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Patent No.:

US 12497240 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025

Filed:

Jun. 22, 2022

Method, feeder unit and dispensing system for dispensing discrete medicaments

Applicant:

Vmi Holland B.v., Epe, NL;

Inventors:

Aalf Wijnia, Epe, NL;

Hendrik Leendert 'T Lam, Epe, NL;

Patrick Van Voorn, Epe, NL;

Rogier Scheide, Epe, NL;

Assignee:

VMI HOLLAND B.V., Epe, NL;

Attorney:

Ipsilon USA—NLO

Primary Examiner:

Leslie A Nicholson, Iii

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/04 (2006.01); A61J 7/00 (2006.01); B65D 83/04 (2006.01); B65G 1/137 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/137 (2013.01); A61J 7/0069 (2013.01); A61J 7/0076 (2013.01); B65D 83/0409 (2013.01); A61J 2205/60 (2013.01); B65G 2203/0208 (2013.01);
Abstract

The invention relates to a method for step dispensing discrete medicaments from a feeder unit, wherein the feeder unit comprises a container holding said medicaments, and a dispensing mechanism, wherein the dispensing mechanism comprises a singulating body with a plurality of singulation chambers; and a first release member arranged below the singulating body and provided with a release opening, wherein the first release member and the singulating body are movable with respect to each other, the method comprising the steps of: moving the singulating body and the first release member relative to each other; when the singulating body is in the aligned position, stopping relative movement between the singulating body and the first release member; maintaining the singulating body stationary for a predetermined waiting period to allow any medicaments accommodated in the aligned singulation chamber to fall through the release opening.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Wijnia, Aalf. (2025). Method, feeder unit and dispensing system for dispensing discrete medicaments (U.S. Patent No. 12497240). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12497240

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