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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2018
Parata Systems, Llc, Durham, NC (US);
Thomas P. Rhoads, Jr., Raleigh, NC (US);
Mark Longley, Raleigh, NC (US);
Steve Bouchelle, Raleigh, NC (US);
Bradley Kenneth Smith, Cary, NC (US);
Eric X. Bonpain, Cary, NC (US);
Robert Cenk Hernandez, Morrisville, NC (US);
Matthew P. Daniels, Pittsboro, NC (US);
Gary M. Owen, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Parata Systems, LLC, Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
An offloading unit for an automated pharmaceutical machine that dispenses filled, capped pharmaceutical vials includes at least one offload location; at least one tote to receive the vials at each offload location, the tote assigned for distribution to a remote pharmacy location; at least one sensor to detect the presence or absence of the tote; and at least one sensor to detect a fill level of the vials in the tote.