Patents by Inventor Michael E. Skaggs

Michael E. Skaggs 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).

  • Prescription storage and retrieval system
    Patent number: 10346590
    Abstract: A system and method for securely storing and retrieving prescriptions. The system may include storage containers into which the prescriptions may be placed, a storage matrix with an outer housing and compartments for the storage containers, a transport system, scanners, and a control system. The transport system within the outer housing may selectively move the storage containers attached to the attachment device to locations or coordinates of any of the compartments. The control system may command the transport system to relocate any of the storage containers from one of the compartments to another of the compartments and may track locations of the prescriptions based on information from the scanners or other sensors for later retrieval by authorized user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: SCRIPTPRO LLC
    Inventors: Michael E. Coughlin, Michael E. Skaggs, Ronald A. Leonard, Bradley G. Lockard
  • PRESCRIPTION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170053099
    Abstract: A system and method for securely storing and retrieving prescriptions. The system may include storage containers into which the prescriptions may be placed, a storage matrix with an outer housing and compartments for the storage containers, a transport system, scanners, and a control system. The transport system within the outer housing may selectively move the storage containers attached to the attachment device to locations or coordinates of any of the compartments. The control system may command the transport system to relocate any of the storage containers from one of the compartments to another of the compartments and may track locations of the prescriptions based on information from the scanners or other sensors for later retrieval by authorized user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: ScriptPro LLC
    Inventors: Michael E. Coughlin, Michael E. Skaggs, Ronald A. Leonard, Bradley G. Lockard