Patent ID: 8230662
Filing Date: 2012-07-31
Classification: B65B,G07F,G16H

Abstract:
1. A system for filling medication dose packs with oral-solid medication items, comprising: at least one storage tray, with the at least one storage tray storing a specific type of oral-solid medication item; a table supporting at least one dose pack having a plurality of receptacles arranged in rows, with each receptacle associated with an intake time and date of a patient prescription file; a dispensing mechanism having at least two fingers each for grasping by suction an oral-solid medication item, and degrees of freedom to displace the at least two fingers from the at least one storage tray to the dose pack, to transfer the oral-solid medication items from the at least one storage tray to the receptacles of the dose pack; and a dispenser controller for determining the specific types of oral-solid medication items required in the receptacles of the dose pack as a function of a patient prescription file, and for actuating the dispensing mechanism to control displacements and the suction thereof to fill the dose packs from the patient prescription file, the suction of each one of the fingers being actuated independently to selectively grasp and dispense one unit of the oral-solid medication items with only one of the two fingers while at least another of the fingers is concurrently unactuated in suction to grasp and dispense oral-solid medication items.