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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2004
Shoji Yuyama, Toyonaka, JP;
Masahiko Kasuya, Toyonaka, JP;
Akitomi Kohama, Toyonaka, JP;
Masatoshi Warashina, Toyonaka, JP;
Shoji Yuyama, Toyonaka, JP;
Masahiko Kasuya, Toyonaka, JP;
Akitomi Kohama, Toyonaka, JP;
Masatoshi Warashina, Toyonaka, JP;
Yuyama Mfg. Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A drug dispensing apparatus including a cassette for containing drugs in an aligned state, a rotor disposed at one open end of the cassette, a pushing unit for pushing the drugs toward the rotor, a drive mechanism for pivoting the rotor alternately between a dispensing position and a receiving position by operating a drive switch to dispense the drugs one-by-one, and a measuring unit for measuring the present quantity of the drugs in the cassette. The apparatus also includes a memory unit for storing a stock quantity Nof the drugs in the cassette. When the rotor is returned to the receiving position from the dispensing position, the present quantity N measured by the measuring unit is compared with the stock quantity Nstored in the memory unit. If the present quantity N is less than the stock quantity N, the present quantity N is stored in the memory unit as a stock quantity N, while if the present quantity N is same as the stock quantity N, it is informed that the drug has not been taken out.