US Patent Issued to Express Scripts Strategic Development on April 7 for "Cap assembly for a medication container" (Michigan, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,114, issued on April 7, was assigned to Express Scripts Strategic Development Inc. (St. Louis).

"Cap assembly for a medication container" was invented by Robert E. Hoffman (Linden, Ind.), Douglas L. Vandy Bogurt (Grand Haven, Mich.) and Timothy B. Clise (Howell, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The medication container includes a receptacle that has an inner space for holding medications. The cap assembly is coupled with the receptacle for retaining the medications in the inner space. The cap assembly includes at least one passage that can be selectively opened and closed and includes at least one medication sensor that is config...