PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate medication filling work by removing a medication tray from a device body despite a simple and inexpensive constitution.SOLUTION: This medication dispensing device includes: a rack body 28 a tray support base 30 drawably provided to the rack body 28 a medication tray 10 which is removably mounted on the tray support base 30 and can contain a plurality of medications, with their aligned along the drawing direction an energizing member 31 which energizes the contained medications in the drawing direction, when the medication tray 10 is pushed into the rack body 28 together with the tray support base 30, and which has a counting section counting the quantity, with the medications contained in the medication tray 10 energized and aligned a personal authentication device 6 an inventory quantity calculation means for calculating the present inventory quantity of the medications on the basis of the counting result by the energizing means 31 and an inventory management means which manages the quantity of dispensed medications or the quantity of returned medications on the basis of personal data and the present inventory quantity of the medications, manages whether the return position or the returned quantity of the medications is appropriate or not on the basis of the dispensing prescriptions and, when it is inappropriate, issues a warning via a warning means.COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT【課題】簡単かつ安価な構成であるにも拘わらず、装置本体から薬剤トレイを取り外して薬剤の充填作業を容易に行う。【解決手段】棚本体28と、棚本体28に引出可能に設けたトレイ支持台30と、トレイ支持台30に取外可能に載置され、引出方向に沿って複数の薬剤を整列させた状態で収容可能な薬剤トレイ10と、薬剤トレイ10をトレイ支持台30と共に棚本体28内に押し込んだ際、収容された薬剤を引出方向に付勢し、薬剤トレイ10に収容された薬剤を付勢して整列させた状態で、その数量を計数する計数部を有する付勢部材31と、個人認証装置6と、付勢部材31での計数結果に基づいて薬剤の現在庫数を算出する在庫数算出手段と、個人データと薬剤の現在庫数に基づいて薬剤の払出数又は返却数を管理し、払出処方に基づいて薬剤の返却位置又は返却数が適切になされているか否かを管理し、不適切な場合、警告手段を介して警告する在庫管理手段とを備える。【選択図】図1
