ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,901, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to RXMATICS LLC (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Apparatus, system, and method for automated medication dispensing devices" was invented by Ben Shahbazi (Houston) and Ahmad Ahmadi (Sugar Land, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus, system, and method for improving the efficiency of medication distribution within a healthcare facility. In particular, the invention provides parallel dispensing of multiple medications from a network of modular, connected, and automated or semi-automated dispensing modules. The method is directed toward receiving and executing multiple collection, dispensing, and d...