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Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021

Filed:

Apr. 02, 2020
Applicant:

Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);

Inventor:

Jonathan W. Joplin, Chesterfield, MO (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 57/16 (2006.01); G16H 20/13 (2018.01); B65D 19/44 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G16H 20/13 (2018.01); B25J 9/0093 (2013.01); B25J 15/0052 (2013.01); B65B 57/16 (2013.01); B65D 19/44 (2013.01);
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.


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