Abstract: Time required for initial operation and operation immediately after wound body replacement is shortened. A packaging device packages an object to be packaged using a wound body. An elongated sheet-shaped packaging material is wound into the wound body. The wound body includes a recording medium that stores information. The information recorded in the recording medium includes remaining amount information indicating a remaining amount of the packaging material in the wound body. The packaging device includes a drive unit that generates driving force in order to rotate the wound body, an information reader that reads the remaining amount information stored in the recording medium, and a controller that controls the packaging device. The controller sets a rotation speed of the wound body based on the remaining amount information read by the information reader.

Abstract: Time required for initial operation and operation immediately after wound body replacement is shortened. A packaging device packages an object to be packaged using a wound body. An elongated sheet-shaped packaging material is wound into the wound body. The wound body includes a recording medium that stores information. The information recorded in the recording medium includes remaining amount information indicating a remaining amount of the packaging material in the wound body. The packaging device includes a drive unit that generates driving force in order to rotate the wound body, an information reader that reads the remaining amount information stored in the recording medium, and a controller that controls the packaging device. The controller sets a rotation speed of the wound body based on the remaining amount information read by the information reader.

Abstract: A plurality of cassettes are each allowed to supply drug within a certain range of dimensions. A plurality of drivers are each mountable with each of the cassettes and drive the cassettes mounted thereto. The controller controls the drivers individually. The controller allocates drug information of a target drug to the cassette selected in accordance with dimensions of the target drug or to the driver mounted with the cassette thus selected. The controller controls the drivers so that the target drug is supplied from the cassette to which the drug information has been allocated or the driver mounted with the cassette to which the drug information has been allocated.

Abstract: A conveyer conveys a medicine container, from a storage site storing a plurality of the medicine containers each containing a medicine, to a delivery site where the medicine is removed from the medicine container, and returns, from the delivery site to the storage site, the medicine container from which the contained medicine is partially removed. A standby site where the medicine container unloaded from the storage site and directed toward the delivery site is allowed to stand by is located between the storage site and the delivery site. The medicine container containing the medicine determined not to be used for subsequent medicine preparation is returned from the standby site to the storage site. The medicine container containing the medicine determined to be used also for the subsequent medicine preparation is caused to stand by at the standby site until the subsequent medicine preparation, without being returned to the storage site.

Abstract: Each of a plurality of first protrusions is formed to be capable of, upon rotation of a rotor, pressing a medicine contained in a gap and conveying the medicine to a discharge port. Each of at least two second protrusions is formed to be capable of, upon rotation of the rotor, pressing a medicine located on a partitioning portion and moving the medicine from over the partitioning portion. Each of the at least two second protrusions has, on one side in a circumferential direction of the rotor, a one-side upper surface inclined downward to one side in the circumferential direction of the rotor.

Abstract: Time required for initial operation and operation immediately after wound body replacement is shortened. A packaging device packages an object to be packaged using a wound body. An elongated sheet-shaped packaging material is wound into the wound body. The wound body includes a recording medium that stores information. The information recorded in the recording medium includes remaining amount information indicating a remaining amount of the packaging material in the wound body. The packaging device includes a drive unit that generates driving force in order to rotate the wound body, an information reader that reads the remaining amount information stored in the recording medium, and a controller that controls the packaging device. The controller sets a rotation speed of the wound body based on the remaining amount information read by the information reader.

Abstract: Provided is a tablet packing method including: a step of conveying a long sheet material that is a material of a packing bag in a longitudinal direction; a step of introducing all of a same kind of tablets of the tablets prescribed to each patient to a packing space formed by the conveyed long sheet material; a step of sealing the long sheet material to form a section in which the packing space provided with the tablets is airtight; and a step of cutting the long sheet material provided with one or a plurality of the sections, in predetermined units in the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: Provided is a tablet packing method including: a step of conveying a long sheet material that is a material of a packing bag in a longitudinal direction; a step of introducing all of a same kind of tablets of the tablets prescribed to each patient to a packing space formed by the conveyed long sheet material; a step of sealing the long sheet material to form a section in which the packing space provided with the tablets is airtight; and a step of cutting the long sheet material provided with one or a plurality of the sections, in predetermined units in the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: A medication container and a medication dispensing apparatus are provided for allowing medications to smoothly fall from a medication discharge opening.