Peter Monkhouse

US Patent:

6970769, Nov 29, 2005

Filed:

Feb 13, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/777126

Inventors:

Dennis Wayne Rice - Flanders NJ, US
James G. McErlean - Allendale NJ, US
E. Christian Hess - Flanders NJ, US
P. Thomas Shupert - Parkton MD, US
Chih-Jen Leu - East Brunswick NJ, US
Robert Gregory Howell - Philadelphia PA, US
Michael Joseph Szesko - Freehold NJ, US
Andrew P. Booler - Kitchener, CA
Peter Monkhouse - Warrington PA, US
Douglas W. Walton - Southampton PA, US
Michael W. G. Bell - Las Vegas NV, US
Christopher J. Lasher - Ridgewood NJ, US
Thomas P. Bonkenburg - York PA, US

Assignee:

Medco Health Solutions, Inc. - Franklin Lakes NJ

International Classification:

G06F007/00

US Classification:

700216, 700235, 700244

Abstract:

Computer assisted systems, methods and mediums for filling one or more orders. One embodiment of the present invention is a system that includes an order consolidation station configured to receive at least one bottle containing pills individually counted and/or at least one package containing pharmaceutical products without having been designated for any of the orders when the package was created and/or at least one literature pack optionally including patient specific information. The order consolidation station is further configured to combine automatically the received bottle and/or package and/or literature pack into a container to be sent to a recipient including, for example, mail order pharmacies, wholesalers and/or central fill dealers for subsequent distribution or sale including retailer distribution or sale. The bottle is specifically designated for the order, and the order generally includes at least one prescription for the package.

US Patent:

6983579, Jan 10, 2006

Filed:

Feb 13, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/777114

Inventors:

Dennis Wayne Rice - Flanders NJ, US
James G. McErlean - Allendale NJ, US
E. Christian Hess - Flanders NJ, US
P. Thomas Shupert - Parkton MD, US
Chih-Jen Leu - East Brunswick NJ, US
Robert Gregory Howell - Philadelphia PA, US
Michael Joseph Szesko - Freehold NJ, US
Andrew P. Booler - Kitchener, CA
Peter Monkhouse - Warrington PA, US
Douglas W. Walton - Southampton PA, US
Michael W. G. Bell - Las Vegas NV, US
Christopher J. Lasher - Ridgewood NJ, US
Thomas P. Bonkenburg - York PA, US

Assignee:

Medco Health Solutions, Inc. - Franklin Lakes NJ

International Classification:

B65B 1/30

US Classification:

53494, 53495, 700216, 700219

Abstract:

Computer assisted systems, methods and mediums for filling one or more orders. One embodiment of the present invention is a system that includes an order consolidation station configured to receive at least one bottle containing pills individually counted and/or at least one package containing pharmaceutical products without having been designated for any of the orders when the package was created and/or at least one literature pack optionally including patient specific information. The order consolidation station is further configured to combine automatically the received bottle and/or package and/or literature pack into a container to be sent to a recipient including, for example, mail order pharmacies, wholesalers and/or central fill dealers for subsequent distribution or sale including retailer distribution or sale. The bottle is specifically designated for the order, and the order generally includes at least one prescription for the package.

US Patent:

7185477, Mar 6, 2007

Filed:

Jan 9, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/328955

Inventors:

Dennis W. Rice - Flanders NJ, US
James G. McErlean - Allendale NJ, US
E. Christian Hess - Flanders NJ, US
P. Thomas Shupert - Parkton MD, US
Chih-Jen Leu - East Brunswick NJ, US
Robert G. Howell - Philadelphia PA, US
Michael J. Szesko - Freehold NJ, US
Andrew P. Booler - Kitchener, CA
Peter Monkhouse - Warrington PA, US
Douglas W. Walton - Southampton PA, US
Michael W. G. Bell - Las Vegas NV, US
Christopher J. Lasher - Ridgewood NJ, US
Thomas P. Bonkenburg - York PA, US

Assignee:

Medco Health Solutions, Inc. - Franklin Lakes NJ

International Classification:

B65B 1/30

US Classification:

53494, 53495, 700216, 700219

Abstract:

Computer assisted systems, methods and mediums for filling one or more orders. One embodiment of the present invention is a system that includes an order consolidation station configured to receive at least one bottle containing pills individually counted and/or at least one package containing pharmaceutical products without having been designated for any of the orders when the package was created and/or at least one literature pack optionally including patient specific information. The order consolidation station is further configured to combine automatically the received bottle and/or package and/or literature pack into a container to be sent to a recipient including, for example, mail order pharmacies, wholesalers and/or central fill dealers for subsequent distribution or sale including retailer distribution or sale. The bottle is specifically designated for the order, and the order generally includes at least one prescription for the package.

US Patent:

7412814, Aug 19, 2008

Filed:

Mar 5, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/714011

Inventors:

Dennis Wayne Rice - Flanders NJ, US
James G. McErlean - Uniondale PA, US
E. Christian Hess - Flanders NJ, US
P. Thomas Shupert - Parkton MD, US
Chih-Jen Leu - East Brunswick NJ, US
Robert G. Howell - Philadelphia PA, US
Michael J. Szesko - Freehold NJ, US
Andrew P. Booler - Kitchener, CA
Peter Monkhouse - Warrington PA, US
Douglas W. Walton - Southampton PA, US
Michael W. G. Bell - Las Vegas NV, US
Christopher J. Lasher - Ridgewood NJ, US
Thomas P. Bonkenburg - York PA, US

Assignee:

Medco Health Solutions, Inc. - Franklin Lakes NJ

International Classification:

B65B 1/30

US Classification:

53494, 53495, 700216, 700219

Abstract:

Computer assisted systems, methods and mediums for filling one or more orders. One embodiment of the present invention is a system that includes an order consolidation station configured to receive at least one bottle containing pills individually counted and/or at least one package containing pharmaceutical products without having been designated for any of the orders when the package was created and/or at least one literature pack optionally including patient specific information. The order consolidation station is further configured to combine automatically the received bottle and/or package and/or literature pack into a container to be sent to a recipient including, for example, mail order pharmacies, wholesalers and/or central fill dealers for subsequent distribution or sale including retailer distribution or sale. The bottle is specifically designated for the order, and the order generally includes at least one prescription for the package.

US Patent:

7430838, Oct 7, 2008

Filed:

Nov 21, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/283677

Inventors:

Dennis W. Rice - Flanders NJ, US
James G. McErlean - Allendale NJ, US
E. Christian Hess - Flanders NJ, US
P. Thomas Shupert - Parkton MD, US
Chih-Jen Leu - East Brunswick NJ, US
Robert G. Howell - Philadelphia PA, US
Michael J. Szesko - Freehold NJ, US
Andrew P. Booler - Kitchener, CA
Peter Monkhouse - Warrington PA, US
Douglas W. Walton - Southampton PA, US
Michael W. G. Bell - Las Vegas NV, US
Christopher J. Lasher - Ridgewood NJ, US
Thomas P. Bonkenburg - York PA, US

Assignee:

Medco Health Solutions, Inc. - Franklin Lakes NJ

International Classification:

B65B 57/04
G06F 7/00

US Classification:

53 55, 53445, 53495, 53473, 700216, 700235, 700244

Abstract:

Computer assisted systems, methods and mediums for filling one or more orders. One embodiment of the present invention is a system that includes an order consolidation station configured to receive at least one bottle containing pills individually counted and/or at least one package containing pharmaceutical products without having been designated for any of the orders when the package was created and/or at least one literature pack optionally including patient specific information. The order consolidation station is further configured to combine automatically the received bottle and/or package and/or literature pack into a container to be sent to a recipient including, for example, mail order pharmacies, wholesalers and/or central fill dealers for subsequent distribution or sale including retailer distribution or sale. The bottle is specifically designated for the order, and the order generally includes at least one prescription for the package.

US Patent:

7668618, Feb 23, 2010

Filed:

Aug 19, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/194322

Inventors:

Michael J. Szesko - Freehold NJ, US
Douglas W. Walton - Southampton PA, US
Chih-Jen Leu - East Brunswick NJ, US
P. Thomas Shupert - Parkton MD, US
James G. McErlean - Uniondale PA, US
Peter Monkhouse - Warrington PA, US
E. Christian Hess - Flanders NJ, US
Thomas P. Bonkenburg - York PA, US
Michael W. G. Bell - Las Vegas NV, US
Andrew P. Booler - Kitchener CA, US
Christopher J. Lasher - Ridgewood NJ, US
Robert G. Howell - Philadelphia PA, US
Wayne Rice - Flanders NJ, US

Assignee:

Medco Health Solutions, Inc. - Franklin Lakes NJ

International Classification:

G07F 7/00
B65B 1/30

US Classification:

700214, 700216, 700219, 53494, 53495

Abstract:

Computer assisted systems, methods and mediums for filling one or more orders. One embodiment of the present invention is a system that includes an order consolidation station configured to receive at least one bottle containing pills individually counted and/or at least one package containing pharmaceutical products without having been designated for any of the orders when the package was created and/or at least one literature pack optionally including patient specific information. The order consolidation station is further configured to combine automatically the received bottle and/or package and/or literature pack into a container to be sent to a recipient including, for example, mail order pharmacies, wholesalers and/or central fill dealers for subsequent distribution or sale including retailer distribution or sale. The bottle is specifically designated for the order, and the order generally includes at least one prescription for the package.

US Patent:

8136332, Mar 20, 2012

Filed:

Oct 7, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/246986

Inventors:

Dennis Wayne Rice - Flanders NJ, US
James G. McErlean - Uniondale PA, US
E. Christian Hess - Flanders NJ, US
P. Thomas Shupert - Parkton MD, US
Chih-Jen Leu - East Brunswick NJ, US
Robert G. Howell - Philadelphia PA, US
Michael J. Szesko - Freehold NJ, US
Andrew P. Booler - Kitchener CA, US
Peter Monkhouse - Warrington PA, US
Douglas W. Walton - Southampton PA, US
Michael W. G. Bell - Las Vegas NV, US
Christopher J. Lasher - Ridgewood NJ, US
Thomas P. Bonkenburg - York PA, US

Assignee:

Medco Health Solutions Inc. - Franklin Lakes NJ

International Classification:

B65B 61/20

US Classification:

53445, 53 55, 53495, 53411, 53168, 53237

Abstract:

Computer assisted systems, methods and mediums for filling one or more orders. One embodiment of the present invention is a system that includes an order consolidation station configured to receive at least one bottle containing pills individually counted and/or at least one package containing pharmaceutical products without having been designated for any of the orders when the package was created and/or at least one literature pack optionally including patient specific information. The order consolidation station is further configured to combine automatically the received bottle and/or package and/or literature pack into a container to be sent to a recipient including, for example, mail order pharmacies, wholesalers and/or central fill dealers for subsequent distribution or sale including retailer distribution or sale. The bottle is specifically designated for the order, and the order generally includes at least one prescription for the package.

US Patent:

8275481, Sep 25, 2012

Filed:

Feb 23, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/710718

Inventors:

Dennis Wayne Rice - Flanders NJ, US
James G. McErlean - Uniondale PA, US
E. Christian Hess - Flanders NJ, US
P. Thomas Shupert - Parkton MD, US
Chih-Jen Leu - East Brunswick NJ, US
Robert G. Howell - Philadelphia PA, US
Michael J. Szesko - Freehold NJ, US
Andrew P. Booler - Kitchener, CA
Peter Monkhouse - Warrington PA, US
Douglas W. Walton - Southampton PA, US
Michael W. G. Bell - Las Vegas NV, US
Christopher J. Lasher - Ridgewood NJ, US
Thomas P. Bonkenburg - York PA, US

Assignee:

Medco Health Solutions, Inc. - Franklin Lakes NJ

International Classification:

G06F 17/00
G06Q 10/00

US Classification:

700244, 700231, 700243, 700237, 700235, 700242

Abstract:

Computer assisted systems, methods and mediums for filling one or more orders. One embodiment of the present invention is a system that includes an order consolidation station configured to receive at least one bottle containing pills individually counted and/or at least one package containing pharmaceutical products without having been designated for any of the orders when the package was created and/or at least one literature pack optionally including patient specific information. The order consolidation station is further configured to combine automatically the received bottle and/or package and/or literature pack into a container to be sent to a recipient including, for example, mail order pharmacies, wholesalers and/or central fill dealers for subsequent distribution or sale including retailer distribution or sale. The bottle is specifically designated for the order, and the order generally includes at least one prescription for the package.