Parata Systems, LLC

Spencer Health Solutions, LLC

Mark I Perisich

Matthew P Daniels

Michael Richard Floyd

Steve Bouchelle

Daniel Stephen Gardiner

George Raymond Abrams, Jr

Bradley Kenneth Smith

Weldon Curl, Jr

Mark Longley

Eric X Bonpain

Jeffrey J Schedel

Timothy Ulm

Craig Steven Davis

Steven Paul Bouchelle

Gerald Cooper Ushery, Jr

Nanette Kirsch

Michael L King

Mark Alan Uebel

Jeremy Scott Bridges

Steve Worm

David Wilkinson

Jacob D White

David Christopherson

Paul Joseph Cunningham

Sasha Morris

Neal Dawes

Dan Fuccella

Scott Thomas Hackett

George Raymond Abrams

Weldon Curl

Thomas P Rhoads

John Michael Burton

Brian Kerrigan

George Raymond Abrams Jr

Weldon Curl Jr

Thomas P Rhoads Jr

John Michael Burton Jr

A dispensing apparatus for dispensing articles includes a dispensing outlet, laterally opposed, elongate first and second guide walls defining a singulating channel therebetween, a dispensing path extending through the singulating channel to the dispensing outlet, and a drive system. The drive system includes a belt and a belt actuator operable to drive the belt. The dispensing apparatus is configured to convey articles on the belt in a dispensing direction along the dispensing path toward the dispensing outlet to be dispensed. The singulating channel is configured to singulate the articles as the articles are conveyed along the dispensing path and through the singulating channel toward the dispensing outlet to be dispensed. The first guide wall extends laterally across the singulating channel at an oblique angle to vertical to overhang at least a portion of the singulating channel and engage articles conveyed along the singulating channel.

Methods and apparatus for dispensing solid articles

A dispensing apparatus for dispensing articles includes a housing and a drive system. The housing defines a hopper chamber to hold the articles, a dispensing outlet, and a dispensing path between the hopper chamber and the dispensing outlet. The drive system includes a belt and a belt actuator operable to drive the belt. The dispensing apparatus is configured such that articles disposed in the hopper chamber are directed onto the belt and the belt, when driven by the belt actuator, conveys the articles received from the hopper chamber in a dispensing direction along the dispensing path toward the dispensing outlet to be dispensed.

A system for storing and dispensing discrete doses of pharmaceuticals includes: a housing with an internal cavity having a front wall with first and second windows; multiple storage locations positioned within the housing; and a carrier assembly positioned and movable within the housing. The carrier assembly is configured to receive a pharmaceutical dose package loaded into either the first or second window and convey the pharmaceutical dose package to one of the storage locations for storage therein, and is further configured to retrieve a pharmaceutical dose package from one of the storage locations and return the pharmaceutical dose package to the first or second window for dispensing therefrom.

Automated pharmacy system for dispensing unit doses of pharmaceuticals and the like

In a method for communication between a master node and a plurality of slave nodes connected by a bus therebetween, a first interrupt request is asserted by one of the plurality of slave nodes via a primary interrupt line. The plurality of slave nodes are electrically connected by the primary interrupt line. A unique delay time for requesting an interrupt is associated with each of the plurality of slave nodes. A second interrupt request is asserted by the one of the plurality of slave nodes via a secondary interrupt line electrically connecting the plurality of slave nodes. The second interrupt request is asserted in response to successfully asserting the first interrupt request and after the unique delay time associated with the one of the plurality of slave nodes. A message is then transmitted from the one of the plurality of slave nodes to the master node via the bus. Related systems and devices are also discussed, including the use of the primary and secondary interrupt request lines to provide bus arbitration between the plurality of slave nodes for communication with the master node.

Methods, systems, and devices for providing an interrupt scheme in automated pharmaceutical dispensing machines without centralized arbitration

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