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 |
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.
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