Automatic prescription filling, sorting and packaging system

Details Automatic prescription filling, sorting and packaging system Automatic prescription filling, sorting and packaging system

2009-05-28

2011-10-04

Durand, Paul R (Department: 3721)

Package making

With means responsive to a sensed condition

Concurrent control of contents and receptacle feeds

C053S131400, C053S168000, C053S251000, C053S473000, C053S493000

Reissue Patent

active

RE042766

ABSTRACT:
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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