Joseph F Moran

US Patent:

20080061075, Mar 13, 2008

Filed:

Nov 6, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/935430

Inventors:

Matthew Daniels - Pittsboro NC, US
Jeffrey Williams - Hillsborough NC, US
Richard Michelli - Raleigh NC, US
Jasper Pollard - Durham NC, US
Demetris Young - Durham NC, US
Joseph Moran - Durham NC, US
George Abrams - Cary NC, US
David Calderwood - Chapel Hill NC, US
Pete Klein - Durham NC, US

International Classification:

G07F 11/00

US Classification:

221092000

Abstract:

An automated method for dispensing pharmaceuticals, particularly tablets and capsules, and other small discrete objects, includes: receiving prescription information, selecting a container, labeling the container, dispensing the tablets or capsules into the labeled container, applying a closure to the filled, labeled container, and offloading the container to a designated location. Preferably, the tablets are dispensed with high speed dispensing bins that employ forced air to agitate and singulate the tablets. The other functions within the system are typically carried out at stations designed to offer speed, flexibility and precision to the dispensing operation.

US Patent:

20080061077, Mar 13, 2008

Filed:

Nov 6, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/935433

Inventors:

Matthew Daniels - Pittsboro NC, US
Jeffrey Williams - Hillsborough NC, US
Richard Michelli - Raleigh NC, US
Jasper Pollard - Durham NC, US
Demetris Young - Durham NC, US
Joseph Moran - Durham NC, US
George Abrams - Cary NC, US
David Calderwood - Chapel Hill NC, US
Pete Klein - Durham NC, US

International Classification:

A61J 1/03

US Classification:

221309000

Abstract:

An automated method for dispensing pharmaceuticals, particularly tablets and capsules, and other small discrete objects, includes: receiving prescription information, selecting a container, labeling the container, dispensing the tablets or capsules into the labeled container, applying a closure to the filled, labeled container, and offloading the container to a designated location. Preferably, the tablets are dispensed with high speed dispensing bins that employ forced air to agitate and singulate the tablets. The other functions within the system are typically carried out at stations designed to offer speed, flexibility and precision to the dispensing operation.

US Patent:

20080061078, Mar 13, 2008

Filed:

Nov 6, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/935441

Inventors:

Matthew Daniels - Pittsboro NC, US
Jeffrey Williams - Hillsborough NC, US
Richard Michelli - Raleigh NC, US
Jasper Pollard - Durham NC, US
Demetris Young - Durham NC, US
Joseph Moran - Durham NC, US
George Abrams - Cary NC, US
David Calderwood - Chapel Hill NC, US
Pete Klein - Durham NC, US

International Classification:

A61J 1/16

US Classification:

221310000

Abstract:

An automated method for dispensing pharmaceuticals, particularly tablets and capsules, and other small discrete objects, includes: receiving prescription information, selecting a container, labeling the container, dispensing the tablets or capsules into the labeled container, applying a closure to the filled, labeled container, and offloading the container to a designated location. Preferably, the tablets are dispensed with high speed dispensing bins that employ forced air to agitate and singulate the tablets. The other functions within the system are typically carried out at stations designed to offer speed, flexibility and precision to the dispensing operation.

US Patent:

20080067190, Mar 20, 2008

Filed:

Nov 6, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/935437

Inventors:

Matthew Daniels - Pittsboro NC, US
Jeffrey Williams - Hillsborough NC, US
Richard Michelli - Raleigh NC, US
Jasper Pollard - Durham NC, US
Demetris Young - Durham NC, US
Joseph Moran - Durham NC, US
George Abrams - Cary NC, US
David Calderwood - Chapel Hill NC, US
Pete Klein - Durham NC, US

International Classification:

G07F 11/52
G06F 17/00

US Classification:

221265000, 700231000

Abstract:

An automated method for dispensing pharmaceuticals, particularly tablets and capsules, and other small discrete objects, includes: receiving prescription information, selecting a container, labeling the container, dispensing the tablets or capsules into the labeled container, applying a closure to the filled, labeled container, and offloading the container to a designated location. Preferably, the tablets are dispensed with high speed dispensing bins that employ forced air to agitate and singulate the tablets. The other functions within the system are typically carried out at stations designed to offer speed, flexibility and precision to the dispensing operation.

US Patent:

20080110921, May 15, 2008

Filed:

Nov 14, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/599526

Inventors:

Jody DuMond - Cary NC, US
Charles H. Guthrie - Raleigh NC, US
Joseph C. Moran - Durham NC, US
Demetris P. Young - Durham NC, US
George Raymond Abrams - Cary NC, US

International Classification:

B65D 83/00

US Classification:

221 76, 221 69

Abstract:

An apparatus for dispensing open-ended objects such as pharmaceutical vials includes: a housing having an internal cavity configured to house open-ended objects, the housing including a guide and a floor; a pick-up unit mounted to the housing, the pick-up unit including an endless member and at least one pick-up member attached to the endless member; and a drive unit. The endless member engages the drive unit and the guide for movement relative thereto. As the drive unit drives the endless member, the at least one pick-up member travels on a pick-up path, at least a portion of which is within the housing.

US Patent:

20080169302, Jul 17, 2008

Filed:

Mar 30, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/693929

Inventors:

Demetris P. Young - Durham NC, US
George Raymond Abrams - Cary NC, US
Joseph C. Moran - Durham NC, US
Jeffrey P. Williams - Hillsborough NC, US

International Classification:

G07F 11/00

US Classification:

221 13

Abstract:

A device for singulating open-ended caps includes: a housing configured to retain a plurality of open-ended caps, the housing having an open lower end; an outer ring positioned below the housing; a drum fixed to and positioned within the outer ring to form a drum assembly, the drum including a hub having a substantially circular wall and a platform that extends radially outwardly from the wall to contact the outer ring, the hub and outer ring forming a circular gap therebetween, the platform being positioned below much of the gap and including a discontinuity; a mounting stricture with an exit aperture fixed relative to the housing; and a rotary drive unit mounted to the drum that rotates the drum assembly about an axis of rotation.

US Patent:

20080173663, Jul 24, 2008

Filed:

Apr 23, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/738664

Inventors:

Joseph C. Moran - Durham NC, US
Demetris P. Young - Durham NC, US
George Raymond Abrams - Cary NC, US
Jeffrey P. Williams - Hillsborough NC, US

International Classification:

G07F 11/10
B65D 83/00
B65D 83/04
G07F 11/00

US Classification:

221 93, 206540, 221171, 221 9

Abstract:

An apparatus for dispensing disk-shaped objects (such as caps for pharmaceutical vials) of two different sizes comprises: first and second dispensers, the first dispenser containing objects of a first size, and the second dispenser containing objects of a second size, each of the dispensers configured to dispense the objects one at a time through an outlet in a predetermined orientation; a first outlet channel having an inlet disposed adjacent the outlet of the first dispenser; a second outlet channel having an inlet disposed adjacent the outlet of the second dispenser; and a common chute fed by the first and second outlet channels. In this configuration, the apparatus can provide objects of two different sizes to a common location (such as a closure securing station).