# US 2024/0197571 A1 · Medicine dispensing system, adjusting device, and program > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2024/0197571 A1 - Document ID: US20240197571A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/554,042 - Filed: 2022-03-16 - Published: 2024-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2021-04-16 - Assignees: Yuyama Mfg. Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Yuyama Mfg. Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Tetsuya TERADA; Tomoya MIYAGAWA; Noriyoshi FUJII - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20240197571A1 ## CPC - A61J 7/0084: {for multiple medicaments} - A61J 3/00: Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms - G16H 20/10: relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients - G16H 20/13: delivered from dispensers - G16H 40/40: for the management of medical equipment or devices, e.g. scheduling maintenance or upgrades - A61J 2200/70: Device provided with specific sensor or indicating means - A61J 2205/60: using magnetic or electronic identifications, e.g. chips, RFID, electronic tags - Y02P 90/02: Total factory control, e.g. smart factories, flexible manufacturing systems [FMS] or integrated manufacturing systems [IMS] - 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 - G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA - Y02P: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS ## Abstract A medicine dispensing system and a program which can support dispensing of medicines using a medicine dispensing part capable of dispensing different types of medicines are provided. A medicine dispensing system (500) according to the present invention includes a determination processing part (212) that determines whether or not a medicine has been dispensed from a medicine dispensing part (2) that can be adjusted to a plurality of states capable of dispensing different types of medicine and a storage processing part (213) that stores dispensing confirmation information in a storage part (206, 202) in a state in which a correspondence relationship with the medicine dispensing part (2) can be specified when the determination processing part determines that the medicine has been dispensed from the medicine dispensing part (2). ## Claims ### Claim 1 A medicine dispensing system comprising: a determination processing part that determines whether or not a medicine has been dispensed from a medicine dispensing part that can be adjusted to a plurality of states capable of dispensing different types of medicines; and a storage processing part that stores dispensing confirmation information in a storage part in a state in which a correspondence relationship with the medicine dispensing part can be specified when the determination processing part determines that the medicine has been dispensed from the medicine dispensing part. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The medicine dispensing system as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a restriction processing part that restricts a medicine dispensing operation for dispensing the medicine from the medicine dispensing part based on a medicine dispensing data when the dispensing confirmation information corresponding to the medicine dispensing part is not stored in the storage part. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The medicine dispensing system as claimed in claim 1, wherein in a test dispensing operation that is executed after adjustment of the medicine dispensing part according to a type of the medicine to be dispensed allocated to the medicine dispensing part and dispensing the medicine from the medicine dispensing part, the determination processing part determines whether or not the medicine has been dispensed from the medicine dispensing part. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The medicine dispensing system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the storage processing part stores the dispensing confirmation information in a state in which a correspondence relationship between the dispensing confirmation information, the medicine dispensing part and the type of medicine allocated to the medicine dispensing part can be specified. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The medicine dispensing system as claimed in claim 3 further comprising a dispensing detection part capable of detecting the medicine dispensed from the medicine dispensing part, wherein in the test dispensing operation for the medicine dispensing part, the determination processing part determines that the medicine has been dispensed from the medicine dispensing part on condition that dispensation of a predetermined number of medicines has been detected by the dispensing detection part. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The medicine dispensing system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the determination processing part determines that the medicine has been dispensed from the medicine dispensing part on condition that a specific user operation has been performed after the test dispensing operation for the medicine dispensing part has been performed. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The medicine dispensing system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the determination processing part determines that the medicine has been dispensed from the medicine dispensing part on condition that the test dispensing operation for the medicine dispensing part is completed. ### Claim 8 (depends on 3) The medicine dispensing system as claimed in claim 3 further comprising a reception processing part capable of receiving input of one or more of a quantity of the medicines to be filled in the medicine dispensing part, a date of filling and an expiration date before start of the test dispensing operation. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The medicine dispensing system as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a display processing part that displays presence or absence of the dispensing confirmation information corresponding to the medicine dispensing part on a display screen that is displayed when the medicine dispensing part is filled with the medicine. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The medicine dispensing system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the storage part is provided in the medicine dispensing part corresponding to the dispensing confirmation information. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The medicine dispensing system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the storage processing part stores the dispensing confirmation information, identification information of the medicine dispensing part and the type of medicine allocated to the medicine dispensing part in association with each other in the storage part. ### Claim 12 An adjusting system comprising: a detection processing part capable of detecting a current adjustment value of a dimension of a dispensing path by an adjusting part capable of manually adjusting the dimension of the dispensing path of a medicine in a medicine dispensing part; and a display processing part that displays the current adjustment value detected by the detection processing part and a target value for adjustment in a comparable manner. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The adjusting system as claimed in claim 12, wherein the display processing part displays adjustment difference information capable of specifying a difference between the current adjustment value and the target value. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The adjusting system as claimed in claim 13, wherein the display processing part displays a second region having an area, length or width corresponding to difference between the target value and the current adjustment value and a third region having an area, length or width corresponding to the current adjustment value in a first region having an area, length or width corresponding to the target value. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The adjusting system as claimed in claim 12 further comprising a notification processing part that notifies a user when difference between the current adjustment value and the target value reaches a predetermined range or less. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The adjusting system as claimed in claim 12 further comprising: an initial position detection part capable of detecting that the adjusting part is in an initial state; and an operation amount detection part capable of detecting an operation amount of the adjusting part, wherein the detection processing part identifies the current adjustment value based on the operation amount of the adjusting part detected by the operation amount detection part after the initial position detection part detects that the adjusting part is in the initial state. ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) The adjusting system as claimed in claim 12 comprising: a first display processing part for displaying a list of a plurality of work process groups included in manual adjustment work using the adjusting part; and a second display processing part that sequentially displays one or more work processes included in each of the work process groups after the work process group is displayed by the first display processing part. ### Claim 18 A program for causing a processor to execute: a determination step for determining whether or not a medicine has been dispensed from a medicine dispensing part that can be adjusted to a plurality of states capable of dispensing different types of medicines; and a storage step for storing dispensing confirmation information in a storage part in a state in which a correspondence relationship with the medicine dispensing part can be specified when the determination step determines that the medicine has been dispensed from the medicine dispensing part. ### Claim at position 19 19-29. (canceled)