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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2015
Express Scripts, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);
Jonathan W. Joplin, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Express Scripts, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
A system comprising a holding area, a manual section, a distribution section, and at least one conveyor. The manual section may include a handling area enabled for pill counting, pharmacist verification, exception handling, or combinations thereof. The distribution section may be disposed proximate the handling area and the manual section, and may include a robot and a scanner. The at least one conveyor may enable transportation of a container between said distribution section and said manual section. The robot may be adapted to pick a container from the holding area and move the container to the scanner for scanning. The robot may also be further adapted to place the container onto the conveyor to direct the container to a handling area which is enabled for an action based on the scan.