Drug dispenser
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Abstract
A medicine feeder is composed of: a cassette 2 for housing medicines D in array; biasing member 6 for biasing the medicines D in the cassette 2 toward one end side; and a discharge member 16 disposed on one end portion of the cassette 2 for holding a medicine D in a holding recess portion 18 and discharging the medicines D singly by rotating movement. This makes it possible to ensure discharge of a prescribed quantity of medicines based on prescription data.
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19 Claims
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7. A medicine feeder, comprising:
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a cassette for housing medicines in array;
biasing member for biasing the medicines in the cassette toward one end side; and
a discharge member disposed on one end portion of the cassette so as to be rotatable between a reception position and an extraction position, wherein the discharge member has;
a holding recess portion for holding only one medicine biased by the biasing member upon rotation to the reception position and for maintaining a holding state of the held medicine so that the medicine can be extracted from outside upon rotation to the extraction position; and
a support face formed on an opposite side of the holding recess portion so as to be able to support a next medicine when the discharge member rotates to the extraction position. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 18, 19)
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11. A medicine feeder, comprising:
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a cassette for housing medicines in array;
biasing member for biasing the medicines in the cassette toward one end side;
a discharge member disposed on one end portion of the cassette so as to be rotatable between a reception position and an extraction position; and
medicine quantity detection member for detecting a quantity of the medicines in the cassette;
whereinthe medicine quantity detection member having;
a sensor for detecting a biased position by the biasing member in an initial state where medicines are not housed in the cassette; and
an encoder for detecting change in the biased position of medicines by the biasing member caused by housing the medicines in the cassettes from the initial state detected by the sensor.
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12. A medicine feeder, comprising:
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a cassette for housing medicines in array;
biasing member for biasing the medicines in the cassette toward one end side;
and a discharge member disposed on one end portion of the cassette for holding a medicine in a holding recess portion and discharging the medicine one by one through rotating movement, wherein the discharge member comprises a rotor, and an outer circumferential face of the rotor for supporting a next medicine is formed so as not to change a position of the next medicine through rotating movement.
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13. A medicine feeder, comprising:
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a cassette for housing medicines in array;
biasing member for biasing the medicines in the cassette toward one end side;
and a discharge member disposed on one end portion of the cassette for holding a medicine in a holding recess portion and discharging the medicine one by one through rotating movement, wherein the discharge member comprises a rotor, and the control device automatically returns the rotor to a standby position if a specified time is passed while the rotor is positioned at a discharge position.
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14. A medicine feeder, comprising:
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a cassette for housing medicines in array;
biasing member for biasing the medicines in the cassette toward one end side;
and a discharge member disposed on one end portion of the cassette for holding a medicine in a holding recess portion and discharging the medicine one by one through rotating movement, wherein the cassette is disposed so that housed medicines are arrayed in horizontal direction so as to be discharged one by one in sequence from one end side by the discharge member.
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15. A medicine feeder, comprising:
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a cassette for housing medicines in array;
biasing member for biasing the medicines in the cassette toward one end side;
and a discharge member disposed on one end portion of the cassette for holding a medicine in a holding recess portion and discharging the medicine one by one through rotating movement, wherein the cassette is disposed so that housed medicines are arrayed in vertical direction so as to be discharged one by one in sequence from an upper end by the discharge member.
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16. A medicine feeder, comprising:
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a cassette for housing medicines in array;
biasing member for biasing the medicines in the cassette toward one end side;
and a discharge member disposed on one end portion of the cassette for holding a medicine in a holding recess portion and discharging the medicine one by one through rotating movement, wherein the cassette is disposed so that vials containing medicines with an upper aperture closed by a lid are housed in a state of being arrayed in horizontal direction in a standing position.
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17. A medicine feeder, comprising:
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a cassette for housing medicines in array;
biasing member for biasing the medicines in the cassette toward one end side;
and a discharge member disposed on one end portion of the cassette for holding a medicine in a holding recess portion and discharging the medicine one by one through rotating movement, wherein the discharge member comprises a rotor, and the cassette is structured to be mounted on and dismounted from each housing portion of a stock shelf and has a lock member for preventing the rotor from rotating when the cassette is dismounted from the housing portion.
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Specification