DRUG PREPARATION INSTRUCTION SYSTEM

• US 20020062227A1
• Filed: 06/17/1999
• Published: 05/23/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 06/18/1998
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Yuyama Seisakusho
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Yuyama Seisakusho
• Inventors: YUYAMA, HIROYUKI, GOTO, YOSHITO
• Granted Patent: US 7,155,396 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/20 relating to practices or guidelines
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/40 relating to drugs, e.g. their side effects or intended usage

Abstract

When drugs are prepared according to drug preparation order sheets printed by drug preparation order printers, it is desired to freely set the relation with the printers by setting data without directly connected and fixed to a control program of a control unit of a drug preparation order system so as to cope with e.g. relocations of drug preparation tables. As the drug preparation instruction system, a control unit and a plurality of drug preparation order printers are provided. In the data storage portion of the control unit, data showing the relation between drugs and drug types are stored. By reading drug type codes from inputted drug data, and by reading printer numbers corresponding to the respective drug type codes from a printer setting portion in which are stored data showing the relation between drug type codes and printer numbers, drug data are printed individually by the printers of the set numbers.

Claims

1. A drug preparation order system comprising a control unit for carrying out logic operations and outputting control signals based on externally inputted drug preparation data including a patient name or a patient code, drug codes, taking directions and dosage, and a plurality of printers connected to said control unit for printing on drug preparation order sheets in response to the control signals, said control unit having a data storage portion for storing basic data about drug codes including drug type codes, patient name and taking directions, and a printer setting portion for setting the correlation between the drug type codes and the printer, whereby reading drug type codes of drugs necessary for a patient from among the drug preparation data inputted in said data storage portion, setting data of the printer corresponding to the drug type codes by said printer setting portion, and printing on a drug preparation order sheet data including the patient name and the prescribed drug names by the printer in the set data.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein a communication means is connected to said control unit, wherein a plurality of trays having communication means that respond to said communication means are combined as a system, each of said trays having a display portion, and wherein the drug preparation order data sent from said control unit through said communication means are displayed on said display portion of each of said trays.

3. The system of claim 2 wherein in order to put drugs in a plurality of trays according to the drug types and the number of days for which the drugs are to be prescribed, the drugs are assigned to said plurality of trays.

4. The system of claim 2 or 3 wherein a drug preparation order sheet printed by said printers contain information indicating that drugs are put in a plurality of trays.

5. The system of any of claims 2-4 wherein when drug preparation order data are transmitted by said communication means, identification information is transmitted to said trays to distinguish said trays from each other.

6. The system of any of claims 2-5 wherein when drug preparation order data are transmitted by said communication means, information on whether or not taking guidance is necessary is transmitted.