Apparatus for releasing drugs

Abstract

A medicine dispenser of the present invention includes a plurality of medicine storage portions, in which medicines are stored by type, and a medicine recovery portion, which moves to the medicine storage portions having target medicines based on prescription data, retains and transfers the medicines dispensed from the medicine storage portions and then feeds the medicines at a predetermined position. The medicine recovery portion includes a plurality of medicine reservoir chambers, and the medicines dispensed from the medicine storage portions can be retained in each of the medicine reservoir chambers in arbitrary storage patterns.

1 . A medicine dispenser, comprising:
 a plurality of medicine storage portions in which medicines are stored by type; and   a medicine recovery portion which moves to the medicine storage portions having target medicines based on prescription data, retains and transfers the medicines dispensed from the medicine storage portions, and feeds the medicines at a predetermined position, wherein:   the medicine recovery portion comprises a plurality of medicine reservoir chambers; and   the medicines dispensed from the medicine storage portions can be retained in the medicine reservoir chambers in arbitrary storage patterns.   
   
   
       2 . A medicine dispenser according to  claim 1 , wherein the storage patterns of the medicines which can be retained in each of the medicine reservoir chambers are determined based on each of dose periods of the prescription data. 
   
   
       3 . A medicine dispenser according to  claim 1  or  2 , wherein the medicine recovery portion comprises a medicine storage member, which has a cylindrical shape whose outer peripheral surface is formed with an put-in port and a discharge port, a partition member for dividing an inside of the medicine storage member into a plurality of medicine reservoir chambers, and an open and close member for opening and closing the discharge port, the medicine recovery portion allowing the medicines to be put into each of the medicine reservoir chambers through the put-in port, allowing the partition member to rotate, and allowing the discharge port to be opened by the open and close member, to thereby feed the medicines retained in each of the medicine reservoir chambers.