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US 12,186,269 B2Granted
Reconstitution device, system and method
AssigneeEnable Injections, Inc.
InventorsDylan Bourelle, Matthew Huddleston, Joetta Renee Palmer, David Stefanchik
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Abstract
An automated transfer and mixing device receives an injection device, a lyophilized drug vial and a diluent vial and transfers diluent from the diluent vial to the lyophilized drug vial and shakes or vibrates the lyophilized drug vial to reconstitute the drug. The device then transfers the reconstituted drug from the lyophilized drug vial to the injection device.
Claims15
A device for reconstituting a lyophilized product comprising:
- a. a housing including a vial receptacle having a vial holder carriage that is movable with respect to the housing;
- b. a vial holder configured to be connected to the vial receptacle of the housing and to hold a first vial containing a lyophilized product and a second vial containing a diluent;
- C. a pressurized fluid supply system configured to transfer diluent from the second vial to the first vial;
- d. a motor positioned in the housing and configured to be connected to the vial holder when the vial holder is connected to the vial receptacle and to vibrate the first vial so that the lyophilized product in the first vial is reconstituted with diluent transferred from the second vial to the first vial;
- e. a trigger mechanism and an electronic controller, wherein the electronic controller is configured to control the motor and the trigger mechanism is connected to the vial holder carriage and the electronic controller;
- f. said vial holder carriage configured to receive the vial holder and to trip the trigger mechanism by connection of the vial holder to the vial holder carriage and wherein the motor is configured to vibrate the vial holder carriage.
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A system for injecting a drug comprising:
- a. an injection device;
- b. a device for reconstituting a lyophilized drug comprising:
- i) a housing including a vial receptacle having a vial holder carriage that is movable with respect to the housing;
- ii) a vial holder configured to be connected to the vial receptacle of the housing and to hold a first vial containing a lyophilized product and a second vial containing a diluent;
- .iii) a pressurized fluid supply system configured to transfer diluent from the second vial to the first vial;
- iv) a motor positioned in the housing and configured to be connected to the vial holder when the vial holder is connected to the vial receptacle and to vibrate the first vial so that the lyophilized product in the first vial is reconstituted with diluent transferred from the second vial to the first vial;
- v) a trigger mechanism and an electronic controller, wherein the electronic controller is configured to control the motor and the trigger mechanism is connected to the vial holder carriage and the electronic controller;
- vi) said vial holder carriage configured to receive the vial holder and to trip the trigger mechanism by connection of the vial holder to the vial holder carriage and wherein the motor is configured to vibrate the vial holder carriage;
- vii) said housing including an injection device receptacle, said injection device receptacle configured to receive the injection device and wherein the pressurized fluid supply system is further configured to transfer reconstituted product from the first vial to an injection device connected to the injection device receptacle.
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A method for reconstituting a drug comprising the steps of:
- a. providing a first vial containing a lyophilized drug and a second vial containing a diluent;
- b. placing the first and second vials into a vial holder;
- C. connecting the vial holder to a vial holder carriage;
- d. transferring diluent from the second vial to the first vial using a pressurized fluid supply system;
- e. tripping a triggering mechanism during step c. whereby a motor is activated;
- f. vibrating the vial holder carriage using the motor so as to vibrate the first vial so that the lyophilized drug in the first vial is reconstituted with the diluent from the second vial.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.