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Automated drug preparation apparatus including drug vial handling, venting, cannula positioning functionality

US7900658B2 · kind B2 · utility

77Cited by

128References

13Claims

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Assignee

FHT, Inc. · US

Inventors

Joel A. Osborne · New Smyrna Beach, US
Dennis Tribble · Ormond Beach, US
Abdul Wahid Khan · Lindenhurst, US
Morris W. Wallace · Ormond Beach, US
Roy A. Hughes · Palmyra, US
Jayson Lee Bender · DeLand, US
Matt Valentine · Madison, US
Dexter Bautista · Arlington, US
Jim Shafer · DeLand, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 20, 2006
Grant date	Mar 8, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 5, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB65B3/003
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An automated medication preparation system for preparing a prescribed dosage of medication in a drug delivery device includes a plurality of stations for receiving, handling and processing the drug delivery device so that the prescribed dosage of medication is delivered to the drug delivery device and a transporting device that receives and holds more than one drug delivery device and moves the drug delivery devices in a controlled manner from one station to another station. The system is configured so that two or more separate drug delivery devices can be acted upon at the same time.

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