US Patent Issued to Yuyama on July 28 for "Drug sortation apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,039, issued on July 28, was assigned to Yuyama MFG. Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Drug sortation apparatus" was invented by Hiromichi Tsuda (Osaka, Japan), Kosuke Ito (Osaka, Japan), Takumi Onoue (Osaka, Japan) and Takao Kumaki (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drug sorting apparatus with reduced packaging time is provided. A drug sorting apparatus includes: a second accommodating portion in which a plurality of sorting cups are arrangeable, the plurality of sorting cups being configured to accommodate a plurality of types of drugs in a state of being sorted by type; a packaging mechanism configured to package a drug, which ...