发明名称 |
Apparatus for Dispensing and Detecting Solid Pharmaceutical Articles and Related Methods of Operation |
摘要 |
A method for dispensing and detecting solid pharmaceutical articles includes: forcing an article through a dispensing channel and past a sensor configured and positioned to detect the article passing through the dispensing channel, wherein the article includes one of the solid pharmaceutical articles; generating a detection signal using the sensor responsive to the article passing through the dispensing channel, wherein the detection signal indicates a time that the article takes to traverse the sensor; and determining whether the article is a complete article or an article fragment responsive to a comparison of the time indicated by the detection signal and an article fragment travel time representing an expected travel time for a complete article to traverse the sensor that is determined independent of physical attributes of the solid pharmaceutical articles.
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申请公布号 |
US2012016519(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2012.01.19 |
申请号 |
US201113242156 |
申请日期 |
2011.09.23 |
申请人 |
RIVENBARK, JR. JAMES ROBERT |
发明人 |
RIVENBARK, JR. JAMES ROBERT |
分类号 |
G06F17/00;B65D83/04;B65G59/00 |
主分类号 |
G06F17/00 |
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