Device for placing a stopper while simultaneously checking that the stopper is correctly positioned
AssigneeArzneimittel GmbH Apotheker Vetter & Co. Ravensburg
InventorsAlexander Glunz, Arno Schroff
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Abstract
A device places a plug and simultaneously checks a correct position alignment of the plug with a holding element for fixing a hollow body. The device has at least one first and one second opening and a plug placement mechanism with which the plug is be inserted into the second opening of the hollow body. The device has a measuring head that is traversed by at least one channel. The channel can be fluidically connected to the first opening of the hollow body. The device can further include a pressure sensor which can be fluidically connected to the channel of the measuring head.
Claims21
A device for placing a plug while simultaneously checking a correct position alignment of the plug, the device comprising:
- a holding element for fixing a hollow body, the hollow body having at least one first opening and one second opening;
- a plug placement means for inserting the plug into the second opening of the hollow body;
- a measuring head traversed by at least one channel, the channel fluidically connected to the first opening of the hollow body;
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- a pressure sensor fluidically connected to the channel of the measuring head;
- wherein the measuring head and the pressure sensor are embodied in an integral manner.
A device for placing a plug while simultaneously checking a correct position alignment of the plug, the device comprising:
- a holding element for fixing a hollow body, the hollow body having at least a first opening and a second opening;
- a plug placement means for inserting the plug into the second opening of the hollow body;
- a measuring head traversed by at least one channel, the channel fluidically connected to the first opening of the hollow body;
- and
- a pressure sensor fluidically connected to the channel of the measuring head,
- wherein the holding element is comprised by the measuring head.
A device for placing a plug while simultaneously checking a correct position alignment of the plug, the device comprising:
- a holding element for fixing a hollow body, the hollow body having at least one first opening and one second opening;
- a plug placement means for inserting the plug into the second opening of the hollow body;
- a measuring head traversed by at least one channel, the channel fluidically connected to the first opening of the hollow body;
- and
- a pressure sensor fluidically connected to the channel of the measuring head,
- wherein the plug is a central plug and the hollow body is embodied as a dual-chamber or multi-chamber carpule or a dual-chamber or multi-chamber syringe.
A device for checking a correct position alignment of a plug, the device comprising:
- a holding element for fixing a hollow body;
- a measuring head traversed by at least one channel, the channel fluidically connected to a first opening of the hollow body;
- a pressure sensor fluidically connected to the channel of the measuring head;
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- a pressure source fluidically connected to the first opening of the hollow body;
- wherein the plug is inserted into a second opening of the hollow body and the holding element is comprised by the measuring head.
A device for checking a correct position alignment of a plug, the device comprising:
- a holding element for fixing a hollow body;
- a measuring head traversed by at least one channel, the channel fluidically connected to a first opening of the hollow body;
- a pressure sensor fluidically connected to the channel of the measuring head;
- and
- a pressure source fluidically connected to the first opening of the hollow body,
- wherein the plug is a central plug inserted into a second opening of the hollow body and the hollow body is embodied as a dual-chamber or multi-chamber carpule or a dual-chamber or multi-chamber syringe.
A method for placing a plug while simultaneously checking a correct position alignment of the plug comprising:
- holding a hollow body with aid of a holding element;
- providing respectively one fluid connection between a channel traversing a measuring head and a pressure sensor on one hand and the channel and a first opening of the hollow body on another hand;
- inserting the plug into a second opening of the hollow body;
- providing fluid connection between a pressure source and the first opening of the hollow body before the insertion of the plug;
- detecting the pressure detectable at the pressure sensor during the insertion of the plug and;
- introducing a predetermined volume of a medium into the first opening of the hollow body with aid of the pressure source during the insertion of the plug.
A method for checking a correct position alignment of a plug, the method comprising:
- holding a hollow body with aid of a holding element, the hollow body having a first opening and a second opening, the plug disposed in the second opening;
- providing respectively one fluid connection between a channel traversing a measuring head and a pressure sensor on one hand and the channel and the first opening of the hollow body on another hand;
- providing fluid connection between a pressure source and the first opening of the hollow body;
- introducing a predetermined volume of a medium into the first opening of the hollow body with aid of the pressure source;
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- detecting the pressure detectable at the pressure sensor during introduction of the volume of the medium into the first opening of the hollow body.
A device for placing a plug while simultaneously checking a correct position alignment of the plug, the device comprising:
- a hollow body having at least a first opening and a second opening, the second opening adapted to receive a plug;
- a measuring head defining at least one channel, the channel fluidically connected to the first opening of the hollow body;
- and
- a pressure sensor fluidically connected to the channel of the measuring head,
- wherein the measuring head defines a holding element for fixing the hollow body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.