Fluent material handling – with receiver or receiver coacting mea – Filling or refilling of dispensers – By operation of means causing or controlling dispensing
Reexamination Certificate
2006-10-10
2006-10-10
Douglas, Steven O. (Department: 3751)
Fluent material handling, with receiver or receiver coacting mea
Filling or refilling of dispensers
By operation of means causing or controlling dispensing
C141S094000, C141S104000, C604S407000, C604S416000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07117902
ABSTRACT:
In one exemplary embodiment, an automated means for storing, dispensing and orienting injectable drug vials for a robotic application is provided and includes a plurality of automated syringe preparation stations is provided. The drug vial stores the medication that is either is either in solid form and thus needs to be reconstituted into the injectable drug or the vial can contain medication that was already been previously reconstituted and is ready for delivery to the syringe. The automated means includes a robotic vial gripper device for holding and transferring one vial from one station to a next station of the robotic application; and a detector that determines whether the vial is in a correct orientation throughout one or more stations of the robotic application.
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Darby & Darby
Douglas Steven O.
ForHealth Technologies, Inc.
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