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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2002
Filed:
May. 23, 2000
Shinya Uema, Gunma, JP;
Hiroshi Seya, Gunma, JP;
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
There is disclosed a medicine supply apparatus which can easily and securely prevent a disadvantage that a medicine is wrongly supplied. The medicine supply apparatus comprises a plurality of tablet cases stored in a main body case storage part, each tablet case including a container for containing medicines, and a discharge drum for discharging the medicines one by one from the container, each tablet case is provided with a memory in which identification data for identifying the tablet case is written, and a main body is provided with a controller for identifying the tablet case based on the identification data in the memory of each tablet case, and executing the drive control of the discharge drum of each tablet case.