ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,220,386, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to RXSAFE LLC (Vista, Calif.).
"Pharmaceutical counting and packaging device" was invented by William K. Holmes (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One embodiment provides a pharmaceutical counting device (160, 800) including a base portion (810) and a counting tray (830) provided on the base portion (810). The counting tray (830) is tilted about a first axis to empty medications into a first package and tiled above a second axis to empty medications into a second package. The pharmaceutical counting device (160, 800) also includes a camera system (950) to capture images of the counting tray...