Pharmacy packaging system
AssigneeRxsafe LLC
InventorWilliam K. Holmes
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Abstract
A packaging unit and method for packaging pharmaceuticals into pouches. The packaging unit includes a feed stock roll to form pouches and an electronic processor electrically coupled to the packaging equipment. The electronic processor is configured to determine an amount of pharmaceuticals being loaded into the pouch, determine a length of the pouch based on the amount of pharmaceuticals, and control the packaging equipment to form the pouch having the length.
Claims16
A packaging unit for packaging pharmaceuticals into a pouch, the packaging unit comprising:
- packaging equipment including a feed stock roll to form pouches;
- and
- an electronic processor electrically coupled to the packaging equipment and configured to:
- determine an amount of pharmaceuticals being loaded into the pouch;
- determine a length of the pouch based on the amount of pharmaceuticals;
- and
- control the packaging equipment to form the pouch having the length,
- wherein the electronic processor is configured to identify the amount of material needed for the pouch by drawing an indexing mark on the material corresponding to the length of the pouch,
- wherein the electronic processor is configured to detect the indexing mark,
- wherein the electronic processor is configured to control the feed stock roll to stop releasing material in response to detecting the indexing mark.
A method of packaging pharmaceuticals into a pouch using a packaging unit, the packaging unit including packaging equipment, the method comprising:
- determining, using an electronic processor of the packaging unit, an amount of pharmaceuticals being loaded into the pouch;
- determining, using the electronic processor, a length of the pouch based on the amount of pharmaceuticals;
- and
- controlling, using the electronic processor, the packaging equipment to form the pouch having the length;
- releasing a material from a feed stock roll to form the pouch;
- identifying, using the electronic processor, the amount of material needed for the pouch by drawing an indexing mark on the material corresponding to the length of the pouch;
- detecting, using the electronic processor, the indexing mark;
- and
- controlling, using the electronic processor, the feed stock roll to stop releasing material in response to detecting the indexing mark.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.