Patent ID: 7603197
Filing Date: 2009-10-13
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A medicine packing apparatus comprising a plurality of medicine containers housing medicines classified into respective kinds, a feed unit having a plurality of shelf sections on which the plurality of medicine containers are detachably attached, the feed unit being operable to supply the medicine corresponding to a prescription data from the plurality of medicine containers, and a packing unit for packing the medicine supplied from the feed unit, said medicine packing apparatus further comprising: storing means storing shelf numbers of said respective shelf sections and the respective kinds of medicines housed in said medicine containers attached on the shelf section; a medicine identifying information reading means reading medicine identifying information of a medicine container on one of said shelf sections; a display comprising a screen having a display portion displaying shelf number, detached medicine and attached medicine; and control means allowing said medicine identifying information reading means to read the medicine identifying information of the medicine container, allowing said display means to display the shelf number and the attached medicine and allowing said storing means to store the corresponding relationship between the kind of a medicine housed in said medicine container and the shelf number upon attaching said medicine container to said shelf sections, and allowing said display means to display the shelf number and the detached medicine and allowing said storage means to erase said corresponding relationship from said storage means upon detaching said medicine container from said shelf sections.