Patent ID: 11903906
Assignee: BECTON DICKINSON ROWA GERMANY GMBH
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  B  G  H | IPC A  B  G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method for providing a singling device of a storage and dispensing container for drug portions, the method comprising:
placing a drug portion of a specific drug type on a top surface of a first light emitting source;
generating, by first and second separate detection devices, an image of the drug portion by detecting, by the first detection device disposed above the drug portion and opposite the first light emitting source, rays of light transmitted past the drug portion by the first light emitting source in a first direction and by detecting, by the second detection device disposed opposite a second light emitting source, rays of light transmitted past the drug portion by the second light emitting source in a second direction different from the first direction;
processing, by a control device using image analysis, the image;
determining specified drug information for the placed drug portion, the specified drug information comprising at least the dimensions of the drug portion; and
identifying, based on the determined drug information, a suitable singling device fitting the drug portions to be singularized.