Patent ID: 7185477

Claim:
A bottle or container transfer system, comprising: a plurality of storage locations, each storage location having a first side and a second side; a stoppage mechanism disposed on the second side of each of the plurality of storage locations, the stoppage mechanism having a first position and a second position; a first transport mechanism obtaining a container and feeding the container to one of the plurality of storage locations via the first side thereof, wherein the container is held 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 from the second position to the first position; input system to input the patient specific order in a computer system, said patient specific order comprising one or more container, a package and patient specific literature corresponding to the patient specific order; and said computer system coupled to the first and second transport mechanisms for identifying one or more storage locations, wherein the computer system instructs the first transport mechanism to transfer the one or more container corresponding to a patient specific order to one or more of the plurality of storage locations, wherein the computer system further 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 container 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 container, the package and the patient specific literature corresponding to the patient specific order.