ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,825, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Omnicell Inc. (Cranberry Township, Pa.).

"Medication dosing systems and methods" was invented by Walter Bianco (Trieste, Italy), Charles Marsh (Cranberry Township, Pa.), Ryan Kaintz (Allison Park, Pa.), Alessandro Jurman (Muggia, Italy), Stefano Del Sal (Trieste, Italy) and Sameer Udeshi (Sewickley, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of preparing liquid medication doses using an automated dosing device may include securing a vial within a vial holder. The vial includes a liquid medicament. An empty syringe is secured within a syringe holder with a plunger of the syringe being secured by ...