Patents by Inventor Rishi Khullar

Rishi Khullar 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).

  • Patent number: 8670995
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: 8666776
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: 8627639
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Walgreen Co.
    Inventors: Syed Y. Ali, Amy C. Biesenthal, Rishi Khullar, Victor Lee, Sean McGonagle, Greg Pankow
  • Patent number: 8311853
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Walgreen Co.
    Inventors: Greg Pankow, Syed Y. Ali, Christina P. Marotta, Dana J. Dymek, Rishi Khullar
  • Patent number: 8275634
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: 8249890
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: 8244557
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: 8200366
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Walgreen Co.
    Inventors: Syed Y. Ali, Amy C. Biesenthal, Rishi Khullar, Sean McGonagle, Greg Pankow
  • Publication number: 20120004929
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: 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
  • Patent number: 8050942
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Walgreen Co.
    Inventors: Syed Y. Ali, Greg Pankow, Amy C. Biesenthal, Deivasigamani Karichianna Gounder, Sean McGonagle, Victor Lee, Rishi Khullar, Christina P. Marotta
  • Patent number: 8032393
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: 8005689
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: 7996243
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Walgreen Co.
    Inventors: Syed Y. Ali, Greg Pankow, Amy C. Biesenthal, Deivasigamani Karichianna Gounder, Sean McGonagle, Victor Lee, Rishi Khullar, Christina P. Marotta
  • Patent number: 7856363
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: 7835924
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Walgreen Co.
    Inventors: Christina M. Palazzolo, Greg Pankow, Gyula Jozef Nadas, Hee Kyu Oh, Peter Liccardo, Laura Jean Tebbe, Guirong Zhou Webb, Steve Scott Dorfman, Rishi Khullar
  • Publication number: 20100071320
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: WALGREEN CO.
    Inventors: Syed Y. Ali, Amy C. Biesenthal, Rishi Khullar, Victor Lee, Sean McGonagle, Greg Pankow
  • Publication number: 20100031611
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: WALGREEN CO.
    Inventors: Syed Y. Ali, Amy C. Biesenthal, Rishi Khullar, Sean McGonagle, Greg Pankow
  • Publication number: 20090030720
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2007
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: WALGREEN CO.
    Inventors: Gyula J. Nadas, Greg Pankow, Christina M. Palazzolo, Hee Kyu Oh, Peter Liccardo, Laura J. Tebbe, Guirong Zhou Webb, Steve S. Dorfman, Rishi Khullar
  • Publication number: 20090030725
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2007
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: 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
  • Publication number: 20090030719
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2007
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: 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