Pharmaceutical singulation counting and dispensing system

US7412302B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• JM Smith Corporation · US

Inventors

• William R. Cobb · Murrysville, US
• Michael Wayne Davis · Apex, US
• Howitt Spurling Smith · Cross Hill, US
• Justin Daniel Wyatt · Laurens, US
• Warren Daniel Leonard · Spartanburg, US
• Darol Blake Foster · Moore, US
• Kevin Franklin Spicer · Gaffney, US
• Barton Carter Mitchell · Pauline, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 8, 2005
• Grant date: Aug 12, 2008
• Expiry date: Dec 28, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61J7/02
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The present invention relates to an automated system for pharmaceutical singulation, counting and dispensing, whereby a bulk of stored pharmaceutical units are singulated into a single file line for counting and dispensing. With reference to the drawings, the pharmaceutical singulation, counting and dispensing system comprises generally, a deck assembly (A), a cylindrical chamber (B), a rotatable transport ring (C), a plurality of adjustable fingers (D), an adjustable reciprocating member (E), an adjustable rotatable member (F), a counting system (G), a hopper (H), and a control system (I).