US Patent Issued to Innovation Associates on Aug. 4 for "Medication container orientation funnel system and apparatus" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,117, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Innovation Associates Inc. (Binghamton, N.Y.).

"Medication container orientation funnel system and apparatus" was invented by Fletcher L. Chapin (Johnson City, N.Y.), Edward Mungo (Johnson City, N.Y.), Jacob Chandler Jackowski (Johnson City, N.Y.) and Carrie Hathaway (Johnson City, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and apparatus for a medication container orientation funnel is disclosed. The orientation funnel includes an entrance section, a mid-section, and an exit port. The entrance section allows for two independent paths of motion for horizontally-oriented medication containers to ...