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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2026
Filed:
May. 17, 2023
Youhei Niitsuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirotaka Hayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Fujie, Kanagawa, JP;
Manabu Yamanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Yu Yamaya, Kanagawa, JP;
Youhei Niitsuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirotaka Hayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Fujie, Kanagawa, JP;
Manabu Yamanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Yu Yamaya, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A medication support device includes a container to store a plurality of medicine packs, a medicine dispenser in which a specific one of the plurality of medicine packs is arranged to a prescribed position, a pickup device to pick up a specific one of the plurality of medicine packs from the container, a conveyor to convey the specific one of the plurality of medicine packs picked up from the container, a medication-related information reader to read medication-related information of the plurality of medicine packs including at least a name of a patient who takes a medicine and a time of medication, a pack data management system to manage the medication-related information of the plurality of medicine packs, and a medicine dispensing data management system to read and manage medicine dispensing data including at least the name of the patient who takes the medicine and the time of medication.