US 12,077,383 B2
System and methodology for filling prescriptions
Kimberly Hawkes, Powell, OH (US); Steven E. Schneider, Lewis Center, OH (US); Mark Stielau, Fennville, MI (US); Richard W Snodgrass, Columbus, OH (US); and Thomas P. Hayes, Cambridge (CA)
Assigned to REMEDI TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, LLC, Towson, MD (US)
Filed by REMEDI TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, LLC, Towson, MD (US)
Filed on Sep. 18, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/025,101.
Application 17/025,101 is a continuation of application No. 12/617,075, filed on Nov. 12, 2009, granted, now 10,916,340.
Application 12/617,075 is a continuation in part of application No. 12/559,630, filed on Sep. 15, 2009, granted, now 9,938,082, issued on Apr. 10, 2018.
Application 12/559,630 is a continuation in part of application No. 12/559,601, filed on Sep. 15, 2009, granted, now 9,745,131, issued on Aug. 29, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/120,209, filed on Dec. 5, 2008.
Prior Publication US 2021/0070548 A1, Mar. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. G16H 40/20 (2018.01); B65G 1/137 (2006.01); G07F 11/44 (2006.01); G16H 20/13 (2018.01); G16H 20/17 (2018.01)
CPC B65G 1/1376 (2013.01) [G07F 11/44 (2013.01); G16H 20/13 (2018.01); G16H 20/17 (2018.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for processing prescription orders for patients of multiple medications, each medication stored in an individual container, comprising:
an inventory dispensing apparatus that
receives a patient's prescription order for a plurality of identified medications,
selects a number of the individual containers required to fulfill the prescription order, and
dispenses, through a discharge assembly, and while maintaining physical engagement of the individual containers throughout the dispensing and based on the selection, the number of the individual containers including the plurality of identified medications to a packaging apparatus; and
the packaging apparatus that
performs a packaging process by assembling the dispensed individual containers into a package, and
outputs the package corresponding to the patient's order,
wherein each individual container is a blister package having a base portion defining a cavity for receiving the individual dose of the medication and a generally planar closure, and
wherein the discharge assembly comprises channels which constrain movement of the individual containers.