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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2023
Applicant:
Phc Holdings Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Akira Kondo, Gunma, JP;
Hiroshi Hama, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
PHC HOLDINGS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61J 7/00 (2006.01); B65B 1/30 (2006.01); B65B 61/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61J 7/0084 (2013.01); B65B 1/30 (2013.01); B65B 61/025 (2013.01);
Abstract
A drug supply device includes: a plurality of cassettes configured to eject a drug one by one; and a control device configured to set a plurality of groups including a plurality of cassettes selected from among the plurality of cassettes. The control device selects a cassette that performs a drug ejection operation from each of the plurality of groups such that a number of tablets of a drug to be ejected from the plurality of cassettes that perform the drug ejection operation is each levelled in one of the plurality of group and among the plurality of groups.