US 12,336,969 B2
Sensing retrieval of pills
Kevin Robert Skeuse, New York, NY (US); Raymond John Ring, III, Alexandria, VA (US); Jake Lebovits, New York, NY (US); and Craig Sunada, Leonardo, NJ (US)
Assigned to HERO HEALTH INC., New York, NY (US)
Filed by HERO HEALTH INC., New York, NY (US)
Filed on Jan. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/567,784.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/132,923, filed on Dec. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0202652 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. A61J 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61J 7/0084 (2013.01) [A61J 7/0069 (2013.01); A61J 2200/30 (2013.01); A61J 2200/74 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for dispensing pills, the system comprising:
a plurality of containers;
a retrieval arm movable into the plurality of containers to retrieve contents from the plurality of containers;
a carrier including a track and a turntable, the turntable defining a plurality of slots, the plurality of containers supportable in the plurality of slots, the carrier movable to adjust positions of the plurality of containers relative to a predetermined position, the track including a first ramp section at least partially defining an opening at the predetermined position; and
a weighing assembly including an actuator and a weight sensor, wherein, with the plurality of containers supported in the plurality of slots of the turntable, each of the plurality of containers is movable parallel to an axis of rotation of the turntable along the track and the actuator is actuatable to rotate the turntable in a rotation direction along the track to slide one of the plurality of containers along the first ramp section, through the opening, and into mechanical communication with the weight sensor at the predetermined position, the first ramp section gradually guiding the one of the plurality of containers onto the weight sensor as the turntable rotates in the rotation direction along the track, and the weight sensor is operable to measure weight of the one of the plurality of containers in mechanical communication with the weight sensor at the predetermined position.