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US 11,590,283 B2Granted
Compounding device system
AssigneeOmnicell, Inc.
InventorsGiuseppe Trovato, Andrea Schiavinato, Luca Amato, Charles Marsh, Larry McCutchan
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Abstract
A system for compounding medications. The system includes one or more compounding devices, and a central computer system. The central computer system receives requests, at least some of which require the compounding of one or more medications, and pushes assignments of respective compounding tasks to the one or more compounding devices. The assignments are made in accordance with a set of rules designed to promote efficient use of compounding resources.
Claims20
A compounding assistance device, comprising:
- a carrier for supporting items, wherein the material of the carrier is at least translucent to infrared light;
- an infrared digital camera positioned to photograph at least a portion of a first side of the carrier;
- an area light source positioned proximate to a second side of the carrier, the area light source configured to generate infrared light and direct the infrared light to the second side of the carrier and through the carrier and toward the infrared digital camera;
- a display;
- a controller programmed to guide a user of the compounding assistance device through a pharmaceutical compounding task using one or more prompts shown on the display;
- a visible light digital camera positioned to photograph at least a portion of the first side of the carrier;
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- a source of visible light positioned adjacent the visible light digital camera and controllable by the controller to emit light during taking of a photograph using the visible light digital camera.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.