JPH04112055A - Drug bag printer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To print explicit items required efficiently to drug bags in a short time by using a plurality of printers by providing a means recognizing the classifications of the drug bags set to each printer, a means selecting the classifications of the drug bag determined and a means selecting the printer, to which the drug bag is set, and operating the printer. CONSTITUTION:A selective operating means 15 selects and operates a printer 3, to which a bag body 4 as a drug bag 7 of a selected classification is set, from the classifications (kinds or size) of bag bodies 4, 4... set to each printer 3, 3... recognized by a classification recognition means 13 and the classification of the drug bag 7 selected by a classification measuring means 14 in response to contents to be medicated by a command from an input device 12. Explicit items required are printed on the bag body 4 of the specified classifications by the working of the printer 3. The drug bag 7 falls up to an extracting port 9 through a chute 10 from the discharge section 8 of the printer 3.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field] This invention relates to a medicine bag printing device.

[Prior Art] Generally, when various drugs are administered to patients at pharmacies in hospitals, etc., the medicine bags containing the medicines and handed to the patient are labeled with the department, number of medicine bags, prescription number, and the patient. The name of the drug, number of days of administration, directions for use, precautions, date of dispensing, hospital name, and various other details must be clearly indicated.

Limited items such as the name of the hospital can be printed out in advance on these medication bags.
Many items, including the patient's name, cannot be printed out in advance because they must be clearly marked individually depending on the drug being stored.

For this reason, in the past, necessary items from the medicine bag specifications were
One of two methods is adopted: an operator writes by hand on the medicine bag, or prints on a label and affixes the label to the medicine bag, or directly prints on the medicine bag with a printer.

Among these methods, handwriting on medicine bags not only puts a heavy burden on the operator, but also requires a certain amount of time for handwriting by humans, which tends to lead to patients having to wait.To avoid this, it is necessary to A considerable number of workers have to concentrate only on handwriting the medicine bags, and as a result, the entire pharmacy's operations are delayed, making it impossible to shorten patient waiting times.

In addition, the label printing and pasting method can relieve the worker from handwriting work, but the worker must select the type and size of the medicine bag to which the printed label is to be pasted, and then paste the label on the medicine bag in the f size. ``Because it requires a lot of work, it has no appreciable effect on reducing work time compared to the medicine bag handwriting method, so this method also cannot reduce the patient's waiting time.

On the other hand, the direct printing method on medicine bags not only frees the worker from handwriting work but also from selecting and pasting labels, which not only significantly reduces the burden on the worker but also This method has the effect of substantially reducing time, so there is a tendency for this method to be gradually adopted.

[Problem to be solved by the invention] However, there is a natural limit to the number of medicine bags that can be processed per unit time with one printer, and on the other hand, there are many cases where multiple medicine bags are required for one patient. Therefore, if a hospital with a large number of patients adopts the printing method directly on drug bags, using only one printer will result in processing speeds that are too slow, and it will be difficult to handle drug bags of various types and sizes. There were some problems.

This invention solves the problems of the above-mentioned conventional medicine bags, and makes it possible to efficiently print required information on medicine bags of any type or size in a short time using multiple printers. The purpose of this invention is to provide a printing device.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a medicine bag printing device equipped with a plurality of printers, which includes a means for recognizing the type of medicine bag set in each printer, and a means for recognizing the type of medicine bag set in each printer, and The printer is equipped with means for selecting a predetermined type of medicine bag depending on the content, and means for selecting and operating a printer in which the medicine bag of the selected type is set.

[Operation] By employing the above means, the present invention automatically selects a predetermined type of medicine bag according to the content to be administered from medicine bags of various types and sizes set in a plurality of printers. In addition to being selected as a drug bag, the required information will be printed efficiently and in a short time on the selected drug bag.

[Example] Embodiments of the invention shown in the drawings will be described below.

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention, and the medicine bag printing device 1 includes:
In the housing 2, there are multiple (for example, three) printers 3.3,
...are installed one above the other.

Each printer 3 has a bag body 4.4110. which is to be a medicine bag. a supply unit 5 that stacks a large number of sheets and sets them to a predetermined value of 1;
A printing section 6 separates the bags 4.4, . Discharge part 8
It is composed of.

Among these, at least one printer 3 handles only the type 1 bag 4, as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, it is configured to be able to switch between handling at least two bags 4a and 4b of the same type or different types.

That is, in the latter case, it is possible to set at least two bags 4a, 4b of the same type or different types in the supply section 5 individually and simultaneously,
They are printed at the same time in the printing unit 6, and medicine bags 7a and 7b are printed.
are configured so that they can be simultaneously discharged from the discharge section 8, and if necessary, any one of the bags 4a, 4b set in the supply section 5 at the same time. (or -4b) can be printed in the printing section 6, and only the medicine bag 7a (or 7b) can be discharged from the discharge section 8.

A take-out port 9 is provided at the bottom of the housing 2, and the printer 3
．． 3. Ejection part 8. 8, ... and outlet 9
and are communicated with each other by a chute 10 provided on the side surface of the housing 2.

Therefore, the medicine bags 7.7, . . . , which have been printed by the printers 3.3, .
From there, it passes through a chute 10 and falls to an outlet 9.

Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the printers 3, 3, . and by the operation of the printer 3,
Necessary clear information is printed on bags # and 4.

That is, the control device 11 controls each printer 3.3, .
A bag body that is to be a medicine bag set in 4.4,...
an appropriate type recognition means 13 for recognizing the type (type or size) of the medication, and an appropriate type selection means 14 for selecting a predetermined type of medicine bag 7 according to the content to be administered.
and an appropriate selection operating means 15 for selecting and operating the printer 3 in which the bag body 4 to be the medicine bag 7 of the selected type is set.

Next, the operation of the medicine bag printing device 1 described above will be explained.

First, the supply units 5.5, . . . of the printers 3.3, .
4. Bags of the required type or size, respectively.
Set a large number of sheets one on top of the other.

At this time, at least one printer 3 is set with only one type of bag 4, or at least two bags 4a of the same type or different types are set, as necessary.
, 4b individually and simultaneously.

In addition, the bag 4. which was cut seven times by the printer 3.3, .
4. Input the necessary clear information to be printed on the input device 1.
Enter by 2.

Then, based on the command from the input device 12, the control device 11 selects and operates the printer 3 to be activated in the following manner.

That is, the bags 4.4, . . . set in each printer 3.3, . . . recognized by the type recognition means 13
. . , and the content to be administered according to the command from the input device 12.
Based on the type of medicine bag 7 selected in step 4, the selection operation means 15 selects and operates the printer 3 in which the bag body 4 to be the medicine bag 7 of the selected type is set.

Then, by the operation of the printer 3, the required explicit information is printed on the binding 4 (4a, 4b) of a predetermined type (type or size), and the medicine bag 7 (7a, 7b) created thereby. ) falls from the discharge section 8 of the printer 3 through the chute 10 to the outlet 9.

In this case, the control device 11 causes the printers 3, 3, . . . to print medicine bags 7.7, .・
, the medicine bags 7, 7, . . . are gathered together for each patient at the outlet 9.

Therefore, the medicine bag 7.7 taken out from the takeout port 9,
... are collected in the required number for each patient, and can be conveniently handled in subsequent work.

In the above embodiment, the printer 3 is not fixedly installed in the housing 2, but is configured so that it can be pulled out from the housing 2 toward the front or to the side, for example, along an appropriate rail (not shown). It is preferable to do so.

With such a configuration, tasks such as replenishing the bag 4 to the printer 3, replacing the thermal transfer film or ink ribbon of the printer 3, and other maintenance tasks can be carried out at the front or side of the housing 2! This can be done extremely easily.

In addition, in the above embodiment, the shape and configuration of the chute 10!
The position and the like can be appropriately designed as long as the medicine bag 7 discharged from the printer 3 can be dropped to the outlet 9.

Also, instead of the chute 10, an appropriate conveyor is provided,
By the operation of this conveyor, the medicine bags 7.7, . . . can be transported from the discharge section 8.8, . By, medicine bag 7.7,・
. . may be guided from the discharge portions 8.8, . . . to the outlet 9.

Furthermore, in the above embodiments, the number of burrs 3 is not limited to three, but an appropriate number can be set.

Further, in the above embodiment, the printer 3 handles medicine bags 7 of different types or sizes, but the invention is not limited to this. For example, the printer 3 handles multiple medicine bags 7 of the same type or size. It may also be handled by two or more printers 3.

Further, in the above embodiment, all the printers 3 are used to print directly on the medicine bag 7, but the invention is not limited to this, and if there is an allowance in the number of printers 3 installed, for example, one of It goes without saying that the present invention may be used as a label printer for dipping water or as a prescription printer, and various other changes and modifications of the above-described embodiments are possible.

[Effects of the Invention] Since the present invention is configured as described above, it is possible to select a medicine bag of a predetermined type according to the content to be administered from medicine bags of various types and thickness set in a plurality of printers. It is possible to automatically select the medicine bag and print the required information on the medicine bag efficiently in a short time.As a result, it is possible to improve the efficiency of medicine bag printing work, and as a result, it is possible to By streamlining and speeding up the preparation of medicine bags in hospitals where medication must be administered within a limited time, it is possible to streamline the entire medication administration process, thereby shortening patient waiting times. It has excellent effects such as:

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a schematic front view with the front door omitted, FIG. 2 is a schematic side view with the side pawl omitted, and FIG. A schematic side view showing the case where two medicine bags are handled, and FIG. 4 is a block diagram of the main parts. 1... Medicine bag printing device 2... Housing 3... Printer 4.4a, 4b... Bag body 5... Supply section 6... Printing section 7.7a, 7b... Medicine bag
8...Discharge section...Takeout port 1...Control device 3...Type recognition means 5...Selection actuation means 10...Chute 12...Input device 14...Type selection means 1st mouth 2nd mouth

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a medicine bag printing device equipped with a plurality of printers, means for recognizing the type of medicine bag set in each printer, and means for selecting a predetermined medicine bag type according to the content to be administered; A medicine bag printing device comprising means for selecting and operating a printer in which a medicine bag of a selected type is set.