Patents by Inventor Anthony Joseph Spero
Anthony Joseph Spero has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20230307109Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of distributing pharmaceuticals in a pharmaceutical dispensing system comprising two or more pharmaceutical dispensers configured to store, package and dispense pharmaceuticals in batches according to a schedule and/or immediately dispense non-scheduled pharmaceuticals in response to at least one non-scheduled demand, where some of the pharmaceutical dispensers comprise a limited pharmaceutical storage capacity. The method comprises distributing pharmaceuticals scheduled to be dispensed in batches to one pharmaceutical dispenser and distributing only a subset of non-scheduled pharmaceuticals to another pharmaceutical dispenser.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2021Publication date: September 28, 2023Applicant: Tech Pharmacy Services, LLCInventors: Omer EINAV, Doron SHABANOV, Tamir BEN DAVID, Anthony Joseph SPERO, Eyal LIVSCHITZ, Thomas A. MCKINNEY, Moshe LIBERMAN
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Patent number: 11721421Abstract: The present invention, in some embodiments thereof, relates to a pharmaceutical dispensing system with dynamic and automatic pharmaceutical dispensing regimes and methods thereof.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2019Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Tech Pharmacy Services, LLCInventors: Omer Einav, Doron Shabanov, Tamir Ben David, Anthony Joseph Spero, Eyal Livschitz, Thomas A. McKinney
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Patent number: 11699320Abstract: A pharmaceutical dispensing machine comprising a plurality of modules, said plurality of modules comprise one or more sensors configured to monitor at least one pharmaceutical during a pharmaceutical dispensing process and alert when said at least one pharmaceutical is not detected by at least one of said one or more sensors.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2020Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: Tech Pharmacy Services, LLCInventors: Omer Einav, Doron Shabanov, Tamir Ben David, Anthony Joseph Spero, Eyal Livschitz, Thomas A. Mckinney, Moshe Liberman
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Patent number: 11594096Abstract: A medication dispensing system, having a medication panel, a plurality of docking ports for accommodating medication containers, a gripper, and a receptacle carrier having a mount for holding the receptacle and movable by one or more actuators. In some embodiments, the system includes control circuitry, outputting positioning signals to move the receptacle carrier, and outputting dosage-manipulation signals to move the gripper to pick and manipulate a medication dosage out of the medication container, and the horizontal distance between the opening of the receptacle and the medication dosage is less than 20 cm at least prior to outputting the dosage-manipulation signals. The method includes extracting a medication out of the medication container, positioning a receptacle by a receptacle carrier in a horizontal distance of less than 20 cm between the medication and the opening of the receptacle, at least prior to the extracting, and dispensing the medication in the receptacle.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2021Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Tech Pharmacy Services, LLCInventors: Omer Einav, Doron Shabanov, Tamir Ben David, Anthony Joseph Spero, Eyal Livschitz, Thomas A. Mckinney, Moshe Liberman
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Publication number: 20220044516Abstract: A pharmaceutical dispensing machine comprising a plurality of modules, said plurality of modules comprise one or more sensors configured to monitor at least one pharmaceutical during a pharmaceutical dispensing process and alert when said at least one pharmaceutical is not detected by at least one of said one or more sensors.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2020Publication date: February 10, 2022Applicant: Tech Pharmacy Services, LLCInventors: Omer EINAV, Doron SHABANOV, Tamir BEN DAVID, Anthony Joseph SPERO, Eyal LIVSCHITZ, Thomas A. MCKINNEY, Moshe LIBERMAN
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Publication number: 20210366599Abstract: An aspect of some embodiments of the invention relates to a method of scheduling maintenance for a pharmaceutical dispensing device, comprising: receiving a request to perform said maintenance; automatically generating at least one proposed maintenance time window matching production goals of said pharmaceutical dispensing device and mechanical capability of said pharmaceutical dispensing device and said maintenance and said request; and responding to said request with said at least one proposed maintenance time window.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2021Publication date: November 25, 2021Applicant: Tech Pharmacy Services, LLCInventors: Omer EINAV, Doron SHABANOV, Yuval SIMAN, Tamir BEN DAVID, Anthony Joseph SPERO, Eyal LIVSCHITZ, Thomas A. MCKINNEY, Moshe LIBERMAN
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Publication number: 20210335080Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical dispensing vehicles and/or mobile pharmaceutical dispensing machines, comprising: a vehicle and/or a frame comprising an inside and an outside; one or more pharmaceutical dispensing modules configured to perform parts of a pharmaceutical dispensing process, said one or more modules located inside said vehicle and/or frame; one or more delivery windows facing the outside of said vehicle and or frame, said one or more delivery windows are in communication with said one or more pharmaceutical dispensing modules and are configured to receive one or more pharmaceuticals ready to be dispensed; one or more user interfaces facing the outside of said vehicle and/or frame, said one or more user interfaces are in communication with said one or more pharmaceutical dispensing modules and are configured to receive one or more input related to a pharmaceutical dispensing request from at least one user.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2021Publication date: October 28, 2021Applicant: Tech Pharmacy Services, LLCInventors: Omer EINAV, Doron SHABANOV, Tamir BEN DAVID, Anthony Joseph SPERO, Eyal LIVSCHITZ, Thomas A. MCKINNEY, Moshe LIBERMAN
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Patent number: 11120905Abstract: An aspect of some embodiments of the invention relates to a method of scheduling maintenance for a pharmaceutical dispensing device, comprising: receiving a request to perform said maintenance; automatically generating at least one proposed maintenance time window matching production goals of said pharmaceutical dispensing device and mechanical capability of said pharmaceutical dispensing device and said maintenance and said request; and responding to said request with said at least one proposed maintenance time window.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2019Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: Tech Pharmacy Services, LLCInventors: Omer Einav, Doron Shabanov, Yuval Siman, Tamir Ben David, Anthony Joseph Spero, Eyal Livschitz, Thomas A. McKinney, Moshe Liberman
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Publication number: 20210225479Abstract: According to an aspect of some embodiments of the present invention there is provided a system of pharmaceutical dispensing for at least one first facility, comprising: a data processing and management computer; a facility pharmacy management software; a communications network in communication with said facility pharmacy group management server; at least one pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing machine; said system further comprises at least one supplemental supplier of said plurality of pharmaceuticals in case said at least one pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing machine cannot dispense.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2021Publication date: July 22, 2021Applicant: Tech Pharmacy Services, LLCInventors: Omer EINAV, Doron SHABANOV, Yoav KESTEL, Yuval SIMAN, Tamir BEN DAVID, Eyal LIVSCHITZ, Anthony Joseph SPERO, Thomas A. MCKINNEY
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Publication number: 20210201618Abstract: A medication dispensing system, having a medication panel, a plurality of docking ports for accommodating medication containers, a gripper, and a receptacle carrier having a mount for holding the receptacle and movable by one or more actuators. In some embodiments, the system includes control circuitry, outputting positioning signals to move the receptacle carrier, and outputting dosage-manipulation signals to move the gripper to pick and manipulate a medication dosage out of the medication container, and the horizontal distance between the opening of the receptacle and the medication dosage is less than 20 cm at least prior to outputting the dosage-manipulation signals. The method includes extracting a medication out of the medication container, positioning a receptacle by a receptacle carrier in a horizontal distance of less than 20 cm between the medication and the opening of the receptacle, at least prior to the extracting, and dispensing the medication in the receptacle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2021Publication date: July 1, 2021Applicant: Tech Pharmacy Services, LLCInventors: Omer EINAV, Doron SHABANOV, Tamir BEN DAVID, Anthony Joseph SPERO, Eyal LIVSCHITZ, Thomas A. MCKINNEY, Moshe LIBERMAN
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Patent number: 10978193Abstract: According to an aspect of some embodiments of the present invention there is provided a system of pharmaceutical dispensing for at least one first facility, comprising: a data processing and management computer; a facility pharmacy management software; a communications network in communication with said facility pharmacy group management server; at least one pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing machine; said system further comprises at least one supplemental supplier of said plurality of pharmaceuticals in case said at least one pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing machine cannot dispense.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2018Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: Tech Pharmacy Services, LLCInventors: Omer Einav, Doron Shabanov, Yoav Kestel, Yuval Siman, Tamir Ben David, Eyal Lifschitz, Anthony Joseph Spero, Thomas A. McKinney
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Patent number: 10964154Abstract: A medication dispensing system, having a medication panel, a plurality of docking ports for accommodating medication containers, a gripper, and a receptacle carrier having a mount for holding the receptacle and movable by one or more actuators. In some embodiments, the system includes control circuitry, outputting positioning signals to move the receptacle carrier, and outputting dosage-manipulation signals to move the gripper to pick and manipulate a medication dosage out of the medication container, and the horizontal distance between the opening of the receptacle and the medication dosage is less than 20 cm at least prior to outputting the dosage-manipulation signals. The method includes extracting a medication out of the medication container, positioning a receptacle by a receptacle carrier in a horizontal distance of less than 20 cm between the medication and the opening of the receptacle, at least prior to the extracting, and dispensing the medication in the receptacle.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2019Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: Tech Pharmacy Services, LLCInventors: Omer Einav, Doron Shabanov, Yuval Siman, Tamir Ben David, Anthony Joseph Spero, Eyal Livschitz, Thomas A. McKinney, Moshe Liberman
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Publication number: 20210065865Abstract: The present invention, in some embodiments thereof, relates to a pharmaceutical dispensing system with dynamic and automatic pharmaceutical dispensing regimes and methods thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2019Publication date: March 4, 2021Applicant: Tech Pharmacy Services, LLCInventors: Omer EINAV, Doron SHABANOV, Tamir BEN DAVID, Anthony Joseph SPERO, Eyal LIVSCHITZ, Thomas A. MCKINNEY
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Publication number: 20210065866Abstract: A method of dispensing medication including: filling a medication container with one or more medication dose, using one or more actuator of a medication dispenser device, according to a prescription for a specific patient, where the prescription is stored in a patient record for the specific patient; verifying delivery of the medication container to a vicinity of the specific patient and/or an environment of the specific patient, where the verifying includes generating a delivery verification signal; verifying use of the one or more medication dose, where the verifying includes generating a use verification signal; and where one or both of the use verification signal and the delivery verification signal are generated using and/or interacting with the medication container.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2020Publication date: March 4, 2021Applicant: Tech Pharmacy Services, LLCInventors: Omer EINAV, Doron SHABANOV, Tamir BEN DAVID, Anthony Joseph SPERO, Eyal LIVSCHITZ, Thomas A. MCKINNEY, Moshe LIBERMAN
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Publication number: 20200388100Abstract: A medication dispensing system, having a medication panel, a plurality of docking ports for accommodating medication containers, a gripper, and a receptacle carrier having a mount for holding the receptacle and movable by one or more actuators. In some embodiments, the system includes control circuitry, outputting positioning signals to move the receptacle carrier, and outputting dosage-manipulation signals to move the gripper to pick and manipulate a medication dosage out of the medication container, and the horizontal distance between the opening of the receptacle and the medication dosage is less than 20 cm at least prior to outputting the dosage-manipulation signals. The method includes extracting a medication out of the medication container, positioning a receptacle by a receptacle carrier in a horizontal distance of less than 20 cm between the medication and the opening of the receptacle, at least prior to the extracting, and dispensing the medication in the receptacle.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2019Publication date: December 10, 2020Applicant: Tech Pharmacy Services, LLCInventors: Omer EINAV, Doron SHABANOV, Yuval SIMAN, Tamir BEN DAVID, Anthony Joseph SPERO, Eyal LIVSCHITZ, Thomas A. MCKINNEY, Moshe LIBERMAN
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Publication number: 20200327980Abstract: An aspect of some embodiments of the invention relates to a method of scheduling maintenance for a pharmaceutical dispensing device, comprising: receiving a request to perform said maintenance; automatically generating at least one proposed maintenance time window matching production goals of said pharmaceutical dispensing device and mechanical capability of said pharmaceutical dispensing device and said maintenance and said request; and responding to said request with said at least one proposed maintenance time window.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2019Publication date: October 15, 2020Applicant: Tech Pharmacy Services, LLCInventors: Omer EINAV, Doron Shabanov, Yuval Siman, Tamir Ben David, Anthony Joseph Spero, Eyal Livschitz, Thomas A. McKinney, Moshe Liberman
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Publication number: 20200185076Abstract: According to an aspect of some embodiments of the present invention there is provided a system of pharmaceutical dispensing for at least one first facility, comprising: a data processing and management computer; a facility pharmacy management software; a communications network in communication with said facility pharmacy group management server; at least one pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing machine; said system further comprises at least one supplemental supplier of said plurality of pharmaceuticals in case said at least one pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing machine cannot dispense.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2018Publication date: June 11, 2020Applicant: Tech Pharmacy Services, LLCInventors: Omer EINAV, Doron SHABANOV, Yoav KESTEL, Yuval SIMAN, Tamir BEN DAVID, Eyal LIFSCHITZ, Anthony Joseph SPERO, Thomas A. MCKINNEY
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Patent number: 10614916Abstract: An aspect of some embodiments of the invention relates to a pharmaceutical dispensing machine configured to perform a pharmaceutical dispensing process, comprising: at least one module configured in a first configuration to perform at least one first part of said pharmaceutical dispensing process; dispensing hardware configured in a second configuration to perform at least one second part of said pharmaceutical dispensing process; and circuitry, which controls and coordinates the operation of said at least one module and said dispensing hardware using at least one parameter related to said dispensing pharmaceutical process; wherein said at least one first part of said pharmaceutical dispensing process and said at least one second part of said pharmaceutical dispensing process overlap in functionality by at least one subassembly component in said dispensing hardware which overlaps in functionality with said dispensing module in said pharmaceutical dispensing process and are performed at a same dispensing eventType: GrantFiled: April 10, 2019Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: Tech Pharmacy Services, LLCInventors: Omer Einav, Doron Shabanov, Yuval Siman, Tamir Ben David, Anthony Joseph Spero, Eyal Livschitz, Thomas A. McKinney, Moshe Liberman