Automated drug preparation apparatus including automated drug reconstitution

• US 10,327,988 B2
• Filed: 06/27/2016
• Issued: 06/25/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Baxter Corporation Englewood (Baxter International Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Baxter Corporation Englewood (Baxter International Inc.)
• Inventors: Tribble, Dennis, Osborne, Joel A., Khan, Abdul Wahid, Lefebre, Edward J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Maust, Timothy L
• Application Number:
  US15/194,280
• Publication Number:
  US 20170027818A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,093 Days
• Field of Search: 700216, 141 1, 141 83, 141 94, 141192
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/10 Bag-type containers
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/20 Arrangements for transferring or mixing fluids, e.g. from vial to syringe
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/2096 Combination of a vial and a syringe for transferring or mixing their contents
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 2200/74 for weight
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 2205/10 Bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 2205/30 Printed labels
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 3/002 Compounding apparatus specially for enteral or parenteral nutritive solutions bottling liquids B67C
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2207/00 Methods of manufacture, assembly or production
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/2448 comprising means for injection of two or more media, e.g. by mixing
• CPC Class Codes: B65B 3/003 Filling medical containers such as ampoules, vials, syringes or the like
• CPC Class Codes: B65B 7/2821 applying plugs or threadless stoppers for bottles or jars B67B1/04
• CPC Class Codes: B65C 3/06 Affixing labels to short rigid containers
• CPC Class Codes: B65C 3/26 Affixing labels to non-rigid containers, e.g. bottles made of polyethylene, boxes to be inflated by internal air pressure prior to labelling

Abstract

An automated medication preparation system for preparing a prescribed dosage of medication in a drug delivery device includes a plurality of stations for receiving, handling and processing the drug delivery device so that the prescribed dosage of medication is delivered to the drug delivery device and a transporting device that receives and holds more than one drug delivery device and moves the drug delivery devices in a controlled manner from one station to another station. The system is configured so that two or more separate drug delivery devices can be acted upon at the same time.

Claims

1. An automated system for use in the preparation of medication orders, comprising:

at least one database configured for storing;

a plurality of medication orders,

identifying information for each of a plurality of medication sources, and

reconstitution instructions corresponding with each of a plurality of reconstitutable medications comprising the plurality of medication sources;

a computer controller, in communication with the at least one database, wherein for preparation of each given order of the plurality of medication orders the computer controller is configured to;

access automatically the identifying information for at least one of the plurality of medication sources corresponding with the given order,

compare automatically identifying information read from a corresponding selected medication source to the identifying information for the at least one of the plurality of medication sources corresponding with the given order, and

access automatically the reconstitution instructions for at least one of the plurality of reconstitutable medications corresponding with a given order of the plurality of medication orders for use in preparation of the given order; and

a camera configured and arranged to obtain an image of the corresponding selected medication source.

2. The automated system as recited in claim 1, wherein for each given order of the plurality of medication orders the computer controller is configurable to:

identify automatically the at least one of the plurality of medication sources corresponding with the given order for use in preparation of the given order.

3. The automated system as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

a reader, in communication with the computer controller, wherein for each given order of the plurality of medication orders the reader is operable to;

read the identifying information from the corresponding selected medication source.

4. The automated system as recited in claim 3, the reader comprising:

a bar code scanner.

5. The automated system as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

at least one scale, in communication with the computer controller, wherein for each given order of the plurality of medication orders the at least one scale is operable to;

measure a corresponding weight of the corresponding selected medication source, wherein the corresponding weight is stored in the system.

6. The automated system as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

a label printer, in communication with the computer controller, wherein for each given order of the plurality of medication orders the label printer is operable to;

print a corresponding label for application to a corresponding delivery device for containing medication corresponding with the given order of the plurality of medication orders.