System for Supporting Medicine Filling Operation

• US 20090204255A1
• Filed: 03/29/2006
• Published: 08/13/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yuyama Manufacturing Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Yuyama Manufacturing Company Limited
• Inventors: Nakata, Kiyoyuki, Yuyama, Hiroyuki
• Granted Patent: US 8,494,870 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/225
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/13 delivered from dispensers

Abstract

Provided is a system for supporting medicine filling operation determines whether or not a combination of a medicine container and a medicine is appropriate and performs filling operation reliably and quickly without making a mistake. A control means (7) determines whether or not a medicine and a mounting object conform to each other based on medicine identification information or mounting objects identification information received by a communication means (6) and based on a medicine master, mounting master, and exchange table stored in a storage means (4). Information on the medicine, information on the mounting objects, or determination result that is read by the control means (7) and received via the communication means (6) and communication section (10) can be displayed on a display section (9) of a portable terminal (3).

Claims

1. A system for supporting a medicine filling operation for filling a medicine into a medicine container, comprising:

a portable terminal including an input section for inputting information for identification of the medicine or information for identification of an object on which the medicine is to be mounted, a display section, and a communication section;

a storage means for storing a medicine master composed of information on the medicine associated with the medicine identification information, a mounting master composed of information on the mounting object associated with the mounting object identification information, and an exchange table for associating the medicine information and the mounting object information with each other;

a communication means for receiving the medicine identification information or the mounting object identification information inputted with the input section of the portable terminal via the communication section; and

a control means for judging whether or not the medicine and the mounting object conform to each other based on the medicine identification information or the mounting object identification information received by the communication means and based on the medicine master, the mounting master, and the exchange table stored in the storage means,

wherein the display section of the portable terminal can display the medicine information, the mounting object information, or a determination result read by the control means and received via the communication means and the communication section.

2. A system for supporting a medicine filling operation according to claim 1, wherein:

when the medicine identification information or the mounting object identification information has been received by the communication means, the control means reads corresponding one of the information based on the medicine master or the mounting master stored in the storage means and reads the other remaining one of the information associated with the read information based on the exchange table; and

the display section of the portable terminal can display the medicine information and the mounting object information read by the control means and received via the communication means and the communication section.

3. A system for supporting a medicine filling operation according to claim 1 or 2, wherein:

the storage means further stores image information concerning the medicine; and

the portable terminal further includes an image reading section for, under a state where the medicine information is displayed on the display section, receiving the image information stored in the storage means via the communication section and the communication means and enabling display thereof on the display section.

4. A system for supporting a medicine filling operation according to one of claims 1 to 3, wherein:

the storage means stores the exchange table in which one medicine is associated with a plurality of mounting objects;

the control means reads the medicine information or the mounting object information stored on the exchange table in the storage means based on the medicine identification information or the mounting object identification information received via the communication section and the communication means and sends the read information to the communication section of the portable terminal via the communication means; and

when the medicine information is displayed on the display section of the portable terminal, a plurality of corresponding mounting objects are displayed together with the medicine information.

5. A system for supporting a medicine filling operation according to one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the control means calculates a remaining amount of the medicine on each mounting object based on a filling amount of the medicine into the mounting object and a delivery amount of the medicine from the mounting object, determines whether or not filling of the medicine is required based on the calculated remaining amount of the medicine, and displays corresponding mounting object information on the display section of the portable terminal when it has been determined that the filling is required.

6. A system for supporting a medicine filling operation according to one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the control means stores a filling record together with a filling person name in the storage means based on a filling completion signal from the portable terminal.

7. A system for supporting a medicine filling operation according to one of claims 1 to 6, wherein when there is an error in information inputted with the input section of the portable terminal, the control means stores an error record in the storage means and causes the display section of the portable terminal to display error information based on the error record.

8. A system for supporting a medicine filling operation according to one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the control means is constructed using a web server.

9. A system for supporting a medicine filling operation according to claim 8, wherein:

the storage means is installed at the main server; and

the web server is installed in each unit of a plurality of portable terminals that are collectively used.