Method, computer program product and dispensing device for dispensing discrete medicaments

    公开(公告)号:US20220401306A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-22

    申请号:US17674958

    申请日:2022-02-18

    申请人: VMI Holland B.V.

    摘要: 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.

    Method, computer program product and dispensing device for dispensing discrete medicaments

    公开(公告)号:US11273103B1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-15

    申请号:US17353986

    申请日:2021-06-22

    申请人: VMI Holland B.V.

    摘要: 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.

    Method, computer program product and dispensing device for dispensing discrete medicaments

    公开(公告)号:US20240285474A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-29

    申请号:US18572206

    申请日:2022-01-19

    申请人: VMI HOLLAND B.V.

    IPC分类号: A61J7/00 B65B5/10 B65B57/14

    摘要: 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.

    Packaging device with fault detection

    公开(公告)号:US20220402640A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-22

    申请号:US17353948

    申请日:2021-06-22

    申请人: VMI Holland B.V.

    摘要: A method for packaging discrete medicaments in pouches in a packaging device configured to form and fill the pouches in an elongated web, the method comprising the following steps: transporting the elongated web along a web trajectory, printing information on the elongated web related to the discrete medicaments that are fed to the elongated web at the position of the printed information on the elongated web, feeding the discrete medicaments to the elongated web at the position on the elongated web of the related printed information, inspecting the elongated web to determine whether there is a fault related to the elongated web, and in response to a fault being detected, printing a fault indication or a fault symbol on the elongated web, and forming an empty pouch at the position of the fault indication or fault symbol.