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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Todd Siegel, Clearwater, FL (US);
Stuart Bagley, Clearwater, FL (US);
Assignee:
Medical Technology Systems, Inc., Clearwater, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 1/04 ; B65B 3/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 1/04 ; B65B 3/04 ;
Abstract
An automated pharmaceutical package machine fills a product package filling guide positioned above a solid pharmaceutical product package having a plurality of cavities corresponding to positions of the filling guide. The automatic filling machine includes a mechanism for vertically displacing the product package to be filled toward the filling guide. Various guide members or plates are utilized in order to pre-fill filling templates so that each of the cavities of a product package may be simultaneously filled.