Patents by Inventor Greg Pankow
Greg Pankow 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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Patent number: 8943780Abstract: A method of transferring a plurality of tablets of a product from a first blister card comprising a first plurality of blisters to a second blister card comprising a second plurality of blisters includes discharging the plurality of tablets from the first plurality of blisters of the first blister card. Then, each of the plurality of tablets are guided along one of a plurality of passageways defined by a transfer fixture positioned between the first blister card and the second blister card. Finally, the plurality of tablets are received in the second plurality of blisters of the second blister card. The method includes monitoring the selection and configuration of product loading cartridges to a filling machine and monitoring the transfer of product from an intermediate card to a blister card.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2008Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Walgreen Co.Inventors: Sean McGonagle, Greg Pankow, J. Randolph Lewis, Victor Lee
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Patent number: 8915051Abstract: A method of transferring a plurality of tablets of a product from a first blister card including a first plurality of blisters to a second blister card including a second plurality of blisters includes discharging the plurality of tablets from the first plurality of blisters of the first blister card. Then, each of the plurality of tablets are guided along one of a plurality of passageways defined by a transfer fixture positioned between the first blister card and the second blister card. Finally, the plurality of tablets are received in the second plurality of blisters of the second blister card.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2010Date of Patent: December 23, 2014Assignee: Walgreen Co.Inventors: Sean McGonagle, Greg Pankow, J. Randolph Lewis, Victor Lee
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Patent number: 8670995Abstract: The method, system and user-interface allows alignment of refill dates associated with a plurality of prescriptions, such that the plurality of prescriptions all require refills on the same date, thus limiting the number of occasions on which a customer must visit the pharmacy to retrieve refills of the aligned prescriptions, and increasing the likelihood that the customer will comply with the recommended medication regimen. The plurality of prescriptions are associated with a plurality of customers, for example, living in the same household, being members of the same family, or being patients in the care of a single entity or person.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2012Date of Patent: March 11, 2014Assignee: Walgreen Co.Inventors: Gyula Jozsef Nadas, Greg Pankow, Christina M. Palazzolo, Hee Kyu Oh, Peter Liccardo, Laura Jean Tebbe, Guirong Zhou Webb, Steve Scott Dorfman, Rishi Khullar
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Patent number: 8666776Abstract: The method and system allows alignment of refill dates associated with a plurality of prescriptions, such that the plurality of prescriptions all require refills on the same date, thus limiting the number of occasions on which a customer must visit the pharmacy to retrieve refills of the aligned prescriptions, and increasing the likelihood that the customer will comply with the recommended medication regimen. Further, the method and system provides various methods of delivery to the customer of the plurality of aligned prescriptions on the refill dates.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2012Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Walgreen Co.Inventors: Gyula Jozsef Nadas, Christina M. Palazzolo, Greg Pankow, Hee Kyu Oh, Peter Liccardo, Laura Jean Tebbe, Guirong Zhou Webb, Steve Scott Dorfman, Rishi Khullar
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Patent number: 8627639Abstract: A method in a computer system of distributing pills into containers for use by a patient includes obtaining from a memory a fill pattern including a mapping of each of a first plurality of pills to one of a first plurality of containers such that at least two of the first plurality of pills are mapped to the same one of the first plurality of containers, obtaining from the memory an attribute of each of the first plurality of pills such that at least two of the first plurality of pills differ in at least the obtained attribute, and automatically sorting the first plurality of pills according to the attribute of each of the plurality of pills according to a predefined order to generate an ordered list corresponding to an order of depositing the first plurality of pills into the first plurality of containers.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2008Date of Patent: January 14, 2014Assignee: Walgreen Co.Inventors: Syed Y. Ali, Amy C. Biesenthal, Rishi Khullar, Victor Lee, Sean McGonagle, Greg Pankow
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Patent number: 8560347Abstract: A system and method facilitate alignment of refill dates associated with a plurality of prescriptions, such that each of the plurality of prescriptions requires a refill on the same date, thus limiting the number of occasions on which a customer must visit the pharmacy to retrieve refills of the aligned prescriptions, and increasing the likelihood that the customer will comply with the prescribed medication regimen. The system and method facilitate the alignment of the refill dates while complying with one or more rules governing the adjudication of the prescriptions.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2010Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Walgreen Co.Inventors: Syed Y. Ali, Amy C. Biesenthal, Greg Pankow, Deivasigamani K. Gounder, Sean McGonagle
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Patent number: 8364503Abstract: A system and method facilitate alignment of refill dates associated with a plurality of prescriptions, and determine the cost to the customer for the alignment of the plurality of prescriptions. The system may determine the cost to the customer by evaluating one or more of the number of prescriptions aligned, the types of medications prescribed by the aligned prescriptions, the quantity of medication supplied in any intermediate fills between the last adjudication date and the alignment adjudication date, the particular medications prescribed by the aligned prescriptions, and the number of prescriptions aligned. The system may also evaluate one or more rules or contracts related to one or more third-party payors in determining the cost to the customer for alignment.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2010Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Walgreen Co.Inventors: Amy C. Biesenthal, Greg Pankow
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Patent number: 8311853Abstract: A method and system facilitate enrollment of a customer in a medication compliance packaging program. The medication compliance packaging program facilitates proper dosing of each included medication dispensing each medication in a customized package and thereby serving as a personalized, prepackaged pill organizer. The compliance package groups all of the customer's daily pills, separated by the day and time of day that the customer takes each dose. The disclosed method and system provide a convenient means for a customer to enroll in the program, select prescription medications to include in the medication compliance packaging, and set up a dose schedule for each medication.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2008Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: Walgreen Co.Inventors: Greg Pankow, Syed Y. Ali, Christina P. Marotta, Dana J. Dymek, Rishi Khullar
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Patent number: 8275634Abstract: The method, system and user-interface allows alignment of refill dates associated with a plurality of prescriptions to a plurality of alignment dates, such that a plurality of selected prescriptions require refills on each of the plurality of alignment dates, thus limiting the number of occasions on which a customer must visit the pharmacy to retrieve refills of the aligned prescriptions, and increasing the likelihood that the customer will comply with the recommended medication regimen.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2011Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Assignee: Walgreen Co.Inventors: Christina M. Palazzolo, Greg Pankow, Gyula Jozsef Nadas, Hee Kyu Oh, Peter Liccardo, Laura Jean Tebbe, Guirong Zhou Webb, Steve Scott Dorfman, Rishi Khullar
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Patent number: 8249890Abstract: The method, system and user-interface allows alignment of refill dates associated with a plurality of prescriptions, such that the plurality of prescriptions all require refills on the same date, thus limiting the number of occasions on which a customer must visit the pharmacy to retrieve refills of the aligned prescriptions, and increasing the likelihood that the customer will comply with the recommended medication regimen. Further, the method, system and user interface provides various methods of delivery to the customer of the plurality of aligned prescriptions on the refill dates.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2010Date of Patent: August 21, 2012Assignee: Walgreen Co.Inventors: Gyula Jozsef Nadas, Christina M. Palazzolo, Greg Pankow, Hee Kyu Oh, Peter Liccardo, Laura Jean Tebbe, Guirong Zhou Webb, Steve Scott Dorfman, Rishi Khullar
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Patent number: 8244557Abstract: The method, system and user-interface allows alignment of refill dates associated with a plurality of prescriptions, such that the plurality of prescriptions all require refills on the same date, thus limiting the number of occasions on which a customer must visit the pharmacy to retrieve refills of the aligned prescriptions, and increasing the likelihood that the customer will comply with the recommended medication regimen. The plurality of prescriptions are associated with a plurality of customers, for example, living in the same household, being members of the same family, or being patients in the care of a single entity or person.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2010Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: Walgreen Co.Inventors: Gyula Jozsef Nadas, Greg Pankow, Christina M. Palazzolo, Hee Kyu Oh, Peter Liccardo, Laura Jean Tebbe, Guirong Zhou Webb, Steve Scott Dorfman, Rishi Khullar
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Patent number: 8200366Abstract: A system and method for determining and communicating a volume-based fill pattern for a multi-dose medicament container is disclosed. Pill information corresponding to one or more pills for a patient to be packaged together may be obtained, and non-volume fill factors may be obtained. The volume-based fill pattern may be selected and indicated to be a cuboid volume or a packing parameter fill pattern. Pill and multi-dose medicament container data may be obtained and used to determine a fill pattern that is communicated to a filling entity for execution. The present disclosure may operate in accordance with multi-dose blister packs, and systems and methods of filling said blister packs.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2008Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: Walgreen Co.Inventors: Syed Y. Ali, Amy C. Biesenthal, Rishi Khullar, Sean McGonagle, Greg Pankow
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Publication number: 20120004929Abstract: The method, system and user-interface allows alignment of refill dates associated with a plurality of prescriptions to a plurality of alignment dates, such that a plurality of selected prescriptions require refills on each of the plurality of alignment dates, thus limiting the number of occasions on which a customer must visit the pharmacy to retrieve refills of the aligned prescriptions, and increasing the likelihood that the customer will comply with the recommended medication regimen.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2011Publication date: January 5, 2012Applicant: WALGREEN CO.Inventors: Gyula J. Nadas, Greg Pankow, Christina M. Palazzolo, Hee K. Oh, Peter Liccardo, Laura J. Tebbe, Guirong Z. Webb, Steve S. Dorfman, Rishi Khullar
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Patent number: 8055512Abstract: A manifest for a multi-dose medication order is disclosed. The manifest may serve as a single recipe or roadmap for the prescriptions and containers required for a multi-dose medicament order. The manifest may include a representation of intersecting prescription and container matrices, with each intersecting entry including an indication of a number of medicaments of an individual prescription mapped to be packaged into an individual container. Machine-readable identifiers and fields for different levels of approval may be included on the manifest. Dosing regime parameters may be visually differentiated. Methods and systems for creating a manifest and using the manifest in filling a multi-dose medicament order are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2008Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: Walgreen Co.Inventors: Greg Pankow, Sean McGonagle, Amy C. Biesenthal
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Patent number: 8050942Abstract: A system and method facilitate alignment of refill dates associated with a plurality of prescriptions, such that each of the plurality of prescriptions requires a refill on the same date, thus limiting the number of occasions on which a customer must visit the pharmacy to retrieve refills of the aligned prescriptions, and increasing the likelihood that the customer will comply with the medication regimen. The system and method facilitate the alignment of the refill dates to an arbitrary user-selected date, while maintaining compliance with one or more rules governing the adjudication of the prescriptions.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2008Date of Patent: November 1, 2011Assignee: Walgreen Co.Inventors: Syed Y. Ali, Greg Pankow, Amy C. Biesenthal, Deivasigamani Karichianna Gounder, Sean McGonagle, Victor Lee, Rishi Khullar, Christina P. Marotta
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Patent number: 8032393Abstract: The method, system and user-interface allows alignment of refill dates associated with a plurality of prescriptions, such that the plurality of prescriptions all require refills on the same date, thus limiting the number of occasions on which a customer must visit the pharmacy to retrieve refills of the aligned prescriptions, and increasing the likelihood that the customer will comply with the recommended medication regimen.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2007Date of Patent: October 4, 2011Assignee: Walgreen Co.Inventors: Christina M. Palazzolo, Greg Pankow, Gyula Jozsef Nadas, Hee Kyu Oh, Peter Liccardo, Laura Jean Tebbe, Guirong Zhou Webb, Steve Scott Dorfman, Rishi Khullar
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Patent number: 8005689Abstract: The method, system and user-interface allows alignment of refill dates associated with a plurality of prescriptions to a plurality of alignment dates, such that a plurality of selected prescriptions require refills on each of the plurality of alignment dates, thus limiting the number of occasions on which a customer must visit the pharmacy to retrieve refills of the aligned prescriptions, and increasing the likelihood that the customer will comply with the recommended medication regimen.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2007Date of Patent: August 23, 2011Assignee: Walgreen Co.Inventors: Christina M. Palazzolo, Greg Pankow, Gyula Jozsef Nadas, Hee Kyu Oh, Peter Liccardo, Laura Jean Tebbe, Guirong Zhou Webb, Steve Scott Dorfman, Rishi Khullar
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Patent number: 7996243Abstract: A system and method facilitate alignment of refill dates associated with a plurality of prescriptions, such that each of the plurality of prescriptions requires a refill on the same date, thus limiting the number of occasions on which a customer must visit the pharmacy to retrieve refills of the aligned prescriptions, and increasing the likelihood that the customer will comply with the prescribed medication regimen. The system and method facilitate the alignment of the refill dates while complying with one or more rules governing the adjudication of the prescriptions.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2008Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: Walgreen Co.Inventors: Syed Y. Ali, Greg Pankow, Amy C. Biesenthal, Deivasigamani Karichianna Gounder, Sean McGonagle, Victor Lee, Rishi Khullar, Christina P. Marotta
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Patent number: 7971414Abstract: An apparatus for transferring a plurality of tablets of a product from a first blister card to a second blister card includes a press plate, a transfer fixture, and a tray. The press plate is adapted for displacement between a first position and a second position to force the plurality of tablets out of a plurality of blisters carried by the first blister card. The transfer fixture includes a plurality of passageways, each of which is adapted to receive one tablet of the plurality of tablets from the first blister card. The passageways further direct the tablets into a corresponding plurality of blisters carried by the second blister card. The tray supports the second blister card adjacent the transfer fixture for receiving the tablets.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2008Date of Patent: July 5, 2011Assignee: Walgreen Co.Inventors: Sean McGonagle, Greg Pankow, J. Randolph Lewis, Victor Lee
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Patent number: 7946101Abstract: A method of transferring a plurality of tablets of a product from a first blister card comprising a first plurality of blisters to a second blister card comprising a second plurality of blisters includes discharging the plurality of tablets from the first plurality of blisters of the first blister card. Then, each of the plurality of tablets are guided along one of a plurality of passageways defined by a transfer fixture positioned between the first blister card and the second blister card. Finally, the plurality of tablets are received in the second plurality of blisters of the second blister card. The method includes monitoring the deposit of product to the blister card and verifying the contents of the blister card.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2008Date of Patent: May 24, 2011Assignee: Walgreen Co.Inventors: Sean McGonagle, Greg Pankow, J. Randolph Lewis, Victor Lee