公开(公告)号：US20240043198A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-08

申请号：US18381422

申请日：2023-10-18

Applicant: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.

Inventor： Robert E. Hoffman ,  Douglas L. Vandy Bogurt ,  Timothy B. Clise

IPC: B65D83/00 ,  A61J7/02 ,  B65D83/04 ,  A61J1/03

CPC classification number: B65D83/0083 ,  A61J7/02 ,  B65D83/049 ,  A61J1/03 ,  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.

公开(公告)号：US20240034551A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-01

申请号：US17876897

申请日：2022-07-29

Applicant: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.

Inventor： Robert E. Hoffman

IPC: B65D88/26 ,  B65D90/58

CPC classification number: B65D88/26 ,  B65D90/587 ,  B65D90/623

Abstract: A hopper of a pharmaceutical counter comprises a housing defining an interior sized to hold a plurality of pharmaceuticals. The housing defines an outlet in communication with the interior that is sized and shaped to permit the plurality of pharmaceuticals to move therethrough. The hopper also includes a baffle supported by the housing and disposed in the interior. The baffle is disposed between upper and lower ends of the interior. The baffle is arranged to support a portion of the plurality of pharmaceuticals above the baffle when the plurality of pharmaceuticals is held in the interior of the housing. This relieves the head pressure of the pharmaceuticals at the outlet.

公开(公告)号：US11857505B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-02

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

IPC: A61J7/00 ,  B65G1/137 ,  B65G1/04 ,  A61J1/03 ,  A61J7/02

CPC classification number: A61J7/0084 ,  A61J1/03 ,  A61J7/0076 ,  A61J7/02 ,  B65G1/045 ,  B65G1/1371 ,  A61J2200/30

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.

公开(公告)号：US11842316B1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-12

申请号：US17062266

申请日：2020-10-02

Applicant: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.

Inventor： Robert E. Hoffman

IPC: G06Q10/0832 ,  G16H20/13 ,  A61J1/16

CPC classification number: G06Q10/0832 ,  A61J1/165 ,  G16H20/13

Abstract: A temperature-controlled medication packaging system includes a storage with a temperature-controlled interior containing at least one medication. The packaging system further includes at least one shipping container and at least one coolant that is sized to fit within the at least one shipping container. A first robot is adapted to retrieve the at least one medication from the storage and transport the at least one medication to a second robot. The second robot is adapted to receive the at least one medication from the first robot and to bring the at least one medication and the at least one shipping container and the at least one coolant together for packaging.

公开(公告)号：US11820543B1

公开(公告)日：2023-11-21

申请号：US17119107

申请日：2020-12-11

Applicant: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.

Inventor： Robert E. Hoffman ,  Robert E. Kennedy

IPC: B65B5/06 ,  B65B5/08 ,  B65G1/137 ,  G05B15/02 ,  B65B61/20

CPC classification number: B65B5/08 ,  B65B5/06 ,  B65B61/20 ,  B65G1/1371 ,  B65G1/1378 ,  G05B15/02 ,  B65G2201/027 ,  B65G2201/0235

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.

公开(公告)号：US11789469B1

公开(公告)日：2023-10-17

申请号：US16803136

申请日：2020-02-27

Applicant: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.

Inventor： John Ciliberti ,  Jacob J. Reinhardt ,  Robert E. Hoffman

IPC: B64C39/02 ,  B64U10/13 ,  B64U50/19 ,  B64U80/86 ,  B64U101/60 ,  G05D1/12 ,  B64D27/24 ,  B64D47/08 ,  B64F1/36 ,  B60L50/60 ,  B60L53/50 ,  B60L53/80 ,  B64D9/00 ,  G06Q10/0834

CPC classification number: G05D1/12 ,  B60L50/60 ,  B60L53/50 ,  B60L53/80 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64D9/00 ,  B64D27/24 ,  B64D47/08 ,  B64F1/36 ,  G06Q10/0834 ,  B60L2200/10 ,  B64U10/13 ,  B64U50/19 ,  B64U80/86 ,  B64U2101/60

Abstract: A package delivery system for delivering a plurality of packages with one or more unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) includes a package receptacle to receive and store the plurality of packages. A charging station charges a plurality of UAV batteries which power the one or more UAVs. A UAV landing pad permits the one or more UAVs to land thereon. A loader loads a package of the plurality of packages and/or a UAV battery of the plurality of UAV batteries onto the UAVs when the UAVs are on the UAV landing pad. A transporter moves the packages and/or the UAV batteries s toward the loader.

公开(公告)号：US11548037B1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-10

申请号：US16581977

申请日：2019-09-25

Applicant: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.

Inventor： Robert E. Hoffman

IPC: B07C5/06 ,  B07C3/08 ,  B07C5/12 ,  B07C5/02 ,  B07C5/34 ,  B07C5/36 ,  B65G47/26 ,  B65G47/30 ,  B65G47/84 ,  B25J9/00 ,  B65B17/02 ,  G06Q30/06 ,  F15B1/02 ,  G06Q10/08

Abstract: An order processing system, such as may be used in a high-volume pharmacy, may include a material handling system, an accumulator, and a packing device. The material handling system may move containers through a plurality of container paths. The container sorting device may receive the containers, scan the plurality of containers to detect container identifiers, and separate the containers based on the container identifiers to travel through a first container exit path or a second container exit path. The accumulator may accumulate containers that traveled through the first container exit path and the second container exit path. The accumulator may include an accumulator scanning device for scanning the containers to detect the container identifiers. The accumulator may group the containers together based on the detected container identifiers and orders, and provide the grouped containers. The packing device may package the grouped containers along with literature associated with the orders.

公开(公告)号：US20220375564A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-24

申请号：US17880897

申请日：2022-08-04

Applicant: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.

Inventor： Peter A. Rosomoff ,  Robert E. Hoffman ,  Salvatore Anselmi

IPC: G16H20/13 ,  G16H40/67 ,  G06K7/10 ,  G06F21/60 ,  A61J7/00 ,  G16H10/60

Abstract: An aspect of the present disclosure is related to a medication dispensing device that includes a housing with an interior. A plurality of cartridge slots are located in the interior, and each of the cartridge slots includes a drive mechanism. A plurality of cartridges are removably disposed in respective ones of the cartridge slots. Each cartridge includes a stationary hub and a rotational wheel. The stationary hub has a window, and the rotational wheel has a plurality of medication chambers that contain medications. The rotational wheel is disposed in the stationary hub. The drive mechanism of the respective cartridge slot is operably connected with the drive wheel and is configured to rotate the rotational wheel relative to the stationary hub to selectively align the medication chambers with the window to dispense the medications contained in the medication chambers out of the cartridge.

公开(公告)号：US20220339072A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-27

申请号：US17728605

申请日：2022-04-25

Applicant: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.

Inventor： Robert E. Hoffman ,  Timothy B. Clise

IPC: A61J7/04

Abstract: The medication container includes a receptacle and a cap. The cap includes a gate that can be selectively opened to enable access to medications in the receptacle and closed to restrict access to medications in the receptacle. The gate has a locking mechanism that only unlocks to allow the gate to open from the closed position in response to an application of a downward force on a portion of the gate to resiliently deflect a portion of the gate. The cap further includes electronic components that are configured to monitor movement of medications through the cap and into and out of the receptacle, the electronic components including a memory that is configured to store data pertaining to such passages of medications.

公开(公告)号：US11424016B1

公开(公告)日：2022-08-23

申请号：US16540404

申请日：2019-08-14

Applicant: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.

Inventor： Robert E. Hoffman

IPC: G16H20/13 ,  B65G1/137 ,  G06K7/14

Abstract: A method may include filling an order of a plurality of orders with a dosing filler system. The method may include receiving pharmaceutical orders including order for drugs used in multi-drug regimens using an order processing device. Each of the multi-drug regimen may have a plurality of scheduled dosing events. The method may include transporting containers to a dosing device, using the dosing device to dispense drugs for scheduled dosing events into the containers based on the received pharmaceutical orders, transporting the containers with the dispensed drugs to the container sealing device, using the container sealing device to seal the plurality of the containers with the dispensed drugs, transporting the dosage unit containers to the container identifier assembly, and using the container identifier assembly to identify the dosage unit containers based on the received pharmaceutical order.