Medication mixing device and medication mixing method
A medicine mixing device includes a pedestal, a main rotating-base, a sub rotating-base, and a control unit. The pedestal is used to place medicine containers thereon. The main rotating-base includes a holding portion and a main rotating shaft, and rotates around the main rotating shaft. The holding portion holds a syringe for sucking a medicine at its center on its vertical plane. The main rotating shaft is orthogonal to the vertical plane. The sub rotating-base is disposed close to a part of the circumference of the main-rotating base and rotates relatively with respect to the main rotating-base. The sub rotating-base includes a fixing unit and a sub rotating shaft parallel to the main rotating shaft. The fixing unit fixes thereto one medicine container selected from the medicine containers on the pedestal. The control unit controls a medicine to be sucked out of the medicine container into the syringe.
1. A medicine mixing device comprising:
a pedestal on which medicine containers are to be placed;
a main rotating base including a holding portion and a main rotating shaft, and being rotatable around the main rotating shaft, the holding portion being configured to hold a syringe that sucks a medicine at a center thereof on a vertical plane thereof, and the main rotating shaft being orthogonal to the vertical plane;
a sub rotating base placed on the main rotating base and being rotatable relatively with respect to the main rotating base, the sub rotating base including a fixing unit and a sub rotating shaft parallel to the main rotating shaft, the fixing unit being configured to fix thereto one medicine container selected from the medicine containers on the pedestal; and
a control unit configured to control a medicine to be sucked out of the fixed medicine container into the syringe.
2. The medicine mixing device of claim 1 , wherein
the medicine containers include a first medicine container and a second medicine container.
3. The medicine mixing device of claim 2 , wherein
the first medicine container is a vial, and the second medicine container is an ampule.
4. The medicine mixing device of claim 1 , further comprising:
an infusion holder configured to hold an infusion bag, the infusion holder including a transfer mechanism that moves the infusion bag with respect to the syringe.
5. The medicine mixing device of claim 1 , wherein
the fixing unit of the sub rotating base includes a retention mechanism that holds the medicine container such that a center of the medicine container coincides with a needle of the syringe.
6. The medicine mixing device of claim 1 , wherein
the holding portion of the main rotating base includes a transfer mechanism movable in an axial direction.
7. The medicine mixing device of claim 1 , wherein
the fixing unit of the sub rotating base includes a transfer mechanism movable in an axial direction.
8. The medicine mixing device of claim 1 , wherein
the pedestal is one of a rectilinear rack and a turntable.
9. The medicine mixing device of claim 8 , wherein
the turntable includes a revolver having a motor at a bottom thereof, the turntable being driven by the revolver.
10. The medicine mixing device of claim 8 , wherein
the one of the rectilinear rack and the turntable is detachable and portable.