ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,023, issued on June 24, was assigned to PARATA SYSTEMS LLC (Durham, N.C.).
"System and method for high-volume filling of pharmaceutical prescriptions" was invented by Michael W. Jehn (Waukesha, Wis.), Michael McCord (Durham, N.C.) and John Preston (Palatine, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vial accumulator for use in a high volume pharmacy facility includes: a feed plate having an aperture; a vial staging unit mounted to the feed plate, the vial staging unit comprising at least one receiving compartment; a gate movably mounted to the feed plate, the gate movable relative to the feed plate between a blocking position, wherein th...