Automated pharmacy admixture system (apas)
CA 2607449 C · Owner: Reinhardt, Alex H. · Inventors: Mlodzinski, Lance R.; Doherty, Thom; Rob, Ronald H.
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In a preferred embodiment, an automated Pharmacy Admixture System (APAS) may include a manipulator system to transport medical containers such as bags vials, or syringes in a compounding chamber regulated to a pressure below atmospheric pressure. In a preferred implementation the manipulator system is , configured to grasp and convey syringes IV bags, and vials of varying shapes , and sizes from a storage system in an adjacent chamber regulated at a pressure above atmospheric pressure. Various embodiments may include a controller adapted to actuate the manipulator system to bring a fill port of an IV bag vial, or syringe into register with a filling port at a fluid transfer station in …
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- Filed April 26, 2006 and granted November 25, 2014. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 26, 2026.
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