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US 2020/0005583 A1Published application
Picking device and method for retrieving drug compositions from storage
AssigneeBecton Dickinson Rowa Germany GmbH
InventorsDirk Wingenter, Christoph Hellenbrand
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Abstract
A picking device for dispensing drug combinations arranged in storage vessels is provided. A storage device includes multiple storage locations for storage vessels, and an operating device is coupled to a controller. A stocking device moves storage vessels into the storage device, and an unloading device transfers drug combinations arranged in the storage vessels to a transport device.
Claims20
A picking device for dispensing drug combinations arranged in storage vessels, comprising:
- a control device;
- a storage device;
- a stocking device configured to move the storage vessels into the storage device;
- an operating device configured to remove the storage vessels from the stocking device;
- an identifying device for identifying the drug combinations;
- a delivery station;
- and
- a transport device configured to transfer drug combinations from the storage device to the delivery station,
- wherein one or more of the stocking device, the operating device, the identifying device, the deliver station and the transport device are coupled to the control device.
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A method for retrieving drugs in a picking device, the method comprising:
- identifying a drug combination to be retrieved;
- moving an operating device to a storage location assigned to the identified drug combination;
- gripping, by the operating device, a storage vessel containing the drug combination;
- transferring the storage vessel to an unloading device;
- emptying the drug combination from the storage vessel onto a transport device;
- transporting, by the transport device, the drug combination to a removal location of a delivery station;
- and
- clearing the removal location of the drug combination upon instructions from a control device coupled to the delivery station.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.