Machine for the preparation of pharmaceutical products

• US 8,800,608 B2
• Filed: 10/26/2012
• Issued: 08/12/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Omnicell Srl (Omnicell Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Health Robotics S.r.l (Omnicell Incorporated)
• Inventors: Giribona, Paolo, Rainer, Werner, Baldassari, Daniele, Gabbarrini, Alferino, Paluselli, Pietro
• Primary Examiner(s): Huson, Gregory
• Assistant Examiner(s): ARNETT, NICOLAS ALLEN
• Application Number:
  US13/661,398
• Publication Number:
  US 20130192165A1
• Time in Patent Office: 655 Days
• Field of Search: 141/2, 141/27, 141/51, 141/63, 141 85- 89, 141/248
• US Class Current: 141/85
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/10 Bag-type containers
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/16 Holders for containers
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/20 Arrangements for transferring or mixing fluids, e.g. from vial to syringe
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 3/002 Compounding apparatus specially for enteral or parenteral nutritive solutions bottling liquids B67C
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 2035/3512 Fluid sealings, e.g. using liquids or air under pressure which is leaking into the mixing receptacle
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 2101/22 Mixing of ingredients for pharmaceutical or medical compositions
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 29/31 the containers being supported by driving means, e.g. by rotating rollers
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 29/321 of test-tubes or the like
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 29/33 by imparting a combination of movements to two or more containers
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 29/40353 being perpendicular axes
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 29/40363 having perpendicular axes
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 33/84 Mixing plants with mixing receptacles receiving material dispensed from several component receptacles, e.g. paint tins
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 33/848 using data, i.e. barcodes, 3D codes or similar type of tagging information, as instruction or identification codes for controlling the dispensing and mixing operations
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 35/146 Working under sterile conditions; Sterilizing the mixer or parts thereof
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 35/422 having a jaw-type or finger-type shape
• CPC Class Codes: B65B 1/04 Methods of, or means for, filling the material into the containers or receptacles
• CPC Class Codes: B65B 43/46 using grippers
• CPC Class Codes: B65B 43/465 for bags

Abstract

A machine for the preparation of pharmaceutical products is provided with a gripping and carrier device to transfer at least one container between a magazine and a dosage station for the preparation of a pharmaceutical product, and a box-type holding frame defining a chamber for the housing of magazine, gripping and carrier device, and dosage station; the chamber displaying an access aperture to magazine and being crossed by a sterile air flow adapted to avoid the entry of air from the external environment through aperture itself.

Claims

1. A machine for the preparation of pharmaceutical products comprising a magazine for a plurality of containers, each container of at least part of the containers containing a pharmaceutical compound and/a diluent;

a dosage station for the preparation of a pharmaceutical product comprising at least one said pharmaceutical compound and at least one said diluent;

gripping and carrier means to transfer the containers between the magazine and the dosage station; and

collection means for the processing waste of the machine, the collection means comprising a vessel and a closing lid for the vessel itself; and

wherein the collection means further comprise actuating means to displace the vessel and the lid one with respect to the other in two directions which are transverse to one another.

2. The machine according to claim 1, wherein one of said two directions is vertical.

3. The machine according to claim 1, wherein one of said two directions is horizontal.

4. The machine according to claim 1, wherein the vessel and the lid display corresponding peripheral edges adapted to come into contact with one another following a displacement of the vessel and of the lid in a closure position of the vessel itself;

at least one of said edges being provided with a sealing compound.

5. The machine according to claim 1, wherein said collection means further comprise first, and second support means for said vessel and respectively for said lid.

6. The machine according to claim 1, further comprising a chamber for the housing of the magazine, the dosage station, and the gripping and carrier means, a partition wall to separate the chamber and said collection means from one another, and an aperture obtained through the partition wall to connect the chamber and the collection means to one another.