Patent ID: 6317648
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: B65B,B65G,G06Q,Y02P

Abstract:
In an automated container filling system, including a container input station and a container filling station, the improvement comprising:fill control means for controlling the container filling station to fill any of a plurality of containers with any of a plurality of medications, anda plurality of tag means each capable of containing medication order information,a respective one of said tag means associated with each respective container for conveying respective order information for the respective container to said fill control means,said fill control means operating in response to said respective order information from said respective tag means by controlling the container filling station to fill the respective container associated with said respective tag means with a respective medication prescribed in the respective order wherein said automated container filling system further comprises:system data transmitting means for communicating respective order data to each said respective tag means andsystem data reading means for reading said respective order data from one of said tag means,wherein each said tag means comprises:data storage means for storing respective order data from said system data transmitting means;tag data receiving means for receiving said respective order data from said data transmitting means andtag data transmitting means for transmitting said respective order data from said data storage means of said tag means to said system data reading means.