PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To further quickly collect medications from a medication containing unit and dispense the medications from a medication collecting unit.SOLUTION: The medication dispensing device comprises: a device body 3 a medication containing unit 4 mounted to the device body 3 and provided with a plurality of medication containing containers capable of dispensing contained medications through medication discharge sections a medication receiving unit 5 having a medication receiving section, movably mounted to the device body 3, moving to each of the medication containing containers of the medication containing unit 4 to receive medications dispensed from the medication discharge section, and discharging the received medications after moving to a discharge position a medication collecting unit 6 having a plurality of medication containing sections for containing, at the discharge position, the medications discharged from each of the medication receiving sections and a control unit 7 for moving the medication receiving unit 5 on the basis of prescription data to cause the medication receiving section to receive the medications which are dispensed from medications of a medication containing section in which corresponding medications are contained and causing the medications to be simultaneously discharged to a corresponding medication containing section of the medication collecting unit 6.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1COPYRIGHT: (C)2016,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。【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、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貯留する複数の薬剤貯留部を有する薬剤回収ユニット6と、処方データに基づいて、薬剤受取ユニット5を移動させて、該当する薬剤が収容された薬剤収容容器の薬剤から払い出した薬剤を薬剤受取部で受け取り、薬剤を薬剤回収ユニット6の対応する薬剤貯留部に同時に排出させる制御ユニット7と、を備える。【選択図】図1
