Methods and systems for automated pharmaceutical dispensing
US10303854B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 31, 2017 |
| Grant date | May 28, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 31, 2037 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG16H20/17
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An automated dispensing device for a pharmaceutical order filling system includes an order processing device to receive a pharmaceutical order. The order processing device includes a cell for containing an available quantity of a pharmaceutical of the pharmaceutical order, and an insert received in the cell. The insert has a dispensing tube, and is adapted to receive the available quantity of the pharmaceutical and to dispense a measured quantity of the pharmaceutical through the dispensing tube. The cell includes a funnel having a weighted gate adapted to receive the dispensing tube of the insert.
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