# US 2014/0190986 A1 · Drug retrieval device

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- Number: US 2014/0190986 A1
- Document ID: US20140190986A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/238,512
- Filed: 2012-08-22
- Published: 2014-07-10
- Earliest claimed: 2011-09-05
- Assignees: Takazono Technology Incorporated
- Inventors: Hideyuki Kikuchi
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140190986A1

## CPC

- A61J 7/0076: {Medicament distribution means (with pill counting devices A61J7/02; with time indication A61J7/04; containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents B65D83/00)}
- A61J 7/02: Pill counting devices
- G07F 17/0092: {for assembling and dispensing of pharmaceutical articles (medical dispensers for private use, A61J7/00)}
- A61J: CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
- G07F: COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D3/00; coin testing G07D5/00; {handling coins or paper currencies apart from payment activated apparatus G07D; payment architectures, schemes or protocols G06Q20/00})

## Abstract

A drug dispensing device capable of preventing clogging of a drug is provided. The drug retrieval device includes a motor, a torque limiter connected to the motor, and a rotor of a cassette connected to the torque limiter. The motor can rotate the rotor in a first rotation direction and a second rotation direction opposite to the first rotation direction.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A drug retrieval device, comprising:
a rotation power source;
a torque limiter connected to said rotation power source to limit transmission of rotating force when the rotating force transmitted from said rotation power source exceeds a predetermined value; and
a rotor connected to said torque limiter to be rotatable and being capable of retrieving a drug by rotation, and
said rotor being rotatable in a first rotation direction and a second direction opposite to said first rotation direction.

### Claim 2

A drug retrieval device, comprising:
a rotation power source; and
a torque limiter connected to said rotation power source to limit transmission of rotating force when the rotating force transmitted from said rotation power source exceeds a predetermined value, and
said torque limiter being connected to a rotor capable of retrieving a drug by rotation, and
said rotor being rotatable in a first rotation direction and a second rotation direction opposite to said first rotation direction.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The drug retrieval device according to claim 1, wherein a rotation speed of said rotor in said first direction or said second direction can be changed.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The drug retrieval device according to claim 1, wherein a rotation speed in said first rotation direction is higher than a rotation speed in said second rotation direction.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The drug retrieval device according to claim 1, wherein said rotor is rotated in said first rotation direction for a first time period, and thereafter rotated in said second rotation direction for a second time period.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The drug retrieval device according to claim 1, wherein when a drug is not retrieved by rotation of said rotor in said first rotation direction, said rotor is rotated in said second rotation direction.