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公开(公告)号：US12071286B1
公开(公告)日：2024-08-27
申请号：US16927420
申请日：2020-07-13
Applicant: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
Inventor： Robert E. Hoffman
CPC classification number: B65D51/248 , A61J7/02 , B65D83/0481 , B65D2203/10 , B65D2583/04
Abstract: The medication container includes a receptacle that has an inner space for holding medications. The cap assembly is coupled with the receptacle for retaining the medications in the inner space. The cap assembly includes at least one passage that can be selectively opened and closed and includes at least one medication sensor that is configured to detect any medications travelling through the passage and out of the receptacle in a contactless manner. A microprocessor is in electrical communication with the at least one medication sensor and with a memory. The microprocessor is configured to record data to the memory in response to the at least one medication sensor detecting a medication travelling through the passage. A wireless module is in electrical communication with the microprocessor for uploading the data to an external device.
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公开(公告)号：US20240197569A1
公开(公告)日：2024-06-20
申请号：US18541631
申请日：2023-12-15
Applicant: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
Inventor： Robert E. Hoffman
CPC classification number: A61J7/0069 , A61J1/03 , A61J1/1468 , A61J7/02 , A61J2200/30
Abstract: One aspect of the present disclosure is related to a medication dispensing device. The medication dispensing device includes a housing and a tray. The tray carries a plurality of pods with interiors that can contain pills and is moveable between an open position where the pods are exposed to a user and a closed position where the pods are not exposed to the user. At least one of the pods is at least partially made of an elastomeric material that can deflect to open a passage. When the tray is in the open position, the pods are able to be individually opened to either receive pills or to dispense pills. The medication dispensing device also includes a controller that is configured to monitor the insertion of pills into the pods and the dispensing of pills out of the pods.
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公开(公告)号：US12012276B2
公开(公告)日：2024-06-18
申请号：US17570759
申请日：2022-01-07
Applicant: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
Inventor： Robert E. Hoffman , Timothy B. Clise
CPC classification number: B65D83/0409 , A61J1/03 , B65D51/248
Abstract: The medication container includes a receptacle that has an inner space for holding medications. The cap assembly is coupled with the receptacle for retaining the medications in the inner space. The cap assembly includes at least one passage that can be selectively opened and closed and includes at least one medication sensor that is configured to detect any medications travelling through the passage and out of the receptacle in a contactless manner. A microprocessor is in electrical communication with the at least one medication sensor and with a memory. The microprocessor is configured to record data to the memory in response to the at least one medication sensor detecting a medication travelling through the passage. A wireless module is in electrical communication with the microprocessor for uploading the data to an external device.
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公开(公告)号：US11827442B1
公开(公告)日：2023-11-28
申请号：US17122656
申请日：2020-12-15
Applicant: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
Inventor： Robert E. Hoffman , Douglas L. Vandy Bogurt , Timothy B. Clise
CPC classification number: B65D83/0083 , A61J1/03 , A61J7/02 , B65D83/049 , B65D83/0427 , B65D2583/0472
Abstract: The medication container includes a receptacle that has an inner space for holding medications. The cap assembly is coupled with the receptacle for retaining the medications in the inner space. The cap assembly includes at least one passage that can be selectively opened and closed and includes at least one medication sensor that is configured to detect any medications travelling through the passage and out of the receptacle in a contactless manner. A microprocessor is in electrical communication with the at least one medication sensor and with a memory. The microprocessor is configured to record data to the memory in response to the at least one medication sensor detecting a medication travelling through the passage. A wireless module is in electrical communication with the microprocessor for uploading the data to an external device.
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公开(公告)号：US20220227581A1
公开(公告)日：2022-07-21
申请号：US17716298
申请日：2022-04-08
Applicant: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
Inventor： Robert E. Hoffman
Abstract: Drug packets may be dispensed as a belt of drug packets. Machine-readable identifiers in the belt may be automatically read to identify drug packets and associate the drug packets with the received orders. The drug packets may be automatically inspected to confirm contents of the drug packets against the received orders. The belt may be automatically separated into segments of drug packets. Each of the segments may correspond to a supply period and each of the drug packets within each of the segments may correspond to a drug dose event for the multi-drug regimen within the supply period. The segments of the belt may be automatically accumulated into belt rolls such that, for each of the belt rolls, a first segment end is on an interior of the belt roll and a second segment end is on an exterior of the belt roll.
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公开(公告)号：US20220227506A1
公开(公告)日：2022-07-21
申请号：US17712503
申请日：2022-04-04
Applicant: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
Inventor： Robert E. Hoffman
Abstract: A pharmaceutical order filling system includes an order processing device, an automated dispensing device in communication with the order processing device for dispensing a pharmaceutical into a container. The system includes pallets for transporting containers and a container sorting device in communication with the order processing device, the container sorting device for transferring the containers from the pallets to distribution areas. The container sorting device includes a pallet unloading area for retaining a pallet in a pallet unloading position, an exception conveyor, a standard order conveyor, and a container manipulation device including a gripper assembly for moving containers in order from pallets to the exception conveyor or the standard order conveyor.
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公开(公告)号：US20220185597A1
公开(公告)日：2022-06-16
申请号：US17551354
申请日：2021-12-15
Applicant: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
Inventor： Michael L. Davis , Robert E. Hoffman , Kristine Calvin
Abstract: The dynamic package sortation device includes a track for handling a plurality of packages is provided. At least one conveyor extends away from the track towards at least two shipping containers. The at least one conveyor is extendable and retractable for dispensing the packages into a first shipping container of the at least two shipping containers and a second condition for dispensing the packages into a second shipping container of the at least two shipping containers. A controller is provided for providing an instruction to move the at least one conveyor between the first condition and the second condition based on a trigger.
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公开(公告)号：US11299346B1
公开(公告)日：2022-04-12
申请号：US16538294
申请日：2019-08-12
Applicant: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
Inventor： Robert E. Hoffman
Abstract: Drug packets may be dispensed as a belt of drug packets. Machine-readable identifiers in the belt may be automatically read to identify drug packets and associate the drug packets with the received orders. The drug packets may be automatically inspected to confirm contents of the drug packets against the received orders. The belt may be automatically separated into segments of drug packets. Each of the segments may correspond to a supply period and each of the drug packets within each of the segments may correspond to a drug dose event for the multi-drug regimen within the supply period. The segments of the belt may be automatically accumulated into belt rolls such that, for each of the belt rolls, a first segment end is on an interior of the belt roll and a second segment end is on an exterior of the belt roll.
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公开(公告)号：US10695902B2
公开(公告)日：2020-06-30
申请号：US15996909
申请日：2018-06-04
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：US10546265B2
公开(公告)日：2020-01-28
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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