Patents Assigned to Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
  • Patent number: 12709495
    Abstract: A container repository for containers includes a cabinet having an interior. A container holder is disposed in the interior of the cabinet. The container holder includes a container receiver and a container dispenser. The container receiver has a container interior sized and shaped to receive and hold the containers as a stack of containers. The container dispenser is arranged to remove a bottom-most container of the stack of containers from the stack of containers. A container transporter is at least partially disposed in the interior of the cabinet. The container transporter transports the containers after the containers are removed from the stack of containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2025
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2026
    Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Perano, Scott Swindells
  • Patent number: 12703572
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical order processing system for filling prescription orders in dose-based packaging includes a pathway and a plurality of individual dispensing pharmaceutical (“IDP”) dispensers. The IDP dispenser dispenses pharmaceuticals one at a time and is movable along the pathway. A dose-based packager is positioned adjacent the pathway. The dose-based packager receives pharmaceuticals from one or more of the IDP dispensers when said one or more IDP dispensers are disposed adjacent the dose-based packager. The dose-based packager packages pharmaceuticals received from the one or more IDP dispensers in dose-based packaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2026
    Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert E. Hoffman
  • Patent number: 12697276
    Abstract: A container forming apparatus includes a plurality of forming members that have outer forming surfaces, which are shaped to form pockets in a sheet of material. A plurality of actuators are in mechanical connection with the forming members. The actuators are able to extend and retract the forming members. A controller is in electrical communication with the plurality of actuators. The controller is able to simultaneously extend any one or any combination of the forming members to create a plurality of pockets in a determined pattern in the sheet of material to produce a customized blister pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2026
    Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael L. Davis, Kenneth G. Coulter, David C. Trice
  • Patent number: 12698107
    Abstract: A shim for a solid counting device is provided. The shim includes: a first end, including a first width and a projection extending in a lateral direction; a second end, including a second width greater than the first width; and an elongated body extending in a longitudinal dimension from the first end to the second end. The first width, the second width, and the projection configured to prevent more than one of a plurality of solids simultaneously traveling into an exit channel of the solid counting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2026
    Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Izaak T. Landgraff, Joseph A. Siciliano
  • Patent number: 12698193
    Abstract: Systems and methods for removing a cap or lid from a container are disclosed. The systems include a decapper for removing a cap from a body of a container. The decapper includes a base configured to rest on a support surface and a prime mover supported by the base. A cap remover is supported by the base and is rotatable relative to the base about an axis of rotation. The cap remover is arranged to engage the cap of the container. The prime mover is operatively coupled to the cap remover to rotate the cap remover about the axis of rotation to remove the cap from the body of the container when the cap is engaged with the cap remover. The cap remover is arranged relative to the base such that the axis of rotation is oriented generally horizontally when the base rests on the support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2026
    Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph A. Siciliano, Darrin J. McMahon
  • Patent number: 12694968
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods relate to technology to receive first data and second data from an internet-of-things device associated with a user, where the first data includes a measurement of the user. The technology also determines a user condition based on the received first data, determines a context associated with the user condition based on the received second data, determines a first action to mitigate the user condition based on the context, and provides the first action to a user device associated with the user, wherein the user device is to execute the first action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Moses Vaughan, Sahaya Chitra Arputham, Mahsa Shateri, Bill Loi Pham
  • Patent number: 12688917
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical order filling system receives pharmaceutical orders and uses a packing device to package pharmaceutical orders. The packing device is configured with at least one cutter that generates tailings and dust. A tailing collection device is provided that collects the tailings and dust generated by the packing device into and through an intake tube and into a collection assembly. The collection assembly includes a hood with at least one air filter, a frame, and a bin removably received within the frame. The frame supports the hood and aligns the bin to be in fluid communication with the hood. A gas motive device is positioned intermediate the ends of an intake tub before the hood and is configured to suction the tailings and/or dust.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert E. Hoffman
  • Patent number: 12686523
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical extractor and associated components and methods for removing pharmaceuticals from a plurality of containers. The extractor includes a plurality of holders. Each holder is configured to hold at least one container of the plurality of containers. Each holder is repeatedly cycled through a series of container operation locations of the pharmaceutical extractor. In the series of container operation locations, the holders receive containers, the containers are cut to form pharmaceutical outlets in the containers, pharmaceuticals are moved out of the pharmaceutical outlets, and empty containers are dropped by the holders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert E. Hoffman
  • Patent number: 12682670
    Abstract: Methods and systems for predicting medical signatures are provided. The methods and systems access a communication comprising a medicinal drug prescription associated with a patient, the medicinal drug prescription being provided in the communication by a healthcare professional. The methods and systems process, by a first machine learning model, the communication to extract a plurality of entities from the medicinal drug prescription and apply a second machine learning model to the plurality of entities to predict a medical signature. The predicted medical signature comprises directions for the patient to follow to take the medicinal drug. The methods and systems cause a label with the medical signature to be printed and applied to a container that includes the medicinal drug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Buddhadeb Karmakar, Murlidhar Loka
  • Patent number: 12677034
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods relate to technology to provide first content to a first computing device to be presented on the first computing device as part of a telecommunication session associated with a first use. The technology receives telecommunication data from the first computing device as part of the telecommunication session, identifies a user characteristic of the user based on the telecommunication data, where the user characteristic is associated with the first content presented on the first computing device, further where the user characteristic is one or more of a physical characteristic of the user or an audio characteristic of the user. The technology also measures an emotional response of the user based on the user characteristic, and automatically adjusts a parameter of the telecommunication session based on the emotional response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Moses Vaughan, Darwin Romulus
  • Patent number: 12675994
    Abstract: A system includes one or more processors coupled to a camera and a display. The processor(s) identify a unique identifier on a label of a prescription pill bottle or container using images generated by the camera, and request additional data from a pharmacy benefit manager using the identifier. The system includes an augmented reality subsystem that directs the display to present the additional data from the benefit manager in an augmented reality foreground image displayed over the camera images, directs the display to present interactive portion(s) in the augmented reality foreground image, and, responsive to detecting a user selection, implements an action that includes transmitting a request to refill a prescription drug, calling a doctor, and/or directing the display to present drug interaction information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew D. McDole, Sivaram Adhiappan, Robert K. Gaddy, Carlos G. Ruiz, Murat Sanli
  • Patent number: 12670038
    Abstract: A risk mitigation architecture for new application programming interface service adoption includes a client interface configured to generate an API call, a legacy API module configured to generate a legacy API result in response to receiving the API call, a new API module configured to generate a new API result in response to receiving the API call, and a delegation module configured to selectively return the legacy API result to the client interface or the new API result to the client interface, according to at least one specified feature selector. The architecture includes a data comparator in communication with the delegation module, the data comparator configured to compare the legacy API result with the new API result according to at least one specified comparison configuration, to generate an API comparison result indicative of the legacy API result and the new API result having same or different output data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Steven DeLassus
  • Patent number: 12670042
    Abstract: A method of transmitting automated communications within an integrated application system architecture includes identifying, by processor hardware, each of multiple applications in an integrated application system architecture. For each identified application, the method includes obtaining at least one input to the identified application and at least one output to the identified application, defining a result set for the identified application, and storing the result set an as entry in a result map set of memory hardware. The method includes determining a result mesh according to each result set stored in the result map set, receiving an entity processing request, executing, via a first one of the multiple applications, the at least one workflow process associated with the first one of the multiple applications, to process the entity processing request and generate a first application process result, and transmitting an automated communication to a second one of the multiple applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
    Inventor: Ghanshyam Kumar
  • Patent number: 12665093
    Abstract: A method for determining a social health score for a region includes receiving first data for a geographical area. The first data includes values for multiple features corresponding to multiple domains (such as economic, education, and environmental). The method includes, for a first domain, selecting a first set of features (for example, an environmental domain may include a feature that describes the amount of the geographical area covered by impervious surfaces), and determining weights for the first set of features. The method includes receiving second data for the region and determining a first region domain score based on the second data and the first feature weights. The method includes determining a total score for the region based on the first region domain score that indicates a level of resource access for a population of the region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
    Inventors: David Lucero, Andrew Vinson, Samuel Affare, Alexi E. Makarkin
  • Patent number: 12657110
    Abstract: A system includes processor hardware and memory hardware storing instructions. The instructions include, in response to receiving an input indicating a code file from a user device of a user, obtaining the code file, identifying a code language of the code file and a plurality of objects within the code file, and obtaining a set of rules. The instructions include, for each rule, applying the rule to each object to determine an adherence of the object to the rule or a violation of the object of the rule. The instructions include generating a report that indicates, for each rule and for each object, the adherence of the object to the rule or the violation of the object of the rule. The instructions include transmitting, for display on the user device, the generated report.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Cable, Beverly K. De Loach, Erol Kucukarslan, Beverly Leach, Alan Gandarilla, Long V. Nguyen, Tracy L. Hautanen-Kriel
  • Patent number: 12657338
    Abstract: A method for managing Master Data Management (MDM) data sets is provided. The method stores a second MDM data set into a second data repository separate and distinct from a first data repository storing a first MDM data set; continuously protects data integrity of the first and second MDM data sets, by: (i) maintaining separation between the first data repository and the second data repository, and (ii) preventing unauthorized data sharing by the first and second MDM data sets; detects a change to an MDM record of the first MDM data set, via a communication platform; determines that the second MDM data set includes a second MDM record associated with the patient, based on recognition of the patient by the second data repository; creates a cross-reference identifier for the patient; and updates the first MDM data set and the second MDM data set to include the cross-reference identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Sherri C. Adame, Pranav Kapil
  • Patent number: 12649594
    Abstract: The cleaner assembly is configured for cleaning an automated dispensing device is described herein. The cleaner assembly includes a pallet; a plurality of side walls enclosing an inner chamber; a blower configured to propel contaminants into said inner chamber; and at least one roller operably supported by and projecting above at least one of said side walls, said at least one roller being configured to scrape contaminants off of a base plate of the automated dispensing device and towards said blower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2026
    Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
    Inventor: Craig F. Mortimer
  • Patent number: 12651663
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical order processing system, components thereof, and associated methods for filling a prescription order. The pharmaceutical order processing system includes a lower insert placer, a syringe placer, a dosing cup placer, a pharmaceutical container placer, and/or an upper insert placer. The lower insert placer places a lower insert into a box. The syringe placer places a syringe into a syringe compartment of the lower insert. The dosing cup placer places a dosing cup into a dosing cup compartment of the lower insert. The pharmaceutical container placer places a pharmaceutical container into a pharmaceutical container compartment of the lower insert. The upper insert placer places an upper insert into the box after the box has received the lower insert and the lower insert has received the syringe, the dosing cup and the pharmaceutical container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2026
    Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
    Inventor: Gabriel Di Genova
  • Patent number: 12634210
    Abstract: A monitoring system for mapping and monitoring inter-application communications in a computing ecosystem is described. The monitoring system provides consolidated visibility to computing ecosystems by providing end-to-end mapping and monitoring of inter-application communications and events, changes, incidents, and status information of applications, services, and systems. As described, the monitoring system is configured to (a) identify communication paths linking the host devices, (b) generate an ecosystem map based on the communication paths, (c) transmit a monitoring signal to the network, (d) receive a monitoring response from the host devices in response to the monitoring signal including at least a first status, (e) process the monitoring response with the ecosystem map to generate an active ecosystem map, and (f) display the active ecosystem map including the host devices and at least one status associated with the host devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael D. Trapani, Scott H. Reid, Jason T. Graklanoff, Matthew M. Heck
  • Patent number: 12632453
    Abstract: A query generation system includes memory hardware configured to store instructions and processor hardware configured to execute the instructions. The instructions include obtaining a definition of a query specifying a number of elements of the query. The instructions include identifying candidate query elements for the query that correspond to a set of multiple domains. The instructions include, based on the specified number, determining a target number for each of the domains. The instructions include optimizing a selection of query elements from among the candidates. Using data from prior queries, the optimization maximizes at least one of internal consistency of the selected query elements and correlation of the selected query elements with a reference query. The optimization selects the target number of query elements for the domains. The instructions include storing the selected query elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Sandra L. Diaz-Castillo, Stefan M. Riedling