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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185237 | Dispense verification meters A dispense verification meter for measuring and verifying dispense operations (e.g., actual dispensed volumes) of media dispense systems. The dispense verification meter preferably automatically corrects zero offset drift, preferably samples the flow rate of media b... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8155786 | Status designation for dispensing device systems and methods Systems, methods, and devices are described related to the assignment and management of patient-specific bins. A dispensing device at a healthcare facility includes a number of bins for storage of medical supplies, with some of the bins designated as patient-specifi... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8112175 | Methods and apparatus for medicament tracking Methods and apparatus for medicament tracking are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, medicaments are initially stored within secure medicament containers. One or more containers comprise a radio frequency identification module or another electromagnetic transmitte... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8103380 | Remote management of vending machines Systems and methods for remotely managing a vending machine system are provided. A host system transmits control data to an audit system installed in a vending machine system. This control data is used to modify a data collection parameter of the audit system, such ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099187 | Securely processing and tracking consumable supplies and consumable material A credential production system and methods for securely processing a credential substrate and tracking quantities of consumable material using a credentials production system and secured consumable supplies. The system includes a consumable supply and a memory that ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8073563 | Handling of multi-use item systems, methods, and devices Systems, methods, and devices are described related to the assignment and management of patient-specific bins. A dispensing device at a healthcare facility includes a number of bins for storage of medical supplies, with some of the bins designated as patient-specifi... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8060249 | Medication dispenser with integrated monitoring system Devices, systems, and methods are provided for remote visualization of the storage compartments in a medication dispenser device, to monitor a patient's compliance with a medication dosage schedule and for verifying the proper loading of medication into the patient'... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8041454 | Automated business system and method of vending and returning a consumer product System and method of dispensing disc-based media and other consumer products. A user can interact with an automated business system to select disc-based media for rental and/or purchase. The automated business system can retrieve the selection from the interior of t... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8027749 | Handling of patient's own medicine systems, methods, and devices Systems, methods, and devices are described related to the assignment and management of patient-specific bins. A dispensing device at a healthcare facility includes a number of bins for storage of medical supplies, with some of the bins designated as patient-specifi... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7930064 | Automated drug discrimination during dispensing The automated drug discrimination system inspects the drug being dispensed during the dispensing process so that the pharmacist can be certain the correct formulation, dosage and quality of pharmaceuticals were dispensed so the pharmacist does not need to spend as m... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7881822 | System and method for dispensing consumer products A system and method for selling and/or dispensing consumer products from a vending or transactional-based machine is disclosed. The vending or transactional-based machine comprises an aerial display device that displays an aerial image designed to attract the attent... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7848847 | Method for diagnosing malfunction of apparatus delivering goods and services against payment A method for diagnosing malfunctions of apparatus delivering goods or services against payment of an automatic terminal type, is provided. The method includes calculating the value of at least one data item representative of the operation of the apparatus, comparing... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7831336 | Expandable personal portable medication dispenser for homebound and institutional use This invention is a fault tolerant computer controlled automatic medication dispenser with a unique dispensing system. This dispensing system enables a large number of detachable medication filled dispensing wheels to be vertically stacked and held in a fixed positi... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7787988 | Method and system for accomplishing product detection The present invention provides for a vending system wherein a monitoring system verifies that a product ordered by a vending customer is actually delivered through a delivery area to the customer. If the product ordered is unavailable either because of an out of sto... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7565222 | Economical optical system to provide reasonable assurance of completed vend or vendible items from vending machines A monitor and method for reasonable confirmation of a vend from a vending machine includes a set of optical emitters positionable on one side of a dispensing area and a set of optical detectors, adapted to sense the optical energy of the emitters, positioned on an o... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7555362 | Article dispensing and counting method and device One embodiment of the present invention includes a system comprising a housing having an upper end and a lower end. The housing carries a plurality of movable blades defining an entry aperture proximate to the upper end, an exit aperture proximate to the lower end, ... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7519451 | Apparatus and methodology of detecting fulfillment of customer vend request The present invention provides for a vending system wherein a monitoring system verifies that a beverage product ordered by a vending customer is actually delivered through a delivery area to the customer. If the beverage product ordered is unavailable either becaus... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7502666 | Systems and methods for storing and dispensing medication A medication storage/dispenser unit comprises a processor connected to medication package storage compartments. The storage compartments comprise a medication package, and preferably may also include a content reader, a medication information reader, and a medicatio... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7444204 | Vending machine The present invention relates generally to improvements in article handling, such as in vending machines, and more particularly, to improvements in: methods and apparatus for handling articles using a vacuum-type product lifting/di... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7440817 | Method and control unit for medication administering devices A method and control unit for medication administering devices. The first aspect of the present invention is automatic programming of the scheduled events. The second aspect is simple user-request expression. The third aspect is guided user operation. The forth aspe... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7430838 | Method for automated prescription filling, packaging and order consolidation Computer assisted systems, methods and mediums for filling one or more orders. One embodiment of the present invention is a system that includes an order consolidation station configured to receive at least one bottle containing pills individually counted and/or at ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7428447 | Inventory management systems An inventory management system for use, for example, in automatically distributing items (such as laundered items) to users within a particular facility (e.g., a hospital), and for monitoring the amount (e.g., weight) of items distributed by the system. The system m... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426425 | High capacity drawer with mechanical indicator for a dispensing device One aspect of the invention relates to an assembly comprising a plurality of bins with a plurality of lids associated therewith. Each of the bins has a lock assembly that includes a catch operable to lock the lid in its closed position and a mechanical indicator res... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7418311 | Portable dispensing device for refreshments and sundries A portable dispensing system comprising a vending machine including an upper snack-holding portion, an intermediate beverage-holding portion, a lower refrigeration portion, contained within a housing that fits within the basket of a golf cart. The snack-holding port... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7395135 | Information input device for tablet automatic packing machine Disclosed is an information input device for a tablet automatic packing machine capable of easily and directly storing tablet information in a memory chip and updating/reading the tablet information in/from the memory chip at a user side. ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7379784 | Manufacturing execution system for validation, quality and risk assessment and monitoring of pharmaceutical manufacturing processes Manufacturing execution systems relating to methods, systems, and software program for validation of pharmaceutical manufacturing processes and quality assurance process are described and disclosed herein. Consequently, the methods provide a means to perform validat... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7379783 | Manufacturing execution system for validation, quality and risk assessment and monitoring of pharmaceutical manufacturing processes Manufacturing execution systems relating to methods, systems, and software program for validation of pharmaceutical manufacturing processes and quality assurance process are described and disclosed herein. Consequently, the methods provide a means to perform validat... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7362213 | Method and apparatus for remotely controlling a plurality of devices Disclosed is a method for controlling usage times for at least one device, including the steps of: (a) identifying a device to be controlled; (b) utilizing the device by a user; (c) tracking a device usage value for the device as the user utilizes the device; and (d... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7346246 | Quantum information processing method and apparatus A method and apparatus for quantum information processing is disclosed in which logical qubits |0>L and |1>L are respectively encoded by different near orthogonal coherent states |β> and |α>, where =0, |α> and |β> being the computati... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7342494 | Inventoriable-object control and tracking system An inventoriable-object control and tracking system comprising, in accordance with its preferred embodiments, an object identification assembly having an electronic device, with a unique electronically-readable identification code, which is connected to an inventori... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7343224 | Pharmaceutical compounding systems and methods and information management system for same A compounding control method to prepare a compounded mixture for use with at least one pharmaceutical compounding device having an associated plurality of source solutions and a mixture receptacle. The method comprises determining whether the plurality of source sol... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7327267 | Vending machine A vending machine reads a commodity data on a commodity from a QR code of a commodity housing unit by a code reader of a commodity receiving unit when the commodity receiving unit receives the commodity from a predetermined commodity housing unit selects an operatio... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325728 | Remote diagnosis and repair of vending machine communication failures An audit system for a vending machine system is provided. This audit system is configured to retrieve operational data, such as a DEX file, from a vending machine controller in the vending machine system. The audit system is further configured to store a communicati... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7319890 | Detection method and foldable electronic device thereof A foldable electronic device and a detection method. The detection method determines whether the foldable electronic device is in an open position or a closed position according to a detected sound wave received by a microphone of the foldable electronic device.... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7317966 | Tablet feeder Tablets are delivered from a tablet storage case (3) mounted on a case support table (4), and when the tablets are passed through a delivery passage (9), formed in the case support table (3), quantity of the passed tablets is counted by a... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7314069 | Fuel container, fuel supply method, fuel filling method, and fuel cell system A fuel cartridge includes a fuel tank which stores fuel to be supplied to a fuel cell of a main device, and a storage unit which stores information on type of fuel, remaining amount of fuel in the fuel tank, and number of times the fuel tank has been used. The fuel ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7305279 | Information input device for tablet automatic packing machine Disclosed is an information input device for a tablet automatic packing machine capable of easily and directly storing tablet information in a memory chip and updating/reading the tablet information in/from the memory chip at a user side. The information input devic... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7295890 | Prescription drug compliance monitoring system The drug compliance monitoring system provides a patient with a portable medication dispenser programmed with medication-taking data. The dispenser alerts the patient to take a dose of medication and gathers compliance data relating to the medication-taking data. Th... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7293705 | Radio frequency identification method and system of distributing products A method and system for vending products from a defined area, such as a micro-warehouse with a door. The method includes fitting each product with a radio frequency identification tag, positioning the plurality of products in a micro-warehouse, sensing opening and c... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7292914 | Remote access to chemical dispense system A system for controlling and monitoring operations of a chemical dispense system from a remote location is disclosed. The chemical dispense system includes a formulator for preparing a chemical product using one or more component chemical concentrates. The chemical ... | 11/06/2007 |
