Patents Assigned to Yuyama Mfg. Co., Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20250100724
    Abstract: To provide a drug discharge device capable of reducing complexity when distributing a drug into a manual distribution device. A drug discharge device includes a manual distribution member 15 that includes a plurality of recessed portions 20 in which a solid drug is distributed, discharge means that discharges the drug distributed in the recessed portions 20 to a downstream side directly or via another member, and a control device that controls the discharge means, in which the discharge means is capable of individually discharging a drug corresponding to a predetermined recessed portion 20, the control device assigns the same drug to the recessed portions 20 in adjacent regions based on prescription information including information on a drug to be provided to a plurality of patients or one patient, and the discharge means discharges the drugs in a predetermined order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: YUYAMA MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Naoki KOIKE
  • Patent number: 12239611
    Abstract: A drug inspection assisting apparatus for assisting an inspection of drugs collected by a drug collecting apparatus and/or by a manual operation, including: a plurality of drug inspection means, the drug inspection assisting apparatus being capable of implementing a plurality of drug inspection plans having different accuracies through selective implementation of the drug inspection means; an information acquiring means for acquiring first information and second information, the first information being information related to collection paths of drugs and/or devices involved in the collection of the drugs, the second information being information related to an operator who is involved in collection of drugs; and a plan selection means for selecting a certain drug inspection plan based on the first information and the second information, and the drug inspection plan selected by the plan selection means is implemented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: YUYAMA MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Yuyama
  • Patent number: 12195220
    Abstract: To provide a drug discharge device capable of reducing complexity when distributing a drug into a manual distribution device. A drug discharge device includes a manual distribution member 15 that includes a plurality of recessed portions 20 in which a solid drug is distributed, discharge means that discharges the drug distributed in the recessed portions 20 to a downstream side directly or via another member, and a control device that controls the discharge means, in which the discharge means is capable of individually discharging a drug corresponding to a predetermined recessed portion 20, the control device assigns the same drug to the recessed portions 20 in adjacent regions based on prescription information including information on a drug to be provided to a plurality of patients or one patient, and the discharge means discharges the drugs in a predetermined order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Yuyama Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Naoki Koike
  • Patent number: 12183442
    Abstract: Drugs can be sorted irrespective of whether or not drug data is registered. A drug sorting device includes a conveying/sorting unit configured to: accommodate drugs determined to have drug data corresponding to image data into a confirmed area of a second accommodating portion for each type; and accommodate drugs determined to have no drug data corresponding to the image data into a temporarily determined area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: YUYAMA MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Amano, Tomohiro Sugimoto, Tasuku Kono, Shinki Kojima, Hiromichi Tsuda
  • Patent number: 12138228
    Abstract: A drug packaging device includes a drug accommodating/dispensing unit that supplies various types of drugs, a drug packaging portion in which a drug supplied from the drug accommodating/dispensing unit is packaged in a packaging sheet, a drug packaging introducing member that drops the drug to be packaged into the packaging sheet in the drug packaging portion), a pooling portion that pools, upstream of this drug packaging introducing member, the drug, and a drug imaging device that captures an image of the drug in the pooling portion. The drug imaging device performs an imaging process of capturing an image of the drug in the pooling portion in a non-backlit state, and an imaging process of capturing an image of the drug in the pooling portion in a backlit state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: YUYAMA MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Koike, Masao Fukada, Ryosuke Fukamori, Thanhxuan Huynh
  • Publication number: 20240350368
    Abstract: [Problem] To enhancing possibility for dispensing a medicine to a dispensing port one by one. [Means for Solving Problem] A carrier part (13) included in a medicine dispensing cassette (1) comprises a first carrier part (133), a second carrier part (134) and a guiding part (132). The first carrier part and the second carrier part can carry the medicine such that a first speed of the medicine guided to the first carrier part to the dispensing port (18) becomes larger than a second speed of the medicine guided from the second carrier part to the first carrier part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: YUYAMA MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norifumi OIKE, Koji YAMASHITA, Yoshinori TANIGUCHI, Shinichiro OHMOMO
  • Patent number: 12065323
    Abstract: Medicine packaging apparatuses and methods for accurately determining a remaining sheet amount of a medicine packaging sheet are described. The apparatus includes: a roll support section to which a core tube of a medicine packaging sheet roll is attached; a sensor disposed in the roll support section for outputting a count value according to a rotation amount; a wireless reader-writer unit for writing information to a core tube IC tag and reading said information; an information generation section for generating information to be written to the core tube IC tag; a remaining sheet amount estimation section for estimating a current amount of remaining sheet based on the information and dimensional information of the core tube; and a controller which selectively performs an operation if a reference time-point count value is not yet written to the core tube IC tag and another operation if the count value is already written thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: YUYAMA MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsunori Yoshina, Tomohiro Sugimoto, Noriyoshi Fujii
  • Patent number: 12042470
    Abstract: A drug cassette including a solid-preparation receiving portion, a lid member, lid locking means configured to hold the lid member in a locked state provided to the drug cassette, a cassette placement portion configured to place the drug cassette, removing/locking means and lid locking operation means configured to prevent removal of the drug cassette, provided to the cassette placement portion. After the lid locking means is brought into an unlocking state by the lid locking operation means, until the lid locking operation means operates in accordance with an operation by an operator so that the lid locking means is locked, the unlocking state of the lid locking means is maintained. After the lid locking means is locked by the lid locking operation means, the removing/locking means is cancelled, and the drug cassette is brought into a state of being removable from the cassette placement portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: YUYAMA MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi Nishio, Masato Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20240197571
    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).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicant: YUYAMA MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya TERADA, Tomoya MIYAGAWA, Noriyoshi FUJII
  • Publication number: 20240122810
    Abstract: A tablet cassette (2) comprises: a tablet container (5) in which tablets are stored; and a rotor (8) which is rotatably housed in the tablet container (5). The rotor (8) has: a tablet guideway (8b) for guiding tablets in the tablet container (5) to a tablet discharge port (9) of the tablet container (5); and an adjustment part (33, 64) which is capable of adjusting the dimension of the tablet guideway (8b). This tablet guideway adjustment device (100) comprises: an adjustment member (102) which engages the adjustment part (33, 64); a manipulation amount detection unit (131) which detects a manipulation amount of the adjustment member (102); and a notification unit (201) which, on the basis of the manipulation amount detected by the manipulation amount detection unit (131), notifies a user of adjustment assistance information that is necessary for the user to make an adjustment to the adjustment part (33, 64) by means of the adjustment member (102).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: YUYAMA MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki KOIKE, Mitsuhiro MITANI, Takanori YOROZU
  • Patent number: 11954962
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: YUYAMA MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akifumi Tanaka, Hidenori Tsuji, Satoshi Gotou, Hiroshi Ieda
  • Patent number: 11944592
    Abstract: A rotor having a plurality of tablet guide paths is rotatably contained in a cassette main body. The rotor facing an inverse conical-shaped inclined inner surface of the cassette main body includes an inclined outer surface in each of the plurality of tablet guide paths. A distance between the inverse conical-shaped inclined inner surface of the cassette main body and the inclined outer surface of the table guide path can be adjusted by raising and lowering the rotor with respect to the cassette main body. A distance between a partitioning member and a tablet support table can be adjusted by raising and lowering the tablet support table provided on a lower side of the partitioning member. A distance between a first vertical protruding piece and a second vertical protruding piece constituting the tablet guide path can be adjusted by relatively rotating a first movable member and a second movable member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: YUYAMA MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Koike, Ryosuke Fukamori
  • Patent number: 11897647
    Abstract: A tablet packaging device capable of shortening operation time required for packaging tablets for one tray. The tablet packaging device includes a packaging portion configured to accommodate tablets dispensed from a dispensing port into a tray. The packaging portion includes: a tray loading unit to which the tray is mountable; a tray unloading unit to which the tray accommodating the tablets is mountable; a tray driving unit, which is configured to removably support the tray, move the supported tray among positions of the dispensing port, the tray loading unit, and the tray unloading unit, and move the desired accommodation recess portion to the dispensing port for tablets; a tray attaching unit configured to attach the tray from the tray loading unit to the tray driving unit; and a tray detaching unit configured to detach the tray from the tray driving unit and place the tray on the tray unloading unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: YUYAMA MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Takada, Takashi Iwatani
  • Publication number: 20230356959
    Abstract: A rotor (4) is received rotatably in a cassette body (3) for receiving tablets. The rotor comprises a tablet guiding path (4b) formed between a slanted inner face (6a) of the cassette body and a slanted outer face (22a) of the rotor for guiding the tablets received in the cassette body to a tablet discharging hole (7) disposed to the cassette body. The rotor comprises a separating member (8) disposed above the tablet discharging hole of the cassette body, a tablet supporting pedestal (53) disposed elevatably to the tablet guiding path for supporting the tablet at the bottom position in the tablet guiding path and a height adjustment mechanism (50) for adjusting a tablet discharging height between the tablet supporting pedestal and the separating member. The height adjustment mechanism makes the tablet supporting pedestal elevate to a direction inclined to a rotation shaft of the rotor along the tablet guiding path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: YUYAMA MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki KOIKE, Akira MAEDA
  • Patent number: 11745954
    Abstract: A rotor (4) is received rotatably in a cassette body (3) for receiving tablets. The rotor comprises a tablet guiding path (4b) formed between a slanted inner face (6a) of the cassette body and a slanted outer face (22a) of the rotor for guiding the tablets received in the cassette body to a tablet discharging hole (7) disposed to the cassette body. The rotor comprises a separating member (8) disposed above the tablet discharging hole of the cassette body for separating a space between a tablet at a bottom position and a tablet at an upper position, a tablet supporting pedestal (53) disposed elevatably to the tablet guiding path for supporting the tablet at the bottom position in the tablet guiding path and a height adjustment mechanism (50) for adjusting a tablet discharging height between the tablet supporting pedestal and the separating member. The height adjustment mechanism makes the tablet supporting pedestal elevate to a direction inclined to a rotation shaft of the rotor along the tablet guiding path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: YUYAMA MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Koike, Akira Maeda
  • Publication number: 20230249486
    Abstract: Provided is a medicine packaging device. The medicine packaging device includes: a reader-writer that reads information from an IC tag installed at a supply core of an ink ribbon roll detachably installed to an ink ribbon cassette as well as writes information to the IC tag; a motor control unit that controls a winding motor for rotating a winding core, based on a used length of the ink ribbon which is information read from the IC tag, so that the ink ribbon of the ink ribbon roll runs in a winding direction at a higher speed than a feeding speed of a continuous sheet for packaging; and a written information output unit that outputs information showing the used length of the ink ribbon which has been changed due to use of the ink ribbon, to the reader/writer as information written on the IC tag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: YUYAMA MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tooru TANAKA, Tomohiro SUGIMOTO, Satoru OGINO, Noboru YAMAZAKI, Tomonari ODA
  • Publication number: 20230192333
    Abstract: To provide a drug discharge device capable of reducing complexity when distributing a drug into a manual distribution device. A drug discharge device includes a manual distribution member 15 that includes a plurality of recessed portions 20 in which a solid drug is distributed, discharge means that discharges the drug distributed in the recessed portions 20 to a downstream side directly or via another member, and a control device that controls the discharge means, in which the discharge means is capable of individually discharging a drug corresponding to a predetermined recessed portion 20, the control device assigns the same drug to the recessed portions 20 in adjacent regions based on prescription information including information on a drug to be provided to a plurality of patients or one patient, and the discharge means discharges the drugs in a predetermined order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: YUYAMA MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Naoki KOIKE
  • Publication number: 20230190583
    Abstract: A tablet receptacle 50 receives the tablets discharged to the tablet dropping passage below a mounting part 12 in the drug dispensing device in which the tablets are packaged by being discharged from a tablet cassette 11 to a tablet dropping passage 42 through the mounting part 12. The tablet receptacle 50 includes a receiving port 50g to be inserted into the tablet dropping passage 42 when the tablet receptacle 50 is installed. The receiving port 50g is configured to receive the tablets discharged from the tablet cassette 11 mounted on the mounting part 12 located above the tablet receptacle 50 and dropped along the tablet dropping passage 42.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: YUYAMA MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji YAMASHITA, Yoshinori TANIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11672739
    Abstract: A drug dispensing device includes: a variable cassette configured to dispense any type of drug; a mounting portion, to and from which the variable cassette is mountable and dismountable; a drive controller configured to cause the drug corresponding to the plurality of pieces of prescription data to be dispensed from the set; an allocation processor configured to allocate, based on the plurality of pieces of prescription data, drug information on the drug to be dispensed included in the plurality of pieces of prescription data to the variable cassette or the mounting portion; and a drive controller configured to drive the variable cassette in accordance with a driving condition set in advance in association with the drug information allocated to the variable cassette or the mounting portion by the allocation processor, to thereby dispense from the variable cassette the drug corresponding to the plurality of pieces of prescription data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: YUYAMA MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Shibata
  • Patent number: 11660894
    Abstract: Provided is a medicine packaging device. The medicine packaging device includes: a reader-writer that reads information from an IC tag installed at a supply core of an ink ribbon roll detachably installed to an ink ribbon cassette as well as writes information to the IC tag; a motor control unit that controls a winding motor for rotating a winding core, based on a used length of the ink ribbon which is information read from the IC tag, so that the ink ribbon of the ink ribbon roll runs in a winding direction at a higher speed than a feeding speed of a continuous sheet for packaging; and a written information output unit that outputs information showing the used length of the ink ribbon which has been changed due to use of the ink ribbon, to the reader/writer as information written on the IC tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: YUYAMA MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tooru Tanaka, Tomohiro Sugimoto, Satoru Ogino, Noboru Yamazaki, Tomonari Oda