Script Innovations Inc.

Deltatee Enterprises Ltd.

I Sonic Medical Corporation

Donald E James

Gary E Gunthorpe

Ray Belway

Julio F Pineda

Andrew J Barker

A bench-top pill counter accurately and automatically counts a wide variety of shapes and sizes of pharmaceutical pills and capsules, having a variety of coatings. A rotating bowl, periodically shaken during rotation, is combined with a fixed, flared spiral guide ramp causing pills to distribute individually on an annular ledge in the bowl. The pills are dispensed from the bowl onto a sloped slide and counted at the bottom of the slide by an optical counter. The micro-computer determines an optimum speed and shake algorithm for the bowl, based on the characteristics such as the size and shape of the pills, so that the pills distribute individually and only one pill at a time passes the counter.

Universal pill counting device

Apparatus and method are provided for measuring the series resistance of each individual cell of a battery bank for establishing the readiness of the batteries. The invention comprises a switch in series with a load, connected across each cell of the battery. An electronic switch momentarily imposes the load on the cell and the value of the current drawn from the battery and the voltage across it is measured with an A/D device. A controller directs a plurality of the switched loads on a plurality of cells. The A/D device and controller on each cell communicates their measurements to a remote host computer, preferably via an RF serial modem. The host computer calculates the internal resistance and provides alarm and other reporting functions. Further, as the measurement imposes a small energy drain on the cell, through independent adjustment of the frequency of measurement for each cell, over-charging of the individually cells can be equalized.

Resistance and charging monitor within a standby battery bank

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Calgary, Canada

Donald E James