Patent ID: 8262842
Filing Date: 2012-09-11
Classification: B65C,G06K,G06Q,G07F,G16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for filling a prescription order with a plurality of products each containing a pharmaceutical, each shaped with either a card form factor or a box form factor, and each marked with a product barcode, the apparatus comprising: a conveyor configured to move the products along a workflow path; a first verification station in the workflow path of the conveyor and configured to verify that the product barcode on each product belongs in the prescription order being filled; a label application station in the workflow path of the conveyor and configured to print and apply a patient label onto each of the products; and a second verification station in the workflow path of the conveyor and configured to independently verify that the product barcode on each of the products matches a patient barcode on the patient label after application to the product, the second verification station including a first barcode reader configured to read the product barcode and patient barcode on the products shaped with the card form factor, a second barcode reader configured to read the product barcode on the products shaped with the box form factor, and a third barcode reader configured to read the patient barcode on the products shaped with the box form factor.