PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a medication dispensing device capable of rapidly collecting and dispensing medications from/to a medication containing unit/medication collecting unit.SOLUTION: The medication dispensing device includes: a device body 3 a medication containing unit 4 mounted to the device body 3 and provided with medication containing containers capable of dispensing, through medication discharge parts, contained medications a medication receiving unit 5 having at least two medication receiving parts, movably mounted to the device body 3, moving to each of the medication containing containers of the medication containing unit 4 to receive a medication dispensed from the medication discharge part, and discharging the received medication after moving to a discharge position a medication collecting unit 6 having medication collecting parts 44 for collecting, at the discharge position, the medication discharged from each of the medication receiving parts and a control unit for moving each of the medication receiving parts to cause the medication receiving part to receive the medication which is dispensed from a corresponding medication containing part and causing the medication to be discharged to a corresponding medication collecting part 44 of the medication collecting unit 6.COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT【課題】薬剤収容ユニットからの薬剤の回収と、薬剤回収ユニットへの薬剤の払出とをより一層迅速に行うことのできる薬剤払出装置を提供する。【解決手段】装置本体3と、装置本体3に装着され、収容した薬剤を薬剤排出部を介して払出可能な複数の薬剤収容容器を備えた薬剤収容ユニット4と、装置本体3に移動可能に設けられ、薬剤収容ユニット4の各薬剤収容容器へと移動し、薬剤排出部から払い出された薬剤を受け取り、排出位置に移動して受け取った薬剤を排出する、少なくとも2つの薬剤受取部を有する薬剤受取ユニット5と、排出位置で、各薬剤受取部から排出された薬剤をそれぞれ回収する複数の薬剤回収部44を有する薬剤回収ユニット6と、各薬剤受取部を移動させて該当する薬剤収容部から払い出された薬剤を受け取り、該薬剤を薬剤回収ユニット6の該当する薬剤回収部44に排出させる制御ユニットとを備えた構成とする。【選択図】図1
