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公开(公告)号：US12145759B2
公开(公告)日：2024-11-19
申请号：US18367792
申请日：2023-09-13
Applicant: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
Inventor： Robert E. Hoffman , Robert E. Kennedy
Abstract: A pharmaceutical order processing system for processing a plurality of pharmaceutical containers includes a container repository, a container selector, an order consolidator transporter and an order consolidator. The container repository supports the pharmaceutical containers. The container selector has a picker to pick the pharmaceutical containers from the pharmaceutical container repository. The container selector includes a carriage supporting the picker and movable relative to the container repository to move the picker around the container repository. The order consolidator receives the pharmaceutical containers and places the pharmaceutical containers in a shipping package. The order consolidator transporter receives the pharmaceutical containers after they have been picked by the picker and transports the pharmaceutical containers toward the order consolidator.
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公开(公告)号：US20240180784A1
公开(公告)日：2024-06-06
申请号：US18521251
申请日：2023-11-28
Applicant: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
Inventor： Robert E. Hoffman
Abstract: A pharmaceutical counter for dispensing precise quantities of pharmaceuticals is disclosed. The pharmaceutical counter includes a holder defining a first interior sized to hold a first plurality of pharmaceuticals. A hopper defines a second interior sized to hold a second plurality of pharmaceuticals. The pharmaceutical counter also includes a counting mechanism that counts precise quantities of pharmaceuticals. The counting mechanism is arranged to receive pharmaceuticals of the first plurality of pharmaceuticals held by the holder and to receive pharmaceuticals of the second plurality of pharmaceuticals held by the hopper.
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公开(公告)号：US11364624B2
公开(公告)日：2022-06-21
申请号：US16901075
申请日：2020-06-15
Applicant: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
Inventor： Robert E. Hoffman
Abstract: A pharmacy order processing system includes a container disassembly workstation defining a container disassembly workspace and a bulk container area including a plurality of bulk containers configured to receive a plurality of pharmaceuticals. The container disassembly workstation includes a holding area, a cutter device, a container manipulation device, a pharmaceutical receptacle, and a container receptacle. The cutter device includes a cutter head and is configured to cut through at least one wall of at least one container to separate at least a first portion of the at least one container of the plurality of containers from a second portion of the at least one container when the at least one container is in a cutter position. The container manipulation includes a gripper device and is configured to move the at least one container between at least the holding position and the cutter position within the container disassembly workspace.
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公开(公告)号：US20220105008A1
公开(公告)日：2022-04-07
申请号：US17492754
申请日：2021-10-04
Applicant: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
Inventor： Andrew Long , Stanley Joe Johnson , Robert E. Hoffman
Abstract: The medication dispensing assembly includes a housing having an interior. A medication bottle is disposed in the interior with its cap assembly facing vertically downwardly. The cap assembly includes outer, middle, and inner pieces. The outer and inner pieces are fixed with one another, and the middle piece is fixed with the bottle. A drive unit is disposed in the interior of the housing and is configured to rotate the bottle and the middle piece of the cap assembly about a vertical axis. The three pieces of the cap assembly have respective medication openings, and rotating the bottle causes individual pills to travel first from the bottle into the inner piece, then into the middle piece, then around the vertical axis, and then outside of the cap assembly through the medication opening of the outer piece.
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公开(公告)号：US11266572B2
公开(公告)日：2022-03-08
申请号：US16986659
申请日：2020-08-06
Applicant: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
Inventor： Jonathan W. Joplin , Robert E. Hoffman
Abstract: A pharmaceutical order filling system receives pharmaceutical orders and uses a loading device to label containers and load the labeled containers onto a pallet. The loading device is configured with at least one container drop assembly that receives containers to be labelled and loaded onto the pallet and that is in communication with a label assembly configured to print and apply labels to the containers. The loading device also includes at least one loading rotary wheel configured to receive the labelled containers and hold the labelled containers in a pick position to be moved from the pick position to a predetermined position on the pallet. The loading device may be configured to accommodate multiple sizes of containers and to consolidate multiple sizes of labelled containers into a single loading rotary wheel for loading onto the pallet.
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公开(公告)号：US20200346806A1
公开(公告)日：2020-11-05
申请号：US16934113
申请日：2020-07-21
Applicant: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
Inventor： Jonathan W. Joplin , Robert E. Hoffman
Abstract: A system comprising a staging area and a packing area. The staging area may include a plurality of staging bins and a shuttle moveable along the plurality of staging bins. A staging bin of the plurality of staging bins may be configured to selectively retain a component of an order therein. Such staging bin may be configured to selectively release the component to the shuttle. The packing area may include a slide, a scanner, and a wrap seal conveyor. The shuttle may be configured to release the component onto the slide, and the scanner may be operable to scan and verify the component during placement of the component onto the wrap seal conveyor.
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公开(公告)号：US20200306953A1
公开(公告)日：2020-10-01
申请号：US16901075
申请日：2020-06-15
Applicant: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
Inventor： Robert E. Hoffman
Abstract: A pharmacy order processing system includes a container disassembly workstation defining a container disassembly workspace and a bulk container area including a plurality of bulk containers configured to receive a plurality of pharmaceuticals. The container disassembly workstation includes a holding area, a cutter device, a container manipulation device, a pharmaceutical receptacle, and a container receptacle. The cutter device includes a cutter head and is configured to cut through at least one wall of at least one container to separate at least a first portion of the at least one container of the plurality of containers from a second portion of the at least one container when the at least one container is in a cutter position. The container manipulation includes a gripper device and is configured to move the at least one container between at least the holding position and the cutter position within the container disassembly workspace.
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公开(公告)号：US20190266551A1
公开(公告)日：2019-08-29
申请号：US16408993
申请日：2019-05-10
Applicant: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
Inventor： Robert E. Hoffman , Jonathan W. Joplin
Abstract: A pharmaceutical filling system for a high volume pharmacy is described. The system can include an outflow conveyor, and an injection conveyor to inject a package located thereon onto the outflow conveyor. The injection conveyor can be adjacent to the outflow conveyor and oriented substantially perpendicular to the outflow conveyor. The system can also include a monitoring system positioned to perform package monitoring of the outflow conveyor and to image the package on the outflow conveyor after the package has been injected onto the outflow conveyor. The monitoring system can be further configured to determine an intended destination of the package based on an identifier detected on the package in the image captured by the monitoring system. A routing device can be positioned to perform package routing of the package to an accumulation area for packages based on the determination of the intended destination of the package.
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公开(公告)号：US20190073625A1
公开(公告)日：2019-03-07
申请号：US16182566
申请日：2018-11-06
Applicant: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
Inventor： Robert E. Hoffman , Jonathan W. Joplin
CPC classification number: G06Q10/083 , B65G1/1378 , B65G11/203 , B65G43/08 , B65G47/42 , B65G47/44 , G06F19/3462 , G16H20/13
Abstract: A pharmaceutical filling system for a high volume pharmacy is described. The system can include a manual pick/pack device and method. The system may include a rotation assembly, a left door and a right door, both positioned below the rotation assembly, a left divider positioned below the left door, and a right divider positioned below the right door, and a left gathering table positioned below the left divider, and a right gathering table positioned below the right divider. The system may also include a control device in electronic communication with the rotation assembly, the doors and the dividers for control of same.
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公开(公告)号：US20250132006A1
公开(公告)日：2025-04-24
申请号：US18489067
申请日：2023-10-18
Applicant: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
Inventor： Robert E. Hoffman
Abstract: A pharmaceutical order processing system, components thereof, and associated methods. The pharmaceutical order processing system includes an order processing device, a container former, and a pharmaceutical dispensing device. The order processing device receives a pharmaceutical order of one or more pharmaceuticals and determines a container volume for containing at least a portion of the one or more pharmaceuticals based on the one or more pharmaceuticals. The container former is communicatively coupled to the order processing device. The container former forms a pharmaceutical container having the container volume determined by the order processing device. The pharmaceutical dispensing device is also communicatively coupled to the order processing device. The pharmaceutical dispensing device dispenses said at least a portion of the one or more pharmaceuticals into the pharmaceutical container formed by the container former.
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