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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2011
Filed:
May. 27, 2009
Christopher J. Lasher, Ridgewood, NJ (US);
Dennis W. Rice, Flanders, NJ (US);
Michael J. Szesko, Freehold, NJ (US);
Frank Modrowsky, Branchburg, NJ (US);
James G. Mcerlean, Union Dale, PA (US);
Michael Kennedy, Doylestown, PA (US);
Paul Thomas Shupert, Parkton, MD (US);
Christopher J. Lasher, Ridgewood, NJ (US);
Dennis W. Rice, Flanders, NJ (US);
Michael J. Szesko, Freehold, NJ (US);
Frank Modrowsky, Branchburg, NJ (US);
James G. McErlean, Union Dale, PA (US);
Michael Kennedy, Doylestown, PA (US);
Paul Thomas Shupert, Parkton, MD (US);
Medco Health Solutions, Inc., Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Abstract
In an automated prescription dispensing and packing system, empty prescription bottles are labeled and loaded in assigned locations in carriers. Pills are automatically dispensed into the prescription bottles in the carriers. Ranks of carriers containing filled prescription bottles are assembled at stations where the bottles are unloaded and packed into shipping containers with literature printed by the system. Multiple bottles of an order are automatically packed in the same shipping container.