Drug dispensing apparatus
First Claim
1. A drug dispensing apparatus comprising a cassette for containing drugs in an aligned state, a rotor disposed at one open end of said cassette, a pushing unit for pushing said drugs toward said rotor, a drive mechanism for pivoting said rotor alternately between a dispensing position and a receiving position by operating a drive switch to dispense said drugs one by one, and a measuring unit for measuring the present quantity of said drugs in said cassette, characterized in that:
- a memory unit for storing a stock quantity N0 of said drugs in said cassette is further provided; and
wherein when said rotor is returned to the receiving position from the dispensing position, the present quantity N measured by the measuring unit is compared with the stock quantity N0 stored in said memory unit, wherein if the present quantity N is less than the stock quantity N0, the present quantity N is stored in said memory unit as a stock quantity N0, while if the present quantity N is same as the stock quantity N0, it is informed that said drug has been forgotten to take out.
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Abstract
A drug dispensing apparatus including a cassette for containing drugs in an aligned state, a rotor disposed at one open end of the cassette, a pushing unit for pushing the drugs toward the rotor, a drive mechanism for pivoting the rotor alternately between a dispensing position and a receiving position by operating a drive switch to dispense the drugs one-by-one, and a measuring unit for measuring the present quantity of the drugs in the cassette. The apparatus also includes a memory unit for storing a stock quantity N0 of the drugs in the cassette. When the rotor is returned to the receiving position from the dispensing position, the present quantity N measured by the measuring unit is compared with the stock quantity N0 stored in the memory unit. If the present quantity N is less than the stock quantity N0, the present quantity N is stored in the memory unit as a stock quantity N0, while if the present quantity N is same as the stock quantity N0, it is informed that the drug has not been taken out.
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7 Claims
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1. A drug dispensing apparatus comprising a cassette for containing drugs in an aligned state, a rotor disposed at one open end of said cassette, a pushing unit for pushing said drugs toward said rotor, a drive mechanism for pivoting said rotor alternately between a dispensing position and a receiving position by operating a drive switch to dispense said drugs one by one, and a measuring unit for measuring the present quantity of said drugs in said cassette, characterized in that:
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a memory unit for storing a stock quantity N0 of said drugs in said cassette is further provided; and wherein when said rotor is returned to the receiving position from the dispensing position, the present quantity N measured by the measuring unit is compared with the stock quantity N0 stored in said memory unit, wherein if the present quantity N is less than the stock quantity N0, the present quantity N is stored in said memory unit as a stock quantity N0, while if the present quantity N is same as the stock quantity N0, it is informed that said drug has been forgotten to take out. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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