Automatic medication dispensing and packaging system
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1. An automatic medication dispensing and packaging system, comprising:
- a) a medication dispensing unit having first, second base and door cabinets, wherein the cabinets are each defined by a front portion and a rear portion, wherein the door cabinet rear portion is correspondingly, detachably engaged to the base cabinet rear portion, wherein the base cabinets are distanced from each other to form a space that allows therein a manual management of the dispensing unit, wherein the rear portion of said each cabinet is vertically wrinkled to form ridges and furrows so that when the door cabinets are attached to the base cabinet a plurality of spatial shafts are formed by the furrows and ridges of the cabinet rear portions, wherein tablet cassettes each containing tablets are installed in said each cabinet to selectively release the tablets through the spatial shafts, wherein the spatial shafts serving as downward channels guide down the released tablets;
b) a hopper beneath the dispensing unit to guide down the tablets released via the spatial shafts from the cassettes; and
c) a medication packaging unit disposed below the dispensing unit while housing therein the hopper, wherein the tablets released via the hopper from the dispensing unit are packaged into a series of tablet containing paper bags.
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An automatic medication dispensing and packaging system comprising a medication dispensing unit having base and door cabinets, the door cabinet rear portion correspondingly and detachably engaged to the base cabinet rear portion, the base cabinets distanced from each other to form a space that allows therein a manual management of the dispensing unit. The manual management includes cassette replacements, tablet filling in the cassettes, and spatial shaft cleaning.
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1. An automatic medication dispensing and packaging system, comprising:
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a) a medication dispensing unit having first, second base and door cabinets, wherein the cabinets are each defined by a front portion and a rear portion, wherein the door cabinet rear portion is correspondingly, detachably engaged to the base cabinet rear portion, wherein the base cabinets are distanced from each other to form a space that allows therein a manual management of the dispensing unit, wherein the rear portion of said each cabinet is vertically wrinkled to form ridges and furrows so that when the door cabinets are attached to the base cabinet a plurality of spatial shafts are formed by the furrows and ridges of the cabinet rear portions, wherein tablet cassettes each containing tablets are installed in said each cabinet to selectively release the tablets through the spatial shafts, wherein the spatial shafts serving as downward channels guide down the released tablets; b) a hopper beneath the dispensing unit to guide down the tablets released via the spatial shafts from the cassettes; and c) a medication packaging unit disposed below the dispensing unit while housing therein the hopper, wherein the tablets released via the hopper from the dispensing unit are packaged into a series of tablet containing paper bags. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An automatic medication dispensing and packaging system, comprising:
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a) a medication dispensing unit having first, second base and door cabinets, wherein a rear cabinet is formed between the base cabinets to become perpendicular to at least one of the base and door cabinets, wherein the base and door cabinets are each defined by a front portion and a rear portion, wherein the door cabinet rear portion is correspondingly, detachably engaged to the base cabinet rear portion, wherein the base cabinets are distanced from each other to form a space that allows therein a manual management of the dispensing unit, wherein said each rear portion is vertically wrinkled to form ridges and furrows so that when the door cabinets are attached to the base cabinet a plurality of spatial shafts are formed by the furrows and ridges of the cabinet rear portions, wherein tablet cassettes each containing tablets are installed in said each cabinet to selectively release the tablets through the spatial shafts, wherein the spatial shafts serving as downward channels guide down the released tablets; b) a hopper beneath the dispensing unit to guide down the tablets released via the spatial shafts from the cassettes; and c) a medication packaging unit disposed below the dispensing unit while housing therein the hopper, wherein the tablets released via the hopper from the dispensing unit are packaged into a series of tablet containing paper bags. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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