WO2024059175A1 - Système et procédé de codage robotique - Google Patents

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WO2024059175A1
WO2024059175A1 PCT/US2023/032699 US2023032699W WO2024059175A1 WO 2024059175 A1 WO2024059175 A1 WO 2024059175A1 US 2023032699 W US2023032699 W US 2023032699W WO 2024059175 A1 WO2024059175 A1 WO 2024059175A1
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Keir Hart
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
    • A61J1/00—Containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes
    • A61J1/03—Containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes for pills or tablets
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D55/00—Accessories for container closures not otherwise provided for
    • B65D55/02—Locking devices; Means for discouraging or indicating unauthorised opening or removal of closure
    • B65D55/14—Applications of locks, e.g. of permutation or key-controlled locks
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B37/00—Permutation or combination locks; Puzzle locks
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G16—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS
    • G16H—HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA
    • G16H40/00—ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities; ICT specially adapted for the management or operation of medical equipment or devices
    • G16H40/60—ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities; ICT specially adapted for the management or operation of medical equipment or devices for the operation of medical equipment or devices
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G16—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS
    • G16H—HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA
    • G16H20/00—ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance
    • G16H20/10—ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
    • G16H20/13—ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients delivered from dispensers

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  • the present disclosure generally relates to a robotic encoding system for a lockable container and method of operating same, and more particularly, a robot encoder that encodes the cap of a lockable container.
  • Tamper-proof or child-resistant containers such as those used, for example, for distributing pharmaceutical medications, are widely used to restrict access to the contents.
  • locking caps with selectively- programmable rings may be used.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 8,875,915 (“Container having a Programmable Combination Locking Cap”)
  • U.S. Pat. No. 10,842,713 (“Lockable Container”), both issued to Secure Medication System, LLC of Fort Collins, CO. and are incorporated in their entirety herein by reference.
  • the above patents describe a number of embodiments of containers that include individually programmable combination locking caps.
  • the locking cap includes a number of rotatable rings that may be aligned adjacent to one another on the cap.
  • tabs formed on the inner surface of these rings operate in conjunction with projections formed on a canister portion of the container to allow/prevent the cap from being removed from the canister portion. Access to the contents contained in the canister portion is made possible, however, by removing one tab on each ring, so that there is nothing to interfere with the projections when the plural rings are positioned so that the removed tabs are aligned along a vertical axis associated with the projections.
  • alphanumerical indicia may be formed on the outer surface of the ring.
  • the indicia that position the removed tabs along the vertical axis associated with the projections on the canister portion correspond to the combination code for unlocking the container.
  • the consumer may create her own combination code; in other implementations, the pharmacist may create the combination code.
  • rotating three or more rings requires aligning a combination code that includes an equal number of alphanumerical indicia.
  • rotating one ring may affect the alignment of adjacent rings (e.g., due to “sticky” rings), requiring the process to take longer and the rings having to be moved back and forth to provide an exact alignment.
  • Tolerances in manufacturing of, for example, the caps, the rotatable rings, the tabs on the rings, the flanges, and the canister portion, as well as the number of rotatable rings may make unlocking the cap and canister combination, as well as opening the container, more difficult. This phenomenon may be referred to as ring indexing tolerance.
  • Ring indexing tolerance may manifest among senior consumers whose eyesight or digital dexterity may not permit or may prolong a perfect alignment of the combination code.
  • the relative alignment of the alphanumerical indicia on outer surface of the ring with the tabs on the inner surface of the ring during manufacture may be off sufficiently, such that, even if combination code is properly aligned along the vertical axis of the projections formed on the canister portion, one or more tabs may interfere with the projections, preventing removal of the cap from the canister portion.
  • single-piece caps for containers often include, for holding the rings, a cylindrical member that is slightly tapered.
  • the tapering may induce some free play in the rings, affecting the ability to exactly align the appropriate combination code.
  • a lockable container encoding system for use in the manufacture of lockable containers, wherein said lockable container comprises a plurality of annular rings, the annular rings having an inner and outer surface, the inner surface comprising a plurality of selectably removable tabs for the encoding of lockable containers.
  • the lockable container encoding system comprising a processing device having a processor configured to perform a predefined set of operations in response to receiving a corresponding input from an external source, a robot encoder in communication with the computer and the processing device, the processing device for instructing the robot encoder to encode a particular personal identification number (PIN) into the selectably removable tabs.
  • PIN personal identification number
  • the robot encoder housing a plurality of ring manipulators to rotate the plurality of annular rings, a means of monitoring a physical position of the plurality of annular rings of the encodable lockable container, and a tab removal device to remove a plurality of selected removable tabs from an unencoded lockable container to encode said container, wherein responsive to instructions from one of the processing device or the point of sale computer, the robot encoder encodes the unencoded lockable container to encode said container.
  • FIG. 1 Another aspect of the present disclose is a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions executable by an associated processor to perform a method for encoding lockable containers, comprising receiving a refill instruction and an associated personal identification number (PIN), intaking a lockable container comprising a plurality of annular rings, the annular rings having an inner and outer surface, the inner surface comprising a plurality of selectably removable tabs for the encoding of lockable containers, aligning the annular rings to selectively remove the tabs to create an encoded lockable container conforming to the associated PIN, removing the tabs to conform to the associated PIN, and outputting an encoded lockable container.
  • PIN personal identification number
  • Yet another aspect of the present disclose is a method for encoding a lockable containers, wherein said lockable container comprises a plurality of annular rings, the annular rings having an inner and outer surface, the inner surface comprising a plurality of selectably removable tabs for the encoding of lockable containers.
  • the method comprising intaking an instruction and an associated personal identification number (PIN), aligning the annular rings to selectively remove the tabs to create an encoded lockable container conforming to the associated PIN, removing the tabs to conform to the associated PIN, and outputting an encoded lockable container.
  • PIN personal identification number
  • FIG. 1A is a front perspective view of a lockable container that may be created according to one embodiment of the present disclosure
  • FIG. IB is an exploded view of FIG. 1 in accordance with one example embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 2A is a schematic diagram of a robot encoder system, in accordance with one example embodiment of the present disclosure
  • FIG. 2B is a schematic diagram depicting a method of operation of a robot encoder in accordance with one example embodiment of the present disclosure
  • FIG. 3 A is a schematic diagram of a robot encoder in accordance with a second embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 3B is a schematic diagram of a robot encoder in accordance with another example embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 3C is a schematic diagram of a robot encoder in accordance with yet another example embodiment of the present disclosure
  • FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of an in-line high velocity robot in accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 5 is an illustration of a robot encoder in accordance with yet another example embodiment of the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
  • the present disclosure relates generally to a robotic encoding of a lockable container and method, and more particularly, a robot encoder that encodes the cap of a lockable container.
  • the lockable programmable container 10 may include a first element 20, a plurality of rotatable rings 30, and a second element 40.
  • the first element 20 includes multiple portions, e.g., a retainer/cap 21 and a cylindrical member 26.
  • the multi-piece (e.g. , two-piece) first element 20 may be structured and arranged to be used as the cap 21 of the container 10. While any number of rotatable rings 30 may be used, two rings 30 are shown in the figures.
  • the rotatable rings 30 are operatively disposed on the first element 20 (cap portion) of the container 10; for the second embodiment, discussed below, the rotatable rings 30 are operatively disposed on the second element 40 or canister portion 42 of the container 10.
  • the rotatable rings 30 are annular, having an inner surface 36 and an outer surface 37.
  • a plurality of removable tabs 38 may be formed on the inner surface 36 of each ring 30, while an alphanumeric character 39 may be located on the outer surface 37 of each ring 30.
  • the alphanumerical characters 39 enable the consumer, pharmacist, or authorized third party to create a multi-digit (e.g., a two-digit, a three digit, etc.) combination code for the purpose of locking and selectively unlocking the container 10 (by re-entering the appropriate combination code).
  • each alphanumerical character 39 on the outer surface 37 of the ring 30 corresponds to a discrete removable tab 38 formed on the inner surface 36 of the ring 30.
  • the character 39 comprise color coding.
  • the alphanumerical character 39 is offset or inset.
  • the inner diameter of the ring 30 may be designed so that, once the rings 30 are placed on the cylindrical member 26, the rings 30, and especially the removable tabs 38 on the inner surface 36, will rotate smoothly about the circumference of the cylindrical member 26. Removal of the tabs 38 and creation of a combination code are discussed below.
  • FIG. 2A illustrates a schematic diagram of a robotic encoding system 110, in accordance with one of the exemplary embodiments of the disclosure.
  • the robotic encoding system 110 includes a processing device 112.
  • the processing device 112 includes a computing device 115 (e.g. a database server, a file server, an application server, a computer, or the like) with computing capability and/or a processor 114.
  • the processor 114 comprises central processing units (CPU), such as a programmable general purpose or special purpose microprocessor, and/or other similar device or a combination thereof.
  • CPU central processing units
  • the processing device 112 would generate outputs based upon inputs received from a robot encoder 140 and/or a point of sale (POS) computer 142, cloud storage, a local input from a user, etc. It would be appreciated by one having ordinary skill in the art that in some embodiments the processing device 112 would include a data storage device 117 in various forms of non- transitory, volatile, and non-volatile memories which would store buffered or permanent data as well as compiled programming codes used to execute functions of the processing device 112. In another example embodiment, the data storage device 117 can be external to and accessible by the processing device 112. In yet another example embodiment, the data storage device 117 includes an external hard drive, cloud storage, and/or other external recording devices 119.
  • POS point of sale
  • the processing device 112 is one of independent of the robot encoder 140 and the point of sale computer 142, or part of one or both of the robot encoder 140 and the point of sale computer 142 [0026]
  • the processing device 112 comprises one of a remote or local computer system 121.
  • the computer system 121 includes desktop, laptop, tablet handheld personal computing device, IAN, WAN, WWW, and the like, running on any number of known operating systems and are accessible for communication with remote data storage, such as a cloud, host operating computer, via a world-wide-web or Internet.
  • the processing device 112 comprises a processor, a microprocessor, a data storage, computer system memory that includes random- access-memory (“RAM”), read-only-memory (“ROM”) and/or an input/output interface.
  • the processing device 112 executes instructions by non-transitory computer readable medium either internal or external through the processor that communicates to the processor via input interface and/or electrical communications, such as from the robot encoder 140 and/or the point of sale computer 142.
  • the processing device 112 communicates with the Internet, a network such as a LAN, WAN, and/or a cloud, input/output devices such as flash drives, remote devices such as a smart phone or tablet, and displays.
  • the point of sale computer 142 includes an interactive display 124.
  • the interactive display 124 is for receiving tactile input.
  • the point of sale computer 142 includes a secondary device, such as a smart phone, tablet, desktop, laptop, or the like.
  • the robot encoder 140 includes an interactive display 138.
  • the interactive display 138 is for receiving tactile input and/or displaying information.
  • the robot encoder 140 includes printer 136 for printing information.
  • a printer 136 is part of the robot encoder system 110.
  • the robot encoder 140 includes a secondary device, such as a smart phone, tablet, desktop, laptop, or the like.
  • the processing device 112 an SD-card-writer (e.g., for data retrieval), and the interactive display 124 (e.g., a touch-screen status-and-control LCD display) are housed in a separate module connected to the processing device 112 and/or the robot encoder 140 via short range wireless signals, WIFI, and/or corded communication.
  • FIG. 2B a method 200 of robotically encoding the canister42 or cap 21 of the container 10 featuring a plurality of rings 30 that was shown in FIGS. 1 A and IB is illustrated.
  • the robot encoder 140 is coupled to a retail or prescription remote or local POS computer system 142 and/or the processing device 112.
  • a prescription fill or refill is received by the processing device 112 from the POS computer system 142.
  • the fill or refill is assigned to a patient from a stored patient directory in the memory of said POS computer system 142 and communicated to the processing device 112.
  • the robot encoder 140 features localizer performance with vertical guidance (LPG) remotely coupled to the POS computer system 142.
  • LPG vertical guidance
  • the POS computer system 142 and/or the processor 112 instructs the robot encoder 140 to encode a lockable container 10 (see FIGS. 1A and IB) with a patient’s personal identification number (PIN)number stored in the computer’s 142 PIN field.
  • the robot encoder 140 encodes the cap 21 or canister 42 with the patient PIN number retrieved from the system 142.
  • the robot encoder 140 prints a label or sticker with fill or patient identifying information and affix it to the cap 21 or canister 42 (see FIGS. 1A-1B).
  • FIG. 3A the structure of the robot encoder 140 and method of operation is illustrated.
  • an unencoded portion of a lockable container 10 (see FIGS. 1A-1B) either the first or second portion 20, 40, is inserted into an entry area 226, see FIG. 5, of the robot encoder 140.
  • the unencoded portion is on the cap portion 21 of the container 10; in another embodiment, the unencoded portion is disposed on the canister portion 42 of the container 10.
  • either the first or second portion 20, 40 is inserted into an entry area 226 of the robot encoder 140 (see FIG. 5).
  • the entry area 226 is one of a robotic articulating arm, an XY coordinate machine with vacuum plunger and/or gripper, a delta robot, a feeder bowl, a hopper and/or conveyor that leads to a funneled or chamfered entrance into the robot encoder 140 to orient either the first or second portion 20, 40, respectively.
  • the robot encoder 140 houses an actuator (e.g., an articulating arm 222).
  • the articulating arm 222 selectively stamps the removable tabs 38 on the inner surface 36 of the unencoded container 10 down into a tab removal device 216.
  • the tab removal device 216 is one of a shearing blade, and/or a heated blade.
  • the tab removal device 216 itself remains static, thus removing selected removable tabs 38 and encoding the patient’s PIN number onto the container 10 (e.g., by selectively removing the removable tabs 38 on the inner surface 36).
  • the robot encoder 140 houses a plunger featuring tab removal devices 216 that extend in the direction of the entry area 226 of the robot encoder 140.
  • the tab removal device 216 interact with the unencoded portion of the unencoded container 10 to encode the patient’s PIN number onto the container 10 (e.g., by selectively removing the removable tabs 38 on the inner surface 36.)
  • the robot encoder 140 is aided by a visual system 223 guided ring manipulators 224, which turn/rotate the rings 30 of the unencoded container 10 to configure with a patient PIN number.
  • the guided ring manipulators 224 comprises one or more of rollers (e.g., textured or have rubbery ends), cams, and/or gripper actuators.
  • the visual system 223 includes video, such as a single or dual camera, and/or a laser.
  • One such example laser is the Keyence laser micrometer.
  • the visual system 223 is omitted.
  • the guided ring manipulators 224 comprises a nut driver or glove structure that interacts with the alphanumeric characters and/or an offset/inset on the rings to manipulate the one or more rings 30 into an encoding position, to selectively remove the removable tabs 38 to encode the container 10.
  • the guided ring manipulators 224 will interact with a first ring and a second ring of the one or more rings, and turn both rings to the encoding position of the first ring, then the guided ring manipulators 224 will partially retract to interact solely with the second ring, and turn the second ring into the encoding position of the second ring.
  • the guided ring manipulators 224 read an inset or an offset that signifies a position of the one or more rings, and rotates the rings accordingly.
  • the entry area 226 provides a channel 228 for the unencoded containers 10 to enter the robot encoder 140.
  • the entry area 226 intakes the unencoded containers 10 into a receptor in an orientation configured to match the selected patient PIN number (e.g., via a conveyer, suction, gravity, etc).
  • the tab removal device 216 is used to remove tabs 38 on the unencoded container 10 that do correspond with the selected patient PIN number.
  • the tab removal device 216 comprises guide rails 232 to ensure that the tab removal device 216 will reach the removable tabs 38 of the unencoded container 10.
  • the tab removal device 216 are one of movable or static in different embodiments of the robot encoder 140. Once the tab removal device 216 has removed the removable tabs 38 that do correspond with the patient PIN number, a retracting actuator 234 (e.g., a push arm) pushes the finished container 10a to a finished cap opening 236 formed in the robot encoder 140, where a user may remove the encoded container 10a.
  • a retracting actuator 234 e.g., a push arm
  • the finished cap opening 236 and the- entry area 226 are the same area/egress of the robot encoder 140.
  • the robot encoder 140 is an in-line high velocity robot.
  • the in-line high velocity robot encoder 140 comprises a separate capping line achieved by localized performance with vertical guidance (not shown).
  • the in-line high velocity robot encoder 140 is a spur on an existing container fill or refill assembly line.
  • the in-line high velocity robot encoder 140 includes at least one of the visual system 223 guided aligning anns 224, one or more tab removal devices 216, a conveyor 208, and/or other features.
  • the aligning manipulators 224 interact with and inset/offset of the rings 30, to move rings 30 on an unencoded container or cap 10 so that a shearing blade 216 may remove removable tabs 38
  • visual system 223 guided aligning manipulators 224 move rings 30 on an unencoded container or cap 10 so that a shearing blade 216 may remove removable tabs 38 of the unencoded cap or container 10 that do correspond with a selected patient PIN number.
  • the shearing blade 216 used in this embodiment is retractable.
  • the encodable container 42 or cap 21 drops through a passage 208 defined within the robot encoder 142 and onto a corresponding container 10 travelling along a conveyer 210 to form a finished lockable container 10a see FIG. 1A).
  • the conveyor 210 features orienting mechanics, such as at least one of visual system 223 guided aligning manipulators 224 to match the cap 21 or container 42, with a corresponding encoded cap or container.
  • the visual system 223 guided aligning manipulators 224 lock the container by scrambling the rings 30 of the encodable cap 10.
  • the aligning arms 212 scramble the rings 30 of the encodable cap 10 in a separate station (not shown) after the finished lockable container 10a is capped and ready for removal.
  • Coupled as used herein is defined as connected or in contact either temporarily or permanently, although not necessarily directly and not necessarily mechanically.
  • a device or structure that is “configured” in a certain way is configured in at least that way, but may also be configured in ways that are not listed.

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Un système et un procédé de codage de conteneur verrouillable sont divulgués. Le système de codage de conteneur verrouillable est destiné à être utilisé dans la fabrication de conteneurs verrouillables encodables, le conteneur verrouillable encodable comprenant une paroi latérale annulaire ayant une pluralité d'anneaux annulaires, les anneaux annulaires ayant une surface interne et externe, la surface interne comprenant une pluralité de languettes amovibles sélectionnables pour le codage de conteneurs verrouillables. Le système de codage de conteneur verrouillable comprend une gorge pour recevoir des conteneurs verrouillables encodables non codés, un récepteur ayant une paroi latérale dimensionnée et configurée pour contenir une pluralité de conteneurs verrouillables encodables, un premier bras articulé comprenant une pluralité de manipulateurs annulaires, un système de vision en communication avec les manipulateurs annulaires pour surveiller la position physique de la pluralité d'anneaux annulaires du conteneur verrouillable encodable, et un second bras articulé comprenant un piston ayant une lame de cisaillement; la lame de cisaillement comprenant des rails de guidage.
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