PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a medicine feeding device capable of preventing erroneous supply of a medicine and suppressing consumption of power required for a reading operation.SOLUTION: A medicine feeding device includes a control part 70 for controlling a plurality of supply parts 36. Each of the plurality of supply parts 36 includes a storage part 31 for storing a medicine, and a support part 32 for supporting the storage part 31 in an attachable/detachable state. The storage part 31 includes an information carrying part for carrying identification information, and the support part 32 includes a driving part 39, and a reading part 38 for reading the identification information from the information carrying part according to a reading instruction and transmitting the reading result to the control part 70. The control part 70 holds correspondence information 71 indicating the correspondence between the storage part 31 and the support part 32. While a supply operation is performed, the control part 70 repeatedly transmits the reading instruction to a group of the reading parts 38, and repeatedly receives responses from the group of the reading parts 38.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 7COPYRIGHT: (C)2018,JPO&INPIT【課題】薬剤の誤供給を防ぐことができ、しかも、読取動作に要する消費電力を抑えることができる薬剤供給装置を提供する。【解決手段】薬剤供給装置は、複数の供給部３６を制御する制御部７０を備える。複数の供給部３６の各々は、薬剤を収容する収容部３１と、収容部３１を着脱可能な状態で支持する支持部３２とを備える。収容部３１は、識別情報を担持する情報担持部を備え、支持部３２は、駆動部３９と、読取指示に従って、前記情報担持部から前記識別情報を読み取り、その読取結果を制御部７０に送信する読取部３８とを備える。制御部７０は、収容部３１と支持部３２との対応関係を示す対応関係情報７１を保持する。制御部７０は、供給動作を実行している間は、一群の読取部３８に対して、前記読取指示を繰り返し送信し、前記一群の読取部３８からの応答を繰り返し受信する。【選択図】図７
