Abstract: A medication dispensing apparatus for preventing a medication dispensing error is provided. The medication dispensing apparatus includes: a communication unit configured to communicate with a manager server; a medication collecting unit configured to contain capsules or tablets for one dose which are discharged from cartridges; a medication image acquiring unit configured to acquire an image of the capsules or tablets contained in the medication collecting unit; and a control unit configured to comprise a dispensing information delivery unit to transmit to the manager server the medication information acquired by the medication image acquiring unit, and a dispensing control unit to continue a medication dispensing process or control capsules or tablets to be re-dispensed according to a user's dispensing control instruction received from the manager server. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent a medication dispensing error.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 23, 2013
Date of Patent:
April 12, 2016
Assignees:
LCK Co., Ltd., Jilin Province LongChuang Medical Treatment Technology Co., Ltd.