Patent ID: 8863480

Claim:
A device for dispensing pills, the device comprising: a plurality of pill canisters, each of the pill canisters containing pills; a plurality of platens, each of the platens being substantially planar, each of the plurality of platens having a platen identifier, each of the platens having pill locations corresponding to one or more specific packaging configurations; a selected platen of the platens, the selected platen removably holds and supports a target container; a frame situated beneath the target location, the selected platen is removably and interchangeably held in the frame and the selected platen moves in both an X axis and/or a Y axis responsive to movement of the frame moving in both the X axis and/or the Y axis; a device for communicating with the platen identifier; and a control, the control accesses the device for communicating with the platen identifier and obtains data from the platen identifier, the control moves the selected platen in the X axis and the Y axis responsive to the data and the control releases a desired quantity of the pills at a target location into the a target package that is held by the selected platen.