US Patent Issued to Express Scripts Strategic Development on Nov. 4 for "Methods and systems for automated pharmaceutical container sorting" (Indiana Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,685, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Express Scripts Strategic Development Inc. (St. Louis).

"Methods and systems for automated pharmaceutical container sorting" was invented by Robert E. Hoffman (Linden, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pharmaceutical order filling system includes an order processing device, an automated dispensing device in communication with the order processing device for dispensing a pharmaceutical into a container. The system includes pallets for transporting containers and a container sorting device in communication with the order processing device, the container sorting device for transferring the conta...