Apparatuses and methods for dedicated sensors used in pharmaceutical packaging and dispensing devices

A pharmaceutical dispensing machine configured to perform a pharmaceutical dispensing process including recovering at least one pharmaceutical ready-to-be-taken-by-a-patient from a general container between a plurality of general containers, each general container containing different pharmaceuticals, and relaying said at least one pharmaceutical to the inside of at least one dedicated container, said pharmaceutical dispensing machine comprising:

• a plurality of parts where said at least one pharmaceutical is passed from one of said plurality of parts to another of said plurality of parts to perform said recovering and said relaying;
• a controller comprising a memory storing indication of information regarding said pharmaceutical dispensing process;
• a plurality of sensors;
• wherein said controller utilizes at least one sensor from said plurality of sensors to detect a deviation from expected predetermined detection values related to said recovering and said relaying of said at least one pharmaceutical;
• same said at least one sensor being used for detecting said deviation for all of said plurality of general containers;
• wherein said plurality of parts comprise a transportation element configured to perform said relaying by transporting said at least one pharmaceutical from said general container into the inside of said at least one dedicated container while said general container does not move;
• wherein said at least one sensor is configured to move together with said transportation element and further configured to detect if said at least one pharmaceutical has been lost during said recovering and said relaying.