MEDICINE PACKAGING APPARATUS AND MEDICINE PACKAGING METHOD

摘要

There is provided a control means (4) for controlling a method of packaging a medicine, the control means comprising:
a tablet supply unit controlling section (20) arranged to control a medicine supplying step for supplying a relevant medicine according to a prescription data; and
a tablet standby unit controlling section (21) arranged to control a medicine standby step for allowing the supplied medicine to temporarily stand by;
characterized by the control means being arranged to control:
a medicine detecting step for detecting the standing by medicine,
the control means (4) further comprising a printing and packaging unit controlling section (22) arranged to control a printing step for printing a packaging paper when the medicine based on the prescription data is detected;
the printing and packaging unit controlling section being arranged to control a conveying step for conveying the packaging paper; and
the printing and packaging unit controlling section arranged to control a packaging step for supplying the temporarily standing by medicine to a printed portion of the packaging paper and packaging the medicine,
wherein the steps are controlled to be performed in sequence.