Abstract: A method and automated apparatus (1) for dispensing pharmaceutical products in unit doses or administration units wherein the unit doses (2) suitably arranged and/or separated within the apparatus (1) can be dispensed into the compartments (5) of an associated cart (4), to fill patient-specific medication prescriptions for patients of a ward. A telescopic manipulator unit (6, 106, 206) has elements (16) adapted to select and pick up the doses required to fill patient-specific medication prescriptions from a matrix (10) of unit doses (2) and elements (7, 107) for coupled interaction with the compartments (5) to directly release the picked up doses (2) therein.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 17, 2009
Date of Patent:
July 2, 2013
Assignee:
Ingegneria Biomedica Santa Lucia S.p.A.
Inventors:
Pierangelo Liguori, Giorgio Pavesi, Fulvio Rudello
Abstract: A method and automated apparatus (1) for dispensing pharmaceutical products in unit doses or administration units wherein the unit doses (2) suitably arranged and/or separated within the apparatus (1) can be dispensed into the compartments (5) of an associated cart (4), to fill patient-specific medication prescriptions for patients of a ward. A telescopic manipulator unit (6, 106, 206) has elements (16) adapted to select and pick up the doses required to fill patient-specific medication prescriptions from a matrix (10) of unit doses (2) and elements (7, 107) for coupled interaction with the compartments (5) to directly release the picked up doses (2) therein.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 17, 2009
Publication date:
January 27, 2011
Applicant:
INGEGNERIA BIOMEDICA SANTA LUCIA S.P.A.
Inventors:
Pierangelo Liguori, Giorgio Pavesi, Fulvio Rudello