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US 9,808,402 B2Granted
Liquid medicine preparation system and method of preparing liquid medicine
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki
InventorsHiroaki Murakami, Makoto Umeno, Shigeji Tasaka
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Abstract
A liquid medicine preparation system that prepares a liquid medicine includes: a preparing zone in which preparation work of the liquid medicine is performed by a robot; and a storing zone which has a plurality of first spaces each of which is capable of storing a container housing the liquid medicine prepared.
Claims13
A liquid medicine preparation system that prepares a liquid medicine, the system comprising:
- a preparation zone in which preparation work of the liquid medicine is performed by a robot;
- and
- a storing zone which has a plurality of first spaces each of which is capable of storing a container housing the liquid medicine prepared,
- wherein the storing zone includes:
- a storage rack on which a mounter to which a tray housing the container is mountable is arranged while being stacked in multiple stages, and
- a taking-in-and-out device configured to perform taking in and out of the tray with respect to the mounter,
- wherein the storing zone further includes a rack moving device that moves the storage rack inside and outside the storing zone,
- wherein the mounter includes a partition plate which covers a lower side in a vertical direction of the tray and is attachable to and detachable from the mounter, and
- further comprising a photoelectric sensor which is arranged in a vicinity of the storage rack, emits light in a stacking direction of the mounter, and detects popping up of the tray and the partition plate from the storage rack.
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A liquid medicine preparation system that prepares a liquid medicine, the system comprising:
- a preparation zone in which preparation work of the liquid medicine is performed by a robot;
- and
- a storing zone which has a plurality of first spaces each of which is capable of storing a container housing the liquid medicine prepared,
- wherein the storing zone includes:
- a storage rack on which a mounter to which a tray housing the container is mountable is arranged while being stacked in multiple stages, and
- a taking-in-and-out device configured to perform taking in and out of the tray with respect to the mounter,
- wherein the storage rack places the tray, in which a plurality of tools to be used in the preparation work are housed for a single set, the single set having a predetermined one of the tools, to the mounter, and
- wherein the system further comprises:
- a loading device which loads the tray housing the tool from the storing zone to the preparation zone;
- and
- an unloading device which is arranged in a path different from a path of the loading device, and unloads the tray housing the container from the preparation zone to the storing zone.
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A liquid medicine preparation system that prepares a liquid medicine, the system comprising:
- a first zone in which preparation work of the liquid medicine is performed by a robot;
- a second zone in which tools to be used in the preparation work are set for a single set, the single set having a predetermined one of the tools;
- and
- a third zone which is arranged between the first zone and the second zone,
- wherein the third zone includes:
- a storage rack on which a mounter to which a tray housing a container is mountable is arranged while being stacked in multiple stages, and
- a taking-in-and-out device configured to perform taking in and out of the tray with respect to the mounter,
- wherein the third zone further includes a rack moving device that moves the storage rack inside and outside the third zone,
- wherein the mounter includes a partition plate which covers a lower side in a vertical direction of the tray and is attachable to and detachable from the mounter, and
- further comprising a photoelectric sensor which is arranged in a vicinity of the storage rack, emits light in a stacking direction of the mounter, and detects popping up of the tray and the partition plate from the storage rack.
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A method of preparing a liquid medicine, the method comprising:
- performing preparation work of the liquid medicine using a robot;
- and
- storing, in a storing zone, containers that house the prepared liquid medicine respectively in a plurality of spaces,
- wherein the storing zone includes:
- a storage rack on which a mounter to which a tray housing a container of the containers is mountable is arranged while being stacked in multiple stages, and
- a taking-in-and-out device configured to perform taking in and out of the tray with respect to the mounter,
- wherein the storing zone further includes a rack moving device that moves the storage rack inside and outside the storing zone,
- wherein the mounter includes a partition plate which covers a lower side in a vertical direction of the tray and is attachable to and detachable from the mounter, and
- further comprising using a photoelectric sensor which is arranged in a vicinity of the storage rack, to emit light in a stacking direction of the mounter, and to detect popping up of the tray and the partition plate from the storage rack.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.