US Patent No: 7,316,328
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Device for dispensing medicine
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Jan 8, 2008
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Jun 9, 2003
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10/531,581
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Abstract
A device for dispensing medicine includes a dispensing device body (1), a cassette (2) fixed removably to the dispensing device body in order to contain medicines while arranging, and a pushing mechanism (18) for pushing out the medicines in the cassette (2) toward one end side. The cassette (2) includes a cover (6) and a stopping/receiving part (17) disposed internally in the longitudinal direction. The pushing mechanism (18) includes an abutting part (19a) contained in the cassette (2) and abutting against the medicines, a biasing part (20) for biasing the abutting part (19a) against the medicine, and a stopping part (21) stopping at the stopping/receiving part (17) of the cassette (2) only when the cover (6) is opened. Consequently, the cassettes (2) can be arranged at a high density and a desired number of medicines can be dispensed surely.
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Cited Art
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| 6,370,841 Automated method for dispensing bulk medications with a machine-readable code | 102 | 1999 | |
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| 6,138,865 Automatic medicament dispenser system | 29 | 1998 | |
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| 6,189,727 Pharmaceutical dispensing arrangement | 32 | 1999 | |
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| 5,263,596 Medication dispenser station sub-assembly | 53 | 1993 | |
| 6,691,891 Adjustable push forward dispensing mechanism | 25 | 2002 | |
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