US Patent Issued to Express Scripts Strategic Development on March 4 for "Methods and apparatus for performing liquid medication bottle-splitting operations" (Missouri Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,608, issued on March 4, was assigned to Express Scripts Strategic Development Inc. (St. Louis).

"Methods and apparatus for performing liquid medication bottle-splitting operations" was invented by Kenneth Perano (Saint Charles, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for liquid medication bottle-splitting is provided. The apparatus includes: a first dispensing section comprising a funnel-shaped hollow body with a wide inlet opening tapering to a narrow outlet; a second dispensing section comprising a second funnel-shaped hollow body with a second wide inlet opening tapering to a second narrow outlet; and a crossover channel c...