A - Human Necessities – 61 – J
Patent
A - Human Necessities
61
J
226/43
A61J 1/00 (2006.01) B01F 13/00 (2006.01) G01N 35/00 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1317262
ABSTRACT The invention concerns the automated robotic system for dispensing drugs from vials into liquid containing containers such as IV bags or syringes. A system whereby a robot selects a vial and a suitable container and transports them to a processing station together with a needle which may be double-ended. At the processing station the contents of the vial are transferred into the container. Some of the contents of the container may be transferred into the vial in order to reconstitute and/or wash out the vial contents and agitation means may be provided for the vial. Various additional devices may be provided such as a decapping device for the vials, an alcohol swabbing station for swabbing the top of a vial and/or the input port of a IV bag or syringe. Moreover, a label printer may be provided so that the robot may deliver a label with the finally processed IV bag and empty vial to a verification station. When IV bags are used, the invention may feature a conveyor of trays of the bags to a pick-up station for the robot. The trays add rigidity to the bags so that they can be handled by the robot. To present needles to the robot for pick-up, needle trays may be used in which needles lie parallel one to the other in pick-up position. The robot, itself, may have gripping fingers having one gripping surface suitable for gripping a vial and another gripping surface suitable for gripping a needle or solution container. The containers may be provided with shaped portions suitable for gripping by either of the robot gripping surfaces. Vial dispensing means may be a chute or a series of chutes which present vials to specific pick-up locations from which the robot can select a vial in accordance with prescription data.
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Fincati Anne Marie
Voss Henry Herbert
Zezulka Bohuslav J.
Alberta Research Council
Blake Cassels & Graydon Llp
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