Patent ID: 7784244

Claim:
A system for filling an array of product package cavities with solid pharmaceuticals comprising: a first filling station for selectively filling at least one row or column of cavities of a first product package template shuttle with a solid pharmaceutical product; automatically positioning the first product package template shuttle above a further product package template shuttle or a product package portion transferred by a conveying system; automatically selectively releasing the solid pharmaceutical products from at least one row or column of cavities of the first product package template shuttle into corresponding cavities of the further product package template or product package portion that is transferred by a conveying system; and further comprising selectively positioning a second and third package template shuttle beneath a corresponding second and third filling station under control of a microprocessor and selectively filling at least one row or column of cavities of the second and third product package template shuttles with a solid pharmaceutical product and thereafter automatically selectively releasing the solid pharmaceutical products from at least one row or column of cavities of the second and third product package template shuttles into corresponding cavities of the further product package template or product package portion that is transferred by a conveying system such that all required pharmaceutical into specified locations of a product package so that all medications designated by one or more prescriptions for a patient are deposited into specific product package cavities for the patient.