Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.

Sanyo Electric Biomedical Co., Ltd.

Panasonic Healthcare Co., Ltd.

Shigeyuki Nakamura

Manabu Haraguchi

Koichi Kobayashi

Hitoshi Ishiwatari

Shinya Uema

Yuichi Tamaoki

Hiroki Busujima

Masanaga Tanaka

Yasuaki Sonoda

Ikue Nono

A centralized-monitoring apparatus, which centralized monitors a device including a storage, a temperature sensor to detect a temperature therein, and a temperature-variable device to cool or heat inside the storage such that the temperature reaches a set object-preservation temperature, comprises: an input device to be input with first information indicative of a time zone in which the temperature-variable device performing power-saving operation and second information indicative of a set temperature of the time zone; a storage device to store the first-and-second information from the input device; a timing device to measure a current time; and a control device to control the temperature-variable device, based on the first-and-second information and current time, so as to start operation of turning the temperature to the set temperature when the current time reaches a starting time of the time zone, and terminate the operation when the current time reaches an ending time thereof.

Centralized monitoring apparatus

A medicine supply apparatus which comprises, in a case accommodating section, a plurality of tablet casesfor accommodating medicine and charges or supplies medicine into a bag, which medicine has been discharged from each tablet casebased on a prescription. An identification codeis provided for each of the tablet casesand read by an optical sensorprovided inside the case accommodating section, whereby discharge of medicine is controlled. A motorfor driving a discharge drum for the tablet caseis 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 mechanismon the baginto which medicine is charged.

Medicine supply apparatus

A preserver for preserving drugs, comprising a door detector for detecting opening/closing the door of the preserver; a controller for determining whether the door was opened or not during a predetermined period of time based on the signal supplied by the door detector. When it is determined that the door was not opened at all in the period, the controller generates an alarm signal indicative of the determination to an administrator of the preserver. Upon receipt of the alarm signal, the administrator informs a medical facility of the situation, so that a further organized administration of the medical treatment may be provided.

Drug preserver

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Oizumi-machi, Japan

Shigeyuki Nakamura