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US 11,980,748 B2Granted
Cartridge loading system for syringe caps
AssigneeOmnicell, Inc.
InventorsRyan Kaintz, Peter Hoffman
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Abstract
A cartridge and loading system for loading tamper-evident syringe caps into a robotic pharmaceutical compounding device. The compounding device has a syringe finishing station, and can transfer tamper-evident caps from the cartridge to the syringe finishing station. The cartridge has a floor disposed at an angle to horizontal. The device may include a vibratory element for vibrating the cartridge, so that tamper-evident caps are fed to an outlet of the cartridge by gravity.
Claims19
A robotic compounding system, comprising:
- a syringe finishing station having an input location configured to individually receive tamper-evident syringe caps and to individually place the tamper-evident syringe caps onto syringes;
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- a cartridge that is configured to hold a supply of tamper-evident syringe caps, the cartridge having an outlet positioned adjacent the input location of the syringe finishing station, wherein the cartridge comprises a floor that is angled toward the outlet to facilitate movement of the tamper-evident syringe caps toward the outlet, wherein the cartridge further comprises a door that automatically closes when the cartridge is removed from the robotic compounding system.
A robotic compounding system, comprising:
- a syringe finishing station having an input location configured to individually receive tamper-evident syringe caps and to individually place the tamper-evident syringe caps onto syringes, the syringe finishing station comprising:
- a gate at the input location;
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- an actuator configured to open the gate;
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- a cartridge that is configured to hold a supply of tamper-evident syringe caps, the cartridge having an outlet positioned adjacent the input location of the syringe finishing station, wherein the cartridge comprises a floor that is angled toward the outlet to facilitate movement of the tamper-evident syringe caps toward the outlet, wherein the gate is closed after each dispensing of a tamper-evident cap from the cartridge,
- wherein the actuator is configured to open the gate to selectively admit a tamper-evident cap from the outlet of the cartridge into the input location of the syringe finishing station.
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A robotic compounding system, comprising:
- a syringe finishing station having an input location configured to individually receive tamper-evident syringe caps and to individually place the tamper-evident syringe caps onto syringes;
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- a cartridge that is configured to hold a supply of tamper-evident syringe caps, the cartridge having an outlet positioned adjacent the input location of the syringe finishing station, wherein the cartridge comprises a floor that is angled toward the outlet to facilitate movement of the tamper-evident syringe caps toward the outlet, wherein the cartridge is separable from the syringe finishing station, the syringe finishing station comprising a set of rails into which the cartridge slides to bring the outlet of the cartridge to the input location of the syringe finishing station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.