Pharmacy packaging system
AssigneeRxsafe LLC
InventorWilliam K. Holmes
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Abstract
A packaging unit for packaging pharmaceuticals into a pouch includes packaging equipment operable to form the pouch, a track configured to direct the pharmaceuticals toward the packaging equipment, and a receptacle coupled to the track upstream of the packaging equipment to receive the pharmaceuticals from the track. The receptacle includes a plunger. The pouch is formed around the plunger.
Claims20
A method of packaging pharmaceuticals into a pouch using a packaging unit, the packaging unit including packaging equipment, a track configured to direct the pharmaceuticals toward the packaging equipment, and a receptacle coupled to the track upstream of the packaging equipment, the receptacle including a plunger, the method comprising:
- forming the pouch around the plunger with the packaging equipment;
- moving the plunger out of the pouch;
- directing the pharmaceuticals along the track toward the packaging equipment while the plunger is in moved out of the pouch;
- receiving the pharmaceuticals from the track in the pouch.
A packaging unit for packaging pharmaceuticals into a pouch, the packaging unit comprising:
- packaging equipment operable to form the pouch;
- a track configured to direct the pharmaceuticals toward the packaging equipment;
- and
- a receptacle coupled to the track and upstream of the packaging equipment to receive the pharmaceuticals from the track, the receptacle including a plunger,
- wherein the pouch is formed around the plunger.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.