Article dispensing – Plural sources – stacks or compartments – With discharge means for each source
Reexamination Certificate
2007-05-01
2007-05-01
Maekey, Patrick (Department: 3653)
Article dispensing
Plural sources, stacks or compartments
With discharge means for each source
C221S220000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10160970
ABSTRACT:
An under-counter portable automatic pill-dispensing apparatus includes a double array of storage units for storing pills in bulk, a retriever between the two arrays for retrieving selected storage units, and a pill-dispensing module for unloading pills into a vial. The storage units each include an outer container, a track positioned in a bottom of the outer container, and a hopper movably positioned within the outer container for movement toward and away from the track. The pill-dispensing module includes an oscillator for the track, a pill counter, and a lift for raising and lowering the hopper to control flow of pills. A prescription information station is provided including a computer for receiving patient prescription information, a printer for printing a label for the vial and for applying the label to the vial, bar code scanners for verification, and distributed controllers for operating the various components.
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Gerold William J.
Gerold William O.
Kohner Matthew J.
Maekey Patrick
Microfil, LLC
Price Heneveld Cooper DeWitt & Litton LLP
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