AUTOMATED SYRINGE FILLER AND LOADING APPARATUS

• US 20120325368A1
• Filed: 09/10/2012
• Published: 12/27/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/18/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Saverio Roberto Strangis
• Original Assignee: Saverio Roberto Strangis
• Inventors: Strangis, Saverio Roberto
• Granted Patent: US 8,807,177 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 141/18
• CPC Class Codes: B63C 9/0005 by means of alarm devices for persons falling into the water, e.g. by signalling, by controlling the propulsion or manoeuvring means of the boat alarms responsive to presence of persons in a body of water in general G08B21/08
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/088 by monitoring a device worn by the person, e.g. a bracelet attached to the swimmer
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49826 Assembling or joining

Abstract

An automated syringe filler is disclosed comprising a housing and motor with a rotatable syringe holder plate that can be raised and lowered onto exposed syringe needles. The housing also has components for one or more syringes to be attached with the needles pointing upward and the syringe plungers moveably positioned at the bottom. The syringe plunger tool controls the movement of the syringe plunger and can be horizontally and vertically positionable. The syringe plunger tool is motorized and can be controlled by a CPU or similar device containing programmable media.

Claims

1. An automated method for the filling of syringes comprising:

a) placing a syringe on a syringe holder component under a rotatable and elevatable syringe filler plate wherein the filler plate holds at least one inverted vial wherein the syringe holder component is attached to the filler plate housing;

b) positioning at least one inverted vial in a first position above the syringe needle wherein the inverted vial has a perforatable surface;

c) the rotatable plate holding the vial descending from the first position to a second position wherein the perforatable surface is perforated upon the syringe needle; and

d) the rotatable plate moving upward from the second position to the first position causing the syringe needle to be extracted from the perforatable surface of the inverted vial.

2. The automated method for the filling of syringes of claim 1 further comprising placing the syringe under the rotatable syringe filler plate wherein the syringe needle points upward and a syringe plunger is at the bottom.

3. The automated method for the filling of syringes of claim 2 further comprising a plurality of syringe holder components on the housing.

4. The automated method for the filling of syringes of claim 2 further comprising positioning the syringe plunger in a location that the syringe plunger can be extended downward from the syringe.

5. The automated method for the filling of syringes of claim 1 further comprising positioning the syringe on a syringe holder component of a filler plate housing and at least one inverted vial accessing the syringe needle by moving the rotatable and elevatable syringe filler plate.

6. The automated method for the filling of syringes of claim 4 further comprising extending a syringe plunger downward with a syringe plunger tool rotating or extending and descending from the syringe filler plate housing.

7. The automated method for the filling of syringes of claim 6 further comprising controlling the movement of the filler plate and syringe plunger rotating tool with a CPU or other device having programmable media.

8. A rotatable and elevatable syringe filler plate housing comprising:

a) a rotatable and elevatable horizontal plate;

b) holder components for holding inverted vials of liquid on the horizontal plate;

c) at least one motor for rotating and elevating the rotatable and elevatable horizontal plate; and

d) a syringe holder component.

9. The rotatable and elevatable syringe filler plate housing of claim 8 further comprising:

a) a horizontally and vertically positionable syringe plunger tool;

b) a motor for horizontally and vertically positioning the syringe plunger tool; and

c) a CPU or similar device containing programmable media.

10. The rotatable and elevatable syringe filler plate housing of claim 9 wherein the CPU or similar device containing programmable media controls the rotatable and elevatable horizontal plate and the horizontally and vertically positional syringe plunger tool.

11. The rotatable and elevatable syringe filler plate housing of claim 9 further comprising:

a) one or more of syringe holders wherein the needles of the held syringes are pointed up and accessible to an inverted vial held on the rotatable and elevatable horizontal plate; and

b) one or more of horizontally and vertically positional syringe plunger tools are each positioned to engage a syringe plunger.

12. The rotatable and elevatable syringe filler plate housing of claim 8 further comprising a needle cap extractor.