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US 10,327,994 B2Granted
System and methods for customized medicine dosages in a capsule
AssigneeDose Pack LLC
InventorMiteshkumar Ishwarbhai Patel
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Abstract
A medicine dispensing system includes canisters and packing assemblies to place specific doses of medicines into capsules. The system removes inert and filler ingredients to place only those active ingredients prescribed to the patient. The system includes a conveyor belt to move the capsules between canisters filled with the active ingredients. A dose is placed and packed into the capsules for each active ingredient. Thus, the number of capsules for a variety of medicines is reduced.
Claims9
A computer-implemented method for packaging medicine dosages for a prescription, the method comprising:
- determining a plurality of dosages for the prescription, wherein each dosage corresponds to an active ingredient of a medicine;
- arranging a plurality of canisters according to the plurality of dosages, wherein each canister includes a straw having the active ingredient for the respective dosage;
- moving a plurality of open capsules to a first canister of the plurality of canisters;
- cutting a first dosage for a first active ingredient of a medicine from the straw held by the first canister;
- packing the first dosage into an open capsule of the plurality of open capsules;
- repeating the cutting and packing steps for each open capsule of the plurality of open capsules;
- moving the plurality of open capsules to a second canister of the plurality of canisters;
- cutting a second dosage for a second active ingredient of a medicine from the straw held by the second canister;
- packing the second dosage into the open capsule of the plurality of open capsules;
- repeating the cutting and packing steps for each open capsule of the plurality of open capsules;
- and
- sealing the plurality of open capsules.
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