IP Library Granted Patent US 10,858,134
Granted Patent B2
US 10,858,134 · App. 14/433,633 · Granted Dec 8, 2020

Medicine inspection system, winding device, feed device, and holder

Inventors: Hirokazu Amano (Toyonaka, JP); Hiromichi Tsuda (Toyonaka, JP); Yasuyuki Yoshikawa (Toyonaka, JP); Hirokazu Chihara (Toyonaka, JP); Dai Shimizube (Toyonaka, JP)
Assignee: YUYAMA MFG. CO., LTD.
B65B57/04A61J1/03B65B1/04B65B9/06B65B43/123B65B45/00B65B51/10B65B57/10B65B61/26B65H16/04B65H16/103B65H18/026B65H18/10B65H23/044B65H23/182B65H23/195B65H59/36B65H59/385B65H59/387B65H75/28B65H75/403G01N21/9508B65H2403/942B65H2511/112B65H2511/512B65H2513/11B65H2701/1942B65H2701/37B65H2801/69
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,858,134
App. No.
14/433,633
Granted
Dec 8, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a medicine inspection system capable of appropriately outputting an inspection result while minimizing damage and the like to a packaging bag and a medicine. A medicine inspection system 10 includes an inspection device 20 which inspects a numerical quantity and/or a type of a medicine contained in a packaging bag p based on an image photographed of the packaging bag p to be inspected, and a marking device 50 which records an inspection result from the inspection device on the packaging bag p. After the packaging bag p, which has a seal section S formed by pressure bonding an overlapping portion of a packaging paper, is inspected at the inspection device 20 , a stamp which indicates the inspection result thereof is output by a marking device 50 onto the seal section S.

Claims (20)

1. A medicinal agent inspection system comprising:

an inspection device which is configured to inspect a numerical quantity and/or a type of a medicinal agent contained in a packaging bag to be inspected based on a photographed image of the packaging bag; and

a marking device which is configured to record an inspection result from the inspection device on the packaging bag; wherein

the packaging bag has a seal section having an uneven shaped seal mark formed by pressure bonding an overlapping portion of a packaging paper in a region in which a medicinal agent is contained or at a position that is separated from the region in which a medicinal agent is contained, and

a dot-shaped stamp or a linear stamp which indicates the inspection result is output by the marking device onto the seal section;

wherein the marking device has a plotter that outputs the stamp through a pen;

wherein the marking device further comprises a fixing apparatus which fixes the packaging bag by descending an actuating piece connected to a driver by conducting electricity to a driver, and wherein the stamp is affixed by the pen after fixing the packaging bag;

wherein when the packaging bag determined to not pass the inspection approaches the conveyance path of the marking device, the fixing apparatus operates, and the pen moves toward the conveyance path of a packaging bag continuous body and outputs the stamp after fixing the packaging bag, and reaches a state at which it is moved away from the conveyance path after output of the stamp.

2. The medicinal agent inspection system according to claim 1 , wherein the seal section has a plurality of dot-shaped seal marks formed by pressure bonding.

3. The medicinal agent inspection system according to claim 1 , wherein a stamp is output onto the seal section by the marking device when the inspection of the numerical quantity and/or the type of the medicinal agent contained in the packaging bag is incorrect.

4. The medicinal agent inspection system according to claim 1 , wherein each packaging bag forming the packaging bag continuous body can be inspected by supplying the packaging bag continuous body, for which a plurality of packaging bags in which a medicinal agent is divided and packaged in accordance with a prescription is continuously formed after an empty packaging bag, to the inspection device, and

a stamp differing from the stamp indicating the inspection result is output onto the empty packaging bag.

5. The medicinal agent inspection system according to claim 4 , wherein an identification device capable of identifying a presence or absence of the stamp output to the empty packaging bag is provided, and

the medicinal agent inspection system is configured to determine if an operational problem has occurred with the marking device based on the stamp output to the empty packaging bag not being identified by the identification device.

6. The medicinal agent inspection system according to claim 1 , wherein the marking device outputs the inspection result using an ink that can be made to be invisible to a human eye by an application of heat.

7. The medicinal agent inspection system according to claim 1 , wherein a delivery unit connected so as to be capable of delivering the packaging bag is provided between a medicinal agent packaging device capable of packaging single package portions of a medicinal agent according to a prescription and the inspection device.

8. The medicinal agent inspection system according to claim 1 , wherein the inspection device comprises:

an inspection unit where the packaging bag containing the medicinal agent to be inspected is positioned, and

a photographing device which photographs the packaging bag positioned at the inspection unit; and

a determination that a packaging bag is not present at the inspection unit is implemented based on the photographing device itself being captured in a photographed image of the inspection unit by the photographing device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 3, 2015
From: AMANO, HIROKAZU; TSUDA, HIROMICHI; YOSHIKAWA, YASUYUKI; CHIHARA, HIROKAZU; SHIMIZUBE, DAI
To: YUYAMA MFG. CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 035334/0495 →
Priority Claims (3)
JP 2012-221037 · Oct 3, 2012 · national
JP 2012-253034 · Nov 19, 2012 · national
JP 2013-038275 · Feb 28, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150266604A1 · Sep 24, 2015
Cited By (2)
US 12,390,300 US 12,441,503