Mixing and/or reconstitution system

A base station comprising:

• at least one drive unit;
• a first slide;
• and
• a driver,
• wherein the base station is configured such that an assembly, which is formed by a sleeve-like supporting unit and comprises a device, a vial, and a needle, is attachable to the base station, such that the device, the vial and the needle are attachable to the base station in an initial position,
• wherein the needle is attached to the device and is fluidly connected with a first chamber of the device, and
• wherein in the initial position, the supporting unit is adapted to fix the device and the vial at pre-defined relative positions such that the needle and the vial have a pre-defined distance between each other,
• wherein the device contains a first material within the first chamber, and comprises a housing and a plunger,
• wherein the vial contains a second material within a second chamber, and at least one of the first material and the second material is a fluid,
• wherein in the initial position the at least one drive unit is connected to the first slide that moves the vial and/or the housing of the device relative to each other in an axial direction of the device into an activated position, wherein in the activated position:
• the needle is fluidly connected with the second chamber, and
• the at least one drive unit is connected to the driver that moves the plunger in the axial direction of the device such that during fluid connection of the needle with the second chamber the first material is expelled from the first chamber of the device into the second chamber of the vial, or the second material is expelled from the second chamber of the vial into the first chamber of the device, or both the first material is expelled into the second chamber and the second material is expelled into the first chamber.

A mixing and/or reconstitution system comprising:

• a device containing a first material within a first chamber, and further comprising a housing and a plunger;
• a vial containing a second material within a second chamber, wherein at least one of the first material and the second material is a fluid;
• a base station comprising at least one drive unit, a first slide, and
• a driver;
• and
• a needle,
• a sleeve-like supporting unit which is adapted to form an assembly comprising the device, the vial, and the needle, wherein the sleeve-like supporting unit is adapted to fix the device and the vial at pre-defined relative positions,
• wherein the needle is attached to the device, and is fluidly connected with the first chamber of the device,
• wherein the assembly is attachable to the base station in an initial position of the device and the vial, wherein in the initial position, the device and the vial are attachable to the base station such that the device and the vial have a pre-defined distance between each other,
• wherein in the initial position the at least one drive unit is connected to the first slide that moves the vial and/or the housing of the device relative to each other in an axial direction of the device into an activated position, wherein in the activated position:
• the needle is fluidly connected with the second chamber, and
• the at least one drive unit is connected to the driver that moves the plunger in the axial direction of the device such that during fluid connection of the needle with the second chamber the first material is expelled from the first chamber of the device into the second chamber of the vial, or the second material is expelled from the second chamber of the vial into the first chamber of the device, or both the first material is expelled into the second chamber and the second material is expelled into the first chamber.

A mixing and/or reconstitution method comprising:

• attaching a needle to a device and fluidly connecting the needle to a first chamber of the device, wherein the device contains a first material within the first chamber, and further comprises a housing and a plunger;
• attaching the device with the needle, and a vial to a base station in an initial position in which the device and the vial have a pre-defined distance between each other, wherein the vial contains a second material within a second chamber, wherein at least one of the first material and the second material is a fluid;
• in the initial position moving the vial and/or the housing of the device relative to each other in a first axial direction of the device into an activated position, in which the needle is fluidly connected with the second chamber;
• and
• in the activated position mixing and/or reconstituting a drug by moving the plunger in the first axial direction of the device such that during fluid connection of the needle with the second chamber the first material is expelled from the first chamber of the device into the second chamber of the vial or the second material is expelled from the second chamber of the vial into the first chamber of the device, wherein prior to the initial position an assembly comprising the device, the vial, the needle and a sleeve-like supporting unit is formed,
• wherein the needle is attached to the device and is fluidly connected with the first chamber of the device, and
• wherein the supporting unit fixes the device and the vial at pre-defined relative positions.