ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,688,917, issued on July 21, was assigned to Express Scripts Strategic Development Inc. (St. Louis).
"Methods and systems for tailing collection" was invented by Robert E. Hoffman (Linden, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pharmaceutical order filling system receives pharmaceutical orders and uses a packing device to package pharmaceutical orders. The packing device is configured with at least one cutter that generates tailings and dust. A tailing collection device is provided that collects the tailings and dust generated by the packing device into and through an intake tube and into a collection assembly. The collection assembly incl...