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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2024
Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);
Jacob J. Reinhardt, Wentzville, MO (US);
Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
A mail-order drug delivery system includes an order processing device configured to determine a first shipping mode and a corresponding first shipping carrier, generate an expected shipping duration associated with delivery of a drug, determine an origin forecasted temperature, determine a destination forecasted temperature, associate a shipping container with the drug to contain the drug, access temperature model data associated with the shipping container; and determine a predicted temperature of the drug at the shipping destination. The determination is based on forecasted temperatures, the expected shipping duration, the temperature model data, a next pickup time, a storage location of the drug, and a time difference between packing and the next pickup time. The system includes a packing device configured to receive the drug from a transport mechanism and selectively package the drug within the shipping container in response to the predicted temperature meeting a temperature-related storage requirement of the drug.