Device for manually dispensing medications
First Claim
1. A device for manually dispensing medications to a preliminary dispensing cassette for use in a medication sorting and packing apparatus, comprising:
- a frame member which allows an operator to insert/extract the preliminary dispensing cassette therein, via the front face thereof, the preliminary dispensing cassette is partitioned into a multitude of cells;
a part for manually dispensing medications provided as one of a built-in member of a top face of the frame member or a lid that allows the operator to open/close the top face of said frame member, the part for manually dispensing medications has a multitude of cell through holes formed with a layout that matches a layout of the cells provided to said preliminary dispensing cassette;
a multitude of open/closed switching members 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,wherein each of the open/closed switching members is configured to hold thereon a medication inserted into a corresponding cell through hole when closed and allow the medication to drop into a corresponding cell of the preliminary dispensing cassette when opened.
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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.
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1. A device for manually dispensing medications to a preliminary dispensing cassette for use in a medication sorting and packing apparatus, comprising:
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a frame member which allows an operator to insert/extract the preliminary dispensing cassette therein, via the front face thereof, the preliminary dispensing cassette is partitioned into a multitude of cells; a part for manually dispensing medications provided as one of a built-in member of a top face of the frame member or a lid that allows the operator to open/close the top face of said frame member, the part for manually dispensing medications has a multitude of cell through holes formed with a layout that matches a layout of the cells provided to said preliminary dispensing cassette; a multitude of open/closed switching members 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, wherein each of the open/closed switching members is configured to hold thereon a medication inserted into a corresponding cell through hole when closed and allow the medication to drop into a corresponding cell of the preliminary dispensing cassette when opened. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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