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73 results about "Dispensing medications" patented technology

Drug dispensing. the preparation, packaging, labeling, record keeping, and transfer of a prescription drug to a patient or an intermediary, who is responsible for administration of the drug.

A cutting device for an automatic dispensing system

This disclosure describes a cutting device for an automated dispensing system. The cutting device works in conjunction with a sterilization device, a bottle-breaking device, and a turntable with multiple stations. The cutting device, sterilization device, and bottle-breaking device are arranged circumferentially along the turntable and are respectively located at the cutting station, sterilization station, and bottle-breaking station. When an ampoule placed on the turntable reaches the cutting station, the cutting device cuts the ampoule. When the cut ampoule reaches the sterilization station, the sterilization device sterilizes the cut ampoule. When the sterilized ampoule reaches the bottle-breaking station, the bottle-breaking device breaks the sterilized ampoule. The cutting device includes a carrying mechanism, a cutting mechanism, a driving mechanism, and a processing unit. According to this disclosure, a cutting device for an automated dispensing system capable of automatically selecting a target location for cutting can be provided.
Owner:美蓝(杭州)医药科技有限公司

A drug identification device

This utility model provides a drug identification device, relating to the field of dispensing device technology. The drug identification device includes: a first visual recognition component, a tray, a conveying module, a turntable, a second visual recognition component, and a controller. The drug identification device provided in this embodiment uses the first visual recognition component to acquire the quantity, type, and position of the drugs on the tray. This allows the controller to control the conveying module to accurately pick up and move the drugs to the turntable. By installing a second visual recognition component on the side of the turntable, the device captures and identifies the drug's name, appearance, and dosage, enabling accurate and automatic drug identification, saving manpower, avoiding errors in drug use, and preventing risks to patient treatment outcomes.
Owner:BEIJING TONGREN HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIV

A dosing device for facilitating dosing

The utility model discloses a convenient to ration's dispenser, including base, support, support plate and rotating disc, the base top is swingly provided with rotating disc through the shaft, is set up on the rotating disc and is equipped with the limit slot, the limit slot is equipped with six groups on the rotating disc, the central position of rotating disc bottom is connected with the groove wheel through the shaft, one side fixed with second motor in the inside of base, the output of second motor is connected with drive wheel, and drive wheel and groove wheel mutually cooperate, and drive wheel and groove wheel are set up to the inside of base through the connecting plate, the utility model discloses through starting second motor, and second motor makes drive wheel rotate, and drive wheel makes the rotation of groove wheel, and groove wheel will make rotating disc rotate, thereby the bottle turns into the bottom of medicine outlet and dispenses, when dispensing is finished, the bottle switches, makes the device can continuous dispensing, improves the dispensing efficiency.
Owner:珲春市农业综合行政执法大队

A medicine dispenser

This application relates to the field of dispensing devices, and more particularly to a dispensing device comprising a dispensing tube, dispensing plates, and a pressing component. The dispensing tube is transparent and has a dispensing channel extending through it along its length, the inner diameter of which is greater than or equal to the diameter of the tablet. Several dispensing plates are provided, and these plates slide and engage with the dispensing tube. Dispensing holes are extending through the thickness of each dispensing plate. The dispensing plates have both a closed state and a connected state. When the dispensing plate is in the closed state, the dispensing holes and the dispensing channel are staggered. When the dispensing plate is in the connected state, the dispensing holes and the dispensing channel are interconnected. The pressing component is installed on the dispensing tube, and the dispensing plates are all installed on the pressing component. Pressing the pressing component switches the dispensing plates between the closed and connected states. This application facilitates medication dispensing by pharmacists.
Owner:DEQING PEOPLES HOSPITAL

Pharmacy search device, pharmacy search method, and pharmacy search program

ActiveJP7881027B1PharmacyDispensary
This invention provides a pharmacy search device, a pharmacy search method, and a pharmacy search program that provide useful information about the possibility of dispensing medications by pharmacies. [Solution] In a communication system S connected to a network NW, a pharmacy reservation server 1 is connected to one or more inventory systems 2, multiple pharmacy terminals 3, multiple user terminals 4. The pharmacy reservation server acquires drug identification information to identify the drug to be dispensed, and based on the dispensing information stored in a dispensing information storage means that stores dispensing information indicating the dispensed drug and the dispensing pharmacy, it searches for pharmacies that have a history of dispensing the drug identified by the acquired drug identification information, and transmits search result information indicating the search result to the terminal device.
Owner:RAKUTEN GROUP INC

A nursing medication preparation teaching workbench

This utility model discloses a nursing medication preparation teaching workbench, belonging to the field of teaching equipment technology. It aims to solve the technical problems of high light leakage risk and insufficient light-blocking effect of traditional light-blocking measures. The workbench includes a table body with lifting mechanisms arranged on both sides inside. A teaching mechanism is connected to the lifting mechanisms and is located in the middle of the table body. The teaching mechanism includes an outer frame, inside which is an inner frame. A cavity is formed between the inner and outer frames, and sliding rails are arranged on both sides inside the cavity. This utility model, through the design of a top plate and a light-blocking curtain structure, allows the top plate, along with the light-blocking curtain mounted on its lower surface, to extend from the cavity when the outer frame is raised from inside the table body, forming a dark space. This space reduces external light, facilitating students' medication preparation operations with photosensitive drugs and reducing the risk of photolysis reactions caused by light exposure.
Owner:HEILONGJIANG NURSING COLLEGE

Remote supervised preparation, verification, and controlled dispensing of medication doses

PendingUS20260188454A1Emergency medicineDrug release
A system and method are provided for remotely supervised preparation, verification, and controlled dispensing of medication doses at geographically distributed remote dispensing units. A recipient and a supervisor are authenticated. A real-time audiovisual session is established between the recipient and at least the supervisor, and additional authenticated participants may join without authority to actuate dose release. The system receives an electronic medication order and corresponding label data originating from an external clinical information system and authorizes preparation of doses at the remote dispensing unit based on the order. Prior to any release, verification data is presented to the supervisor. A controlled mechanical transfer mechanism is actuated to release a prepared dose to the recipient only after verification and affirmative authorization by an authenticated supervisor. The disclosed systems and methods are applicable to controlled substances and other medications requiring supervised dispensing.
Owner:OPIO CONNECT INC

Dispensing cabinet incorporating vision based counting systems and methods

Disclosed are systems and methods for a dispensing cabinet incorporating an image based counting system that includes one or more imaging devices (e.g., one or more color cameras) to capture images of one or more items (e.g., pills, capsules, pharmaceutical units, items for medical use, etc.). Control circuitry of the image based counting system is configured to determine one or more properties of the one or more items based on the images. The dispensing cabinet includes a cabinet housing comprising one or more containers to hold the one or more items, which may employ mounting hardware to releasably secure the image based counting system to the cabinet housing.
Owner:ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC

A vial shaking device

ActiveCN224442796UMedicineElectric machinery
The application relates to the field of medical devices, and particularly discloses a medicine bottle shaking device which comprises a medicine dispensing platform and a shaking unit, the shaking unit is composed of a fixing bottom plate, a medicine clamping assembly, a voice coil motor, a guide column, a linear bearing and various damping assemblies. The medicine clamping assembly realizes lifting movement through the voice coil motor, and is ensured to stably run with the aid of the guide column and the linear bearing, and effectively absorbs vibration by using multistage springs and elastic washers. The application significantly reduces noise and improves the working environment.
Owner:美蓝(杭州)医药科技有限公司

An automated nebulizer therapy device and method

ActiveCN117442823BDrugs solutionControl system
This invention relates to the field of medical nebulizer technology, and more particularly to an automated nebulization therapy device and method, comprising a housing, a control system, and a power system. The housing contains a drug preparation chamber, a first nebulization chamber, a second nebulization chamber, and a water chamber. Through the installation of a distilled water pump, a water level monitoring system, a first electric valve, a drug solution level detection system, a drug solution mixing system, a drug solution mixing monitoring system, a second electric valve, and the nebulization system, automated control and nebulization of drug preparation and administration are achieved. This eliminates the need for manual drug preparation by medical personnel, avoiding the problem of poor treatment effects caused by uneven drug preparation and reducing the workload of medical staff. Simultaneously, the device can automatically clean itself, avoiding the impact on the treatment effect of the next patient due to inconsistent cleaning standards during manual cleaning. This solves the problems of high workload for manual drug preparation, poor nebulization effect, and low efficiency caused by uneven drug mixing in existing technologies.
Owner:XI AN JIAOTONG UNIV

A machine vision-based dispensing monitoring method and system

PendingCN122290214ALight reflexEngineering
This invention discloses a machine vision-based method and system for monitoring medication dispensing. The method involves acquiring a multi-view polarized image sequence and corresponding depth image sequence of the medication dispensing operation area; performing physical-level specular de-illumination on the multi-view polarized images and identifying transparent material regions to generate multimodal fusion data with transparency priors; detecting the operator's hand posture in real time to generate a dynamic occlusion mask; constructing and training a dynamic neural radiation field, incorporating a temporal de-occlusion prior loss during training to utilize unoccluded spatiotemporal information to recover the visual features of the area marked by the dynamic occlusion mask; and based on the trained dynamic neural radiation field, removing the hand region and rendering a de-occluded and specular-de-illumination virtual monitoring view. This invention solves the problems of target loss, inaccurate measurement, and poor interpretability caused by specular reflection, transparent objects, and dynamic occlusion.
Owner:SHAANXI BAOFANG TECHNOLOGY CO LTD

Daytime chemotherapy infusion session matching appointment method and system

PendingCN122366705APatient satisfactionDispensing medications
This application discloses a method and system for matching and scheduling daytime chemotherapy infusion sessions, relating to the field of medical information technology. The method includes: obtaining patient infusion scheduling requests; calculating the probability of adverse reactions and determining a time buffer based on this probability; constructing a resource sharing matrix and obtaining the resource saturation of the target time slot. The resource sharing matrix characterizes the degree of resource sharing among patients within the scheduled time slot in infusion seats, responsible nurses, and medication dispensing windows. The time buffer is adjusted based on the time slot resource saturation. Based on delay propagation boundary calculations, patient infusion scheduling requests are matched to time slots. The delay propagation boundary calculation recursively calculates the consumption rate of the time buffer and combines it with the resource sharing matrix to determine the cutoff boundary for delay propagation, generating a scheduling allocation scheme. This application reduces unnecessary scheduling adjustments and improves patient satisfaction.
Owner:SUN YAT SEN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL SUN YAT SEN UNIV +1

Dispenser

ActiveCN310115169SPharmacy medicineDrug dispensing
1. Name of the designed product: Dispenser. 2. Use of the designed product: The designed product is used for drug dispensing. 3. Design points of the designed product: The shape. 4. Picture or photo that best shows the design points: Perspective view.
Owner:CENT PEOPLES HOSPITAL SIPING CITY

Liquid medicine bag convenient for checking

The utility model discloses a liquid medicine bag convenient to check relates to liquid medicine bag technical field, including the bag body, the outer surface fixed mounting of bag body is used for pasting the pasting part of pasting, the left side fixed mounting of infusion pipe of the bottom of bag body, the right side fixed mounting of dispensing pipe of bag body bottom, the bottom fixed mounting of infusion pipe end has infusion mouth, the bottom fixed mounting of dispensing pipe end has dispensing mouth. The pasting part that the utility model sets up can be used for pasting infusion sheet, can avoid infusion sheet direct pasting and cause the shelter of the text of the front of the liquid medicine bag to the front of the liquid medicine bag, through turning over pasting piece, can observe the text printed on the front of the liquid medicine bag, is convenient for checking infusion sheet and liquid medicine bag.
Owner:NANJING DRUM TOWER HOSPITAL

Anesthesia dispensing table

ActiveCN224292140UExtend effective use timeAchieve continuous sterilizationLighting and heating apparatusDomestic cooling apparatusAnesthetic departmentPhysical therapy
The utility model relates to anesthetic dispensing table technical field, specifically speaking is anesthetic dispensing table for anesthesiology department, include: base, the top of base is provided with dispensing table, storage protection mechanism is used for the storage and protection of anesthetic drug storage protection mechanism setting between base and dispensing table, wherein, the storage protection mechanism includes setting in the drive shell of base top, the outside of drive shell is provided with protection subassembly, the outside of base is provided with mobile positioning assembly, in use can pass through protection subassembly, can realize stable low temperature environment in the medicine storage process, effectively guarantee the activity and quality of anesthetic drug, prolong the effective use time of medicine, in addition the inside of protection subassembly can set up sterilizing device, realize the continuous sterilization in storage space, facilitate the sterilization of storage space after each use, mobile positioning assembly can conveniently move dispensing table, and also can be positioned quickly when using.
Owner:南京市高淳人民医院

Main body of drug dispensing device

ActiveCN310071699SPharmacy medicineDrug dispensing
1. Name of the product in this design: Main body of a drug dispensing device. 2. Purpose of this design: The overall purpose is for dispensing medicines, and the partial design is the main body of a medicine dispensing device. 3. The key design feature of this product is its shape. 4. The image or photograph that best illustrates the key design points: Design 1 3D view. 5. Design 1 is designated as the basic design. 6. Other situations requiring explanation: Other explanation: Dashed lines do not constitute part of the design for which protection is sought. Pipes are drawn with broken lines to represent indefinite lengths.
Owner:DEKA PRODUCTS LP

A dosing device for garden soil remediation

ActiveCN224422552UDrug dispensingStructural engineering
This utility model discloses a drug dispensing device for garden soil remediation, relating to the field of agricultural engineering technology. The device includes several supporting legs, with a dispensing tank fixedly connected to the top outer wall of each supporting leg. An inlet pipe is fixedly connected to the top inner wall of the dispensing tank. A volume control mechanism is provided on the top outer wall of the dispensing tank, including a mounting frame. The bottom outer wall of the mounting frame is fixedly connected to the top outer wall of the dispensing tank. Through a fixed plate and a baffle, when the bidirectional threaded rod rotates, it causes a fixed block to slide on a guide rod. Simultaneously, the fixed rod moves with the fixed block, sliding in a groove as it moves. The fixed rod also presses against the fixed plate, causing it to rotate. This rotation of the fixed plate causes the rotating shaft to rotate, thus improving the accuracy of the drug dispensing ratio. The flow rate of the drug can be flexibly adjusted according to different dosage requirements, avoiding deviations in the dispensing ratio between different drugs due to excessive flow.
Owner:JIANGSU TIANHONG GARDEN CONSTR ENG CO LTD

Aseptic dispensing system

ActiveCN224404656Uspeed up the flowreduce resistancePositive pressureAir pump
The utility model relates to medical instrument technical field, concretely relates to a sterile dispensing system. The system includes the filter that outputted to the external medicine dispenser connected in proper order on the air path of valve plate and air pump, and the piston of external medicine dispenser is driven to retreat to inhale liquid medicine after air pump suction drive, and the piston of external medicine dispenser is driven to advance to push out liquid medicine after air pump jet drive, the outlet pipe diameter of air pump is 6~12mm, the valve plate air path pipe diameter is 6~8mm, the filter outlet pipe diameter is 4~6mm, and the power of air pump is less than or equal to 200W, and the filter export wind pressure range is positive pressure 0~0.4Mpa, negative pressure less than or equal to -89Kpa. The sterile dispensing system of the utility model, the outlet pipe diameter of air pump, the valve plate air path pipe diameter and the filter outlet pipe diameter three sizes are special design, and experiment verifies that the system local resistance is small, and the airflow flows smoothly, and the system stability is strong, and the reliability is good.
Owner:HARBIN SHENYI TECH CO LTD

An ampoule dispensing device

The application belongs to the field of medical devices and provides an ampoule dispensing device, which comprises a medicine dispensing assembly provided with a clamp and a rotating module. The rotating module is fixedly connected with the clamp and drives the clamp to rotate. The clamp, the first clamp and the cutting assembly are cooperated with each other to cut the neck of the ampoule, and then the ampoule is opened in cooperation with the bottle pushing assembly. Since the operation is automatic, the dispensing efficiency is improved, and thus the device has remarkable effects.
Owner:SUZHOU ANCHONG MEDICAL TECH CO LTD

Medicine slicer (2025 model round track)

ActiveCN310064568SPharmacyMedicinal herbs
1. Name of the product in this design: Medicine Cutter (2025 Circular Track). 2. Purpose of this design: For use in pharmacies to slice various medicinal materials into appropriate sizes and shapes for accurate and precise dispensing. 3. The key design feature of this product is its shape. 4. The image or photograph that best illustrates the design's key points: a 3D model. 5. Other situations requiring explanation: Part A is made of transparent material.
Owner:JINHUA JINMIAO PLASTIC PRODUCTS CO LTD

A sodium carbonate dosing system

The utility model provides a kind of sodium carbonate dosing system, including dispensing jar, the dispensing jar is connected with the water supply equipment of salted water, the blanking tube of the dispensing jar is connected with sewage pool, temperature control heat tracing mechanism is installed on the blanking tube.The utility model uses salted water to replace domestic water as dispensing solvent, solve the problem that the active ingredient of medicament is lost due to the reaction with hardness component in domestic water, the blanking tube is heated and dehumidified by setting temperature control heat tracing system, prevent medicament from hygroscopic and harden, solve the equipment blockage problem caused by high humidity environment in existing system, effectively avoid equipment failure and frequent shutdown maintenance, improve production efficiency.
Owner:BEIJING LONGYUAN WEIDE ENERGY TECH CO LTD

Multi-parameter collaborative optimization and control method for solution preparation workstation

This invention provides a multi-parameter collaborative optimization and control method for a solution preparation workstation, relating to the field of automated drug preparation technology. The method includes: calculating predetermined solution preparation time points by acquiring task information; constructing a time conflict tensor to identify conflicting task pairs and applying time offsets for optimization; generating a control scheme by calculating distribution entropy and radial diffusion; and finally selecting the optimal task allocation scheme and sending a reminder by combining historical operator switching costs through convolutional operations. This invention achieves automated and intelligent control and personnel allocation for solution preparation tasks, effectively solving the problem of multi-task time conflicts and improving solution preparation efficiency and resource utilization.
Owner:THE FIRST MEDICAL CENT CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL

Liquid medicine preparation system convenient to adjust

This application discloses an easily adjustable liquid preparation system, relating to the field of drug preparation equipment technology. By optimizing and improving the structure of existing liquid preparation systems, a liquid channel and a spray nozzle are set on the mixing component located in the processing chamber. While mixing, the liquid in the processing chamber is controlled to circulate and be sprayed out through the mixing component, increasing turbulence and thus significantly improving mixing efficiency. The system achieves the following technical effects: effectively promoting axial movement of the liquid in the tank during liquid mixing; effectively improving the uniformity and mixing efficiency of the liquid; conveniently adjusting the pH value of the liquid; and having a simple structure.
Owner:南通海发智能科技有限公司

A method and device for automatically preparing monkey food for experimental monkeys

This invention belongs to the field of animal feed production technology, and discloses an automated preparation method and apparatus for monkey food for laboratory monkeys. The apparatus includes a frame, a tunnel-type drying oven, and a collection bin. The frame is equipped with a mesh conveyor belt, a perforated powder dispenser, and a quantitative dosing device. The frame includes a belt mounting bin and a storage bin, a powder bin, and a dosing bin. The perforated powder dispenser includes a drive shaft, a powder lowering plate, a pressure rod, and several sets of fixed sleeves and perforating cones. The pressure rod passes laterally through strip-shaped sliding holes on several fixed sleeves and is fixedly connected to the corresponding perforating cones. The two ends of the pressure rod are respectively connected to an eccentric wheel via driven wheels. The quantitative dosing device includes a conical dosing groove, a dosing inlet pipe, a dispensing sleeve, and a discharging pipe. A dispensing shaft is provided inside the dispensing sleeve, and a drive wheel at one end of the dispensing shaft is hinged to the center position of the eccentric wheel via a connecting rod. This invention effectively solves the problems of low production efficiency, high labor costs, time-consuming and labor-intensive processes involving drilling holes and then manually adding drugs, as well as the problem of easy drug detachment.
Owner:JIANGSU SYNERGETIC PHARM BIOENGINEERING CO LTD

A waste liquid collection device for a drug dispensing platform

This utility model relates to the field of medical device technology, specifically a waste liquid collection device for a drug dispensing platform. It includes a fixed base, a mounting platform installed on the fixed base, and a fixing component on the fixed base for fixing medicine bottles. A collection tank is formed on the top surface of the mounting platform, and a limiting hole is formed at the bottom of the collection tank for medicine bottles to pass through. The bottom of the collection tank is inclined. The mounting platform has a guide channel communicating with the lowest side of the collection tank and a leakage channel connecting to the guide channel. By setting a dedicated leakage channel, leaked medicine liquid is effectively guided and collected, preventing adverse effects on the drug dispensing equipment, extending the service life of the equipment, and reducing maintenance frequency. The inclined bottom of the collection tank significantly reduces the amount of residual medicine liquid in the medicine bottles.
Owner:美蓝(杭州)医药科技有限公司

A clean air unit with a winding structure and a pneumatic drug dispensing system

ActiveCN224422689UAir filtrationDrug dispensing
This invention provides a clean air unit with a winding structure and a pneumatic dispensing system. The clean air unit includes a housing, within which an air source device and an air filter are installed. The housing has an air outlet port, and the air source device is connected to the air outlet port via the air filter. The air outlet port is connected to the air inlet of a dispensing device via an air pipe. Two winding structures are installed on the housing, spaced a predetermined distance apart. Each winding structure has a slot for holding the dispensing device. When the pneumatic dispensing system is not in use, the air pipe connecting the clean air unit and the dispensing device can be wound around the two winding structures first, and then the dispensing device can be placed in the slot of one of the winding structures of the clean air unit. This prevents the air pipe from bending or protruding when wound around the two structures, facilitating storage.
Owner:HARBIN SHENYI TECH CO LTD

A dispensing liquid preparation management system and method based on flexible production

ActiveCN116430806BFormularyProduction line
The application belongs to the technical field of pharmaceutical production, and discloses a dispensing liquid preparation management system and method based on flexible production, which comprises a formula storage module, a formula editing module, a production management module and a production supervision module.The formula storage module stores formula information of multiple formulas.The formula editing module edits formula information of a production formula to be produced in a formula editing template through a visual operation interface, stores the production formula into the formula storage module after editing is completed, and transmits the production formula to the production management module.The production management module receives the production formula transmitted by the formula editing module, and issues the production formula to a production controller.The production controller sends a production instruction according to the production formula to a formula production line corresponding to the production formula.The production supervision module monitors a production process of the formula production line, and sends a running state of the formula production line and an abnormal condition in the production process to a visual operation interface.The application solves the problems of poor operability of a pharmaceutical liquid preparation system and low production efficiency of a production line.
Owner:SHANGHAI MACROPROCESS INTELLIGENT CONTROL TECHNOLOGY CO LTD

Dispensing equipment for folded film traditional Chinese medicine formula granules

ActiveCN224277819UReduce professional requirementsConvenient automatic dispensingWrapper twisting/gatheringSolid materialFormularyHeat sealer
The utility model discloses half-folded film traditional Chinese medicine formula granule dispensing equipment, and particularly relates to the field of automatic traditional Chinese medicine granule dispensing and packaging, the half-folded film traditional Chinese medicine formula granule dispensing equipment comprises a rack, a supporting plate is arranged in the middle of the rack, and a medicine receiving hopper is arranged at the top of the supporting plate; a metering and regulating mechanism, a weighing mechanism and a display are arranged above the medicament receiving hopper, a medicament storage bottle can be inserted into the top of the metering and regulating mechanism, and a first mounting vertical plate is arranged at the bottom of the supporting plate. According to the automatic medicine dispensing machine, the discharging amount of the medicine storage bottle is controlled through the arranged metering and dispensing mechanism, prescriptions issued by a doctor are received through the computer, automatic medicine dispensing is facilitated, the prescriptions are stored through the receiving hopper, the prescriptions sequentially fall into a bottom packaging film through guiding of the arranged funnel, and meanwhile packaging bags are sealed through the arranged heat sealing mechanism and the arranged film pulling mechanism; and the effects of automatic dispensing, packaging and sealing are achieved.
Owner:BEI JING XIN RUI CHUANG DA KE JI YOU XIAN GONG SI

Protective gloves (intravenous drug preparation)

ActiveCN310004567SIntravenous drugTraditional medicine
1. The name of the design product: protective gloves (intravenous drug preparation). 2. The use of the design product: the design product is used for the protection of hands and wrists of the dispensing gloves in the intravenous drug preparation center. 3. The design points of the design product: in shape. 4. The picture or photo that best indicates the design points: perspective view.
Owner:GAOZHOU PEOPLES HOSPITAL