Patent ID: 11925604
Assignee: VMI HOLLAND B.V.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  B  G | IPC A  B  G

Claim 14:
15. A dispensing device for dispensing discrete medicaments, wherein the dispensing device comprises
a first feeder unit that-comprising:
a container for holding medicaments of a first composition,
an outlet for dispensing the medicaments, and
a dispensing mechanism between the container and the outlet to perform a controlled feeding of the medicaments from the container into the outlet,, wherein the dispensing device further comprises a control unit configured to:
control the dispensing mechanism to feed a medicament from inside the container into the outlet of the first feeder unit, and if it is detected that no medicament is fed from the container into the outlet,
make a selection between a complete empty detection mode and a shortened empty detection mode for the medicament in the first feeder unit, the selection being made based on a remaining value of medicaments in the container; and
execute the selected one of the complete empty detection mode and the shortened empty detection mode.