Carefusion Germany 326 Gmbh

Becton Dickinson Rowa Germany Gmbh

Carefusion German 326 Gmbh

Christoph Hellenbrand

Dietmar Gross

Andreas Klapperich

Dennis Reif

Stephan Brokonier

Minne Jorritsma

Marta Carbonell Zaragoza

Dirk Wingenter

Andreas Bause

Uwe Furtner

Ingo Boesnach

Frank Höschle

Frank Hoeschle

Frank Hoschle

A commissioning device is provided that includes storage surfaces for storing piece goods, a delivery table, elongated clamping jaws disposed above the delivery table and a clamping jaw guide apparatus. The clamping jaw guide apparatus includes a frame structure, first and second guides disposed in parallel with the frame structure, clamping jaw carriages coupled to the first and second guides, the clamping jaw carriages driven in parallel with the frame structure. First clamping jaw carriages are associated with the first guide and second clamping jaw carriages are associated with the second guide, wherein at least two of the plurality of clamping jaw carriages are coupled to each of the clamping jaws. A first drive element is connected to the first clamping jaw carriages and a second drive element is connected to the second clamping jaw carriages at a distance from the first drive element along the delivery table.

Controller for a commissioning device

Filling stations are provided that include a transfer tray having filling receptacles and a closing device arranged under the filling receptacles to open and close bottom openings in the filling receptacles, an optical detection device to generate images of filling receptacles having drug portions arranged therein, and a control device coupled to the optical detection device. The control device causes displaying of a filling template of which filling receptacles are to be filled with one or more drug portions, comparing an actual filling of the filling receptacles based on the one or more images of the filling receptacles generated by the optical detection device to a target filling, determining that no deviation exists between the actual filling and the target filling, and opening the closing device for transferring the drug portions from the transfer tray to a transport tray. Systems and methods for filling a transfer tray are also provided.

Filling station and method for filling a transport tray

Methods for verifying drug portions include using a verification device to receive characteristic key data for a drug based on images of the drug and to receive, from the calibrated camera, a digital image of a package including a drug portion of the drug, the calibrated camera arranged to capture images from above the package, determine individual key data for the drug portion included in the package based at least on a known calibration parameter of the calibrated camera and the digital image of the package including the drug portion, compare the individual key data with the characteristic key data for the drug and verify or reject the package including the drug portion corresponding to the drug based on a result of the comparison. Systems and computer readable medium are also provided.

Measuring and verifying drug portions

Devices for dispensing medications include a holding unit having first and second opposing sides, medication storage and dispensing stations removably fastened to the first side of the holding unit, each storage and dispensing station having a medication dispensing channel for dispensing individual medications and medication slides fastened to the second side of the holding unit. A frame structure is disposed on the second side of the holding unit and guide units are removably fastened to the frame structure and disposed on the second side of the holding unit, each guide unit having guide receptacle openings and a guide dispensing opening. The holding unit and the frame structure are fastened on or in the device to be movable relative to one another and the guide units are accessible from outside the device in an access position.

Device for packaging medication portions

A gripper for a picking device for storing small piece goods and a method for operating a picking device having a gripper are provided. The gripper simplifies dispensing and includes a drop table extending in first and second horizontal directions, and has at least one end portion having a dispensing end face, wherein the drop table and the end portion define an upper support surface. A transport device for moving small piece goods is arranged above the drop table and sensor device(s) are arranged in the at least one end portion having detection regions associated therewith, the sensor device being arranged along a vertical axis in such a way that the detection regions cover a vertically extending space in front of the dispensing end face.

Gripper for picking device and method for operating a picking device having this gripper

An automatic picking machine for pharmaceutical drug packages includes at least one storage rack, at least one storage and retrieval machine, a control apparatus for controlling the storage and retrieval machine, and a filling apparatus for successively filling each of a plurality of transport containers with a group of pharmaceutical drug packages corresponding to one order, wherein the filling apparatus includes a plurality of collection containers, first transport apparatuses, each having a transport channel for conveying the pharmaceutical drug packages towards the respective collection container, and a receiving apparatus for receiving a transport container to be filled at a filling location of the filing apparatus.

Automatic picking machine for filling a transport container

A picking device for storing bottles and a corresponding method are provided. The picking device includes a storage locations for bottles, a control device and an operating device having a gripper with two prongs, the operating device displaceable adjacent the storage location in first and second directions. The control device causes the operating device to lift a bottle from the storage location and move the bottle in a third direction away from the storage location by one of a frictional connection and a positive connection between the bottle and the two prongs or move a bottle in a third direction towards the storage location and lower the bottle to rest in the storage location by one of a frictional connection and a positive connection between the bottle and the two prongs. A method for retrieving bottles and an operating device for use with a picking device are also provided.

Picking device for storing medicine bottles and method for retrieval

A method of operating a storage and dispensing station for drug portions includes rotatably disposing a singulating device in a storage container, providing, with a conductor device, an electrically conductive coupling between the singulating device and a contact, and dissipating an electrical charge from the singulating device.

Storage and dispensing station for blister packaging machine

A medication packaging device includes a frame structure on which a guide unit is removably fastened, the guide unit having multiple receptacle openings and a dispensing opening. The device also includes multiple storage and dispensing stations, each having a storage housing and a dispensing station having a medication dispensing channel, as well as a holding unit having a plurality of mounts. For each mount, a medication slide and a storage and dispensing station are arranged such that the receptacle openings of the medication slides are associated with the medication dispensing channels of the dispensing stations and the dispensing openings of the medication slides are associated with the receptacle openings of the guide unit. The holding unit and the frame structure are fastened on or in the device to be movable relative to one another so that the guide unit is accessible from outside the device when in an access position.

A filling station includes a transport tray having a plurality of transfer receptacles, an optical detection device configured to generate one or more images of transfer receptacles having drug portions arranged therein and a control device coupled to the optical detection device. The control device causes display of a filling template of which transfer receptacles are to be filled with one or more drug portions and compares an actual filling of the transfer receptacles based on the one or more images of the transfer receptacles generated by the optical detection device to ta target filling. The control device also determines if no deviation exists between the actual filling and the target filling and releases the transport tray for transferring the drug portions to a secondary tray.

An operating device for placing or retrieving piece goods onto or from storage places of a picking device is provided. The operating device includes a gripping jaw assembly having two gripping jaws with opposite lying inner surfaces extending in a first horizontal direction corresponding to a direction for placing and retrieving piece goods. The gripping jaws are configured so that the distance of the inner surfaces from each other tapers in the downward direction at least in sections and the piece goods can be lifted from below or the gripping jaws can be moved to clamp the piece goods between them. The operating device also includes an actuation unit coupled to the gripping jaw assembly for moving the gripping jaw assembly in the first horizontal direction.

Operating device for placing or retrieving bottle-like piece goods

Methods of assembling a controller for a commissioning device are provided. A method includes extending a delivery table in a first horizontal direction, the delivery table having a storage end and a retrieval end, disposing two elongated clamping jaws above the delivery table, extending, in a second horizontal direction perpendicular to the first horizontal direction, a first guide and a second guide that are parallel and spaced from one another in the first horizontal direction, coupling at least four clamping jaw carriages to the first and second guides, wherein at least two clamping jaw carriages separated from one another in the first horizontal direction are coupled to a single clamping jaw, respectively, and coupling at least four drive elements to a clamping jaw drive unit.

A system for dispensing and packaging drug portions includes one or more storage containers, the one or more storage containers each including a housing defining a receiving chamber for drug portions and a singulating device disposed at least partially within the housing for singulating and dispensing the drug portions contained within the receiving chamber, the singulating device having an electrically conductive outer surface. The system also includes a blister packaging machine for packaging drug portions dispensed from the one or more storage containers, wherein a conductor device is provided, the conductor device providing an electrically conductive coupling between the singulating device outer surface and a contact configured to dissipate an electrical charge.

A method for providing a singling device of a storage and dispensing container for drug portions is provided. A singling device is adapted to a specific drug portion based on the measurement of the drug portion. The measurement is obtained by generating at least one image of a to-be-measured drug portion by a detection device and using image analysis to process the at least one image. Drug information for the specific drug portion is determined, the drug information including at least the dimensions of the specific drug portion. Based on the determined drug information, a singling device fitting the drug portion to be singularized is identified and provided for use in the storage and dispensing container. A system for identifying a singling device is also provided.

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Kaifenheim, Germany

Christoph Hellenbrand