US 12,070,437 B2
Automatic packager for pharmaceuticals and method of operating the same
William K. Holmes, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to RXSAFE LLC, Vista, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/045,217
Filed by RXSAFE LLC, Vista, CA (US)
PCT Filed Apr. 4, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/025905
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 5, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/195629, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 10, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/652,692, filed on Apr. 4, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/745,126, filed on Oct. 12, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0161767 A1, Jun. 3, 2021
Int. Cl. A61J 7/00 (2006.01); A61J 7/02 (2006.01); B65B 9/02 (2006.01); B65B 35/12 (2006.01); B65B 57/14 (2006.01); G16H 20/13 (2018.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01); G16H 70/40 (2018.01)
CPC A61J 7/0076 (2013.01) [A61J 7/0069 (2013.01); A61J 7/02 (2013.01); B65B 9/02 (2013.01); B65B 35/12 (2013.01); B65B 57/145 (2013.01); G16H 20/13 (2018.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01); G16H 70/40 (2018.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for filling a prescription in a pharmacy, the method comprising:
receiving, at an electronic processor of a pharmacy management system, a prescription to be filled by the pharmacy management system;
identifying, at a pre-counter, a plurality of bulk containers that contain types of medications listed on the prescription;
counting, using the pre-counter, medications from the plurality of bulk containers;
depositing the counted medications in a plurality of cartridges such that each type of medications is deposited in a separate one of the plurality of cartridges;
placing the plurality of cartridges including the counted medications at the automatic packager;
dispensing, using the automatic packager, the medications from the plurality of cartridges;
packaging, using a packaging unit of the automatic packager, medications dispensed from the plurality of cartridges into packages; and
verifying, using the automatic packager, whether the medications are correctly packaged in the packages.