Methods and systems for filling a prepackaged container
AssigneeAirgraft Inc.
InventorsMladen Barbaric, Kisae Kim, Sungmoon Kim, Bong Geun Kim
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Abstract
In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a housing and a mount. The housing includes a cover portion and a base portion. The cover portion and the base portion define an interior. The housing defines an opening via which the interior can be accessed from a region external to the housing. The mount is coupled to the base portion and configured to maintain a position of a fillable component within the interior of the housing such that an elastomeric membrane of the fillable component is aligned with the opening defined by the housing and a reservoir of the fillable component is accessible by a needle via the opening and the elastomeric membrane.
Claims28
A method, comprising:
- reading an identifier disposed on an outer surface of the package, the identifier associated with the fillable component;
- validating, based on the identifier, a source of the package;
- translating, after validating the source of the package, a needle in a first direction from a first position in which the needle is spaced from a resealable membrane of a fillable component to a second position in which a distal end of the needle is disposed in a reservoir of the fillable component and a portion of the needle is disposed within an opening in the resealable membrane, the fillable component disposed within a package having an opening aligned with the resealable membrane of the fillable component such that the distal end of the needle is translated through the opening during the translation of the needle from the first position to the second position, the opening of the package being sufficiently small such that the fillable component cannot pass through the opening,
- delivering a quantity of a consumable substance from a supply reservoir through the lumen of the needle into the reservoir of the fillable component, and
- translating the needle in the second direction from the second position to the first position such that the needle is translated out of contact with the fillable component and the resealable membrane of the fillable component reseals the opening in the resealable membrane.
A method, comprising:
- reading an identifier associated with the fillable component, the identifier being disposed on an outer surface of the package;
- translating a needle in a first direction from a first position in which the needle is spaced from a resealable membrane of a fillable component to a second position in which a distal end of the needle is disposed in a reservoir of the fillable component and a portion of the needle is disposed within an opening in the resealable membrane, the fillable component disposed within a package having an opening aligned with the resealable membrane of the fillable component such that the distal end of the needle is translated through the opening during the translation of the needle from the first position to the second position, the opening of the package being sufficiently small such that the fillable component cannot pass through the opening;
- delivering a quantity of a consumable substance from a supply reservoir through the lumen of the needle into the reservoir of the fillable component;
- translating the needle in the second direction from the second position to the first position such that the needle is translated out of contact with the fillable component and the resealable membrane of the fillable component reseals the opening in the resealable membrane;
- and
- transmitting fill information associated with the identifier and the quantity of the consumable substance to a remote server.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.