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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2003
Hitoshi Ishiwatari, Gunma, JP;
Shinya Uema, Gunma, JP;
Manabu Haraguchi, Gunma, JP;
Koichi Kobayashi, Gunma, JP;
Shigeyuki Nakamura, Gunma, JP;
Hitoshi Ishiwatari, Gunma, JP;
Shinya Uema, Gunma, JP;
Manabu Haraguchi, Gunma, JP;
Koichi Kobayashi, Gunma, JP;
Shigeyuki Nakamura, Gunma, JP;
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Sanyo Electric Biomedical Co. Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
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.