Medicine dispensing system and control method thereof

Abstract

A medicine dispensing device including a medicine storage portion for storing a medicine; a medicine discharge portion for discharging the medicine stored at the medicine storage portion; a communication module for communicating with a hospital server; and a control portion for controlling the operation of the medicine storage portion and the medicine discharge portion so as to allow the medicine to be discharged on the basis of prescription information of a prescription received from the hospital server through the communication module.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A medicine dispensing device comprising:
 a medicine storage part configured to store a medicine,   wherein the medicine storage part includes a plurality of medicine dispensing containers,   wherein the plurality of medicine dispensing containers comprises at least a first medicine dispensing container and a second medicine dispensing container;   a medicine discharge part configured to discharge the medicine stored in the medicine storage part; and   a conveying part configured to convey the first medicine which is dispensed from the first medicine dispensing container and the second medicine which is dispensed from the second medicine dispensing container to a discharge port;   wherein the conveying part is configured to convey the first medicine toward one end of the conveying part during a period of time between a first time point at which the first medicine is dispensed from the first medicine dispensing container and a second time point at which the second medicine is dispensed from the second medicine dispensing container.   
     
     
         2 . The medicine dispensing device of  claim 1 ,
 wherein the first medicine dispensing container and the second medicine dispensing container are located in a same layer.   
     
     
         3 . The medicine dispensing device of  claim 1 ,
 wherein the first medicine dispensing container and the second medicine dispensing container are located in a different layer.   
     
     
         4 . The medicine dispensing device of  claim 3 ,
 wherein between the first time point and the second time point, the conveying part is moved from a first layer where the first medicine dispensing container is located to a second layer where the second medicine dispensing container is located.   
     
     
         5 . The medicine dispensing device of  claim 1 ,
 wherein the medicine dispensing device comprises the discharge port for discharging the first medicine and the second medicine, and   wherein one end of the conveying part is end which is located closer to the discharge port among a two ends of the conveying part.   
     
     
         6 . The medicine dispensing device of  claim 5 ,
 wherein the medicine dispensing device comprises a medicine discharge blocking gate located at one end of the conveying part, and   wherein when the medicine discharge blocking gate is opened at a predetermined time point, the first medicine and the second medicine are discharged from the conveying part to the discharge port.   
     
     
         7 . The medicine dispensing device of  claim 6 ,
 wherein when the conveying part has moved to a predetermined position, the medicine discharge blocking gate is opened.   
     
     
         8 . The medicine dispensing device of  claim 7 ,
 wherein the predetermined position is a position where one end of the conveying part corresponds to the discharge port.   
     
     
         9 . The medicine dispensing device of  claim 1 ,
 wherein the first medicine and the second medicine are medicines included in a same prescription.   
     
     
         10 . The medicine dispensing device of  claim 1 ,
 wherein the second medicine dispensing container performs a preparatory operation for dispensing of the medicine before the second time point.   
     
     
         11 . The medicine dispensing device of  claim 1 ,
 wherein the second medicine dispensing container performs a preparatory operation for dispensing of the medicine between the first time point and the second time point.