Compounding system
US4653010A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 26, 1984 |
| Grant date | Mar 24, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 26, 2004 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05D11/132
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention provides a fast, efficient and precise method and apparatus for compounding a large number of solutions for use in hyperalimentation therapy. The apparatus includes a host computer which maintains a data base of prescriptions to be compounded, and a high speed compounding apparatus connected to the host computer for compounding mixtures of base solutions in response to information supplied by the host computer from the prescription data base. Information can be entered concerning patients or prescriptions through a video display tube into the host computer data base. The host computer also includes provisions for a library of prestored standard prescriptions which can be recalled and associated with a given patient. A group of prescriptions to be compounded is first sorted in accordance with the types of specified base solutions and optionally sorted again based on the concentration of base solutions. The prescription information is transmitted to the compounding apparatus in sorted order thereby minimizing the required number of containers of base solution.
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