Patent ID: 11896557
Assignee: VMI HOLLAND B.V.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G  B | IPC A  B  G

Claim 0:
1. A Method for loading a medicine transport plate with one or more medicine items using a docking station, wherein the docking station comprises a preparation section and a buffer section between the preparation section and a transport plate section, the buffer section comprising a plurality of buffer compartments for receiving the one or more medicine items from the preparation section and a buffer release mechanism movable between a buffer holding state and a release state, wherein the method comprises the steps of:
a) moving a preparation release mechanism of the docking station into a preparation holding state and moving the buffer release mechanism into the buffer holding state;
b) inserting the one or more medicine items into one or more preparation compartments of a plurality of preparation compartments in the preparation section;
c) moving the preparation release mechanism from the preparation holding state into a preparation release state to release the one or more medicine items from the preparation compartments;
d) receiving the one or more medicine items from the preparation section and holding said one or more medicine items in the plurality of buffer compartments;
e) loading the medicine transport plate into the docking station; and
f) moving the buffer release mechanism from the buffer holding state into the buffer release state to release the one or more medicine items from the plurality of buffer compartments to the transport plate.