Medicine supply

A medicine supply apparatus which comprises a plurality of tablet cases for accommodating medicines and a case accommodating section for accommodating the plurality of tablet cases and which selects a tablet case accommodating a designated medicine, takes the medicine out of the tablet case, and charges the same into a container,

• the medicine supply apparatus comprising:
• an identifier that is provided at each of the tablet cases and indicates identification information for the tablet case;
• and
• a reader for reading, in a non-contact manner, the identification information indicated by the identifiers for the tablet cases provided within the case accommodating section,
• wherein selection of the tablet case accommodating the designated medicine is controlled on the basis of the identification information read by the reader.

A medicine supply apparatus which comprises a plurality of tablet cases, each of which has an accommodating container for accommodating medicine and a discharge drum for discharging the medicine from the accommodating container,

• the medicine supply apparatus comprising:
• a plurality of motors for driving the discharge drums;
• and
• a control device that rotates the motor forward to discharge medicine from the accommodating container,
• wherein the control device performs an abnormality detection operation in which the motor is rotated in reverse for a predetermined period of time which is sufficiently shorter than a time interval during which medicine is discharged and then rotated forward for the predetermined period of time and determines disconnection of the motor on the basis of an energized current for the motor during the abnormality detection operation.

A medicine supply apparatus which comprises a plurality of tablet cases for accommodating medicines and discharges a designated medicine from a selected tablet case,

• the medicine supply apparatus comprising:
• a plurality of tablet cases, each of which includes an accommodating container for medicine, a discharging device for discharging medicine from the accommodating container by a discharging operation, and a drive motor which is coupled to the discharging device so as to be able to drive the discharging device and which is rotated in a predetermined direction to make the discharging device perform the discharging operation;
• and
• a control device for controlling rotation of the driving motors,
• wherein the control device has an abnormality detection mode in which at least one of the driving motors is driven for a predetermined period of time which is shorter than a time required for the motor to be rotated for discharging medicine, an energized current for the motor is measured, and an abnormality of the motor is detected on the basis of the measured value.

A medicine supply apparatus which comprises a plurality of tablet cases for accommodating medicines, and which discharges medicine from a selected tablet case and charges the medicine into a packaging container to supply the medicine, the medicine supply apparatus comprising a plurality of operating elements operated by being energized,

• the medicine supply apparatus comprising:
• a control device for controlling the operations of the operating elements;
• and
• a storage medium for storing durability limit values for the operating elements,
• wherein the control device stores data indicating the operating time or the frequency of operation for operating elements in the storage medium.