US 12,344,417 B2
Automatic packager for medical products
William K. Holmes, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to RXSAFE LLC, Vista, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/800,567
Filed by RXSAFE LLC, Vista, CA (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 18, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/018554
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 18, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/168095, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 26, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/978,174, filed on Feb. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0138334 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. B65B 5/06 (2006.01); B65B 5/02 (2006.01); B65B 5/10 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 5/02 (2013.01) [B65B 5/06 (2013.01); B65B 5/103 (2013.01)] 31 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cartridge for an automatic packager, the cartridge comprising:
a reservoir for storing a plurality of medical products;
a wheel including a bottom portion placed in the reservoir, the wheel being rotatable with respect to the reservoir;
a scooping member provided on the wheel to rotate with the wheel and singulate a medical product from the reservoir; and
a funnel extension coupled to the reservoir and extending outward and upward from the reservoir, the funnel extension extends from the reservoir along an insertion axis of the cartridge, the funnel extension including
a first opening at a top of the funnel extension,
a first portion extending downward from the first opening,
a second portion extending diagonally to the reservoir, and
a second opening at a reservoir end of the second portion; and
a stir rod pivotably fixed to the funnel extension and configured to be moved to agitate the medical products in the funnel extension,
wherein the stir rod extends longitudinally through the funnel extension from the first portion to the second opening.