Patent ID: 9349239
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: A61J,G07F

Claim Text:
1. An automated medicament dispensing machine for dispensing and counting individual medicaments, comprising: A. at least one medicament supply bin for holding a plurality of medicaments, and B. a singulator extending inside said at least one medicament supply bin, wherein said singulator is for singulating said plurality of medicaments, said singulator comprising: C. a programmable dispensing control system programmed to control said automated medicament dispensing machine, D. at least one vial bulk supply bin for storing and dispensing vials, E. a robotic arm, F. a vial gripper attached to said robotic arm, said vial gripper comprising, D. wherein said optical emitter and optical receiving array are positioned so that medicaments that fall together are positioned side-by-side with respect to the optical emitter and receiving array and not one in front of the other so as to obscure one of the medicaments.