US 2026/0307835 A1 · Systems, Methods, and Apparatuses for Producing and Packaging Medical Fluids

Systems, Methods, and Apparatuses for Producing and Packaging Medical Fluids

OwnerJason M. Overson, Robert Salisbury +41inventors

InventorsJason M. Overson, Robert Salisbury, Billie J. Strong, Gillian R. Cohen, Joseph P. Hochadel, Abdullah M. A. E. Almutawa, Robert H. Lawler, JR., Justin M. Whitney, Bryson N. Halsey, Perry F. Craver, Ryan P. Wood, John J. Wight, JR., Robert Piccirillo, Richard S. Babel, Matthew Handley, Michael J. Haynes, Blake Lagasse, Caleb D. Kase, Kunj P. Patel, Mohammed Aun Siddiqui, Stepan Vartanov, Samuel P. Rooney, Michael K. LeVasseur, Avery X. Roy, Boon Ping Ng, Xingpan Jin, Bruno L. Bertolo, Michael Quilici, Andrew A. Schnellinger, Kayli M. Hill, Peter A. Cajolet, Bayard D. Snow, Thaddeus J. Hughes, Nicholas S. Wheaton, Rajesh G. Nagula, Michael G. Norris, Gregory J. Buitkus, Archie G. Milligan, Priya Vijayakumar, Stephen J. Narvesen, Rahul Dev Appapogu, Jacob S. Squibb, Dean Kamen

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Abstract

An example dispenser of medical reservoirs may comprise a rigid frame defining a central fenestration. The dispenser may further comprise a shell coupled to the frame. The dispenser may further comprise a removable cover retained within the fenestration. The cover may include a panel with a port and a breathable microbial barrier extending across the port coupled to the panel. The frame, shell, and cover may define an interior dispenser volume. The dispenser may further comprise a frangible coupled to and at least partially covering exterior faces of the frame and the panel. The frangible may have an aperture aligned with the port. The frangible may be coupled to the exterior faces of the frame and the panel to form seals around the port, along the exterior face of the frame adjacent the fenestration, and along the exterior face of the panel adjacent the peripheral edge of the panel.

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Dependent claims

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An infeed assembly for introducing an IV bag chain into a system for producing and packing fluids comprising:

a bag displacement assembly including a first actuator coupled to a first displacement stage including a bag retention assembly;
a second actuator coupled to a second displacement stage including a set of IV bag port retainers;
a chain orientation imager having a field of view inclusive of at least a portion of a chain infeed pathway between an inlet region for the IV bag chain and the second displacement stage;
and
a controller configured to orchestrate grasping of a lead IV bag of the IV bag chain and displacement of the lead IV bag into engagement with the IV bag port retainers via commands to the bag displacement assembly, the controller configured receive an image from the imager, detect a set of IV bag ports in the image, determine a positional characterization for the IV bag chain based on location data of each of the set of IV bag ports, generate a positional adjustment command to the second actuator when at least one aspect of the positional characterization is in breach of at least one first acceptability criteria, and generate an error notification when at least one aspect of the position characterization is in breach of at least one second acceptability criteria.

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A method of feeding a chain of IV bags into a system for producing and packaging fluid comprising:

grasping, with a bag retention assembly, a lead IV bag of the chain;
powering at least one first actuator to displace the bag retention assembly to a displaceable stage and displace a set of ports of the lead IV bag into engagement with IV bag port retainers of the displaceable stage;
capturing image data of at least a portion of a chain infeed pathway between an inlet region for the chain and the displaceable stage with a chain orientation imager;
detecting a set of IV bag ports in the image data and storing image location data for each of the set of IV bag ports;
determining a positional characterization for the chain based on the image location data of each of the set of IV bag ports;
and
generating a positional adjustment command to a second actuator coupled to the displaceable stage when at least one aspect of the position characterization is in breach of at least one first acceptability criteria.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.