US 12,343,503 B2
Compounding device system
Giuseppe Trovato, Trieste (IT); Andrea Schiavinato, Trieste (IT); Luca Amato, Bolzano (IT); Charles Marsh, Cranberry Township, PA (US); and Larry McCutchan, Allison Park, PA (US)
Assigned to Omnicell, Inc., Cranberry Township, PA (US)
Filed by Omnicell, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 14, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/441,936.
Application 18/441,936 is a continuation of application No. 17/184,047, filed on Feb. 24, 2021, granted, now 12,017,046.
Application 17/184,047 is a continuation of application No. 16/792,519, filed on Feb. 17, 2020, granted, now 10,967,125, issued on Apr. 6, 2021.
Application 16/792,519 is a continuation of application No. 16/207,016, filed on Nov. 30, 2018, granted, now 10,596,319, issued on Mar. 24, 2020.
Application 16/207,016 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/865,038, filed on Jan. 8, 2018, granted, now 10,991,264, issued on Apr. 27, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/592,609, filed on Nov. 30, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 102017000134813 (IT), filed on Nov. 23, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0181159 A1, Jun. 6, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G16H 20/17 (2018.01); A61M 5/178 (2006.01); G01G 19/52 (2006.01); G01G 21/22 (2006.01); G16H 20/10 (2018.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); H04N 23/57 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01); A61M 5/31 (2006.01); G01G 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 5/1782 (2013.01) [G01G 19/52 (2013.01); G01G 21/22 (2013.01); G16H 20/10 (2018.01); G16H 20/17 (2018.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); H04N 23/57 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01); A61M 2005/3125 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3313 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3393 (2013.01); G01G 17/00 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for compounding of medications, the system comprising:
one or more compounding devices;
a computer, wherein each of the one or more compounding devices is in bidirectional communication with the computer via a communications network;
wherein the computer is configured to:
receive a plurality of requests, at least some for compounding of one or more medications;
maintain records of performance in compounding of one or more medications; and
for each of the requests, assigning a task of compounding the medication to one of the one or more compounding devices, wherein the assignment is performed based at least in part on records indicating speed of completion of previous tasks and in accordance with a set of rules designed to maximize speed of completion of the task and minimize pharmaceutical waste.