Tablet counter and packaging module and associated method

A tablet counter and packaging module comprising:

• a. a rotary disc rotatable in a rotational direction about a first axis extending through a center thereof, the rotary disc comprising tablet apertures spaced about a peripheral surface of the rotary disc, each of the tablet apertures being configured to receive a tablet from a plurality of tablets disposed adjacent to the peripheral surface of the rotary disc;
• b. a negative pressure system operably engaged with the rotary disc and in fluid communication with one or more of the tablet apertures, the negative pressure system configured to apply a negative pressure to the one or more tablet apertures so as to retain the tablets therein as the rotary disc rotates about the first axis;
• c. a plurality of ejection devices, each ejection device being operably engaged with the rotary disc and configured to be in communication with the tablet apertures thereof at a respective angular position so as to selectively eject one or more of the tablets from the corresponding tablet apertures outwardly at the respective angular position of the ejection device;
• d. a plurality of ejection receptacles configured to collect the tablets ejected by respective ones of the ejection devices from the plurality of tablet apertures of the rotary disc;
• e. an inspection system, comprising one or more inspection devices operably engaged with the rotary disc and at least one of the ejection devices, each of the one or more inspection devices being configured to analyze each of the tablets retained within the plurality of tablet apertures, wherein analyzing a tablet comprises determining one or more tablet characteristics associated with the tablet;
• and
• wherein the ejection devices are configured to selectively eject the analyzed tablet from a corresponding tablet aperture of the rotary disc based at least in part on the at least one tablet characteristics associated with the tablet.