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

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1. A system for selecting und delivering meilicine packages froiii 21 holding means io fill orders
comprising:
ii) holding mczms comprised of zi frzime liaiving 23 pluraliiy of suppori. rods each
suppoii rod sized for holding zi plurality of mediciiie packages, each iod aissociuteil with az
given medicine and holding medicine packages with only ihe same medicine each
support {od having ii distinct x, y coordinate location;
b means br ickin medicine acka res rom the su nrt rods iii aiccorclaiiice
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wiih instructions received icroiii :1 computer, sand picking means iiemg able to access the
holding mezms; the ickin ineans ce ubie of holding I1 Eurailil of meciiciiie zicka ies
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which have been picked from the holding means;
c} zi compuier having ai database coiituining an x, y coordinate location for all
packages in the hoiding mcams, the computer able to receive oimfers for packages and able
to direci the rneanefor picking packages; and
al) ai supply stmctuie having zi plurality of supply support rods which extend from
said structure to form an x, y conrdirmte system. wiih each suppiy support rod and
medicine package thereon having ai unique x and y coordinate, said picking means
disposed to have access to said SEl`UC'[El1`€ such that ai given meiiicine package on im
associated supply support rod can be picked by {he picking means to fiil a paiienfs
prescription, or ai given medicine package in the supply structure can be picked by the
picking means to resaock an associated rod in the holding means.
2. A system as desciiined in claim l including zi conveyor in coiiimunicaiiou with the picking
means; and patient prescription boxes which are moved by the conveyor to the picking means
such that the picking means provides ihe medicine packages it has picked to Fill 21 given
prescription to an associated box.
3. A system described in claim l wherein the picking means includes at least one gripper thai
picks the medicine packages; and zi tooling support structure having at least one column
supporting she column such that the picking means moves along the column as the column
moves along the row to pick 2. given medicine package hanging from a corresponding support
rod, 01'I`€SIOCi{ ai given medicine package on .11 corresponding suppoit rod; and means for moving
the column with respect to Ehe row, said moving means controlled by the computer.
4. A system as described in claim 3 wherein the picking rnecms is comprised oi':
as housing;
meauis for storing a plurality of medicine packages attached to the housing;
mecmsfar obtaining zz medicine package, said obtaining means slidihgly
attached to the housing such that it can move in zz Z direction, which is perpendicular to
ihe X and Y directions, to pick a medicine package from ai support rod when the housing
is adjaiceni to und aligned with zi support rod, and can move in the Z direction to place ai
picked package on the storing means; and
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identifying means attached to the at least one gripper such that it can identify a
acknee to be iicked bv the obtoinin metms. each of said ackaaes liavinc an ideutit
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disposed on them which can be read by the idcntiiytng means.
5. A system described in claim it wherein the identity of each package is ti bar code, and the
iden.til`ying means includes a har code render disposed on the obtaining means.
7. A systern for selecting and deiivering medicine package from a hoiding means to iiil orders
comprising:
a) holding means comprised of a fttttine having a plurality ot` support rods for
holding packages each support rod having tt distinct x, y coordinate location and holding
a piuraiity ot` packages, ail of those packages on each support rod having similar contents;
b) picking means for picking packages from the support rods in accordance
with instructions reccivedjirom oz computer, the picking moons being ahie to access the
holding means and having
at housing;
means for storing packages attached to the housing;
means for producing a suction;
a suction rod in tiuid connection with the suction producing means, said suction
rod slidingly attached with respect to the Y and Z directions to the housing and
maintaining a suction therethrough when the suction producing means is activated by
which a medicine package is picked with suction; and
means for sensing when a package is properiy positioned such that the package
rod is then moved to the storing means and deposits the package thereon.
8. A system described in claim 7 wherein the storing means is a storing rod which extends
from the housing such that the suction head and the suction rod can deposit a package thereon.
9. A system as described in ctaint 8 wherein the tooiing includes valves and pneumatic cylinders
for moving the suction rod in the Y and Z direction: and a vacuum pump for providing suction to
the suction rod and support head sufficient to pick a package from at rod ofthe support structure
and then hold it to the suction head.
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