MEDICINE DISPENSING SYSTEM AND MEDICINE DISPENSING DEVICE
First Claim
1. A medicine dispensing device comprising:
- a medicine dispensing means configured to dispense a medicine according to a prescription;
a medicine preparing means configured to receive a medicine dispensed from the medicine dispensing means and to dispense the same at a predetermined time;
a packing means configured to pack a medicine dispensed from the medicine preparing means into a packing paper sheet;
a packing paper sheet feeding means configured to feed a packing paper sheet to the packing means; and
a printing means configured to print a predetermined information on a packing paper sheet fed from the packing paper sheet feeding means to the packing means, the printing means being disposed upstream of the packing means in a flow direction of the packing paper sheet fed by the packing paper sheet feeding means,wherein a length of a path, through which a packing paper sheet passes between the printing means and the packing means, is n times of a length of a packing paper sheet necessary for packing a medicine for one pack,wherein the medicine preparing means includes a plurality of sections configured to gather the medicine for one pack dispensed from the medicine dispensing means respectively and is configured to dispense the medicines gathered in the plurality of sections in a predetermined order, andwherein the printing means prints an information corresponding to a section A of the plurality of sections on the packing paper sheet at a time earlier by a time period necessary for dispensing a medicine for a section n from the medicine preparing means than a time for dispensing a medicine gathered in the section A.
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Abstract
There is provided a medicine dispensing system configured such that a medicine dispensing device includes a sub unit having a function to dispense medicine that is connected to a medicine dispensing device that includes a main unit having a function of packing medicines. There is also provided a medicine dispensing device that can be appropriately integrated with such a medicine dispensing system. The medicine dispensing system includes, in some embodiments a main unit, a sub unit and a transfer device connecting the main unit and the sub unit. The medicine dispensing system transfers the medicine dispensed in the sub unit to the main unit by means of a transfer device and dispenses the medicine at a medicine packing part together with the medicine dispensed from a main storage part in the main unit.
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Citations
26 Claims
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1. A medicine dispensing device comprising:
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a medicine dispensing means configured to dispense a medicine according to a prescription; a medicine preparing means configured to receive a medicine dispensed from the medicine dispensing means and to dispense the same at a predetermined time; a packing means configured to pack a medicine dispensed from the medicine preparing means into a packing paper sheet; a packing paper sheet feeding means configured to feed a packing paper sheet to the packing means; and a printing means configured to print a predetermined information on a packing paper sheet fed from the packing paper sheet feeding means to the packing means, the printing means being disposed upstream of the packing means in a flow direction of the packing paper sheet fed by the packing paper sheet feeding means, wherein a length of a path, through which a packing paper sheet passes between the printing means and the packing means, is n times of a length of a packing paper sheet necessary for packing a medicine for one pack, wherein the medicine preparing means includes a plurality of sections configured to gather the medicine for one pack dispensed from the medicine dispensing means respectively and is configured to dispense the medicines gathered in the plurality of sections in a predetermined order, and wherein the printing means prints an information corresponding to a section A of the plurality of sections on the packing paper sheet at a time earlier by a time period necessary for dispensing a medicine for a section n from the medicine preparing means than a time for dispensing a medicine gathered in the section A. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 18, 19, 20)
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6. A medicine dispensing device comprising:
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a medicine dispensing means configured to dispense a medicine according to a prescription; a medicine preparing means configured to receive a medicine dispensed from the medicine dispensing means and to dispense the same at a predetermined time; a packing means configured to pack a medicine dispensed from the medicine preparing means into a packing paper sheet; a packing paper sheet feeding means configured to feed a packing paper sheet to the packing means; and a printing means configured to print a predetermined information on a packing paper sheet fed from the packing paper sheet feeding means to the packing means, wherein the printing means is disposed upstream of the packing means in a flow direction of the packing paper sheet fed by the packing paper sheet feeding means, wherein the medicine preparing means includes a plurality of sections configured to gather the medicine for one pack dispensed from the medicine dispensing means respectively and the medicine preparing means is configured to dispense the medicines gathered in the plurality of sections in a predetermined order, wherein a medicine is dispensed from the medicine dispensing means into one section A of the plurality of sections at a time earlier by a time Z as early as a time period Y when the packing paper sheet fed by the packing paper sheet feeding means moves from a position corresponding to the printing means to the packing means than a time X when the medicine in the section A is dispensed from the medicine dispensing means toward the packing means, and wherein an information corresponding to the section A is printed on the packing paper sheet at the time Z by the printing means. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 21, 22, 23)
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12. A medicine dispensing device comprising:
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a medicine dispensing means configured to dispense a medicine according to a prescription; a medicine preparing means configured to receive a medicine dispensed from the medicine dispensing means and to dispense the same at a predetermined time; a packing means configured to pack a medicine dispensed from the medicine preparing means into a packing paper sheet; a packing paper sheet feeding means configured to feed a packing paper sheet to the packing means; and a printing means configured to print a predetermined information on a packing paper sheet fed from the packing paper sheet feeding means to the packing means, wherein the printing means is disposed upstream of the packing means in a flow direction of the packing paper sheet fed by the packing paper sheet feeding means, wherein the medicine preparing means comprises; a rotatable section forming body; an opening for dispensing a medicine from the medicine preparing means; and a hole to which the medicine dispensed from the medicine dispensing means is inputted, wherein the section forming body includes a plurality of sections in a circumferential direction, the section being configured to gather a medicine for one pack, wherein when the section forming body rotates and each of the sections reaches a position corresponding to the hole, the medicine is inputted to the section through the hole, wherein when the section forming body rotates and each of the sections reaches a position corresponding to the opening, the medicine in the section is dispensed, and wherein the hole is formed in a position upstream of the opening in a rotating direction of the section forming body. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 24, 25, 26)
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