US Patent Issued to Express Scripts Strategic Development on May 5 for "Literature packaging system for a high-volume pharmacy" (Michigan, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,566, issued on May 5, was assigned to Express Scripts Strategic Development Inc. (St. Louis).

"Literature packaging system for a high-volume pharmacy" was invented by Robert E. Hoffman (Linden, Ind.), Daniel Riippa (Battle Creek, Mich.) and Micah Baggett (Bridgman, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medication packaging system can include a tray with a slot and a literature receiving area to hold literature in a position above the slot, and a robotic arm with a literature grabbing mechanism that can have a plurality of fingers that extend parallel to one another. The plurality of fingers including a central finger and a pair of out...