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Dispensing apparatus

  • US 5,309,959 A
  • Filed: 08/24/1992
  • Issued: 05/10/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/19/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A dispensing apparatus comprising a base, a robot device on the base, the robot device having gripping means, a plurality of stations at the base, each station being arranged to cooperate with the robot device in a sequence of operations such as to produce a measured pharmaceutical dose from a supply of a pharmaceutically acceptable substance, one of the stations comprising means for locating in parallel a plurality of hypodermic syringes for containing the substance and for operating at least one of the syringes, and said one station including means for locating at least one container relative to said one syringe and for producing relative movement between said one syringe and said at least one container, thereby to arrange for the syringe to penetrate the container and to withdraw from the container.

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