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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2022
Vmi Holland B.v., Epe, NL;
VMI Holland B.V., Epe, NL;
Abstract
A method for dispensing discrete medicaments with a first feeder unit includes the steps of determining a remaining value indicative of the amount of the medicaments remaining in the container; comparing said remaining value to a threshold value; making a selection between a complete empty detection mode when said remaining value is above the threshold value and a shortened empty detection mode when the remaining value is below the threshold value; and executing the selected one of the complete empty detection mode and the shortened empty detection mode when no medicament is fed from the container towards the outlet after controlling the dispensing mechanism to feed a medicament from the container into the outlet.