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WO2008103033A1 - Procédé et dispositif pour fournir des sacs groupés de médicaments d'une façon individualisée - Google Patents

Procédé et dispositif pour fournir des sacs groupés de médicaments d'une façon individualisée Download PDF

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WO2008103033A1
WO2008103033A1 PCT/NL2008/050081 NL2008050081W WO2008103033A1 WO 2008103033 A1 WO2008103033 A1 WO 2008103033A1 NL 2008050081 W NL2008050081 W NL 2008050081W WO 2008103033 A1 WO2008103033 A1 WO 2008103033A1
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Minne Jorritsma
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Dijkstra Vereenigde Bedrijven B.V.
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Priority to EP08712607A priority Critical patent/EP2112983A1/fr
Priority to CA002678782A priority patent/CA2678782A1/fr
Priority to US12/527,796 priority patent/US20100043356A1/en
Priority to AU2008217784A priority patent/AU2008217784A1/en
Publication of WO2008103033A1 publication Critical patent/WO2008103033A1/fr

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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B5/00—Packaging individual articles in containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, jars
    • B65B5/10—Filling containers or receptacles progressively or in stages by introducing successive articles, or layers of articles
    • B65B5/101—Filling containers or receptacles progressively or in stages by introducing successive articles, or layers of articles by gravity
    • B65B5/103—Filling containers or receptacles progressively or in stages by introducing successive articles, or layers of articles by gravity for packaging pills or tablets
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B5/00—Packaging individual articles in containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, jars
    • B65B5/06—Packaging groups of articles, the groups being treated as single articles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B5/00—Packaging individual articles in containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, jars
    • B65B5/06—Packaging groups of articles, the groups being treated as single articles
    • B65B5/061—Filled bags
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B5/00—Packaging individual articles in containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, jars
    • B65B5/10—Filling containers or receptacles progressively or in stages by introducing successive articles, or layers of articles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B61/00—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages
    • B65B61/04—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for severing webs, or for separating joined packages
    • B65B61/06—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for severing webs, or for separating joined packages by cutting
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B63/00—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on articles or materials to be packaged
    • B65B63/04—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on articles or materials to be packaged for folding or winding articles, e.g. gloves or stockings

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  • the present invention relates to methods for process- ing a series or a string of interconnected bags filled with objects, such as medicinal tablets.
  • the present invention further relates to devices for providing said bags after said processing.
  • Known methods and devices are not capable of automatically processing series of bags and providing said bags in a state suitable for distribution, sorted and individualised according to entity.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide improved methods and devices which do not exhibit the above drawbacks .
  • the advantage of said methods and devices is that af- ter the introduction of a series or a string of interconnected bags, a number of bags belonging together are automatically deposited in trays in zigzag fashion, physically separated from each other, or automatically wound onto reels or wound into a roll. No human action is involved in this process, which minimises the risk of mistakes.
  • Readable information has been printed on the bags at an earlier stage, for example after verification of the contents of the bags by means of an inspection device, as known from WO 2004/072626, which information indicates, among other things, that the bags belong together, because their con- tents, which usually consist of medicinal tablets, are intended for the same entity.
  • Said entity may for example be thought of as persons or animals in a particular department or on a particular floor level of a home for elderly, a nursing home, a hospital. Said entity may also be a single person or a group of patients who regularly need specific medicines, frequently in exactly the prescribed order and at exact points in time. The medicines in the trays, rolls or reels that have been processed by means of the methods and devices according to the invention can thus be made available to the patients in an individualised manner and in the correct order, thus minimising the risk that the wrong medicines or incorrect amounts thereof will be administered.
  • Figure 1 is a front view of a device which places a series of interconnected bags into trays provided with bags corresponding to each other;
  • Figure 2 is a perspective view of the device of fig- ure 1;
  • Figure 3 is a front view of a device which places a series of interconnected bags on rolls or reels provided with bags corresponding to each other;
  • Figure 4 is a perspective view of the device of fig- ure 3.
  • Figures 1 and 2 show a perspective view and a front view, respectively, of a device 1 by means of which a series of bags 2, for example present in a collecting con- tainer or on a large reel (not shown) , which are usually interconnected in a long string, are deposited into trays 3, which at that stage are filled with bags corresponding to each other, whose contents are intended for the same entity.
  • Said entity may for example be persons or animals staying in a particular department or on a particular floor level, a home for the elderly, a nursing home, a hospital.
  • Said entity may also be a single person or a group of patients who regularly need specific medicines, frequently in exactly the prescribed order and at exact points in time.
  • the device 1 comprises in-feed means, generally indicated at 4, for introducing the series or string of interconnected bags filled with objects or medicines.
  • the in- feed means 4 shown in figures 1 and 2 are in this case configured as two driven conveyor belts 4-1 and 4-2 disposed one above the other, with a gap present therebetween, which are lined with a slightly elastic, resilient material on the outer sides, which translate substantially parallel to each other, between which the bags 2 are clamped and moved from the right to the left in the figure.
  • the series of bags 2 passes a reading device 5, for example a bar code reader, and separating means 6, which are both connected to a general purpose computer control system C (schematically indicated) yet to be explained.
  • a first row of bags 2 from the series is moved over a spoon 7, which is slidably movable in a substantially horizontal plane, under which spoon 7 a tray supplied by tray-supplying means 8 mounted in the device 1 is positioned.
  • the arrival of the first row at the end of the path over the spoon 7 is detected by several sensors (not shown) connected to the control system C, whereupon the spoon 7 moves away from its position under the first row at the command of the control system C and the first row drops into the tray 3 positioned thereunder.
  • the spoon 7 is moved onto the first row of bags in the tray so as to hold - A -
  • a horizontally movable carrier element 9 is moved into position, causing the row of bags to be deflected, which carrier element 9 may furthermore guide the movement of a second row of bags over the spoon 7.
  • the carrier element 9 is preferably a simple pin 9, so that advantageously the intended object of filling the trays with the correct bags by means of the device 1 can be achieved quickly and with minimal means merely by manipulating the spoon 7 and the pin 9.
  • the arrival of the second row at the end of the path over the spoon 7 is detected by a sensor, whereupon the cycle is repeated and next rows of bags are folded in zigzag fashion in the tray until the control system C, after a print on a bag that has been introduced has been read by the reading device 5 and said information has been passed on to the control system C, delivers a command to the separating means 6 to break the series.
  • the separating means 6 comprise cutting or pressure means, for example, controlled by the control system C, which function to separate the connection between two adjacent bags 2. After the remaining bags have been placed into the tray, in this way only those bags that belong together will end up in the tray 3.
  • the reading device 5 After reading the information printed on a bag, concludes that the bag in question is intended for another entity, only those previously read bags that are intended for the previous entity will be deposited in the tray in question.
  • the tray 3 in question After being printed with relevant information by labelling means (not explicitly shown) , the tray 3 in question, which is filled with bags 2 thus selected, is usually carried out of the device 1 by conveying means 10 connected to the control system C.
  • the aforesaid information generally comprises information that makes it possible to trace the executed process and the device 1 in question as well as, for exam- pie, identification data regarding contents and target group.
  • one or more bags 3, which are usually filled to a greater or smaller extent are packaged individually and/or in groups and subsequently distributed and transported to the locations of the entities for which they are intended so as to deliver the medicines to the persons to whom they are to be administered.
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 show a perspective view and a front view, respectively, of a device 1 by means of which a series of bags 2, usually interconnected in a long string, which are for example present in a collecting container or on a large roll or reel (not shown) , are wound onto reels 12, which are filled with bags corresponding to each other whose contents are intended for the same aforementioned entity.
  • the device 1 comprises in-feed means, generally indicated at 4, for introducing the series or string of interconnected bags, which are filled with objects or medicines.
  • the in-feed means 4 shown in figures 3 and 4 are in this case configured as two driven conveyor belts 4-1 and 4-2 disposed one above the other, with a gap present therebetween, which are lined with a slightly elastic, resilient material on the outer sides, between which the bags are clamped and moved from the right to the left in the figure.
  • the series of bags 2 Upon leaving the in-feed means 4, for example, the series of bags 2 passes a reading device 5, for example a bar code reader, and separating means 6, which are both connected to a general purpose computer control system C, which has al- ready been explained in the foregoing.
  • a reading device 5 for example a bar code reader
  • separating means 6 which are both connected to a general purpose computer control system C, which has al- ready been explained in the foregoing.
  • pressure means 13 clamp one end of the bags 2 from the series down on a rotatably drivable reel 12 supplied by reel-supplying means 14, and the bags 2 are wound onto the reel 12.
  • the pressure means 13 which are usually spring-loaded, prevent the leading portion of the series of bags from becoming detached from the reel 12.
  • Said pressure means furthermore press down a label to be affixed to the last bag, so that said last bag will not become detached from the other bags on the reel 12.
  • Said winding up of the bags 2 continues until the control system C delivers a command to the separating means 6 to break the series after a print on an introduced bag has been read by the reading device 5 and said information has been passed on to the control system C.
  • the separating means 6 comprise cutting or pressure means, for example, controlled by the control system C, which function to separate the connection between two adjacent bags 2. In this way only those individualised bags that belong together will end up on the reel in question after the re- maining bags have been wound onto the reel. The fact is that when the reading device 5, after reading the information printed on the bag 2, concludes that the bag in question is intended for another entity, only those previously read bags that are intended for the previous entity will be wound onto the reel 12 in question.
  • the reel 12 which is provided with bags corresponding to each other 2, is preferably mounted on a movable rotation mechanism 15, so that, after the leading portion of the series of bags 2 has been clamped down on the reel 12, the reel 12 can be moved to the left, seen in figure 2, so as to clear the way for bags 2 to be wound onto the reel 12.
  • the device 1 will not comprise any reel- supplying means 14, either, but it will comprise a rotata- bly drivable winding shaft, which, in figures 3 and 4, may be regarded as being the element that is schematically indicated by numeral 12 in the device 1.
  • the control system C has been adapted accordingly.
  • the end of the series of interconnected bags 2 is wound up to form the beginning of a roll upon being introduced, for example in that the leading part is in- serted into a slot in the winding shaft 12, for example, or fixed or held down, at least temporarily, on the winding shaft.
  • the bags 2 are wound into a roll by the rotatably driven winding shaft 12.
  • the roll thus advantageously consists only of bags 12 in that case.
  • pressure means also indicated by numeral 13, may be provided again for holding the bags of the series down on the roll, in particular initially, upon further rotation of the roll.
  • the roll is taken off the winding shaft 12 by suitable means, or the leading portion of the series of bags 2 is moved out of the slot in the winding shaft.
  • the bag 2 in question is carried out of the device 1 by conveying means 16 connected to the control device 1, usually after relevant information as mentioned before has been printed thereon by labelling means (not explicitly shown) .
  • one or more rolls or reels 12 thus filled to a greater or lesser extent are packaged individu- ally and/or in groups and subsequently distributed and transported to the locations of the entities for which they are intended so as to deliver the medicines to the persons to whom they are to be administered.
  • the control system C has a keyboard-controlled or touch-controlled screen 11 shown in figures 1 and 2 for controlling the device 1 and displaying status and processing data and possibly printing said data with a printer.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne des procédés et dispositifs dans lesquels, à la suite de l'introduction d'une série ou d'une chaîne de sacs interconnectés (2), un nombre de sacs associés étant automatiquement déposés dans des plateaux (3) en zigzag, physiquement séparés les uns des autres, ou automatiquement enroulés sur des bobines (12). Des informations lisibles sont imprimées sur les sacs, lesquelles informations indiquent que les sacs sont associés, car leur contenu, habituellement des comprimés médicinaux, est destiné à la même entité. Ladite entité peut par exemple être des personnes ou des animaux dans un département particulier ou sur un niveau particulier d'une maison pour personnes âgées, d'une maison de soin, d'un hôpital. Ladite entité peut également être une seule personne ou un groupe de patients qui ont régulièrement besoin de médicaments spécifiques, fréquemment et exactement dans l'ordre prescrit et à des instants exacts. Les médicaments dans les plateaux distribués ou sur les bobines peuvent ainsi être rendus accessibles aux patients de façon individualisée et dans l'ordre correct.
PCT/NL2008/050081 2007-02-21 2008-02-12 Procédé et dispositif pour fournir des sacs groupés de médicaments d'une façon individualisée WO2008103033A1 (fr)

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EP08712607A EP2112983A1 (fr) 2007-02-21 2008-02-12 Procédé et dispositif pour fournir des sacs groupés de médicaments d'une façon individualisée
CA002678782A CA2678782A1 (fr) 2007-02-21 2008-02-12 Procede et dispositif pour fournir des sacs groupes de medicaments d'une facon individualisee
US12/527,796 US20100043356A1 (en) 2007-02-21 2008-02-12 Method and device for providing bundled bags of medicines in an individualised manner
AU2008217784A AU2008217784A1 (en) 2007-02-21 2008-02-12 Method and device for providing bundled bags of medicines in an individualised manner

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NL1033438 2007-02-21
NL1033438A NL1033438C1 (nl) 2007-02-21 2007-02-21 Werkwijze en inrichting voor het geïndividualiseerd verschaffen van gebundelde zakjes medicijnen.

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