Patent ID: 8650838
Filing Date: 2014-02-18
Classification: A61J,G07F,G16H

Abstract:
1. A drug delivery device that delivers a stored drug to a conveyance receptacle adapted to be attached with a card that displays desired information, said drug delivery device comprising: a transportation unit configured to transport plural conveyance receptacles in a sequential manner; a card preparation unit configured to prepare a card so as to display patient identification information thereon; a handling mechanism configured to remove and attach a card from and to each of the plural conveyance receptacles; and a sensor configured to detect a card attached to each of the plural conveyance receptacles during transportation, wherein when the sensor detects a card attached to a first one of the plural conveyance receptacles, the handling mechanism (i) removes the detected card from the first one of the plural conveyance receptacles, (ii) conveys the detected card to the card preparation unit, (iii) obtains the detected card that is prepared by the card preparation unit and (iv) attaches the detected card obtained from the card preparation unit to a second one of the plural conveyance receptacles that is transported after the first one of the plural conveyance receptacles, and when the sensor detects no card attached to the first one of the plural conveyance receptacles, the card preparation unit obtains an extra card that is preliminarily stored and prepares the extra card, and the handling mechanism obtains the extra card from the card preparation unit and attaches the extra card to the second one of the plural conveyance receptacles.