vitamin C in the container with identification number 54a indicated by the identifier of the collection drawer 20b of the collection drawer 20b and the compartment identifier 22c of the compartment 22, the stock data of which is 100 units at the start.

[0046] Then the medication data 52a of the medication module 52 must be assigned to the patient data 51a of the patient data storage module 51, and the medication data 52b of the medication module 52 to the patient data 51b of the patient data storage module 51. With this preparation, the equipment is ready for the operator to distribute the prescribed medicines to the individual patients using the program running in the processor 40a of the control unit 40.

[0047] After "preparing" the equipment, the operator identifies himself with the help of the data entry sub-unit 41 and begins the task, i.e. the administration of medication. When the operator arrives at a specific patient, in our case the patient with patient data 51a, he starts the individual medication protocol based on patient data 51a. During this, the data of the current patient is displayed on the image display sub-unit 42 of the control unit 40, followed by the corresponding medication data 52a. After the medication data 52a appears, the processor 40a of the control unit 40 reads from the stock data storage module 53 where the given medication is located in the housing 10 and, e.g. by reading the identifier 54a, based on the identifier of the collection drawer 20b, the opening-closing control module 44 instructs the fixing member 20a of the collection drawer 20, which opens the collection drawer 20, and after reading the compartment identifier 21c, opens it through the openingclosing control module 44 the closing member 21b of the compartment 21, as a result of which the door 21a opens and thus the given medicine becomes accessible.

[0048] Through the open door 21a, the operator takes out the prescribed medication and places it on the working surface 11 of the housing 10. Then, the 70 mass measuring device placed under the work surface 11 comes into operation and measures the weight of the placed medication. The received mass data 56a via the signal transmission line 71 - in this embodiment - to the signal processing gate 91 of the operation coordination module 90 sends at the same time, the image recording device 80 takes an image of the medication and transmits the given image information 55a to the signal processing gate 92 of the operation coordination module 90 via the signal transmission line 81.

[0049] The information received at the signal management gate 91 and at the signal management gate 92 is processed and connected by the operation coordination module 90, so that the data 94 is produced, which also contains the image information 55a and the mass data 56a of the medication. Then the processor 40a of the control unit 40 requests the time data 45b on the signal transmission line 45a of the timing device 45a, which specifies the time of mass measurement and image recording, and adds this time data 45b to the data 94 containing the mass data 56a and image information 55a.

[0050] This data 94 supplemented with time data 45b is received for evaluation by the processor 40a of the control unit 40 via the data sending output 93, during which evaluation the processor 40a compares the image information 55a and mass data 56a of the data 94 in the stock data storage module 53 with the relevant mass and image information for the given medication. If the match is complete, the processor 40a proceeds to the second medication in the medication data 52a and displays it on the display sub-unit 42 of the control unit 40. Meanwhile, the image information 55a of the image recording device 80 and the mass data 56a of the mass measuring device 70 reach the image information module 55 of the data storage 50 and the mass data module 56 via the signal transmission sub-unit 43 of the control unit 40, and are stored there. The related time data 45b is recorded in the data storage 50 as the time 57a of the time module 57.

[0051] It should be noted here that the operation coordination module 90 is not a directly necessary part of the device according to the invention, but it can speed up its operation. The image information 55a and the mass data 56a, as well as the time data 45b, can be entered directly into the processor 40a of the control unit 40, and from there into the image information module 55, the mass data module 56 and the time module 57 of the data storage 50. And the processor 40a can check the image information 55a and the mass data 56a individually.

[0052] Returning to the medication dispensing process, when the processor 40a of the control unit 40 has found the first medication dispensing of the medication data 52a to be OK and moves to the dispensing of the second medication of the medication data 52a, the processor 40a checks with the help of the opening-closing control module 44 whether the operator has closed the door 21a of compartment 21 and - if the next medicine is not in the collection drawer 20 - whether you pushed the collection drawer 20.

[0053] Until this happens, the processor 40a does not command the opening-closing control module 44 to perform the next opening operation. If the next medicine is also in the collection drawer 20, then this circumstance is also taken into account, because if applicable, this collection drawer 20 does not need to be pushed. If all collection drawers and compartments are closed or in the required position, the processor 40a reads the data of the next medication from the stock data storage module 53 and the identifier 54b of the storage location of the given medication from the storage identification module 54.

[0054] Then, based on the identifier of the collection drawer 30b, the opening-closing control module 44 instructs the fixing member 30a of the collection drawer 30, which opens the collection drawer 30, and after reading the compartment identifier 31c, the opening-closing control module 44 opens the closing member 31b of compartment 31, which causes the door 31a to open, and thus this medicine becomes accessible.

[0055] Through the open door 31a, the operator takes out the prescribed medication and places it on the working surface 11 of the housing 10. Then, the mass measuring device 70 placed under the work surface 11 comes into operation again and measures the weight of the placed medicine. The received mass data 56b is sent to the signal processing gate 91 of the operation coordination module 90 via the signal transmission line 71. At the same time, the image recording device 80 takes an image of the medication and transmits the given image information 55b to the signal processing gate 92 of the operation coordination module 90 via the signal transmission line 81. The information received at the signal management gate 91 and the signal management gate 92 is processed and connected by the operation coordination module 90, so that the data 94 is produced, which also contains the image information 55b and the mass data 56b of the medication.

[0056] Then, the processor 40a of the control unit 40 requests the time data 45b on the signal transmission line 45a of the timing device 45, which specifies the time of mass measurement and image recording, and adds this time data 45b to the data 94 containing the mass data 56b and image information 55b.

[0057] This data 94 supplemented with time data 45b is received for evaluation by the processor 40a of the control unit 40 via the data sending output 93, during which the processor 40a compares the image information 55b and mass data 56b of the data 94 in the stock data storage module 53 with the relevant mass and image information for the given medication. If the match is complete, the processor 40a proceeds to the third medication in the medication data 52a and displays it on the image display sub-unit 42 of the control unit 40.

[0058] Meanwhile, the image information 55b of the image recording device 80 and the mass data 56b of the mass measuring device 70 reach the image information module 55 and the mass data module 56 of the data storage 50 via the signal transmission sub-unit 43 of the control unit 40, and are stored there. The related time data 45b is recorded in the data storage 50 as the time 57b of the time module 57. When the operator closes the door 31a of the compartment 31 of the housing 10 and the collection drawer 30, and this is confirmed by the opening-closing control module 44 to the processor 40a of the control unit 40, then the processor 40a of the control unit 40 - as previously described - the 44 opening- opens the collection drawer 20 and the door 22a of the compartment 22 inside it with the help of a closing control module. Then the control process is repeated as described above.

[0059] Finally, the last medication of the medication data 52a comes when the door 32a of the compartment 32 of the collection drawer 30 is opened by the processor 40a with the help of the opening-closing control module 44. And the given medicine also goes through the process of dispensing and checking.

[0060] After the release of the last member of the medication data 52a, after closing the last open container of the housing 10, the next patient data 51b stored in the patient data storage module 51 is displayed on the image display sub-unit 42 of the control unit 40, and then, after identifying the patient, the corresponding medication data 52b. And the dispensing of medication data 52b is done in accordance with the previous ones.

[0061] It should be noted here that after the dispensing of the individual medicines, the processor 40a of the control unit 40 also performs the necessary change, i.e. stock reduction, in the stock data storage module 53 of the data storage 50. Thus, the stock data storage module 53 can show the real stock at all times on the image display sub-unit 42 of the control unit 40, but this stock data can also be queried at a remote location.

[0062] If the operator needs to give confirmation to the control unit 40, he can do so via the data input sub-unit 41.

[0063] In the event that the data storage 50 is not located in the house 10, the signal transmission sub-unit 43 transmits the information produced in the house 10 to the remote access location, which is stored there, and the previously stored information can also be retrieved with the help of the signal transmission sub-unit 43.

[0064] And in the case of a "mule solution" - when the data storage 50 is partly in the house 10 and partly in a remote location - the processor 40a of the control unit 40 decides, based on the program running on it, which information is needed for the registers of the data storage 50 located in the house 10, and which to your registers installed at a remote location.

[0065] It should be noted that a dispensing solution is also possible where, after the inspection, the individual medicines are placed in a container specific to the particular patient, and after all the medicines have been prepared, mass and image information data are also prepared for the entire container itself, and then the dedicated container, along with the entire prescribed amount of medicine compiled in it, will be delivered to the treated person.

[0066] The device according to the invention can be well used in any supply unit where medication is to be solved in a safe, cost-effective, stock-saving and controllable way.

[0067] List of reference marks housing 11 work surface

[0068] 12 rolling elements

[0069] 13 handles collection drawer 20a fixing member

[0070] 20b collection drawer identifier

[0071] 21 compartment

[0072] 21a door

[0073] 21b closing member

[0074] 21c compartment ID

[0075] 22 compartment

[0076] 22a doors

[0077] 22b closing device

[0078] 22c compartment ID collection drawer 30a fixing member

[0079] 30b collection drawer identifier

[0080] 31 compartment

[0081] 31a door

[0082] 31b closing member

[0083] 31c compartment ID

[0084] 32 compartment

[0085] 32a door

[0086] 32b closing member

[0087] 32c compartment identifier control unit 40a processor

[0088] 41 data input sub-units

[0089] 42 image display sub-units

[0090] 43 signal transduction subunits

[0091] 44 opening-closing control modules

[0092] 45 timing devices

[0093] 45a signal transmission line

[0094] 45b time data data storage 51 patient data storage module

[0095] 51a patient data

[0096] 51b patient data

[0097] 52 medication modules

[0098] 52a medication data

[0099] 52b medication data

[0100] 53 stock data storage module

[0101] 54 container identifier module

[0102] 54a identifier

[0103] 54b ID 55 image information and modules

[0104] 55a image information

[0105] 55b image information

[0106] 56 mass data modules

[0107] 56a mass data

[0108] 56b mass data

[0109] 57 date module

[0110] 57 date

[0111] 57b date energy sources mass measuring device 71 signal transmission line image recording device 81 signal transmission line operation coordination module 91 signal handling gate

[0112] 92 signal processing gates

[0113] 93 data sending output

[0114] 94 data

Claims

CLAIMS1. Multifunctional mobile medication dispensing device, which has a housing (10) with a working surface (11), at least two collection drawers (20, 30) slidably arranged in the housing (10), and at least two compartments (21, 22, 31, 32) formed in each collection drawer (20, 30), where each collection drawer (20, 30) has a fixing member (20a, 30a), while each compartment (21, 22, 31, 32) has a closing member (21b, 22b, 31b, 32b) ) has a door (21a, 22a, 31a, 32a), and the housing (10) is associated with a control unit (40), where the control unit (40) has a data input sub-unit (41), an image display sub-unit (42), an opening-closing control module (44) and has a signal transmitter subunit (43), the signal transmitter subunit (43) is connected to a data storage (50), the data storage (50) has a patient data storage module (51), a medication module (52), a stock data storage module (53), and has a storage identification module (54), and an energy source (60) is placed in the housing (10), characterized by the fact that the housing (10) is located near the work surface (11) and has a mass measuring device (70) with a signal transmission line (71) ), and is equipped with an image recording device (80) with a signal transmission line (81), while the control unit (40) has a timing device (45) with a signal transmission line (45a), and the data storage (50) for storing image information (55a, 55b) has an image information module (55), a mass data module (56) for storing mass data (56a, 56b) and a time module (57) for storing time (57a, 57b), at least the individual image information (55a, 55b), the individual mass data (56a , 56b) and the individual times (57a, 57b) are uniquely assigned to each patient data (51a, 51b) of the patient data storage module (51).

2. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the control unit (40) has an operation coordination module (90) with signal processing gates (91, 92) and a data sending output (93), the signal transmission line of the mass measuring device (70) ( 71) is connected to one of the signal management gates (91) of the operation coordination module (90), and the signal transmission line (81) of the image recording device (80) is connected to the other signal management gate (92) of the operation coordination module3. The device according to claim 2, characterized in that the data (94) of the data transmitter output (93) of the operation coordination module (90) is connected to the time data (45b) of the signal transmission line (45a) of the timing device (45).

4. The 1.-3. Device according to any one of the claims, characterized in that the housing (10) is equipped with rolling elements (12).

5. The 1.-4. Device according to any one of the claims, characterized in that the housing (10) has at least one handle (13).

6. The 1.-5. Device according to any one of the claims, characterized in that the data storage (50) is in the housing (10).

7. The 1.-5. Device according to any one of the claims, characterized in that the data storage (50) is located in a remote location different from the housing (10).

8. The 1.-5. Device according to any one of the claims, characterized in that one part of the data storage (50) is in the housing (10) and another part is in the remote access location.

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