Medicine supply apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8220224
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12646932

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A medicine supply apparatus which comprises, in a case accommodating section 8, a plurality of tablet cases 3 for accommodating medicine and charges or supplies medicine into a bag 72, which medicine has been discharged from each tablet case 3 based on a prescription. An identification code 26 is provided for each of the tablet cases 3 and read by an optical sensor 33 provided inside the case accommodating section 8, whereby discharge of medicine is controlled. A motor 14 for driving a discharge drum for the tablet case 3 is 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 mechanism 73 on the bag 72 into which medicine is charged.

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  • PANASONIC HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS CO., LTD.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Haraguchi, Manabu Gunma, JP 40 1286
Ishiwatari, Hitoshi Gunma, JP 10 306
Kobayashi, Koichi Gunma, JP 119 1598
Nakamura, Shigeyuki Gunma, JP 26 166
Uema, Shinya Gunma, JP 14 370

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