System and method for personalized injection treatment
First Claim
1. A system for compounding pharmaceutical agents for injection treatment of a patient, which comprises:
- a) a housing enclosing an interior space;
b) an inventory structure having a plurality of chambers for individually holding one or more pharmaceutical agent-containing single use capsules, wherein each capsule has a volume capacity of from about 0.1 to about 10.0 mL liquid;
c) means for selecting capsules in accordance with predetermined pharmaceutical agents contained in said capsules;
d) means for moving the selected capsules to a processing area;
e) means for sequentially transferring a controlled quantity of the predetermined pharmaceutical agent with direct fluid communication from each selected capsule to a product container under positive or negative pressure; and
f) means for automatically discarding spent capsules from which the pharmaceutical agents have been removed after a single use, wherein the system is configured to limit the capsules to a single use, and wherein the means for transferring the pharmaceutical agent comprises a means for mechanically compressing the capsule to provide a positive external pressure for moving the pharmaceutical agent from the capsule through a needle and into the product container.
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Abstract
An automated system (100) for compounding pharmaceutical agents for injection treatment of a patient includes a housing (110) enclosing an interior space; an inventory structure (130) having a plurality of chambers (131) for individually holding one or more pharmaceutical agent—containing single use capsules (102), wherein each capsule has a volume capacity of from about 0.1 to about 10.0 mL liquid; means (140) for selecting capsules in accordance with predetermined pharmaceutical agents contained in said capsules; means (150) for moving the selected capsules to a processing area; means (165,166) for sequentially transferring a controlled quantity of the predetermined pharmaceutical agent with direct fluid communication from each selected capsule to a product container under positive or negative pressure; and means (151) for automatically discarding spent capsules from which the pharmaceutical agents have been removed after a single use.
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27 Claims
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1. A system for compounding pharmaceutical agents for injection treatment of a patient, which comprises:
- a) a housing enclosing an interior space;
b) an inventory structure having a plurality of chambers for individually holding one or more pharmaceutical agent-containing single use capsules, wherein each capsule has a volume capacity of from about 0.1 to about 10.0 mL liquid;
c) means for selecting capsules in accordance with predetermined pharmaceutical agents contained in said capsules;
d) means for moving the selected capsules to a processing area;
e) means for sequentially transferring a controlled quantity of the predetermined pharmaceutical agent with direct fluid communication from each selected capsule to a product container under positive or negative pressure; and
f) means for automatically discarding spent capsules from which the pharmaceutical agents have been removed after a single use, wherein the system is configured to limit the capsules to a single use, and wherein the means for transferring the pharmaceutical agent comprises a means for mechanically compressing the capsule to provide a positive external pressure for moving the pharmaceutical agent from the capsule through a needle and into the product container. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
- a) a housing enclosing an interior space;
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27. A method for compounding pharmaceutical agents for injection treatment of a patient, comprising:
- a) storing a plurality of pharmaceutical agent-containing capsules in an inventory structure;
b) selecting one or more capsules according to the pharmaceutical agents contained therein;
c) puncturing the selected capsules with an extraction device;
d) withdrawing a quantity of pharmaceutical agents from the selected capsules under positive or negative pressure and transferring the withdrawn pharmaceutical agents to a product container;
e) discarding spent capsules from which the pharmaceutical agents have been withdrawn after a single use of the capsules, wherein the method requires that the capsules be limited to a single use, and wherein the transferring the withdrawn pharmaceutical agents to a product container comprises using a means for mechanically, compressing the capsule to provide a positive external pressure for moving the pharmaceutical agent from the capsule through a needle and into the product container.
- a) storing a plurality of pharmaceutical agent-containing capsules in an inventory structure;
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