DIVISION-PACKAGING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC MEDICINE PACKAGING MACHINE
First Claim
1. A division-packaging method for an automatic medicine packaging machine including steps of:
- a) acquiring packaging volume of each medication envelope, wherein, after extracting packaging size of each medication envelope, the packaging volume of each medication envelope corresponding to the extracted packaging size is acquired from data of packaging volumes of medication envelopes that are preserved in advance;
b) computing total volume of each dose of medication, wherein, after extracting name and number of each dose of medication from prescription data inputted from a server computer, the total volume of each dose of medication for making a package is computed by acquiring data of total volumes of medications which are preserved in advance;
c) judging excess volume of each dose of medication, wherein the judgment of excess volume of each dose of medication is performed by comparing the acquired packaging volume of each medication envelope with the computed total volume of each dose of medication; and
d) division-packaging each dose of medication into two or more medication envelopes when the total volume of each dose of medication for making a package is bigger than the packaging volume of any medication envelope established in the automatic medicine packaging machine.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a division-packaging method for an automatic medicine packaging machine that allows stable packaging even when total volume of each dose of medication for making a package is bigger than packaging volume of any medication envelope established in the automatic medicine packaging machine and that prevents incapability of packaging due to excess volume of each dose of medication. The method includes step of acquiring packaging volume of each medication envelope; step of computing total volume of each dose of medication; step of judging excess volume of each dose of medication; and step of division-packaging each dose of medication when the total volume of each dose of medication for making a package is bigger than the packaging volume of any medication envelope established in the automatic medicine packaging machine.
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6 Claims
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1. A division-packaging method for an automatic medicine packaging machine including steps of:
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a) acquiring packaging volume of each medication envelope, wherein, after extracting packaging size of each medication envelope, the packaging volume of each medication envelope corresponding to the extracted packaging size is acquired from data of packaging volumes of medication envelopes that are preserved in advance; b) computing total volume of each dose of medication, wherein, after extracting name and number of each dose of medication from prescription data inputted from a server computer, the total volume of each dose of medication for making a package is computed by acquiring data of total volumes of medications which are preserved in advance; c) judging excess volume of each dose of medication, wherein the judgment of excess volume of each dose of medication is performed by comparing the acquired packaging volume of each medication envelope with the computed total volume of each dose of medication; and d) division-packaging each dose of medication into two or more medication envelopes when the total volume of each dose of medication for making a package is bigger than the packaging volume of any medication envelope established in the automatic medicine packaging machine. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A division-packaging apparatus for an automatic medicine packaging machine that continuously packages each dose of medication fed into medication envelope(s), wherein the automatic medicine packaging machine comprises a plurality of tablet cassettes that houses medications, a printing unit that prints instruction labels on medication envelopes, and a sealing unit that feeds and seals medication envelopes on which instruction labels are printed by the printing unit, the apparatus comprising:
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a) a controller for the automatic medicine packaging machine, which controls the tablet cassettes, the printing unit, and the sealing unit of the automatic medicine packaging machine according to prescription data that are inputted from a server computer; and b) a storage unit that is connected to the controller and that stores data of packaging volumes of medication envelopes corresponding to each packaging size of the medication envelope and data of total volumes of medications housed in the tablet cassettes; wherein the controller controls to divide and package each dose of medication into two or more packaging envelopes by volume comparison and analysis if total volume of each dose of medication for making a package is bigger than packaging volume of any medication envelope after acquiring from storage unit the total volume of each dose of medication and the packaging volume of medication envelopes corresponding to each packaging size established in the automatic packaging machine. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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