Medcohealth Solutions, Inc.

Medco Containment Services, Inc.

Merck-medco Managed Care, LLC

Christopher J Lasher

Michael Joseph Szesko

Dennis Wayne Rice

James G McErlean

Chih-Jen Leu

E Christian Hess

Thomas P Bonkenburg

Andrew P Booler

P Thomas Shupert

Robert G Howell

Peter Monkhouse

Douglas W Walton

Michael W G Bell

Paul Thomas Shupert

Frank Modrowsky

Michael Kennedy

Michael L Mahar

Wayne Rice

Michael WG Bell

James G Mcerlean

Robert Gregory Howell

Computer assisted systems, methods and mediums for filling one or more orders. One embodiment of the present invention is a system that includes an order consolidation station configured to receive at least one bottle containing pills individually counted and/or at least one package containing pharmaceutical products without having been designated for any of the orders when the package was created and/or at least one literature pack optionally including patient specific information. The order consolidation station is further configured to combine automatically the received bottle and/or package and/or literature pack into a container to be sent to a recipient including, for example, mail order pharmacies, wholesalers and/or central fill dealers for subsequent distribution or sale including retailer distribution or sale. The bottle is specifically designated for the order, and the order generally includes at least one prescription for the package.

Automated prescription filling system/method with automated labeling and packaging system/method and automated order consolidation system/method

In an automated prescription dispensing and packing system, empty prescription bottles are labeled and loaded in assigned locations in carriers. Pills are automatically dispensed into the prescription bottles in the carriers. Ranks of carriers containing filled prescription bottles are assembled at stations where the bottles are unloaded and packed into shipping containers with literature printed by the system. Multiple bottles of an order are automatically packed in the same shipping container.

Automatic prescription filling, sorting and packaging system

Method for automated prescription filling, packaging and order consolidation

Bottle or container transfer system for automated prescription filling

In an automated prescription pill dispensing system, a multiplicity of pill dispensers are provided each operable to count out and dispense pills from supply hoppers. The dispensers are controlled by a computer which selects up to five of the dispensers to operate and control the selected pill dispensers to count out pills simultaneously. The pill dispensers dispense the pills into the first set of output hoppers, from which the pills can be released into a second output hopper under the control of the computer. The computer will release the pills from the second output hopper corresponding to a selected pill dispenser through a snout into a pill vial in response to sensing the presence of a pill vial at the snout. The computer controls a prescription label printer to print prescription labels for the pill vials. The computer also controls indicator lights to indicate which dispensing cell is selected and ready to have pills released from the second output hopper corresponding thereto. Automatically controlled security doors control access to supply hoppers for each of the pill dispensers.

Enhanced drug dispensing system

Automated prescription filling system/method with automated labeling and packaging system/method automated order consolidation system/method

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Ridgewood, NJ, United States of America

Christopher J Lasher