Patent ID: 6899148

Claim:
A medicament dispensing system comprising: a) a primary storage container for storing a large number of medicament tablets, said primary storage container having an outlet port through which is dispensed said tablets; b) a counter, operably coupled to said outlet port, that counts tablets dispensed through said outlet port; c) a plurality of secondary storage containers for storing said tablets; d) a feed channel network, operably coupled between said counter and said secondary storage containers, that operates in response to first control signals supplied thereto to direct tablets counted by said counter to a select one of said secondary storage containers, to thereby fill said select one secondary storage container with tablets; and e) a controller, operably coupled to said counter and said feed channel network, that performs a plurality of fill operations each corresponding to a respective one of said plurality of secondary storage containers, wherein each fill operation generates first control signals supplied to said feed channel network such that the corresponding secondary storage container is filled with a given number of tablets counted by said counter.