Method and system for determining an order of fill for a plurality of pills in a multi-dose medicament container

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PATENT NO 8627639
APP PUB NO 20100071320A1
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12234221

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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.

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WALGREEN CO104 WILMOT ROAD DEERFIELD IL 60015

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Ali, Syed Y Chicago, US 8 118
Biesenthal, Amy C Buffalo Grove, US 8 160
Khullar, Rishi Deerfield, US 14 236
Lee, Victor Lake Forest, US 70 1582
McGonagle, Sean Buffalo Grove, US 14 628
Pankow, Greg Morton Grove, US 26 800

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