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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2022
Applicant:
Vmi Holland B.v., Epe, NL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
VMI Holland B.V., Epe, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); A61J 7/00 (2006.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01); B65B 5/10 (2006.01); B65G 1/04 (2006.01); B65G 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61J 7/0084 (2013.01); B25J 11/00 (2013.01); B65B 5/103 (2013.01); B65G 1/045 (2013.01); B65G 1/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for dispensing discrete medicaments with a dispensing device includes the steps of predicting a depletion time in the future when the medicaments in the container of a first feeder unit of the plurality of feeder units will be depleted or are past their expiry date; providing a notification ahead of said depletion time that a second feeder unit holding medicaments with the same composition as the first feeder unit needs to be presented to the dispensing device, together with a due time for presenting said second feeder unit to the dispensing device; and continuing the dispensing of the medicaments from the first feeder unit at least until the due time.