US 12,333,914 B2
Drug product packaging system including locking system for controlling access to drug product cells
Mark Luke Goodman, Durham, NC (US); and Sam Thomas Beeler, Durham, NC (US)
Assigned to PARATA SYSTEMS, LLC, Durham, NC (US)
Filed by PARATA SYSTEMS, LLC, Durham, NC (US)
Filed on Apr. 30, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/650,234.
Application 18/650,234 is a continuation of application No. 18/182,677, filed on Mar. 13, 2023, granted, now 11,978,325.
Application 18/182,677 is a continuation of application No. 17/212,301, filed on Mar. 25, 2021, granted, now 11,605,259, issued on Mar. 14, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/994,497, filed on Mar. 25, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0282162 A1, Aug. 22, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G07F 5/26 (2006.01); G07F 11/62 (2006.01); G07F 17/00 (2006.01); G16H 20/13 (2018.01)
CPC G07F 5/26 (2013.01) [G07F 11/62 (2013.01); G07F 17/0092 (2013.01); G16H 20/13 (2018.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a drug product packaging system that is configured to hold a plurality of cells in a lockable section thereof and to maintain the plurality of cells in a locked state via a locking system, the locking system being configured to receive ones of the plurality of cells into the lockable section of the drug product packaging system and configured to maintain the ones of the plurality of cells in the locked state without changing the locked state of previously received ones of the plurality of cells into the lockable section of the drug product packaging system; and
wherein the locking system comprises:
a plurality of latches, each of the plurality of latches being configured to receive a respective one of the plurality of cells, each of the plurality of latches being configurable between a lock position to maintain a respective one of the plurality of cells in the locked state and an unlock position to maintain the respective one of the plurality of cells in an unlocked state; and
a latch engagement apparatus that is configured to mechanically engage the plurality of latches to configure the plurality of latches in the lock position and to configure the plurality of latches in the unlock position responsive to force applied thereto, each of the plurality of latches comprising a tab;
wherein the latch engagement apparatus comprises:
a rod comprising a plurality of members extending therefrom, the plurality of members corresponding to the plurality of latches, respectively; and
a lever coupled to the rod that is configured to rotate the rod between a first position in which the plurality of members of the rod engage a plurality of tabs of the plurality of latches to configure the plurality of latches in the unlock position and to configure a plurality of springs in a compressed state and a second position to configure the plurality of latches in the lock position and the plurality of springs in an extended state responsive to the force applied thereto.