Patent ID: 8041102

Claim:
A tablet storage and take-out apparatus comprising: a vial supply part for storing vials and supplying the vials one by one; a labeling part for putting a label with prescription information on the vial supplied from the vial supply part; a tablet supply part for storing plural kinds of tablets and filling the vial with a specified number and type of the tablets according to prescription data of a prescription; a cap supply part for storing caps for plugging the vials and supplying the caps one by one; a capping part for plugging the vial, which is filled with tablets, with the cap supplied from the cap supply part; and a storage part for storing the vials filled with the tablets and plugged with the cap so that the vials can be taken out by an operator through take-out ports, the apparatus further comprising: a photographing unit for photographing an interior of the vial after filling the vial with the tablets and before attaching the cap on the vial; a storing unit for storing an image photographed by the photographing unit; a prescription reading unit for reading a barcode of the prescription; an indicating unit for indicating the take-out port storing the vial containing the tablets corresponding to the prescription read by the prescription reading unit; and a displaying unit for displaying a vial take-out error confirmation screen on an operation display panel when the vial is taken out from the indicated take-out port, wherein the take-out ports, the prescription reading unit and the displaying unit are positioned in the front surface of the apparatus, and wherein the displaying unit is operable to display both the prescription data of the prescription and an image of the tablet corresponding to the prescription data of the prescription from the image photographed by the photographing unit and stored in the storing unit on the vial take-out error confirmation screen so as to permit auditing of whether the tablets have been filled in accordance with the prescription data.