EP3156338A1 - Storage container for a storage and dispensing station for medicaments - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a reservoir for medicaments, and more particularly to a reservoir for a drug delivery and delivery station.
- Modern blister machines such as those in the WO 2013/034504 A1 include, depending on the level of expansion, several hundred storage and dispensing stations. In each of these, a plurality of drug portions of a particular drug are stored, and on request, individual drug portions can be dispensed. With the blister machine, the medicament portions stored in the storage and dispensing stations are compiled and blistered individually according to the patient's prescribed time of entry.
- corresponding storage and dispensing stations are driven to deliver one or more isolated portions of medication.
- a supply and delivery station is actuated, a single medicament portion is separated with a separating device and transferred to a guide device of the blister machine via a delivery opening.
- a dispensed drug portion possibly with the interposition of a collecting device, a packaging device is supplied, which blisters individual or several portions of medication according to the medical specification.
- the separating device For separating the medicament portions, which are stored in a storage container of a supply and delivery station, the separating device comprises a rotor with a plurality of channels, which are usually arranged on the outer circumference of the rotor.
- the channels are adapted to the respectively to be separated drug portions in terms of their size such that in a channel, the drug portions only one above the other, but can not be arranged side by side.
- a channel For dispensing a drug portion from a channel, a channel is moved via a dispensing opening in the housing of the reservoir and the drug portion located in the channel at the bottom slips into the dispensing opening.
- a retaining portion of a retaining means is guided at least into or over the channel aligned with the dispensing opening.
- This retaining portion is arranged in relation to the height of the channel in or above this, that under the retaining portion only a drug portion can be arranged. If the retention portion is guided into the channel to separate the lowermost drug portion from above, the individual channel separating projections have a slot which receives the retention portion upon rotation of the rotor. If the retaining section is guided over the channels, it is routed only slightly over the upper ends of the projections on a regular basis, so that further medicament portions are prevented from entering the channel when the medicament portion is dispensed.
- the retaining portion of the retaining means is guided in known storage and dispensing stations from the outside through a housing slot in the reservoir.
- a disadvantage of this design is that the resulting in the operation of a supply and dispensing station dust can escape through the slot from the reservoir and contaminated the blister machine.
- the problem is solved by a storage container according to claim 1.
- the storage container according to the invention for a The medicament supply and dispensing station comprises a housing enclosing a medicament portion receiving space with a circular cylindrical section and a bottom surface, this bottom surface having a dispensing opening for receiving individual medicament portions.
- a separating device is provided with at least one channel for receiving at least one drug portion.
- the channel can receive only one drug portion or several medicament portions, which can then be arranged only one above the other in the channel.
- the reservoir further comprises a retaining means disposed entirely within the housing enclosing the receiving space, having a mounting portion and a retaining portion, the retaining portion being held above the dispensing opening and preventing further drug portions from entering a channel aligned with the dispensing opening, and wherein the mounting portion is at least one Fastening receptacle cooperates within the housing for fixing the retaining means in the housing.
- the attachment receptacle can have any desired configuration, as long as it is ensured that the retention means is held stationary.
- the design of the attachment portion of the retaining means is arbitrary, as long as the fixed fixing of the retaining portion is ensured in the housing itself.
- the fixing portion and the retaining portion may relate to the same "component" of the return means but perform other functions.
- the inventive design and arrangement of the retaining means can be dispensed with the introduction of a slot through which the retaining portion in the housing. Dust generated during the operation of the storage and dispensing station can not escape to the outside, but the dust remains largely inside the storage container. and discharge station and can be collected there before an eventual exit to the outside.
- the retention section may be arranged above an upper opening of the channel facing the receiving space.
- the channel is spatially configured so that only a drug portion can be arranged in this.
- the retaining portion of the retaining means is inserted into the aligned at the discharge port channel, that in the channel arranged drug portions are separated, in at least one portion of medication over the retention section and one portion of medication under the retention section. The portion of medication located below the retention section is delivered via the delivery opening.
- projections of the separating device which define the channels, have a gap in which the retaining section is guided.
- the at least one fastening portion of the retaining means cooperates with the fastening receptacle within the housing such that the retaining portion of the retaining means can be fixed in height.
- the fastening portion of the retaining means cooperates with at least one fastening receptacle within the housing.
- the attachment receptacle can be arranged at any suitable location within the housing, wherein the location of the attachment receptacle the exact configuration of the retaining means, and in particular of the attachment portion of the retaining means due.
- the at least one fastening receptacle is arranged at the circular cylindrical portion of the housing. In the circular cylindrical portion of the housing and the separating device is arranged in the channels or over the channels of the retaining portion of the fastener is fixed so that this spatial arrangement of the mounting receptacle allows a structurally particularly simple retention means.
- the retaining portion of the retaining means is adjustable in height fixable.
- the various attachment positions can be realized for example by a latching means or the like, which positions the retention portion depending on the exact configuration of the channels.
- the at least one fastening receptacle has a cylindrical cavity and the attachment section has at least one cylindrical guide section, wherein the cylindrical guide section is arranged in the cylindrical cavity of the fastening receptacle, wherein the cylindrical cavity is preferably deep or deeper is long as the cylindrical guide portion.
- the attachment portion is formed in two parts and each part cooperates with a mounting receptacle.
- the two parts of the fastening portion are arranged at outer end portions of the retaining means. The resulting, in the broader sense U-shaped retaining means is particularly stable and secure in the housing.
- the retention portion of the retention means may cover or engage in a "top-up" channel at the delivery port to prevent more than one portion of medication from being transferred to the delivery port.
- a return means is arranged, which pushes the retaining means towards the discharge opening or pulls, ie from above on the top of the projections arranged between the channels.
- FIGS. 1a and 1b show two oblique views of a supply and dispensing station 1 with a first embodiment of the storage container according to the invention.
- Figures 1c and 1d show plan views of the supply and delivery station, wherein at Figure 1d a separating device 30, which in the Figures 1a - 1c is at least hinted at, is omitted.
- a cover is omitted for clarity. The cover is usually part of the housing. But it is also conceivable that a reservoir is used without cover.
- the storage container comprises a housing 10 enclosing a receiving space 2 for medicament portions, which has a circular cylindrical portion 11 in the lower portion.
- the reservoir (and the housing 10) is closed at the bottom by a bottom surface 20 having a discharge opening 21 (see Figure 1d ).
- the bottom surface 20 has a further central receptacle 22, which cooperates with a singulator 30.
- the singulator 30 is disposed in the circular cylindrical portion 11 of the housing 10 and includes a plurality of channels 31 for receiving at least one drug portion.
- the channels 31 are formed by a plurality of projections 32, which together with a central part 34 form a rotor which is moved by a drive arranged in a housing section 12 (not shown).
- the projections 32 may be made integral with the central portion 34, but it is also conceivable that the projections 32 are attached to the outer periphery of the central portion 34 and thus the channels are generated on the outer periphery of the central portion 34.
- the circular cylindrical portion 11 of the housing 10 comprises two Ausbuchtunen 14a, 14b, in which fastening receptacles 15a, 15b are formed, which are described in more detail in subsequent figures.
- the motor for moving the singulator 30 and other components of the supply and dispensing station for example, a sensor for checking the delivery of a drug portion
- the reservoir can be released from the lower portion of the supply and delivery station, for example, to fill new drug portions in the reservoir.
- a handle 13 is provided in the front region.
- fastening receptacles are arranged at other portions of the housing, for example at the upper opening of the housing 10 or at a (not shown in the figures) cover.
- FIG. 2a shows a partial sectional side view of the storage and dispensing station with a reservoir according to the first embodiment, wherein the housing 10 together with circular cylindrical portion 11 is partially cut away, and so the view of the central singler 30 is released.
- the separating device 30 comprises a middle part 34, on whose outer circumference a plurality of projections 32 are provided, by the arrangement and configuration of which at the periphery of the middle part 34 a plurality of channels 31 is defined.
- the projections 32 are each divided at the same height of a slot 33 in which a retaining portion 42 of the retaining means is guided.
- the fastening receptacle 15a is formed, in which a circular-cylindrical portion 43a of a partial mounting portion 41a of the retaining means is guided.
- the fastening receptacle 15a and of the circular cylindrical guide section 43a of the fastening section Due to the special configuration of the fastening receptacle 15a and of the circular cylindrical guide section 43a of the fastening section, it is ensured, given a suitable choice of the depth of the fastening receptacle and the length of the circular cylindrical guide section, that the retaining means are height-adjustable is stored so that the retaining portion 42 of the retaining means can adapt to the height of the slot 33 in the projections 32. This allows the same retaining means to be used for a variety of different singulating devices.
- FIG. 2b shows a further sectional view, namely a section through the circular cylindrical portion 11 of the housing 10 and by the arranged in the circular cylindrical portion 11 separating device.
- the projections 32 are formed such that they rest against the inner circumference of the circular cylindrical portion 11, so that a defined channel 31 is formed between two projections.
- two mounting receivers 15a, 15b are also visible, which are arranged in recesses 14a, 14b of the circular cylindrical portion.
- FIG. 2c shows a further sectional view, with only the housing 10 and a portion of the circular cylindrical portion 11 are cut away, so that the exact execution of the singulator 30 and their arrangement in the circular cylindrical portion 11 of the housing can be seen.
- Each of the projections 32 includes a slot 33 for receiving a retaining portion 42 of the retaining means 40.
- the retaining means 40 is formed by two circular cylindrical guide portions 43a, 43b disposed on two partial mounting portions 41a, 41b in the two mounting seats 15a. 15b guided height adjustable.
- FIG. 3 shows a further sectional view of the supply and dispensing station 1 with a first embodiment of the storage container according to the invention.
- the rear portion of the housing 10 with a circular cylindrical portion 11 and the lower housing portion 12, which does not belong to the reservoir according to the invention, cut away.
- the two circular-cylindrical guide sections 43a, 43b of the two partial fastening sections 41a, 41b of the guide means are shown.
- a guide 50 is arranged, via which the dispensed drug portion, for example, a guide means is supplied.
- the retaining portion 42 of the retaining means is disposed above the (temporarily) aligned at the discharge port 21 channel 31 '.
- FIG. 4 shows a further sectional view, in which representation the separating device in the circular cylindrical portion 11 of the housing 10 is omitted, so as to represent the spatial arrangement of the retaining portion 42 of the retaining means in the circular cylindrical portion.
- the retaining section 42 is arranged above the discharge opening 21, and thus always conceals or separates the channels which are rotated via the discharge opening 21 during a rotation of the singulating device.
- a receptacle 22 for the singling device 30 is shown, which is designed such that on this receptacle 22, the singulator 30 is rotatable with a (not shown) motor.
- FIG. 5 shows a detailed view of the interaction of the retaining means 40 with the singulator 30.
- the retaining portion 42 of the retaining means 40 is guided in a slot 33 of the projections 32, and prevented in the two channels, in the illustration shown are positioned between the two guide portions 43a, 43b, that a drug portion disposed in the receiving space above the singulator 30 enters the channel region below the retaining portion 42. As a result, slipping further drug portions is prevented.
- FIG. 6 shows a detailed view of the retaining means 40 with a central retaining portion 42, at the outer ends of two partial mounting portions 41a, 41b are arranged, which in turn each have a circular cylindrical guide portion 43a, 43b, in the corresponding fastening receptacles 15a, 15b in the circular cylindrical portion 11 of Housing can be performed.
- FIGS. 7a and 7b show two sectional views of a supply and discharge station with a second embodiment of the storage container according to the invention.
- the second embodiment substantially corresponds to the first embodiment, with the difference that the projections 32 have no slot for guiding the retaining portion 42 of the retaining means 40, but that the retaining means 40 is guided on the top of the projections 32, and so the entry of another Drug serving at least in the channel 31 ', which is aligned with the discharge opening 21, is prevented.
- the further details with regard to the determination or arrangement of the retaining means correspond to those of the first embodiment, so that a repeated detailed description is omitted here.
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Die vorliegende Erfindung betrifft einen Vorratsbehälter für eine Vorrats- und Abgabesation für Arzneimittel. Vorratsbehälter gemäß dem Stand der Technik umfassen einen Schlitz, durch welchen ein Rückhalteabschnitt eines Rückhaltemittels geführt ist. Der Schlitz ist an die Dimensionen der Arzneimittel anzupassen, ferner kann Staub durch diesen austreten. Ein Erfindungsgemäßer Vorratsbehälter umfasst einen einen Aufnahmeraum (2) umschließendes Gehäuse (10) mit einem kreiszylinderförmigen Abschnitt (11) und einer Bodenfläche (20) mit einer Abgabeöffnung (21), eine in dem kreiszylinderförmigen Abschnitt (11) des Gehäuses (10) angeordnete Vereinzelungseinrichtung (30) mit zumindest einem Kanal (31) sowie ein vollständig innerhalb des den Aufnahmeraum (2) umschließenden Gehäuses (10, 11) angeordnetes Rückhaltemittel (40) mit einem Befestigungsabschnitt (41) und einem Rückhalteabschnitt (42), wobei der Rückhalteabschnitt (42) oberhalb der Abgabeöffnung (21) gehalten ist und wobei der Befestigungsabschnitt (41) mit zumindest einer Befestigungsaufnahme (15a, 15b) innerhalb des Gehäuses (10) zum Festlegen des Rückhaltemittels (40) in dem Gehäuse (10, 11) zusammenwirkt.The present invention relates to a storage container for a storage and dispensing station for drugs. Storage containers according to the prior art comprise a slot through which a retaining portion of a retaining means is guided. The slot is adapted to the dimensions of the drug, dust can also escape through it. A reservoir according to the invention comprises a housing (10) surrounding a receiving space (2) with a circular cylindrical portion (11) and a bottom surface (20) with a discharge opening (21), a separating device arranged in the circular cylindrical portion (11) of the housing (10) (30) having at least one channel (31) and a completely within the receiving space (2) enclosing housing (10, 11) arranged retaining means (40) having a mounting portion (41) and a retaining portion (42), wherein the retaining portion (42 ) is held above the discharge opening (21) and wherein the fixing portion (41) with at least one fastening receptacle (15a, 15b) within the housing (10) for fixing the retaining means (40) in the housing (10, 11) cooperates.
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Die vorliegende Erfindung betrifft einen Vorratsbehälter für Arzneimittel und insbesondere einen Vorratsbehälter für eine Vorrats- und Abgabestation für Arzneimittel.The present invention relates to a reservoir for medicaments, and more particularly to a reservoir for a drug delivery and delivery station.
Moderne Blisterautomaten, wie sie beispielsweise in der
Zur Zusammenstellung der Arzneimittelportionen werden entsprechende Vorrats- und Abgabestationen zur Abgabe einer oder mehrerer vereinzelter Arzneimittelportionen angesteuert. Bei Ansteuerung einer Vorrats- und Abgabestation wird mit einer Vereinzelungseinrichtung eine einzelne Arzneimittelportion separiert und über eine Abgabeöffnung einer Führungseinrichtung des Blisterautomatens übergeben. Mittels der Führungseinrichtung wird eine abgegebene Arzneimittelportion, ggf. unter Zwischenschaltung einer Sammeleinrichtung, einer Verpackungseinrichtung zugeführt, welche einzelne oder mehrere Arzneimittelportionen entsprechend der ärztlichen Vorgabe verblistert.To compile the drug portions corresponding storage and dispensing stations are driven to deliver one or more isolated portions of medication. When a supply and delivery station is actuated, a single medicament portion is separated with a separating device and transferred to a guide device of the blister machine via a delivery opening. By means of the guide device, a dispensed drug portion, possibly with the interposition of a collecting device, a packaging device is supplied, which blisters individual or several portions of medication according to the medical specification.
Zur Vereinzelung der Arzneimittelportionen, die in einem Vorratsbehälter einer Vorrats- und Abgabestation gelagert sind, umfasst die Vereinzelungseinrichtung einen Rotor mit einer Vielzahl von Kanälen, die üblicherweise am Außenumfang des Rotors angeordnet sind. Die Kanäle sind an die jeweils zu separierenden Arzneimittelportionen hinsichtlich ihrer Abmessung derart angepasst, dass in einem Kanal die Arzneimittelportionen lediglich übereinander, nicht aber nebeneinander angeordnet sein können.For separating the medicament portions, which are stored in a storage container of a supply and delivery station, the separating device comprises a rotor with a plurality of channels, which are usually arranged on the outer circumference of the rotor. The channels are adapted to the respectively to be separated drug portions in terms of their size such that in a channel, the drug portions only one above the other, but can not be arranged side by side.
Zur Abgabe einer Arzneimittelportion aus einem Kanal wird ein Kanal über eine Abgabeöffnung in dem Gehäuse des Vorratsbehälters bewegt, und die in dem Kanal an unterster Stelle angeordnete Arzneimittelportion rutscht bzw. fällt in die Abgabeöffnung. Um zu vermeiden, dass weitere in dem oder über dem Kanal lagernde Arzneimittelportionen ebenfalls abgegeben werden, ist in dem Bereich über der Abgabeöffnung ein Rückhalteabschnitt eines Rückhaltemittels zumindest in oder über den Kanal geführt, der an der Abgabeöffnung ausgerichtet ist. Dieser Rückhalteabschnitt ist in Bezug auf die Höhe des Kanales derart in diesem oder über diesem angeordnet, dass unter dem Rückhalteabschnitt lediglich eine Arzneimittelportion angeordnet sein kann. Sofern der Rückhalteabschnitt in den Kanal geführt ist, um die unterste Arzneimittelportion von darüber angeordneten zu trennen, weisen die einzelne Kanäle trennenden Vorsprünge eine Schlitz auf, welcher den Rückhalteabschnitt bei Drehung des Rotors aufnimmt. Sofern der Rückhalteabschnitt über den Kanälen geführt ist, ist dieser regelmäßig nur geringfügig über den oberen Enden der Vorsprünge geführt, so dass vermieden wird, dass bei Abgabe der Arzneimittelportion weitere Arzneimittelportionen in den Kanal gelangen.For dispensing a drug portion from a channel, a channel is moved via a dispensing opening in the housing of the reservoir and the drug portion located in the channel at the bottom slips into the dispensing opening. In order to avoid that further medicament portions stored in or over the channel are also dispensed, in the area above the dispensing opening, a retaining portion of a retaining means is guided at least into or over the channel aligned with the dispensing opening. This retaining portion is arranged in relation to the height of the channel in or above this, that under the retaining portion only a drug portion can be arranged. If the retention portion is guided into the channel to separate the lowermost drug portion from above, the individual channel separating projections have a slot which receives the retention portion upon rotation of the rotor. If the retaining section is guided over the channels, it is routed only slightly over the upper ends of the projections on a regular basis, so that further medicament portions are prevented from entering the channel when the medicament portion is dispensed.
Der Rückhalteabschnitt des Rückhaltemittels ist bei bekannten Vorrats- und Abgabestationen von außen durch einen Gehäuseschlitz in den Vorratsbehälter geführt. Nachteilig an dieser Ausführung ist, dass der bei dem Betrieb einer Vorrats- und Abgabestation entstehende Staub durch den Schlitz aus dem Vorratsbehälter austreten kann und den Blisterautomaten verunreinigt.The retaining portion of the retaining means is guided in known storage and dispensing stations from the outside through a housing slot in the reservoir. A disadvantage of this design is that the resulting in the operation of a supply and dispensing station dust can escape through the slot from the reservoir and contaminated the blister machine.
Es ist daher Aufgabe der vorliegenden Erfindung, einen Vorratsbehälter für eine Vorrats- und Abgabestation bereitzustellen, mit welchem die Verunreinigung des Blisterautomaten, in welchem sie verwendet wird, vermindert ist.It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a reservoir for a supply and discharge station, with which the contamination of the blister machine in which it is used, is reduced.
Die Aufgabe wird gelöst durch einen Vorratsbehälter gemäß Patentanspruch 1. Der erfindungsgemäße Vorratsbehälter für eine Vorrats- und Abgabestation für Arzneimittel umfasst ein einen Aufnahmeraum für Arzneimittelportionen umschließendes Gehäuse mit einem kreiszylinderförmigen Abschnitt und einer Bodenfläche, wobei diese Bodenfläche eine Abgabeöffnung zur Aufnahme von vereinzelten Arzneimittelportionen aufweist.The problem is solved by a storage container according to claim 1. The storage container according to the invention for a The medicament supply and dispensing station comprises a housing enclosing a medicament portion receiving space with a circular cylindrical section and a bottom surface, this bottom surface having a dispensing opening for receiving individual medicament portions.
In dem kreiszylinderförmigen Abschnitt des Gehäuses ist eine Vereinzelungseinrichtung mit zumindest einem Kanal zur Aufnahme zumindest einer Arzneimittelportion vorgesehen. In Abhängigkeit von der genauen Ausgestaltung der Vereinzelungseinrichtung kann der Kanal nur eine Arzneimittelportion oder mehrere Arzneimittelportionen aufnehmen, wobei diese dann lediglich übereinander in dem Kanal angeordnet werden können.In the circular cylindrical portion of the housing, a separating device is provided with at least one channel for receiving at least one drug portion. Depending on the exact configuration of the singulation device, the channel can receive only one drug portion or several medicament portions, which can then be arranged only one above the other in the channel.
Der Vorratsbehälter umfasst ferner ein vollständig innerhalb des den Aufnahmeraum umschließenden Gehäuses angeordnetes Rückhaltemittel mit einem Befestigungsabschnitt und einem Rückhalteabschnitt, wobei der Rückhalteabschnitt oberhalb der Abgabeöffnung gehalten ist und einen Eintritt weiterer Arzneimittelportionen in einen an der Abgabeöffnung ausgerichteten Kanal verhindert, und wobei der Befestigungsabschnitt mit zumindest einer Befestigungsaufnahme innerhalb des Gehäuses zum Festlegen des Rückhaltemittels in dem Gehäuse zusammenwirkt. Die Befestigungsaufnahme kann eine beliebige Ausgestaltung aufweisen, so lange gewährleistet ist, dass das Rückhaltemittel ortsfest gehalten wird. Auch ist die Gestaltung des Befestigungsabschnittes des Rückhaltemittels beliebig, so lange die ortsfeste Festlegung des Rückhalteabschnitts in dem Gehäuse selber gewährleistet ist. Beispielsweise können der Befestigungsabschnitt und der Rückhalteabschnitt dasselbe "Bauteil" des Rückstellmittels betreffen, jedoch andere Funktionen erfüllen.The reservoir further comprises a retaining means disposed entirely within the housing enclosing the receiving space, having a mounting portion and a retaining portion, the retaining portion being held above the dispensing opening and preventing further drug portions from entering a channel aligned with the dispensing opening, and wherein the mounting portion is at least one Fastening receptacle cooperates within the housing for fixing the retaining means in the housing. The attachment receptacle can have any desired configuration, as long as it is ensured that the retention means is held stationary. Also, the design of the attachment portion of the retaining means is arbitrary, as long as the fixed fixing of the retaining portion is ensured in the housing itself. For example, the fixing portion and the retaining portion may relate to the same "component" of the return means but perform other functions.
Durch die erfindungsgemäße Ausgestaltung und Anordnung des Rückhaltemittels kann auf die Einbringung eines Schlitzes, durch welchen der Rückhalteabschnitt in das Gehäuse geführt ist, verzichtet werden. Bei dem Betrieb der Vorrats- und Abgabestation entstehender Staub kann nicht nach außen gelangen, der Staub verbleibt vielmehr weitgehend im Inneren der Vorrats- und Abgabestation und kann dort vor einem eventuellen Austritt nach Außen gesammelt werden.The inventive design and arrangement of the retaining means can be dispensed with the introduction of a slot through which the retaining portion in the housing. Dust generated during the operation of the storage and dispensing station can not escape to the outside, but the dust remains largely inside the storage container. and discharge station and can be collected there before an eventual exit to the outside.
In Abhängigkeit von der genauen Ausgestaltung des zumindest einen Kanales zur Aufnahme von Arzneimittelportionen kann der Rückhalteabschnitt über einer dem Aufnahmeraum zugewandten oberen Öffnung des Kanales angeordnet sein. In diesem Fall ist der Kanal räumlich so ausgestaltet, dass lediglich eine Arzneimittelportion in diesem angeordnet werden kann. Für den Fall, dass der Kanal so ausgebildet ist, dass mehrere Arzneimittelportionen übereinander in diesem angeordnet sein können, ist der Rückhalteabschnitt des Rückhaltemittels derart in den an der Abgabeöffnung ausgerichteten Kanal eingeführt, dass die in dem Kanal angeordneten Arzneimittelportionen getrennt sind, und zwar in zumindest eine Arzneimittelportion über dem Rückhalteabschnitt und genau eine Arzneimittelportion unter dem Rückhalteabschnitt. Die unter dem Rückhalteabschnitt angeordnete Arzneimittelportion wird über die Abgabeöffnung abgegeben. Der Eintritt weiterer Arzneimittelportionen in den Kanal ist jedoch verhindert, da lediglich die untere Arzneimittelportion abgegeben wird und das Rückhaltemittel das Durchrutschen weiterer Arzneimittelportionen, und damit den Eintritt weiterer Arzneimittelportionen, verhindert. Bei einer solchen Ausgestaltung weisen Vorsprünge der Vereinzelungsvorrichtung, welche die Kanäle definieren, einen Spalt auf, in welchem der Rückhalteabschnitt geführt ist.Depending on the exact configuration of the at least one channel for receiving medicament portions, the retention section may be arranged above an upper opening of the channel facing the receiving space. In this case, the channel is spatially configured so that only a drug portion can be arranged in this. In the event that the channel is designed so that a plurality of drug portions can be arranged one above the other in this, the retaining portion of the retaining means is inserted into the aligned at the discharge port channel, that in the channel arranged drug portions are separated, in at least one portion of medication over the retention section and one portion of medication under the retention section. The portion of medication located below the retention section is delivered via the delivery opening. However, the entry of further medicament portions into the channel is prevented since only the lower medicament portion is delivered and the retention agent prevents the slipping of further medicament portions, and thus the entry of further medicament portions. In such an embodiment, projections of the separating device, which define the channels, have a gap in which the retaining section is guided.
Unabhängig davon, welche Art von Kanal genutzt wird, ist es stets erforderlich, dass die Positionierung des Rückhalteabschnittes über bzw. in dem Kanal, und die Ausgestaltung des Kanals selber, an die Dimensionen der Arzneimittelportionen angepasst werden. Dies wird bei bekannten Vorrats- und Abgabestationen dadurch erreicht, dass an die Arzneimittelportionen angepasste Vereinzelungseinrichtungen (Gestaltung Kanal) und Gehäuse (Positionierung Schlitz bzw. Rückhalteabschnitt) verwendet werden. Dies hat aber wiederrum den Nachteil, dass zahlreiche unterschiedliche Rückhaltemittel, Vereinzelungseinrichtungen und Gehäuse vorzuhalten sind. Bei der erfindungsgemäßen Vorrats- und Abgabestation ist es durch die vollständige Verlegung des Rückhaltemittels in das Gehäuse vorteilhafterweise nicht mehr notwendig, eine Mehrzahl von Gehäusen vorzuhalten.Regardless of which type of channel is used, it is always necessary that the positioning of the retaining section over or in the channel, and the configuration of the channel itself, be adapted to the dimensions of the drug portions. This is achieved in known storage and dispensing stations in that adapted to the drug portions singler (design channel) and housing (positioning slot or retaining portion) are used. However, this in turn has the disadvantage that numerous different retaining means, separating devices and housing must be provided. In the Inventive supply and delivery station according to the invention, it is advantageously no longer necessary to maintain a plurality of housings due to the complete relocation of the restraint means into the housing.
Um auch die Verwendung verschiedener, an die Ausgestaltung des zumindest einen Kanals angepasster Rückhaltemittel zu vermeiden ist es bei einer bevorzugten Ausführungsform vorgesehen, dass der zumindest eine Befestigungsabschnitt des Rückhaltemittels derart mit der Befestigungsaufnahme innerhalb des Gehäuses zusammenwirkt, dass der Rückhalteabschnitt des Rückhaltemittels höhenverstellbar festlegbar ist.In order to avoid the use of different retaining means adapted to the configuration of the at least one channel, it is provided in a preferred embodiment that the at least one fastening portion of the retaining means cooperates with the fastening receptacle within the housing such that the retaining portion of the retaining means can be fixed in height.
Zur Festlegung des Rückhaltemittels wirkt der Befestigungsabschnitt des Rückhaltemittels mit zumindest einer Befestigungsaufnahme innerhalb des Gehäuses zusammen. Die Befestigungsaufnahme kann bei einem beliebigen geeigneten Ort innerhalb des Gehäuses angeordnet sein, wobei der Ort der Befestigungsaufnahme die genaue Ausgestaltung des Rückhaltemittels, und insbesondere des Befestigungsabschnittes des Rückhaltemittels, bedingt. Bei einer bevorzugten Ausführungsform, bei welcher das Rückhaltemittel besonders einfach ausgeführt ist, ist es vorgesehen, dass die zumindest eine Befestigungsaufnahme bei dem kreiszylinderförmigen Abschnitt des Gehäuses angeordnet ist. In dem kreiszylinderförmigen Abschnitt des Gehäuses ist auch die Vereinzelungseinrichtung angeordnet, in deren Kanäle bzw. über deren Kanälen der Rückhalteabschnitt des Befestigungsmittels festgelegt ist, so dass diese räumliche Anordnung der Befestigungsaufnahme ein baulich besonders einfaches Rückhaltemittel erlaubt.In order to fix the retaining means, the fastening portion of the retaining means cooperates with at least one fastening receptacle within the housing. The attachment receptacle can be arranged at any suitable location within the housing, wherein the location of the attachment receptacle the exact configuration of the retaining means, and in particular of the attachment portion of the retaining means due. In a preferred embodiment, in which the retaining means is particularly simple, it is provided that the at least one fastening receptacle is arranged at the circular cylindrical portion of the housing. In the circular cylindrical portion of the housing and the separating device is arranged in the channels or over the channels of the retaining portion of the fastener is fixed so that this spatial arrangement of the mounting receptacle allows a structurally particularly simple retention means.
Wie bereits oben dargelegt, ist es bei einer bevorzugten Ausführungsform vorgesehen, dass der Rückhalteabschnitt des Rückhaltemittels höhenverstellbar festlegbar ist. Um dies zu erreichen, ist es beispielsweise vorstellbar, bei der Befestigungsaufnahme verschiedene Befestigungsstellungen vorzusehen, mit welchen der Befestigungsabschnitt des Rückhaltemittels mit der Befestigungsaufnahme zusammenwirken kann. Die verschiedenen Befestigungsstellungen können beispielsweise durch ein Rastmittel oder dergleichen realisiert werden, welches in Abhängigkeit von der genauen Ausgestaltung der Kanäle den Rückhalteabschnitt positioniert.As already stated above, it is provided in a preferred embodiment, that the retaining portion of the retaining means is adjustable in height fixable. To achieve this, it is conceivable, for example, to provide different fastening positions with the fastening receptacle with which the fastening section of the retaining means interact with the fastening receptacle can. The various attachment positions can be realized for example by a latching means or the like, which positions the retention portion depending on the exact configuration of the channels.
Bei einer konstruktiv besonders einfachen bevorzugten Ausführungsform ist es vorgesehen, dass die zumindest eine Befestigungsaufnahme einen zylinderförmigen Hohlraum und der Befestigungsabschnitt zumindest einen zylinderförmigen Führungsabschnitt aufweist, wobei der zylinderförmige Führungsabschnitt in dem zylinderförmigen Hohlraum der Befestigungsaufnahme angeordnet ist, wobei der zylinderförmige Hohlraum vorzugsweise gleich tief oder tiefer ist als der zylinderförmige Führungsabschnitt lang ist. Diese bevorzugte Ausführungsform gewährleistet die weitreichendste Flexibilität im Hinblick auf die Höhenverstellbarkeit des Rückhaltemittels.In a structurally particularly simple preferred embodiment, it is provided that the at least one fastening receptacle has a cylindrical cavity and the attachment section has at least one cylindrical guide section, wherein the cylindrical guide section is arranged in the cylindrical cavity of the fastening receptacle, wherein the cylindrical cavity is preferably deep or deeper is long as the cylindrical guide portion. This preferred embodiment ensures the most far-reaching flexibility with regard to the height adjustability of the restraint means.
Um das Rückhaltemittel besonders sicher in dem Gehäuse zu anzuordnen bzw. festzulegen ist es bei einer bevorzugten Ausführungsform vorgesehen, dass der Befestigungsabschnitt zweiteilig ausgebildet ist und jeder Teil mit einer Befestigungsaufnahme zusammenwirkt. In diesem Zusammenhang ist es besonders vorteilhaft, dass die beiden Teile des Befestigungsabschnittes bei äußeren Endabschnitten des Rückhaltemittels angeordnet sind. Das resultierende, im weiteren Sinne U-förmige Rückhaltemittel ist besonders stabil und sicher in dem Gehäuse festlegbar.In order to arrange the retention means particularly securely in the housing or set it is provided in a preferred embodiment that the attachment portion is formed in two parts and each part cooperates with a mounting receptacle. In this connection, it is particularly advantageous that the two parts of the fastening portion are arranged at outer end portions of the retaining means. The resulting, in the broader sense U-shaped retaining means is particularly stable and secure in the housing.
Wie bereits dargelegt, kann der Rückhalteabschnitt des Rückhaltemittels einen an der Abgabeöffnung ausgerichteten Kanal "von oben" abdecken oder in diesen eingreifen, um zu verhindern, dass mehr als eine Arzneimittelportion in die Abgabeöffnung überführt wird. Bei der ersten Alternative ist es bevorzugt, dass in der zumindest einen Befestigungsaufnahme ein Rückstellmittel angeordnet ist, welches das Rückhaltemittel in Richtung auf die Abgabeöffnung drückt bzw. zieht, d. h. von oben auf die Oberseite der zwischen den Kanälen angeordneten Vorsprünge. Indem ein Druck bzw. Zug auf das Rückstellmittel ausgeübt wird, kann bei einem höhenverstellbaren Rückhaltemittel sichergestellt werden, dass der Rückhalteabschnitt nicht von den die Kanäle trennenden Vorsprüngen "abhebt", was zu einem Durchrutschen von Arzneimittelportionen führen würde.As already stated, the retention portion of the retention means may cover or engage in a "top-up" channel at the delivery port to prevent more than one portion of medication from being transferred to the delivery port. In the first alternative, it is preferred that in the at least one fastening receptacle a return means is arranged, which pushes the retaining means towards the discharge opening or pulls, ie from above on the top of the projections arranged between the channels. By applying pressure to the return means, a height-adjustable retention means can be used ensure that the retaining portion does not "lift off" the projections separating the channels, which would lead to slippage of drug portions.
Im Nachfolgenden werden zwei bevorzugte Ausführungsformen des erfindungsgemäßen Vorratsbehälters für Vorrats- und Abgabestationen unter Bezugnahme auf die beigefügte Zeichnung beschrieben, in welcher
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FIGS. 7a and 7b two sectional views of a second embodiment show.
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Der Vorratsbehälter gemäß der ersten Ausführungsform umfasst ein einen Aufnahmeraum 2 für Arzneimittelportionen umschließendes Gehäuse 10, welches im unteren Abschnitt einen kreiszylinderförmigen Abschnitt 11 aufweist. Der Vorratsbehälter (und das Gehäuse 10) wird nach unten durch eine Bodenfläche 20 abgeschlossen, die eine Abgabeöffnung 21 aufweist (siehe dazu
In dem unter dem Vorratsbehälter angeordneten Gehäuse 12 sind der Motor zur Bewegung der Vereinzelungseinrichtung 30 sowie weitere Bauteile der Vorrats- und Abgabestation, beispielsweis ein Sensor zur Überprüfung der Abgabe einer Arzneimittelportion, angeordnet. Der Vorratsbehälter kann von dem unteren Abschnitt der Vorrats- und Abgabestation gelöst werden, beispielsweise um neue Arzneimittelportionen in den Vorratsbehälter einzufüllen. Um die Vorrats- und Abgabestation (oder ggf. nur den Vorratsbehälter) besser handhaben zu können, ist im vorderen Bereich ein Griff 13 vorgesehen.In the arranged under the
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Bei alternativen Ausführungsformen kann es vorgesehen sein, dass die Befestigungsaufnahmen bei anderen Abschnitten des Gehäuses angeordnet sind, beispielsweise bei der oberen Öffnung des Gehäuses 10 oder bei einer (in den Figuren nicht dargestellten) Abdeckung.In alternative embodiments, it can be provided that the fastening receptacles are arranged at other portions of the housing, for example at the upper opening of the
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Die Vereinzelungseinrichtung 30 umfasst ein Mittelteil 34, an dessen Außenumfang mehrere Vorsprünge 32 vorgesehen sind, durch deren Anordnung und Ausgestaltung am Umfang des Mittelteils 34 eine Mehrzahl von Kanälen 31 definiert ist. Wie dies bereits in
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