Pharmaceutical compounder

• US 7,171,992 B2
• Filed: 02/15/2006
• Issued: 02/06/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: B Braun Medical Incorporated (B. Braun Holding GmbH & Co. KG)
• Original Assignee: B Braun Medical Incorporated (B. Braun Holding GmbH & Co. KG)
• Inventors: DiGianfilippo, Aleandro, Pierce, Richard R.
• Primary Examiner(s): MAUST, TIMOTHY LEWIS
• Application Number:
  US11/355,215
• Publication Number:
  US 20060130927A1
• Time in Patent Office: 356 Days
• Field of Search: 141/67, 141/99, 141/100, 141/102, 141/105, 417/478, 741/255, 604/67, 604/131, 604/151, 604/249, 604/251, 604/258
• US Class Current: 141/99
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

Information management systems and methods can be used with at least one pharmaceutical compounding device. The systems and methods comprise a controller coupled to the compounding device. A compounding control manager resides on the controller to receive compounding order input and generate control commands to the compounding device based, at least in part, upon the compounding order input. An order process control manager is in data communication with the compounding control manager to communicate compounding order input to the compounding control manager. The order entry process manager includes an order function for receiving entry of compounding order input through a browser-based interface. The browser-based interface can include an order entry workstation separate from the compounding device, or a network of order entry workstations separate from the compounding device, or can reside on the controller.

Claims

1. A pharmaceutical compounding device comprising

a driver,

a drive shaft coupled to the driver for rotation, the drive shaft extending along a first axis,

an idler shaft extending along a second axis offset from the first axis,

a peristaltic pump rotor carried on the idler shaft,

a drive gear carried on the drive shaft and coupled to the peristaltic pump rotor, and

a clutch assembly on the drive shaft coupled to the drive gear, the clutch assembly being operable in a first mode to disengage the drive gear from the drive shaft and a second mode to engage the drive gear with the drive shaft, to thereby selectively impart rotation of the drive shaft to the peristaltic pump rotor.

2. A device according to claim 1, further including a controller coupled to the driver to control rate of rotation of the drive shaft.

3. A device according to claim 2, wherein the controller employs PID control of the driver.

4. A device according to claim 3, wherein the PID control includes fuzzy logic.