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公开(公告)号:US20230020340A1
公开(公告)日:2023-01-19
申请号:US17946074
申请日:2022-09-16
Applicant: VMI Holland B.V.
Inventor: Martinus Johannes Donatus Brakkee , Peter van Roon , Patrick van Voorn
Abstract: A method for dispensing discrete medicaments with a dispensing device includes the steps of predicting a depletion time in the future when the medicaments in the container of a first feeder unit of the plurality of feeder units will be depleted; providing a notification ahead of said depletion time that a second feeder unit holding medicaments with the same composition as the first feeder unit needs to be presented to the dispensing device, together with a due time for presenting said second feeder unit to the dispensing device; and continuing the dispensing of the medicaments from the first feeder unit at least until the due time.
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公开(公告)号:US12257213B2
公开(公告)日:2025-03-25
申请号:US18572206
申请日:2022-01-19
Applicant: VMI HOLLAND B.V.
Inventor: Martinus Johannes Donatus Brakkee , Peter van Roon , Patrick van Voorn
Abstract: A method, a computer program product and a dispensing device for dispensing discrete medicaments, wherein the dispensing device comprises a dispensing section, a collection section and a packaging section, wherein the dispensing section defines an array of feeder positions for holding a plurality of feeder units, wherein the collection section comprises a first collection unit that is movable in a collection direction, wherein the method comprises the steps of: positioning a first feeder unit at a first feeder position; and prior to removing the first feeder unit from the first feeder position, positioning a second feeder unit at a second feeder position, downstream from the first feeder position in the collection direction, wherein the first feeder unit and the second feeder unit hold medicaments of the same first composition.
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公开(公告)号:US11931317B2
公开(公告)日:2024-03-19
申请号:US17674952
申请日:2022-02-18
Applicant: VMI Holland B.V.
Inventor: Martinus Johannes Donatus Brakkee , Peter van Roon , Patrick van Voorn
CPC classification number: A61J7/0084 , B25J11/00 , B65B5/103 , B65G1/045 , B65G1/10
Abstract: A method for dispensing discrete medicaments with a dispensing device includes the steps of predicting a depletion time in the future when the medicaments in the container of a first feeder unit of the plurality of feeder units will be depleted or are past their expiry date; providing a notification ahead of said depletion time that a second feeder unit holding medicaments with the same composition as the first feeder unit needs to be presented to the dispensing device, together with a due time for presenting said second feeder unit to the dispensing device; and continuing the dispensing of the medicaments from the first feeder unit at least until the due time.
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公开(公告)号:US20240382382A1
公开(公告)日:2024-11-21
申请号:US18291965
申请日:2022-07-29
Applicant: VMI Holland B.V.
Inventor: Martinus Johannes Donatus Brakkee , Peter van Roon , Patrick van Voorn
Abstract: The invention relates to a method for step dispensing discrete medicaments from a dispensing system accommodating one or more feeder units and arranged for selectively dispensing an amount of discrete medicaments from the one or more feeder units, the system comprising: a dispensing device provided with an array of dispensing positions, wherein the dispensing device at each of the array of dispensing positions is provided with a holder for one of the feeder units and with a through opening for passing discharged medicaments there through, wherein the method comprises the steps of: sending a dispensing command with data indicating dispensing parameters to a dispensing position of the array of dispensing positions via a non-real-time connection; buffering the dispensing command at the dispensing position of the array of dispensing positions; and sending a dispensing trigger to the dispensing position of the array of dispensing positions via a real-time connection, therewith triggering a feeder unit to dispense discrete medicaments therefrom.
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公开(公告)号:US11896557B2
公开(公告)日:2024-02-13
申请号:US17690021
申请日:2022-03-09
Applicant: VMI Holland B.V.
Inventor: Johan Gerard van Beek , Anthonius Maria Hendrina de Boer , Cornelis Jan Jochemsen , Patrick van Voorn
CPC classification number: A61J7/0084 , B65G1/08 , G16H20/13 , B65G2203/0283
Abstract: A method for loading a medicine transport plate with one or more medicine items using a docking station includes the steps of moving a preparation release mechanism of a docking station into a preparation holding state; inserting the one or more medicine items into one or more preparation compartments in the docking station; loading the medicine transport plate into the docking station; and moving the preparation release mechanism from the preparation holding state into a preparation release state to release the one or more medicine items from the preparation compartments.
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公开(公告)号:US20220401306A1
公开(公告)日:2022-12-22
申请号:US17674958
申请日:2022-02-18
Applicant: VMI Holland B.V.
Inventor: Martinus Johannes Donatus Brakkee , Peter van Roon , Patrick van Voorn
Abstract: A method for dispensing discrete medicaments with a first feeder unit includes the steps of determining a remaining value indicative of the amount of the medicaments remaining in the container; comparing said remaining value to a threshold value; making a selection between a complete empty detection mode when said remaining value is above the threshold value and a shortened empty detection mode when the remaining value is below the threshold value; and executing the selected one of the complete empty detection mode and the shortened empty detection mode when no medicament is fed from the container towards the outlet after controlling the dispensing mechanism to feed a medicament from the container into the outlet.
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公开(公告)号:US20220192926A1
公开(公告)日:2022-06-23
申请号:US17690021
申请日:2022-03-09
Applicant: VMI Holland B.V.
Inventor: Johan Gerard van Beek , Anthonius Maria Hendrina de Boer , Cornelis Jan Jochemsen , Patrick van Voorn
Abstract: A Method for loading a medicine transport plate with one or more medicine items using a docking station includes the steps of a) moving a preparation release mechanism of a docking station into a preparation holding state; b) inserting the one or more medicine items into one or more preparation compartments of a plurality of preparation compartments in the docking station; c) loading the medicine transport plate into the docking station; and d) moving the preparation release mechanism from the preparation holding state into a preparation release state to release the one or more medicine items from the preparation compartments.
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公开(公告)号:US11925604B2
公开(公告)日:2024-03-12
申请号:US17674958
申请日:2022-02-18
Applicant: VMI Holland B.V.
Inventor: Martinus Johannes Donatus Brakkee , Peter van Roon , Patrick van Voorn
CPC classification number: A61J7/0084 , B25J11/00 , B65B5/103 , B65G1/045 , B65G1/10
Abstract: A method for dispensing discrete medicaments with a first feeder unit includes the steps of determining a remaining value indicative of the amount of the medicaments remaining in the container; comparing said remaining value to a threshold value; making a selection between a complete empty detection mode when said remaining value is above the threshold value and a shortened empty detection mode when the remaining value is below the threshold value; and executing the selected one of the complete empty detection mode and the shortened empty detection mode when no medicament is fed from the container towards the outlet after controlling the dispensing mechanism to feed a medicament from the container into the outlet.
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公开(公告)号:US20220401305A1
公开(公告)日:2022-12-22
申请号:US17674952
申请日:2022-02-18
Applicant: VMI Holland B.V.
Inventor: Martinus Johannes Donatus Brakkee , Peter van Roon , Patrick van Voorn
Abstract: A method for dispensing discrete medicaments with a dispensing device includes the steps of predicting a depletion time in the future when the medicaments in the container of a first feeder unit of the plurality of feeder units will be depleted or are past their expiry date; providing a notification ahead of said depletion time that a second feeder unit holding medicaments with the same composition as the first feeder unit needs to be presented to the dispensing device, together with a due time for presenting said second feeder unit to the dispensing device; and continuing the dispensing of the medicaments from the first feeder unit at least until the due time.
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