Patents by Inventor Patrick D. Downing

Patrick D. Downing 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for automated filling of packagings with medications
    Patent number: 9073206
    Abstract: Methods for filling packagings with at least one medication includes receiving filling instructions for an order and operating an automated packaging station to fill a plurality of packagings making up an order. Operating the automated packaging station includes positioning a plurality of cassettes containing the medications needed for the order onto a feeder base at a single filling location, and moving each of the plurality of packagings to the filling location. The operation also includes actuating at least one of the cassettes at the feeder base simultaneously and according to the filling instructions when each packaging is located at the filling location. Automated packaging stations operable to perform the above filling instructions are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: Omnicare, Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley E. Carson, Joseph T. DeDeo, Michael J. Szesko, Thomas L. Stocker, Kurtis J. Hoffman, Patrick D. Downing
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED FILLING OF PACKAGINGS WITH MEDICATIONS
    Publication number: 20130340390
    Abstract: Methods for filling packagings with at least one medication includes receiving filling instructions for an order and operating an automated packaging station to fill a plurality of packagings making up an order. Operating the automated packaging station includes positioning a plurality of cassettes containing the medications needed for the order onto a feeder base at a single filling location, and moving each of the plurality of packagings to the filling location. The operation also includes actuating at least one of the cassettes at the feeder base simultaneously and according to the filling instructions when each packaging is located at the filling location. Automated packaging stations operable to perform the above filling instructions are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: OMNICARE, INC.
    Inventors: Bradley E. Carson, Joseph T. DeDeo, Michael J. Szesko, Thomas L. Stocker, Kurtis J. Hoffman, Patrick D. Downing