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

Claim 0:
1. A method for dispensing discrete medicaments from a dispensing device comprising a first feeder unit,
wherein the first feeder unit comprises:
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 method comprises the steps of:
controlling 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;
determining a remaining value of medicaments in the container, the remaining value being an amount of medicaments remaining in the container that have not yet been fed into the outlet;
comparing said remaining value to a threshold value of remaining medicaments in the container; and based on the comparing,
selecting a complete empty detection mode when said remaining value is above the threshold value, and a shortened empty detection mode when the remaining value is below the threshold value; and
executing the selected one of the complete empty detection mode and the shortened empty detection mode.