US 11,753,193 B2
Pharmacy packaging system and pouch
William K. Holmes, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to RXSAFE LLC, Vista, CA (US)
Filed by RXSAFE LLC, Vista, CA (US)
Filed on May 4, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/865,774.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/843,025, filed on May 3, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0346793 A1, Nov. 5, 2020
Int. Cl. B65B 57/18 (2006.01); B65B 5/10 (2006.01); B65D 75/52 (2006.01); B65D 75/32 (2006.01); B65B 57/20 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 5/103 (2013.01) [B65B 57/18 (2013.01); B65B 57/20 (2013.01); B65D 75/32 (2013.01); B65D 75/527 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automatic packager for packaging medications, the automatic packager comprising:
a cartridge for dispensing the medications;
a packaging unit receiving the medications dispensed from the cartridge; and
an electronic processor electrically coupled to the cartridge and the packaging unit, the electronic processor configured to
determine medications in a batch of medications, the batch of medications corresponding to a single administration time,
determine whether the batch of medications is to be divided based on the medications in the batch of medications,
divide the batch of medications into a plurality of sub-batches of medications in response to determining that the batch of medications is to be divided,
create, using the packaging unit, a pouch including a plurality of discrete compartments corresponding to the plurality of sub-batches of medications, and
fill, using the packaging unit, the plurality of discrete compartments with the plurality of sub-batches of medications.