US Patent Issued to Innovation Associates on July 28 for "Medication container probe sorting system and apparatus" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,094, issued on July 28, was assigned to Innovation Associates Inc. (Binghamton, N.Y.).

"Medication container probe sorting 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 sorting apparatus is disclosed. The container sorting apparatus includes a belt support, a transport mechanism, a cleated belt, and a cam belt with cam-driven probes. The cam-driven probes travel along the cam belt and an accompanying ca...