Device for Manually Dispensing Medications

• US 20090152291A1
• Filed: 12/18/2006
• Published: 06/18/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/10/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tosho, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Tosho, Inc.
• Inventors: Hirobe, Hideaki, Ohmura, Yoshihito, Ogaya, Shunji
• Granted Patent: US 7,922,037 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 221/197
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 2205/20 Colour codes
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 7/0069 Trays for holding or distributing medicines display trays A47F3/14; serving trays A47G23/06
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 7/0084 for multiple medicaments
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/66 Trinkets, e.g. shirt buttons or jewellery items recognising microscopic objects G06V20/69
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 11/44 in which magazines the articles are stored in bulk
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/0092 for assembling and dispensing of pharmaceutical articles medical dispensers for private use, A61J7/00

Abstract

A device for manually dispensing medications is realized, which allows the operator to perform preliminary manual medication dispensing in advance of several subsequent dispensing steps, while facilitating the operator'"'"'s ability to recognize the region to which each medication is to be dispensed, there by allowing the operator to easily and precisely perform manual dispensing of various kinds of medications.

The device for manually dispensing medications includes: a frame member (44) which allows the operator to insert/extract a preliminary dispensing cassette (20), which is partitioned into a multitude of cells (21), via the top face thereof; a lid member (47), which is formed in the shape of a plate, that serves a lid for opening/closing the top face of the frame member, and which has a multitude of insertion openings in the form of through holes with the layout that corresponds to the layout of the cells formed in the preliminary dispensing cassette (20); a multitude of light-emitting units provided to the lid member such that they are associated with the respective insertion openings (48); a screen display unit (41) which displays the names of medications to be manually dispensed; and a control unit (42) which receives a selection with respect to the medication name, and which turns on, from among the light-emitting units (49) thus provided, the light-emitting units that belong to a region to which the medication thus selected is to be manually dispensed.

Claims

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4. A device for manually dispensing medications comprising:

a frame member which allows an operator to insert/extract a preliminary dispensing cassette, which is partitioned into a multitude of cells, via the front face thereof or the like;

a part for manually dispensing medications which is provided in the form of a built-in member of the top face of the frame member or in the form of a lid that allows the operator to open/close the top face of said frame member, and which has a multitude of cell through holes in the form of through holes formed with a layout that matches the layout of the cells provided to said preliminary dispensing cassette;

a multitude of open/closed switching members which are respectively provided within said cell through holes; and

an open/closed switching driving means which drives said open/closed switching members independently of one another.

5. A device for manually dispensing medications according to claim 4, further comprising a control unit configured to receive a selection of a targeted medication to be manually dispensed, and also configured such that when a medication is transferred downward from said part for manually dispensing medications, said open/closed switching members are opened for only the region to which the medication thus selected is to be manually dispensed.

6. A device for manually dispensing medications according to claim 5, wherein said light-emitting units are respectively provided to and associated with said cell through holes,

and wherein, when said control unit prompts the operator to manually dispense the medication to said part for manually dispensing medications, said control unit turns on, from among said light-emitting units thus provided, the light-emitting units that belong to the region to which the medication thus selected is to be manually dispensed.

7. A device for manually dispensing medications according to claim 4, further comprising:

a multitude of light-emitting units which are respectively provided to, and are associated with, said cell through holes; and

a control unit configured to receive a selection of a targeted medication to be manually dispensed, and also configured to turn on, from among said light-emitting units thus provided, the light-emitting units that belong to the region to which the medication thus selected is to be manually dispensed.

8. A device for manually dispensing medications according to claim 6, further comprising a screen display unit which displays the names of medications to be manually dispensed,

wherein said control unit receives a selection made based upon the display provided by said screen display unit as a selection of the medication to be manually dispensed.

9. A device for manually dispensing medications according to claim 4, wherein said open/closed switching driving means includes driving sources which are respectively provided in the form of separate components to said cell through holes.

10. A device for manually dispensing medications according to claim 7, further comprising a screen display unit which displays the names of medications to be manually dispensed,

wherein said control unit receives a selection made based upon the display provided by said screen display unit as a selection of the medication to be manually dispensed.

11. A device for manually dispensing medications according to claim 5, wherein said open/closed switching driving means includes driving sources which are respectively provided in the form of separate components to said cell through holes.

12. A device for manually dispensing medications according to claim 6, wherein said open/closed switching driving means includes driving sources which are respectively provided in the form of separate components to said cell through holes.

13. A device for manually dispensing medications according to claim 7, wherein said open/closed switching driving means includes driving sources which are respectively provided in the form of separate components to said cell through holes.

14. A device for manually dispensing medications according to claim 8, wherein said open/closed switching driving means includes driving sources which are respectively provided in the form of separate components to said cell through holes.