MEDICATION PAYOUT UNIT, MEDICATION PAYOUT DEVICE PROVIDED THEREWITH, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MEDICATION PAYOUT DEVICE

摘要

To provide a retrieval head that exhibits improved medication-information reading performance. This retrieval head (8) is provided with a movement-path section (13), a first braking section (14), and a detector (16). The movement-path section (13) makes a substantially cylindrical medication container (9) that has an identification mark (15) move, said medication container (9) having been retrieved from a medication-container storage cassette (4) in which medication containers (9) are stored. The first braking section (14) is provided on one end (13a) of the movement-path section (13) and makes the medication container (9), said medication container (9) having moved along the movement-path section (13), stop at a prescribed position. The detector (16) reads the identification mark (15) on the medication container (9) that the first braking section (14) stopped at the prescribed position. The movement-path section (13) has a movement surface (17) that moves along the movement path of the medication container (9), and said movement surface (17) has a contact section (18) that contacts the medication container (9).