Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Medication storage
- Patent Title (中): 药物储存
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Application No.: US12076803Application Date: 2008-03-24
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Publication No.: US08442676B2Publication Date: 2013-05-14
- Inventor: Koichi Kobayashi , Manabu Haraguchi , Akinori Hatsuno
- Applicant: Koichi Kobayashi , Manabu Haraguchi , Akinori Hatsuno
- Applicant Address: JP Toon-shi
- Assignee: Panasonic Healthcare Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Panasonic Healthcare Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toon-shi
- Agency: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP
- Main IPC: G06F17/00
- IPC: G06F17/00

Abstract:
A medication storage for storing medications while cooling down them is constituted so as to allow a medication based on prescription data to be certainly taken out. The medication storage cools down inside a storeroom for storing the medications to a predetermined temperature by a cooling unit. The medication storage, includes: a plurality of shelves rotatably provided in the storeroom; a plurality of storage partitions which are respectively constituted on each shelf and store the medications; a motor for rotating the shelves; a plurality of openings provided respectively for being arranged to correspond to each of the shelves thereby allowing only medication in any one of the storage partitions to be taken out; a plurality of doors for openably closing each opening, respectively; a plurality of lock solenoids for locking each door, respectively; and a control unit for controlling the motor and the lock solenoid. The controller permits the shelves to be rotated based on the prescription data so as to bring a predetermined storage partition to a position corresponding to the opening and then to permit the lock solenoid to be unlocked.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090236954A1 Medication Storage Public/Granted day:2009-09-24
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