Patent ID: 6230927
Filing Date: 2001-05-15
Classification: A61J

Abstract:
An automatic drug dispenser for automatically dispensing at least one prepacked drug in response to a prescription signal that is fed to the dispenser and comprises information about at least one prescribed drug, wherein the dispenser. comprises:at least one cartridge which, in use, is filled with prepacked drugs, the drugs each being provided with a drug identification code;conveying means for selecting a prepacked drug from the cartridge and for subsequently conveying the selected drug from the cartridge;detecting means for detecting a drug identification code of a drug; anda control unit for controlling the conveying means in response to the prescription signal and the drug identification code detected by means of the detecting means,characterized in that the at least one cartridge is designed so as to be removable from the dispenser and comprises a cartridge identification code detectable by the detecting means, wherein, in use, the detecting means detect the cartridge identification code of the at least one cartridge and feed it to the control unit for further processing.