MEDICINE SUPPLY APPARATUS
First Claim
1. A medicine supply apparatus which comprises a plurality of tablet cases for accommodating medicines, provided within a case accommodating section of a main body;
- a chute through which medicines discharged from the tablet cases pass;
a hopper provided below the chute; and
a charging device for charging medicines received by the hopper into a container such as a bag or a bottle, the medicine supply apparatus comprising;
identification means that is provided at each of the tablet cases and has identification information for identifying the tablet case; and
a reader for reading, in a non-contact manner, the identification information in the identification means for the tablet cases provided within the case accommodating section.
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Abstract
A medicine supply apparatus which comprises, in a case accommodating section 8, a plurality of tablet cases 3 for accommodating medicine and charges or supplies medicine into a bag 72, which medicine has been discharged from each tablet case 3 based on a prescription. An identification code 26 is provided for each of the tablet cases 3 and read by an optical sensor 33 provided inside the case accommodating section 8, whereby discharge of medicine is controlled. A motor 14 for driving a discharge drum for the tablet case 3 is checked for disconnection by being regularly energized. The operating time and the frequency of operation of parts that wear out, such as the motors, are stored for use in failure prediction. Time slots in which medicine should be taken are printed, each in a different color, by a color printing mechanism 73 on the bag 72 into which medicine is charged.
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9 Claims
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1. A medicine supply apparatus which comprises a plurality of tablet cases for accommodating medicines, provided within a case accommodating section of a main body;
- a chute through which medicines discharged from the tablet cases pass;
a hopper provided below the chute; and
a charging device for charging medicines received by the hopper into a container such as a bag or a bottle, the medicine supply apparatus comprising;
identification means that is provided at each of the tablet cases and has identification information for identifying the tablet case; and
a reader for reading, in a non-contact manner, the identification information in the identification means for the tablet cases provided within the case accommodating section. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
- a chute through which medicines discharged from the tablet cases pass;
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2. A medicine supply apparatus which comprises a plurality of tablet cases for accommodating medicines and a case accommodating section for accommodating the plurality of tablet cases and which selects a tablet case accommodating a designated medicine, takes the medicine out of the tablet case, and charges the same into a container, the medicine supply apparatus comprising:
- an identifier that is provided at each of the tablet cases and indicates identification information for the tablet case; and
a reader for reading, in a non-contact manner, the identification information indicated by the identifiers for the tablet cases provided within the case accommodating section, wherein selection of the tablet case accommodating the designated medicine is controlled on the basis of the identification information read by the reader. - View Dependent Claims (8)
- an identifier that is provided at each of the tablet cases and indicates identification information for the tablet case; and
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