Patent ID: 11861554
Assignee: EXPRESS SCRIPTS STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT, INC.
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A drug system comprising:
a moveable surface adapted to retain a plurality of drug packages in an unordered state being free of a logically controlled positioning, wherein the moveable surface is arranged to support and move the plurality of drug packages positioned on the moveable surface, wherein the moveable surface is adapted to support the plurality of drug packages with varying shapes, sizes, and types, the moveable surface defining a closed-loop path along which the plurality of drug packages move such that the plurality of drug packages continuously recirculate along the closed-loop path when moved by the moveable surface;
an identification device adapted to acquire information for an orientation and a location of the plurality of drug packages moving along the closed-loop path on the moveable surface, the identification device being disposed above the closed-loop path defined by the moveable surface such that the plurality of drug packages repeatedly move past the identification device as the plurality of drug packages continuously recirculate along the closed-loop path;
a picker adapted to obtain an individual drug package among the plurality of drug packages from the moveable surface based on a drug package orientation and a drug package location, the picker being disposed proximal to the moveable surface; and
a controller communicatively connected to the identification device and the picker, the controller adapted to process the acquired information for the orientation and the location from the identification device and to instruct the picker to pick the individual drug package at the drug package orientation and the drug package location, wherein the drug package location depends on the movement of the moveable surface.