PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device and method for medication dispensing which can increase holding volume of blister packages and dispense even a fraction properly while achieving a quick dispensing.SOLUTION: The medication dispensing device includes: a device body 1 a storage container 2 which is mounted to the devices body 1 so that a plurality of the blister packages for individually packaging the medication are housed in an overlapped state with the overlapping direction in the horizontal direction a dispensing member 3 which is movably mounted in the device body 1 and moves up to the storage container, so as to dispense the stored blister package a catching member which catches and conveys the blister packages dispensed by the dispensing member 3 and a cutting member which cuts a fraction from the blister packages caught and conveyed by the catching member. An opening/closing position of an open/shut door allows the dispensing member to dispense either the whole sheet or the fraction of the blister package.COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT【課題】ブリスター包装体の収容量を多くし、迅速な払出を実現しつつ、端数であっても適切に払い出すことのできる薬剤払出装置及び薬剤払出方法を提供する。【解決手段】装置本体1と、薬剤が個別に包装される複数のブリスター包装体を重ねた状態で収容し、ブリスター包装体の重なり方向が水平方向となるように、装置本体1に取り付けられる収容容器2と、装置本体1に移動可能に設けられ、収容容器まで移動して、収容したブリスター包装体を払い出させる払出部材3と、払出部材3によって払い出されたブリスター包装体を把持して搬送する把持部材と、把持部材に把持されて搬送されてきたブリスター包装体から端数分を切断する切断部材とを備えた構成とする。開閉扉の開放位置によってブリスター包装体の1枚全体の払出と、端数の払出とを可能とする。【選択図】図1
