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Automated pharmacy admixture system (APAS)

  • US 8,571,708 B2
  • Filed: 09/24/2009
  • Issued: 10/29/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An automated pharmacy admixture system comprising:

  • an inventory chamber including a supply of medical containers including a first medical container and a second medical container, each medical container having at least one of a plurality of different fill port configurations;

    a substantially aseptic chamber comprising at least one fluid transfer station configured to transfer fluids out of the first medical container and into the second medical container, wherein a first pressure level inside the substantially aseptic chamber is regulated to a differential pressure of up to twenty five millibars below an atmospheric pressure level proximate and exterior to the substantially aseptic chamber during a fluid transfer process;

    a carrier that delivers the supply of medical containers to a location proximate or within the substantially aseptic chamber; and

    an actuator to convey the medical containers to a first fluid transfer station within the substantially aseptic chamber.

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