US 5,499,193 AGranted

Automated synthesis apparatus and method of controlling the apparatus

AssigneeTakeda Chemical Industries, Ltd.

InventorsTohru Sugawara, Shinji Kato

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Abstract

An automatic synthesizing apparatus for continuously effecting automatically by a controlling apparatus all the operations including the supplying of samples into reaction vessel and so on, reaction processing of the contents within the reaction vessels, PH adjustment, extraction/dehydration processing, purification of the contents, and further analysis of the reaction condition so as to produce the target compounds. Many basic unit operation procedures are made and stored so that programs for effecting the operation controlling of the automatic synthesizing apparatus may be extremely easily made. The innumerable syntheses programs in the chemical experiments may be effected simply by the inputting of the operation names of the unit operation procedures in the operational orders when the synthesis order programs may be made for each target compound.

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Dependent claims

An automated synthesis apparatus comprising;

a synthesis processing apparatus including;
a means for shifting contents of at least one container selected from a plurality of storing containers including reaction vessels to another container;
a reaction means for reacting the contents of selected reaction vessels;
an analyzing means for analyzing with analyzers at least one portion of the contents taken out from the reaction vessels;
a purifier means for separating and purifying with purifiers at least one material from the contents of the reaction vessels;
and
a restoring means for restoring each of said means of said synthesis processing apparatus to their initial conditions;
and
a control apparatus including:
a storing means for storing in advance a plurality of unit operating procedures, each of said unit operating procedures operating one of said means of said synthesis processing apparatus;
a compiler means for compiling at least one unit operating procedure selected by said storing means for setting up an operating procedure for synthesizing a specific target compound;
an organizing means for selecting from and connecting together each means of said synthesis processing apparatus in accordance with the operating procedure of the compiler means to set up control procedures for operating all of the selected means of the synthesis processing apparatus in sequence;
and
an operating means of a computer for actuating the control procedures to operate each means of said synthesis processing apparatus for synthesizing the specific target compound.

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A method for automatically controlling the operation of an automated synthesis apparatus which includes:

a means for shifting contents of at least one container selected from a plurality of storing containers, including reaction vessels to another container;
a means for reacting the contents of selected reaction vessels;
a means for analyzing with analyzers at least one portion of the contents taken out of the reaction vessels;
a means for separating and purifying with purifiers at least one material from the contents of the reaction vessels;
and a means for restoring each of the means to their initial condition, said method comprising the steps of:
storing in advance a plurality of unit operating procedures, each of the operating unit procedures operating one of the means of the synthesis processing apparatus;
compiling at least one selected unit operating procedure to set up an operating procedure for synthesizing a specific target compounds;
selecting and connecting together each means of the synthesis processing apparatus in accordance with the compiled operating procedures to set up control procedures for operating all of the selected means of the synthesis processing apparatus in sequence;
and
actuating the control procedure to operate each means of the synthesis processing apparatus for synthesizing the specific target compound.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.