Free Claim Construction Opening Brief - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

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1. A system for selecting and delivering paickages to fill (}l`ClC1`?$ compaisiiigz
ai) a storage are:.1 comprised of a plurality of storage urea locations each location
having p:.te1 packages each individual package having a machine rettclztble label which identifies ai
type of peckzige. the pztekages being held in a mamier so that each package can be placed
imo and removed fiom the storage area locations and so that the matehitie readable label
on at least one package in at storage location eau be read without removing the package
from the storage location, each location having a distinct x,y coordinate;
li} cxutomcxted picking inemzs sized and configured to he able to hold packages, to
select packages i’1·om the storage area locations and place packages in the storage area
locations in accordance with computer controlled i11st1·ueti ti gripper for grasping and moving the packages and having 11 picking means storage
location sized and coul’iguz·ed to hold a plurality of packages in at face to face relationship
ai`tei· the plurality of packages have been retrieved from the storage area and prior to
delivery of the plurality of packages to a desired destination separate from the picking
means;
c) means for moving the automated picking means to selected storage locations;
d) a computer having at least one memory which contains L1 program for directing
the picking rnemxs to chosen storage area locations and E1 database containing at least one
x, y crmrdimzte location in the storage area for each package held within the storage area
the computer being connected to the automated picking means and the means for
moving the automated picking means; and
e) u package reader associated with the picking means and being positioned for
reading the machine readable labels on packages located within the storage area, wherein
only one type of package is stored in each x, y coordinate location.
2. The system of claim I wherein the gripper is at vacuum head.
3. The system of claim I also comprising at sensor attached to the picking means for
determining when the package is grasped by the gripper.
4. The system ofelaim 1 wherein the label is a bar code and the reader is a bar code reader.
5. The system of claim l wherein the label also contains an expiration date.
6. The system of claim 1. wherein the picking means contains at picking means storage area
for holding the plurality of packages selected by the picking means.
7. The system of claim 6 wherein the picking means storage area is comprised of at least
one storage rod and holes are provided in the packages to permit the packages to be held on the
storage rod.
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8. The systern of claiin l also comprising a supply station for receiving new and ret‘ttrn.ed
packages, the supply station having a plurality ol locations each location having package holding
means sized and configured to hold at least one package in tr ntanner so that the package can be
placed into and removed lrom the locations by the autornated picking means, each location
having a distinct x, y coordirmte.
lt). The system ol` claim l wherein the package holding means in the storage area is
coniprised ol’ a plurality ol` rods and a hole is provided in each package to permit the package. to
he held on the rods.
1 l. The system of claim also comprising at least one data transniissioii port attached to the
cornpttter through which a list ol"` packages to be selected can be inptit and a list of packages
selected by the systern can be output.
13. The system of claim l also comprising a conveyor positioned to receive packages from
the picking means.
ld. The system of claim I3 also comprising a plurality of containers positioned on the
conveyor, the containers being sized and positioned to receive packages from the picking means.
i5. The system of claim 14 wherein the containers have machine—read.able labels.
16. The system of claim 15 wherein the labels are bar codes. `
I7. The system olclaini 14 wherein the labels are bar codes.
21. The system ofclaiin 1 wherein the packages contain individual doses of medicine.
22. The system of claim 1 also comprising a track over which the picking means travels
according to directions supplied by the computer also comprising means for moving the picking
means over the track.
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