公开(公告)号：US06905046B2

公开(公告)日：2005-06-14

申请号：US10440298

申请日：2003-05-16

申请人： Shane P. Coughlin ,  Michael E. Coughlin ,  Stacy Orr ,  Timothy Surgeon

发明人： Shane P. Coughlin ,  Michael E. Coughlin ,  Stacy Orr ,  Timothy Surgeon

IPC分类号： A61J7/00 ,  A61J7/02 ,  B25J15/02 ,  B25J19/02 ,  A01C9/00

CPC分类号： B25J19/027 ,  B25J15/0206 ,  G07F9/026 ,  G07F11/165 ,  G07F17/0092

摘要： A vial gripping mechanism (10) includes a pivotally mounted swing arm (26). A sensor receiving array (44) is mounted to a sensor end (34) on an inward edge (46) of the arm (26). A channel (38) protecting a cable (64) follows an outside edge (42) from the receiving array (44) to a cam end (36). A torsion spring (28) forces the cam end (36) against a cam (30) which is fixedly mounted to the mechanism (10) adjacent the arm (26). By action of the mechanism (10), the arm (26) is moved relative to the cam (30) such that in a sensing position, the receiving array (44) is directly opposite a sensor transmitting array (74), and in a shielded position, the receiving array (44) is housed within a shield (32). The shield (32) is fixedly mounted to the mechanism (10) and protects the receiving array (44) while in transit.

摘要翻译： 小瓶夹持机构（10）包括枢转地安装的摆臂（26）。 传感器接收阵列（44）安装在臂（26）的内边缘（46）上的传感器端（34）上。 保护电缆（64）的通道（38）遵循从接收阵列（44）到凸轮端（36）的外边缘（42）。 扭转弹簧（28）迫使凸轮端（36）抵靠靠近臂（26）固定地安装到机构（10）的凸轮（30）。 通过机构（10）的作用，臂（26）相对于凸轮（30）移动，使得在感测位置，接收阵列（44）与传感器传输阵列（74）直接相对，并且在 屏蔽位置，接收阵列（44）容纳在屏蔽（32）内。 护罩（32）固定安装在机构（10）上并在运输过程中保护接收阵列（44）。

公开(公告)号：US06578734B1

公开(公告)日：2003-06-17

申请号：US10040824

申请日：2002-01-07

申请人： Shane P. Coughlin ,  Michael E. Coughlin ,  Stacy Orr ,  Timothy Surgeon

发明人： Shane P. Coughlin ,  Michael E. Coughlin ,  Stacy Orr ,  Timothy Surgeon

IPC分类号： A01C900

CPC分类号： B25J19/027 ,  B25J15/0206 ,  G07F9/026 ,  G07F11/165 ,  G07F17/0092

摘要： A vial gripping mechanism (10) includes a pivotally mounted swing arm (26). A sensor receiving array (44) is mounted to a sensor end (34) on an inward edge (46) of the arm (26). A channel (38) protecting a cable (64) follows an outside edge (42) from the receiving array (44) to a cam end (36). A torsion spring (28) forces the cam end (36) against a cam (30) which is fixedly mounted to the mechanism (10) adjacent the arm (26). By action of the mechanism (10), the arm (26) is moved relative to the cam (30) such that in a sensing position, the receiving array (44) is directly opposite a sensor transmitting array (74), and in a shielded position, the receiving array (44) is housed within a shield (32). The shield (32) is fixedly mounted to the mechanism (10) and protects the receiving array (44) while in transit.

摘要翻译： 小瓶夹持机构（10）包括枢转地安装的摆臂（26）。 传感器接收阵列（44）安装在臂（26）的内边缘（46）上的传感器端（34）上。 保护电缆（64）的通道（38）遵循从接收阵列（44）到凸轮端（36）的外边缘（42）。 扭转弹簧（28）迫使凸轮端（36）抵靠靠近臂（26）固定地安装到机构（10）的凸轮（30）。 通过机构（10）的作用，臂（26）相对于凸轮（30）移动，使得在感测位置，接收阵列（44）与传感器传输阵列（74）直接相对，并且在 屏蔽位置，接收阵列（44）容纳在屏蔽（32）内。 护罩（32）固定安装在机构（10）上并在运输过程中保护接收阵列（44）。

公开(公告)号：US06592005B1

公开(公告)日：2003-07-15

申请号：US10040823

申请日：2002-01-07

申请人： Shane P. Coughlin ,  Michael E. Coughlin ,  Stacy Orr ,  Timothy Surgeon

发明人： Shane P. Coughlin ,  Michael E. Coughlin ,  Stacy Orr ,  Timothy Surgeon

IPC分类号： B65G5900

CPC分类号： B25J19/027 ,  B25J15/0206 ,  G07F9/026 ,  G07F11/165 ,  G07F17/0092

摘要： A pill count sensor (10) comprises an electromagnetic energy emitting array (40) and an electromagnetic energy receiving array (42), with a pill detection zone (44) defined therebetween; a sensor amplifier (28); a control board (30) interfaced with a computing device (24); and interconnecting cabling (34, 36, 38). The electromagnetic energy emitting and receiving arrays (40,42) emit and receive, respectively, beams of electromagnetic energy (46) across the zone (44) such that any pill (50) entering the zone (44) is detected by a resulting disruption in received electromagnetic energy at the receiving array (42). The sensor amplifier (28) is operable to automatically self-calibrate in order to compensate for detected electromagnetic energy levels, and to generate a pill sense signal in response to a detected pill (50). The control board (30) is operable to increment a pill count.

摘要翻译： 药片计数传感器（10）包括电磁能量发射阵列（40）和电磁能量接收阵列（42），其中限定了药丸检测区（44）; 传感器放大器（28）; 与计算设备（24）接口的控制板（30）; 和互连电缆（34,36,38）。 电磁能发射和接收阵列（40,42）分别发射和接收穿过区域（44）的电磁能束（46），使得进入区域（44）的任何药丸（50）被产生的破坏 在接收阵列（42）处接收电磁能。 传感器放大器（28）可操作以自动自校准以便补偿检测到的电磁能量水平，并响应于检测到的药丸（50）产生药丸感测信号。 控制板（30）可操作以增加药丸计数。

公开(公告)号：US06421584B1

公开(公告)日：2002-07-16

申请号：US09514600

申请日：2000-02-28

申请人： John Eric Norberg ,  Ronald A. Leonard ,  Lawrence E. Guerra ,  Timothy Surgeon

发明人： John Eric Norberg ,  Ronald A. Leonard ,  Lawrence E. Guerra ,  Timothy Surgeon

IPC分类号： G06F1700

CPC分类号： G07F7/00 ,  G07F11/002 ,  G07F17/0092

摘要： An automatic medicament dispensing machine (10) that does not remain idle while medicaments are transferred to a vial and counted and that therefore dispenses medicaments at a much faster rate. The machine includes a cabinet (12); a plurality of medicament dispensing cells (14) arranged in the cabinet for holding and dispensing medicaments; a plurality of medicament counting units (18) each including a vial gripper for holding a vial and a transfer mechanism for transferring medicaments from one of the medicament dispensing cells to the vial; and a transporter (20) for transporting the counting units to the cells for filling the vials held by the counting units.

摘要翻译： 一种自动药物分配机器（10），当药物被转移到小瓶并计数并且因此以更快的速度分配药物时，其不保持空转。 该机器包括一个机柜（12）; 多个药物分配单元（14）布置在所述机壳中用于保持和分配药物; 多个药物计数单元（18），每个药剂计数单元（18）均包括用于保持小瓶的小瓶夹持器和用于将药物从药物分配单元之一转移到小瓶的转移机构; 和运送器（20），用于将计数单元运送到用于填充由计数单元保持的小瓶的单元。