Apparatus and methods for automated dispensing of medications and supplements

US9745131B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Remedi Technology Holdings, LLC · US

Inventors

• Kimberly Hawkes · Columbus, US
• Steven E. Schneider · Lewis Center, US
• Thomas P. Hayes · Burlington, CA
• Richard W. Snodgrass · Columbus, US
• Roger J. Gerdeman · Bexley, US
• Wyatt Culbertson · Powell, US
• Justin J. Clark · Kitchener, CA
• Christopher J. Fisher · Kitchener, CA
• Steven Hoenig · Blacklick, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 15, 2009
• Grant date: Aug 29, 2017
• Expiry date: Dec 16, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G16H20/13
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A system for assembling and dispensing an order made up of one or more individually packaged items from a plurality of different individually packaged items includes a storage module containing one or more packages of each of the items, and a conveyor having selectively assignable spaces configured to receive the packaged items associated with a particular order and to transport the packaged items to a processing location. A pick device is movable relative to the storage module and is configured to retrieve a package from the storage module. A transfer station adjacent the conveyor receives one or more of the packaged items from the pick device and an actuator associated with the transfer station moves the packaged items from the transfer station to the conveyor when the assigned space associated with the order is in registration with the transfer station.