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Means and methods for providing a continuous pharmaceutical operation service

US10614916B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateApr 10, 2019
Grant dateApr 7, 2020
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Expiry dateApr 10, 2039

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65B35/10
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An aspect of some embodiments of the invention relates to a pharmaceutical dispensing machine configured to perform a pharmaceutical dispensing process, comprising: at least one module configured in a first configuration to perform at least one first part of said pharmaceutical dispensing process; dispensing hardware configured in a second configuration to perform at least one second part of said pharmaceutical dispensing process; and circuitry, which controls and coordinates the operation of said at least one module and said dispensing hardware using at least one parameter related to said dispensing pharmaceutical process; wherein said at least one first part of said pharmaceutical dispensing process and said at least one second part of said pharmaceutical dispensing process overlap in functionality by at least one subassembly component in said dispensing hardware which overlaps in functionality with said dispensing module in said pharmaceutical dispensing process and are performed at a same dispensing event.

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