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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2017
Applicant:
Humana Inc., Louisville, KY (US);
Inventors:
Atin Kapadia, Chandler, AZ (US);
Michael Mahar, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Anu Payyapilly, Chandler, AZ (US);
Andrew Bihnam, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Humana Inc., Louisville, KY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/69 (2006.01); G06F 7/06 (2006.01); G06F 7/08 (2006.01); B65G 43/08 (2006.01); B65G 1/137 (2006.01); G07F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2018.01); B65G 47/82 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/08 (2013.01); B65G 1/1373 (2013.01); B65G 1/1378 (2013.01); B65G 43/08 (2013.01); B65G 47/69 (2013.01); B65G 47/82 (2013.01); G06F 7/06 (2013.01); G06F 19/00 (2013.01); G06F 19/3462 (2013.01); G07F 17/0092 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0261 (2013.01); B65G 2203/0216 (2013.01); B65G 2203/0233 (2013.01); B65G 2203/044 (2013.01); B65G 2203/046 (2013.01); Y10T 156/1744 (2015.01); Y10T 156/1768 (2015.01);
Abstract
An automated method and system for a conveyor holding system for holding vials of a multi-vial order in a holding pattern until all vials of the order have been filled by an automatic pill counter. The system uses RFID information to divert vials off the conveyor into the conveyor holding loop if all vials of the multi-vial order have not been filled. The system is adapted to divert the vials of the multi-vial order out of the holding loop when all vials of the multi-vial order have been filled.