ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,024, issued on June 24, was assigned to RXSAFE LLC (Vista, Calif.).

"Sorting system for a medication packaging system" was invented by William K. Holmes (San Diego), Tom F. Gaasch (Encinitas, Calif.) and Aaron Arsenault (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automatic packaging system including an automatic packager and a sorting device interoperably coupled to the automatic packager. The sorting device is configured to receive a strip of pouches and includes a holder assembly configured to hold the strip of pouches received from the automatic packager. The sorting device also includes a cutter assembly provided downstream of t...