Method and system for high-speed tablet counting and dispensing

Details Method and system for high-speed tablet counting and dispensing Method and system for high-speed tablet counting and dispensing

2006-10-24

2006-10-24

Maust, Timothy L. (Department: 3751)

Fluent material handling, with receiver or receiver coacting mea

Plural materials, material supplies or charges in a receiver

Selectively utilized sources

C141S018000, C141S083000, C141S105000, C221S129000, C221S133000

Reexamination Certificate

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07124791

ABSTRACT:
A medicament tablet dispensing system and method dispenses any selected number of tablets, up to a maximum number, with minimal dispensing delays. During fill operations, a preset number of tablets are counted and stored in dedicated storage compartments. Dispensing operations are performed in response to dispense request commands. The fill operations are performed in a manner independent from the quantity of tablets identified by the dispense request commands. During the dispensing operations for a particular dispense request command, the preset number of tablets are emptied from one or more of the dedicated storage compartments, thereby avoiding delays associated with counting all of the dispensed tablets. Moreover, the fill operations and the dispensing operations may be performed in parallel for high-throughput dispensing applications.

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