Cassette handling apparatus and drug handling apparatus
AssigneeYuyama Mfg. Co., Ltd.
InventorsAkifumi TANAKA, Hidenori TSUJI, Satoshi GOTOU, Hiroshi IEDA
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Abstract
A main unit includes a cassette shelf, at least one transporting cassette holder that temporarily holds a cassette removed from the cassette shelf and to be transported to a drug receiver, at least one returning cassette holder that temporarily holds the cassette received from the drug receiver and to be returned to the cassette shelf, and a main cassette transporter that transports the cassette between the cassette shelf and the at least one transporting cassette holder, and between the cassette shelf and the at least one returning cassette holder.
Claims12
A cassette handling apparatus for transporting and receiving a cassette to and from a drug handling apparatus, the drug handling apparatus including a drug receiver for removing a drug from a cassette or loading a drug into the cassette, the cassette handling apparatus comprising:
- a cassette shelf configured to store a plurality of cassettes;
- at least one transporting cassette holder configured to temporarily hold a cassette removed from the cassette shelf and to be transported to the drug receiver;
- at least one returning cassette holder configured to temporarily hold the cassette received from the drug receiver and to be returned to the cassette shelf;
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- a cassette transporter configured to transport the cassette between the cassette shelf and the at least one transporting cassette holder, and between the cassette shelf and the at least one returning cassette holder.
A drug handling apparatus, comprising:
- a drug receiver configured to remove a drug from a cassette or to load a drug into the cassette;
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- a cassette transporter configured to transport, to the drug receiver, a first cassette from which a drug is to be removed or into which a drug is to be loaded, and transport, in response to the first cassette being transported to the drug receiver, a second cassette from which a drug is to be removed or into which a drug is to be loaded following the first cassette to a standby position adjacent to the drug receiver at which the second cassette is to be on standby.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.