ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,517, issued on April 14, was assigned to RXSAFE LLC (Vista, Calif.).
"Automatic packager for pharmaceuticals" was invented by William K. Holmes (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automatic packager for pharmaceuticals including a receptacle configured to receive a plurality of pharmaceuticals and a plunger configured to be movable between a lowered position and a raised and defining a path therebetween. The automatic packager also includes a sensor configured to detect an obstruction in the path and an electronic processor configured to dispense pharmaceuticals for a pouch to the receptacle based on prescription informatio...