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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 08, 1999
Hiroyuki Yuyama, Toyonaka, JP;
Keita Yasuoka, Toyonaka, JP;
Yuyama Mfg. Co., Ltd., Toyonaka, JP;
Abstract
A sealing device for a medication packing machine comprises memory means for storing a bag length setting file and a maximum containable medication quantity setting file. The bag length setting file contains, for each of said different bag lengths of said packing bags, a maximum medicament quantity ratio which means a ratio of the maximum quantity of standard medication containable in each packing bag with respective bag length to the maximum quantity of standard medication containable in a standard packing bag. The maximum containable medication quantity setting file contains a maximum quantity of each of other medication containable in said standard bag. A maximum containable medication quantity is read from said maximum containable medication quantity setting file on the basis of the type and quantity of medication for each medication-taking time in prescription data. A sum of containing rate of the medicament in the standard bag is calculated. Then, a bag length is determined on the basis of the sum of containing rate and the maximum medicament quantity ratio stored in said bag length setting file. The medication bag is sealed in said bag length and the medication is packed in the medication bag.