A medicine dispenser that helps elderly people take the correct dose of medicine at the right time will hit the market in February, nursing-care robot maker CareBot Corp. said Thursday.
The box-shaped device is around 30 cm in size. It issues voice and screen alerts to remind people to take their medicine, with the appropriate dose dispensed in a pill case.
The device is priced at ¥120,000 excluding tax. It can hold enough medication for seven days and keeps a record of when pills were dispensed.
CareBot, a joint venture between nursing care provider Saint-Care Holding Corp. and Clarion Co., a maker of car navigation systems and other automotive equipment, hopes to sell about 3,000 of the dispensers each year to pharmacies for lease to the elderly and nursing homes.