Medication delivery apparatus
US10751257B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 1, 2019 |
| Grant date | Aug 25, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 1, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61J2205/10
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An assembly for delivering medication to a patient has a cartridge loadable with a coiled strip of successively, physically linked medication-containing pouches. The cartridge is inserted into a delivery unit which has an advance mechanism which engages the strip and drives pouches successively out of the cartridge. Pouches are fed successively to an inspection mechanism and a separation station. At the inspection station indicia on successive pouches representing a medication schedule are inspected and compared and validated against a separately stored medication schedule recorded at the time the medication is packaged in the cartridge. A separation mechanism mounted at the separation station is used to separate a pouch at the leading end of the strip from the adjacent pouches. At a pouch exit, separated pouches are routed to a delivery zone.
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