Packaging system for pharmaceutical dispenser and associated method
Inactive Publication Date: 2013-04-25
REMEDI TECH HLDG
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[0033]The methodology to load the medpass bags into the tertiary package permits a significant packaging density thereby reducing both delivery costs and permitting increased storage quantities in the medication carts at the LTC facilities.
[0034]Prior art systems utilized a mechanism to drop loose unit dose packages into the secondary package or med pass bag. This method produced unpredictable results due to the random nature of how the unit dose p
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There are several disadvantages associated with the traditional method of distributing individual dosage units of pharmaceutical products.
To begin with, the process is labor and cost intensive.
In addition, with so many human inputs required in the existing process, there may also be a risk of human error.
In the event the patient is discharged or the treatment is changed, the unused portion of the 30-day supply cannot be cost effectively reused even though the product may be labeled appropriately.
The labor cost required to reintroduce the pharmaceutical products back into the distribution system and to maintain the integrity and traceability of manufacturer and expiration data exceeds the value of the pharmaceutical products, even if the substantial r
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[0085]A dispensing system 10 according to one embodiment is shown in FIG. 1 and is configured to store and dispense individually packaged and labeled doses of medications / supplements, and to assemble the dispensed medications / supplements into individual medication orders, such as time-pass medication orders to be delivered to a long-term care (LTC) facility, for example. The dispensing system 10 shown and described herein is one example of such a system that can be utilized in conjunction with a packaging system 12 as shown and described herein. The dispensing system 10 of one embodiment is divided into distinct modules that are dedicated to dispensing the medications / supplements based on the demand, or order frequency, of those items. In the exemplary embodiment shown, a first module 14 is configured to dispense medications / supplements having a relatively high-demand or order frequency, and a second module 16 of the dispensing system 10 is configured to store and dispense medicatio...
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A packaging system and associated method for use with a pharmaceutical dispenser provides a turnkey solution for packaging pharmaceutical products such as solid medications and nutritional supplements to be taken orally in health care settings, including but not limited to long term care (LTC) and assisted living settings. An overall pharmacy system and methodology begins with bulk medications and supplements introduced into the work flow, individually packaged and assembled into medpass orders per patient and delivered to the LTC facility or other institution for patient consumption. The process begins by converting bulk medications and supplements to packaged unit doses and ultimately individually packaged medpass bags for each patient on a 24-hour schedule. The design of the overall system and its individual components allows for physical control of each unit dose package from start to finish without any unit dose package “free fall” in the system.
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) to U.S. Application No. 61 / 550,787, filed Oct. 24, 2011, the entire contents and disclosure of which are incorporated herein by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]This invention is related to those disclosed in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09 / 995,907, filed Nov. 28, 2001; U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11 / 962,210, filed Dec. 21, 2007; U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60 / 883,419, filed Jan. 4, 2007; International Application No. PCT / US07 / 87905, filed Dec. 18, 2007 and published as WO 2008 / 085673; U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61 / 120, 209, filed Dec. 5, 2008; U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12 / 559,630, filed Sep. 15, 2009 and published as U.S. 2010 / 0176145; U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12 / 559,601, filed Sep. 15, 2009, and published as U.S. 2010 / 0172724; U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12 / 617,075, filed Nov. 12, 2009 and published as U.S. 2...
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