Automatic prescription filling, sorting and packaging system
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a technology of automatic prescription and sorting, applied in the direction of transportation and packaging, liquid materials, packaging goods types, etc., can solve the problems of requiring many manual steps for the use of these machines to complete a patient's order, and deviation from the correct operation and handling of the prescription could have serious consequences
Inactive Publication Date: 2011-09-27
MEDCO HEALTH SOLUTIONS
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However, use of these machines still require many manual steps to complete a patient's order.
While the advantages of such a system are apparent, there are a number of problems which have to be solved in order to automatically fill and combine multiple prescription orders into a single package.
Any deviation from the correct operations and handling of the prescription could be expected to have serious consequences.
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[0023]The operation of the automated system of the invention is initiated by the entry of customer orders. From a customer order, a production order is generated, which upon being entered in the system is classified in accordance with a pre-established protocol. The production order will be classified as either a Manual-Dispense Production Order, an Auto-Pack Production Order, a Large Production Order, and / or a Marriage Production Order. The Manual-Dispense Order is one that is assigned to be manually filled and packed because of the nature of the prescription, such as because it is for a narcotic or a controlled substance, because it is for a compound, or because it is for a drug which is not in a solid dose countable form. The present invention is concerned with the automatically handled orders which include the Autopack Production Order, the Large Production Order and the Marriage Production Order. An Autopack Production Order is one containing one to four prescriptions for table...
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In an automated prescription dispensing and packing system, empty prescription bottles are labeled and loaded in assigned locations in carriers. Pills are automatically dispensed into the prescription bottles in the carriers. Ranks of carriers containing filled prescription bottles are assembled at stations where the bottles are unloaded and packed into shipping containers with literature printed by the system. Multiple bottles of an order are automatically packed in the same shipping container.
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[0001]This application is a Divisional Application of U.S. application Ser. No. 12 / 235,242, filed Sep. 22, 2008, entitled AUTOMATIC PRESCRIPTION FILLING, SORTING AND PACKAGING SYSTEM, which is a Divisional Application of U.S. application Ser. No. 09 / 608,013 filed Jun. 30, 2000 entitled AUTOMATIC PRESCRIPTION FILLING, SORTING AND PACKAGING SYSTEM now U.S. Pat. No. Re40,510 which is a Reissue Application of U.S. Pat. No. 5,771,657 issued Jun. 30, 1998 entitled AUTOMATIC PRESCRIPTION FILLING, SORTING AND PACKAGING SYSTEM. This application is related to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12 / 473,785, filed May 28, 2009 which is a Divisional Application of U.S. application Ser. No. 12 / 235,242, filed Sep. 22, 2008, entitled AUTOMATIC PRESCRIPTION FILLING, SORTING AND PACKAGING SYSTEM, each of which is hereby incorporated by reference herein in its entirety. [0002]Notice: More than one reissue application has been filed for the reissue of U.S. Pat. No. 5,771,657. The reissue applications are ...
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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): B65B3/04A61J7/00B65B5/10B65B61/20
CPCB65B61/20B65B5/103
Inventor LASHER, CHRISTOPHER J.RICE, DENNIS W.SZESKO, MICHAEL J.MODROWSKY, FRANKMCERLEAN, JAMES G.KENNEDY, MICHAELSHUPERT, PAUL THOMAS
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