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US 2014/0209727 A1Published application
Drug compounding skid and compounding method
AssigneeAllergan, Inc.
InventorsJose Gonzalez-Miranda, Brad Borgwald, Thomas Buckley, Barry Hart
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Abstract
A drug compounding skid for sterile transfer of a compounded drug. The skid includes vessels configured to form a sterile seal of a drug contained therein. The skid may include a sterilization system, a drug transfer system, and a cleaning system. The skid may be used to perform sterile transfer of a compounded drug from the vessels to a holding tank. A skid may include a plurality of drug compounding tanks with agitation devices mounted thereto.
Claims28
A skid apparatus for sterile transfer of a compounded drug comprising:
- a frame configured to stand upon a supporting surface;
- a vessel having an interior chamber and an outer surface with a first open end and a second open end, and configured to retain a drug that is compounded within the interior chamber, and having a first valve at the first open end and a second valve at the second open end that are configured to form a sterile seal of the drug compounded within the interior chamber, the vessel configured to be releasably retained by the frame and to be used with a drug compounding device that compounds the drug within the interior chamber when the vessel is released from the frame;
- a sterilization system coupled to the frame and configured to direct sterilizing steam to contact and sterilize the first valve and the second valve when the vessel is retained by the frame;
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- a drug transfer system coupled to the frame and configured to direct fluid such that the fluid passes through the first valve, then through the interior chamber, and then through the second valve to transfer the drug that is compounded within the interior chamber to a holding tank when the vessel is retained by the frame.
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A method for sterile transfer of a sterile compounded drug comprising the steps of:
- providing a vessel having an interior chamber and an outer surface with a first open end and a second open end, and having a first valve at the first open end and a second valve at the second open end, the vessel retaining the sterile compounded drug in the interior chamber, the first valve and the second valve both being closed and forming a sterile seal of the sterile compounded drug within the interior chamber;
- securing the vessel to a skid frame;
- operating a sterilization system coupled to the skid frame to direct sterilizing steam to contact and sterilize the first valve and the second valve when the first valve and the second valve are closed;
- operating a drug transfer system coupled to the skid frame to direct fluid through the first valve when the first valve is open, then through the interior chamber, and then through the second valve when the second valve is open, to transfer the sterile compounded drug from the interior chamber to a holding tank.
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A skid apparatus for use to compound drugs comprising:
- a frame configured to stand upon a supporting surface;
- a first drug compounding tank coupled to the frame and configured to retain a drug for compounding within the first drug compounding tank;
- a first agitation device coupled to the first drug compounding tank and configured to agitate the drug retained within the first drug compounding tank when the drug retained within the first drug compounding tank is being compounded;
- a second drug compounding tank coupled to the frame and configured to retain a drug for compounding within the second drug compounding tank;
- a second agitation device coupled to the second drug compounding tank and configured to agitate the drug retained within the second drug compounding tank when the drug retained within the second drug compounding tank is being compounded;
- a first conduit configured to allow the drug retained within the first drug compounding tank to transfer to the second drug compounding tank;
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- a second conduit configured to allow the drug retained within the second drug compounding tank to transfer to a holding tank.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.