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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2015
Express Scripts, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);
Jonathan W. Joplin, Chesterfield, MO (US);
EXPRESS SCRIPTS, INC., St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
A pharmaceutical order filling system receives pharmaceutical orders and uses an automated dispensing device to dispense pharmaceuticals into containers. The automated dispensing device is configured with a filling cabinet that stores and dispenses measured quantities of pharmaceuticals and is further configured to stage measured quantities of pharmaceuticals in buffer tubes to enable efficient fulfillment of the pharmaceutical orders. Containers may be disposed on a pallet which may be moved within an automated dispensing device to place the containers under buffer tubes to receive measured quantities of pharmaceuticals from the buffer tubes into appropriate containers in an efficient manner.