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US 12,580,059 B2Granted
IV compounding systems and methods
AssigneeOmnicell, Inc.
InventorsLarry McCutchan, Stanley Mamula, Charles Marsh
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Abstract
Systems and methods of compounding of medication include a user interface that enables efficient design of compounding workflows and protocols. A user can select a workflow type from a number of workflow types differentiated at least in part by the vehicle in which a compounded pharmaceutical is to be delivered, and the user may also specify a compounding device. Options are presented and the steps of a workflow in accordance with the workflow type and options is displayed and updated in real time as options are selected. A protocol can be constructed by inserting information into the workflow based on a specification of a particular pharmaceutical to be compounded.
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A method of compounding a medication, the method comprising:
- presenting, at a user interface presented on an electronic display, a list of a number of workflow types differentiated at least in part by a kind of delivery vehicle in which a completed compounded pharmaceutical is to be delivered;
- receiving, via a user input device, a first user selection of one of the number of workflow types;
- presenting, at the user interface, a list of a number of compounding device types that are available for use with the selected workflow type;
- receiving, via the user input device, a second user selection of one of the number of compounding device types;
- presenting, at the user interface, a number of options applicable to compounding a pharmaceutical on the selected compounding device type into the delivery vehicle of the selected workflow type;
- receiving, via the user input device, a third user selection of one or more of the options;
- presenting, in the user interface, an automatically constructed workflow for compounding a pharmaceutical into the delivery vehicle of the selected workflow type on the selected compounding device type;
- receiving, via the user input device, a fourth user selection that specifies a particular pharmaceutical to be compounded according to the constructed workflow;
- receiving an automatically constructed compounding protocol constructed from the constructed workflow;
- causing the compounding protocol to be transmitted to a robotic compounding device of the selected compounding device type;
- and
- causing the robotic compounding device to compound the specified pharmaceutical into the delivery vehicle of the selected workflow type in accordance with the compounding protocol, wherein during compounding the specified pharmaceutical, the robotic compounding device verifies that the delivery vehicle matches the selected workflow type, transfers a correct volume of the specified pharmaceutical, into the delivery vehicle, and verifies that the correct volume of the specified pharmaceutical has been transferred to the delivery vehicle.
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A system for pharmaceutical compounding, comprising:
- one or more processors;
- an electronic display;
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- memory holding instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to:
- present, at a user interface presented on the electronic display, a list of a number of workflow types differentiated at least in part by a kind of delivery vehicle in which a completed compounded pharmaceutical is to be delivered;
- receive, via a user input device, a first user selection of one of the number of workflow types;
- present, at the user interface, a list of a number of compounding device types;
- receive, via the user input device, a second user selection of one of the number of compounding device types;
- present, at the user interface, a number of options applicable to compounding a pharmaceutical on the selected compounding device type into the delivery vehicle of the selected workflow type;
- receive, via the user input device, a third user selection of one or more of the options;
- present, in the user interface, an automatically constructed workflow for compounding a pharmaceutical into the delivery vehicle of the selected workflow type on the selected compounding device type;
- receive, via the user input device, a fourth user selection that specifies a particular pharmaceutical to be compounded according to the constructed workflow;
- receive an automatically constructed compounding protocol constructed from the constructed workflow;
- cause the compounding protocol to be transmitted to a robotic compounding device of the selected compounding device type;
- and
- cause the robotic compounding device to compound the specified pharmaceutical into the delivery vehicle of the selected workflow type in accordance with the compounding protocol, wherein during compounding the specified pharmaceutical, the robotic compounding device verifies that the delivery vehicle matches the selected workflow type, transfers a correct volume of the specified pharmaceutical into the delivery vehicle, and verifies that the correct volume of the specified pharmaceutical has been transferred to the delivery vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.