Patent ID: 11931317
Assignee: VMI HOLLAND B.V.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  B  G | IPC A  B  G

Claim 17:
18. A method for dispensing discrete medicaments with a dispensing device comprising a dispensing section with an array of feeder positions, each for holding a feeder unit for dispensing medicaments, the method comprising:
predicting a depletion time when medicaments in the container of a first feeder unit of a plurality of feeder units will be either depleted or past their expiry date;
providing a notification of a due time when a second feeder unit having a container holding medicaments with the same composition as the container of the first feeder unit should be presented to the dispensing device, wherein the due time is earlier than but related to the depletion time; and
dispensing the medicaments from the first feeder unit until at least the due time.