US Patent Issued to Express Scripts Strategic Development on July 21 for "Systems and methods for pharmaceutical container processing" (Indiana Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,523, issued on July 21, was assigned to Express Scripts Strategic Development Inc. (St. Louis).

"Systems and methods for pharmaceutical container processing" was invented by Robert E. Hoffman (Linden, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pharmaceutical extractor and associated components and methods for removing pharmaceuticals from a plurality of containers. The extractor includes a plurality of holders. Each holder is configured to hold at least one container of the plurality of containers. Each holder is repeatedly cycled through a series of container operation locations of the pharmaceutical extractor. In the series of container...