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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2020
Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);
Jonathan W. Joplin, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
A pharmaceutical order filling system uses pucks disposed on a pallet to accommodate a plurality of container sizes into which pharmaceuticals can be dispensed. An order processing device receives a pharmaceutical order and identifies a size of container into which a pharmaceutical in the pharmaceutical order should be dispensed. A pallet sizing and pucking device is configured: to configure a pallet with a plurality of pucks adapted to accommodate containers and to configure the pucks on a pallet in a manner that will facilitate efficient fulfillment of the pharmaceutical order.