Patent ID: 7668618

Claim:
A bottle transfer system, comprising: a plurality of storage locations, each storage location having a top side and a bottom side; a stoppage mechanism disposed on each of the plurality of storage locations, the stoppage mechanism having a first position and a second position; a first transport mechanism transporting the bottle to one of the plurality of storage locations, wherein the bottle is stored by the one of the plurality of storage locations when the stoppage mechanism is in the second position; a second transport mechanism moving the stoppage mechanism between the first position and the second position; a computer system receiving the patient specific order, said patient specific order comprising one or more bottles and patient specific literature corresponding to the patient specific order; and said computer system identifying one or more storage locations, wherein the first transport mechanism transfers the one or more bottles corresponding to a patient specific order to the one or more storage locations, wherein the computer system instructs the second transport mechanism to transfer the stoppage mechanism of the one or more of the plurality of storage locations from the second position to the first position when the one or more bottles corresponding to the patient specific order has been transferred to the one or more of the plurality of storage locations and are ready for dispensing with other components of the patient specific order, including at least one of another bottle and the patient specific literature corresponding to the patient specific order.