Patent ID: 8209943

Claim:
A distributed medicine supplying device for sequentially supplying medicines accommodated in a plurality of measures defined in a tray, comprising: a receiving means for receiving a prescription data; a storing means for storing an assignment condition for a medicine accommodated in each of the measures of the tray; a barcode reader; a medicine specifying means for reading a barcode on a packaging box for vials or medicines by means of the barcode reader and specifying a medicine with reference to the storing means; a position determining means for determining a position of the medicine to be distributed to each of the measures of the tray in accordance with the assignment condition stored in the storing means based on the prescription data sequentially received by the receiving means; and a displaying means for displaying a distribution position determined by the position determining means and the medicine specifying means, wherein the assignment condition includes a maximum package number having a maximum package number that can be assigned to the tray, and wherein the position determining means is configured to sequentially count a package number of each of the prescription data received by the receiving means and to put an accumulated value of the counted package number as a maximum value not exceeding the maximum package number to determine the position of the medicine to be distributed to each of the measures of the tray.