Method of filling a restocking package
AssigneeMcKesson Automation Inc.
InventorsRichard Lunak, Payal Lal, Gregory Hart, Manoj Wangu
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Abstract
A method of filling a restocking package is provided in which a queue of requests of items to be picked from a carousel is evaluated based on a set of user configurable priorities, a carousel is operated based on said evaluating, items are picked from the carousel in response to said operating, and a restocking package is filled with items held in said carousel in response to said operating. The method may additionally comprise filling the restocking package at a configurable time.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- filling an envelope with items in a centralized storage location;
- delivering said envelope to a dispensing device at a decentralized location;
- and
- inserting said envelope into a lock-lidded, patient specific location in said dispensing device,
- wherein inserting said envelope into a lock-lidded, patient specific location includes placing a tote containing patient specific envelopes into the dispensing device, wherein said tote contains a chip having information about the contents of said tote, wherein said chip is on-board said tote, and wherein said method additionally comprises dispensing from said tote and modifying the information in said chip in response to said dispensing.
The method of 1, wherein modifying the information in said chip includes modifying information relating to said patient specific envelopes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.