Patent ID: 6983579

Claim:
A bottle transfer system comprising: a plurality of storage locations, each storage location having a topside and a bottom side; a stoppage mechanism disposed on the bottom side of each of the plurality of storage locations, the stoppage mechanism having an open position and a closed position; a first transport mechanism obtaining one or more bottles and feeding said one or more bottles to one or more of the plurality of storage locations via the top side thereof, wherein the one or more bottles held by the one ore more of the plurality of storage locations when the stoppage mechanism is in the closed position; a second transport mechanism moving the stoppage mechanism from the closed position to the open position; input system to input a patient specific order in a computer system, said patient specific order comprising one or more bottles, 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 bottles corresponding to the patient specific order to one or more of the plurality of storage locations, wherein the computer system further instructs the second transport mechanism to move the stoppage mechanism of the one or more of the plurality of storage locations from the closed position to the open position when the one or more bottles corresponding to the patient specific order have 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, the package and the patient specific literature corresponding to the patient specific order.