Devices and methods for verifying capping of vials in system for dispensing prescriptions

US7992365B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• PARATA SYSTEMS, LLC · US

Inventors

• Mark Uebel · Morrisville, US
• James Robert Rivenbark, Jr. · Raleigh, US
• Jasper Pollard · Durham, US
• John Richard Sink · Raleigh, US
• Demetris P. Young · Durham, US
• Tobias M. Heineck · Durham, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 8, 2009
• Grant date: Aug 9, 2011
• Expiry date: Jul 19, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B67B3/264
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method of verifying the seating and securing of a closure on a container includes the steps of: (a) positioning a container on a stage of an automated capping station; (b) bringing a closure into contact with the container; (c) detecting the nature of a physical relationship between the container and the closure; (d) responsive to step (c), relatively moving the closure and the container if step (c) indicates seating of the closure on the container is proper; and (e) detecting the nature of a physical relationship between the closure and the container to determine whether the closure is properly secured.