A drug supply device includes: a plurality of cassettes configured to eject a drug one by one; and a control device configured to set a plurality of groups including a plurality of cassettes selected from among the plurality of cassettes. The control device selects a cassette that performs a drug ejection operation from each of the plurality of groups such that a number of tablets of a drug to be ejected from the plurality of cassettes that perform the drug ejection operation is each levelled in one of the plurality of group and among the plurality of groups.

A secure dispensing unit includes a housing comprising a first end and a second end and a number of storage assemblies. The number of storage assemblies are arranged in parallel with one another within the housing. Each storage assembly includes a number of compartments arranged linearly along an axis of the housing with each of the compartments being configured to store an item. A cover is coupled with the housing and extends between the first end and the second end such that the cover is positioned over the compartments. An actuator is coupled with the cover, the actuator being configured to retract the cover to draw a distal end of the cover from the first end toward the second end to expose a selected number of compartments.

An aspect of the present disclosure is related to a medication dispensing device that includes a housing with an interior. A plurality of cartridge slots are located in the interior, and each of the cartridge slots includes a drive mechanism. A plurality of cartridges are removably disposed in respective ones of the cartridge slots. Each cartridge includes a stationary hub and a rotational wheel. The stationary hub has a window, and the rotational wheel has a plurality of medication chambers that contain medications. The rotational wheel is disposed in the stationary hub. The drive mechanism of the respective cartridge slot is operably connected with the drive wheel and is configured to rotate the rotational wheel relative to the stationary hub to selectively align the medication chambers with the window to dispense the medications contained in the medication chambers out of the cartridge.

Single dose drug dosage form dispensing devices, and methods for operating such devices are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a housing defining an actuation pathway and a pusher. At least a portion of the pusher is disposed within the actuation pathway such that distal end portions of the pusher and the housing define a volume configured to contain a drug-containing tablet. The pusher is configured to move relative to the housing in a distal direction from a first position to a second position to expel the tablet from the volume. The distal end portion of the pusher is extended from an opening in the housing when the pusher is in its second position. The housing is configured to limit movement of the pusher relative to the housing in a proximal direction towards the first position of the pusher after the tablet is expelled.

A control apparatus is provided. The control apparatus includes: a packaged medicine preparation unit discharging a bundle of packaged medicines in which a large amount of medicines are prepared by one capsule in a single dose to perform a post-process on the bundle of packaged medicines for a specific purpose based on a medicine dispensing request; and a post-processing unit introduced with the bundle of packaged medicines discharged from the packaged medicine preparation unit to perform the post-process thereon.

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.

A device includes a reservoir for holding an article that has thereon and a dispenser for dispensing the articles from the reservoir. A deactivation mechanism may deactivate medicament held within the reservoir.

A medication dispensing cabinet includes one or more lockable compartments, each containing medication, and a biometric input device at least partially disposed within and recessed below a surface of a medication dispensing cabinet. A compartment containing the medication is unlocked when an authorized biometric input is received by the biometric input device. The medication dispensing cabinet may verify that the user attempting access to the medication is authorized to dispense the medication before unlocking the compartment.

A smart pill dispenser has a cylindrical interior housing portion divided into an upper storage portion, a lower control and dispensing portion, and a removable top. A cylindrical carousel with an open top and bottom has a plurality of spoke walls forming interior pill containers. A hole portion disposed through a bottom wall of the upper wall portion defines a pathway through the housing assembly. A slide assembly leads from the hole to a tray for dispensed pills. A motor coupled to a rechargeable battery and actuator assembly has a shaft coupled to an axle portion of the spoke divider and is designed to laterally rotate the spoke and axle. A computerized control system assembly is communicatively coupled to the motor assembly and a user-control assembly. The user-control assembly is disposed on an outer surface of the housing and is designed to interface with users directly or wirelessly.

A portable drug dispenser includes a chamber for holding a plurality of separately contained drug products, a dispensing mechanism for dispensing one or more of the plurality of drug products, and may optionally include a processor to determine the time of each activation of the dispensing mechanism and to transmit the determined time of activation to a computer located remote to the dispenser. The dispenser may include more than one chamber for holding drugs.