PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a stirring device capable of visually confirming the dissolved and stirred state of a medicament in a driven medicament container in real time without stopping motion of the medicament container: and to provide a stirring method.SOLUTION: A stirring device 30 includes: a container supporting part 36 supporting a medicament container 35 a rotation mechanism part 33 rotating the medicament container 35 around the center axis 37 of the cylindrical medicament container 35 an oscillation mechanism part 34 reciprocating and oscillating the medicament container 35 along the center axis 37 and a stroboscopic illumination 32 illuminating the medicament container 35. The light from the stroboscopic illumination 32 is applied to the medicament container 35 at a cycle of the integral multiple of a lowest common multiple cycle T3 of a rotation cycle T1 at which the medicament container 35 is rotated by the rotation mechanism part 33 and an oscillation cycle T2 at which the medicament container 35 is reciprocated and oscillated by the oscillation mechanism part 34.COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT【課題】駆動されている薬剤容器内部の薬剤の溶解攪拌状態を、薬剤容器の動作を停止することなくリアルタイムに目視確認できる攪拌装置および攪拌方法を提供する。【解決手段】本発明の攪拌装置30は、薬剤容器35を支持する容器支持部36と、薬剤容器35を円柱形状の薬剤容器35の中心軸37の周りに回転させる回転機構部33と、薬剤容器35を中心軸37に沿って往復振動させる振動機構部34と、薬剤容器35を照射するストロボ照明32と、を備え、回転機構部33により薬剤容器35を回転させる回転周期T1と振動機構部34により薬剤容器35を往復振動させる振動周期T2との最小公倍周期T3の整数倍の周期で、ストロボ照明32を薬剤容器35に照射する構成からなる。【選択図】図1
