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MCKESSON AUTOMATION INC

Overview
  • Total Patents
    71
About

MCKESSON AUTOMATION INC has a total of 71 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 2001. It filed its patents most often in United States, Canada and WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization). Its main competitors in its focus markets computer technology, control and it methods for management are CONS HEALTH ENTREPRENEURS BV, TELEPHARMACY SOLUTIONS INC and PCAS PATIENT CARE AUTOMATION SERVICES INC.

Patent filings per year

Chart showing MCKESSON AUTOMATION INCs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Meek Robert B Jr 12
#2 Greyshock Shawn T 10
#3 Switalski Eric J 10
#4 Wangu Manoj 9
#5 Meek Jr Robert B 8
#6 Spano Philip H Jr 8
#7 Lunak Richard 7
#8 Braun Patrick J 7
#9 Conley Louis S 6
#10 Lal Payal 6

Latest patents

Publication Filing date Title
US2015091705A1 Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program product for inventory tracking and control
US2014261058A1 Apparatuses, systems, and methods for anticipating and delivering medications from a central pharmacy to a patient using a track based transport system
US2014108028A1 Apparatuses, systems, and methods for anticipating and delivering medications from a central pharmacy to a patient in a healthcare facility
WO2013148141A1 Item dispensing unit
US2014180476A1 Method, apparatus, and computer program product for the dispensing and identification of medication
US2013139662A1 System, method and corresponding apparatus for detecting perforations on a unit dose blister card
CA2772899A1 Medication dispensing cabinet and associated drawer assembly having pockets with controllably openable lids
CA2772891A1 Storage devices, systems, and methods for facilitating medication dispensing and restocking
CA2759513A1 Load balancing and assigning medication requests
CA2759515A1 Medication inventory management
CA2759517A1 Modes and workflows for processing medication requests
CA2759740A1 Methods, apparatuses and computer program products for utilizing near field communication to guide robots
CA2735338A1 Medication bin having an electronic display and an associated method and computer program product
CA2735067A1 Medication storage device usage status notifications
CA2716102A1 Unit dose packaging and associated robotic dispensing system and method
US2011161108A1 Systems and methods for detecting diversion in drug dispensing
US2010214106A1 Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for monitoring a volume of fluid in a flexible fluid bag
US2009216555A1 System, method and computer program product for performing automatic surveillance and tracking of adverse events
US2009210089A1 Lock status notification and next case medication method, apparatus and corresponding medication storage device
US2009194987A1 Method, apparatus and medication storage device for efficiently generating medication labels