ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,542, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to BECTON DICKINSON ROWA GERMANY GMBH (Kelberg, Germany).
"Drug picking device" was invented by Dietmar Gross (Kelberg, Germany), Heinrich Paul Martini (Brachtendorf, Germany) and Markus Gerten (Trier, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drug picking device is provided, the drug picking device having at least one shelf device and at least one movable shelf operating means for storing drug packs and for removing stored drug packs. The at least one shelf device has two vertical struts, a rear wall which is connected to the pair of vertical struts, two side wall elements which are each connected...