Patents by Inventor Paolo Giribona
Paolo Giribona has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20230165754Abstract: A fluidic group (21) couplable to a first container (24) adapted to contain a drug and a second container (22) adapted to contain an ingredient, comprising: a syringe (154) comprising a movable piston (150) defining a chamber (162a) having a variable volume; a first (171, 172) and a second (25) coupling group selectively fixable to the second (22) and, respectively, to the first (24) container; a forking element (166) having a first (166?), a second (166?) and a third (166??) inlet in fluid communication with each other and, respectively, with the first coupling group (171, 172), with the second coupling group (25) and with the chamber (162a); a first one-way valve (168) interposed between the first coupling group (171, 172) and the forking element (166) and controllable to allow the passage of the ingredient from the second container (22) to the chamber (162a); and a second one-way valve (176) interposed between the second coupling group (25) and the forking element (166) and controllable to allow the passagType: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2021Publication date: June 1, 2023Inventors: Paolo Giribona, Enrico Merlani, Bastiano Deschmann, Bostjan Parovel
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Publication number: 20230165755Abstract: Apparatus for drug preparation, comprising: a first rotor adapted to support a first container for the drug and available, in a releasable manner, on the first rotor; a second rotor adapted to support a plurality of second containers, each containing a respective ingredient; pumping means, controllable by a control unit so as to transfer each ingredient from the respective second container into the first container; a weighing device, adapted to weigh the first container and comprising a translation means, a loading cell and at least one spacer adapted to support the first container. In a condition where the spacer supports the first container by decoupling it from the first support element, the loading cell is adapted to continuously generate, during the transfer of the ingredient, a quantity indicative of a weight force.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2021Publication date: June 1, 2023Inventors: Paolo Giribona, Enrico Merlani, Bastiano Deschmann, Bostjan Parovel
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Patent number: 9487312Abstract: A closing plug is screwed onto the threaded open end of a syringe by a screwing assembly provided with a pocket adapted to receive the closing plug from a hopper which houses in its inside a plurality of closing plugs, a support device of the syringe, and an actuating device for moving the pocket and the support device with respect to each other with a roto-translating movement about and along a longitudinal axis of the syringe so as to screw the closing plug onto the open end of the syringe itself.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2013Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Inventors: Walter Bianco, Paolo Giribona, Enrico Merlani
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Patent number: 9011385Abstract: An apparatus for the removal of needles of syringes is provided with two gripping devices adapted to withhold a syringe and the respective needle, respectively, and an actuating device for moving the two gripping devices with respect to each other with a roto-translating motion about and along a longitudinal axis of the syringe in order to unscrew the needle from the syringe itself.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2013Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Inventors: Walter Bianco, Paolo Giribona
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Patent number: 8905086Abstract: A machine for the preparation of pharmaceutical products is provided with a gripping and carrier device to transfer at least one container between a magazine and a dosage station for the preparation of a pharmaceutical product, and a box-type holding frame defining a chamber for the housing of magazine, gripping and carrier device, and dosage station; the chamber displaying an access aperture to magazine and being crossed by a sterile air flow adapted to avoid the entry of air from the external environment through aperture itself.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2012Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: Health Robotics, S.R.L.Inventors: Paolo Giribona, Werner Rainer, Daniele Baldassari, Alferino Gabbarrini, Pietro Paluselli
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Patent number: 8865070Abstract: A machine for the preparation of pharmaceutical products has a pocket conveyor, mobile along a loop-shaped path and provided with a plurality of pockets, each adapted to receive and withhold a respective container, and a transfer device for transferring the containers with a rectilinear motion between the respective pockets and at least one operating station for executing an operation on the containers themselves.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2010Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Inventors: Paolo Giribona, Walter Bianco, Michele Minisini, Garcia Gaspar de Viedma Santoro
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Patent number: 8800608Abstract: A machine for the preparation of pharmaceutical products is provided with a gripping and carrier device to transfer at least one container between a magazine and a dosage station for the preparation of a pharmaceutical product, and a box-type holding frame defining a chamber for the housing of magazine, gripping and carrier device, and dosage station; the chamber displaying an access aperture to magazine and being crossed by a sterile air flow adapted to avoid the entry of air from the external environment through aperture itself.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2012Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Health Robotics, S.R.L.Inventors: Paolo Giribona, Werner Rainer, Daniele Baldassari, Alferino Gabbarrini, Pietro Paluselli
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Patent number: 8794276Abstract: Method and machine for the preparation of pharmaceutical products according to which a container containing a liquid phase and a gaseous phase is connected to an aspiration circuit of a given amount of the liquid phase; a flow sensor being provided for detecting the passage of the liquid phase and of the gaseous phase along the aspiration circuit.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2010Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Health Robotics S.r.l.Inventors: Paolo Giribona, Walter Bianco, Michele Minisini, Garcia Gaspar de Viedma Santoro
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Patent number: 8632738Abstract: A syringe, defined by a cylinder and by a piston slidingly engaged in the cylinder itself, is actuated after having inserted the cylinder within a gripper and having axially fed the syringe through the gripper so as to move an outer flange of the cylinder into contact with the gripper and/or the piston in a stop position within the cylinder.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2010Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: Health Robotics S.r.lInventors: Paolo Giribona, Walter Bianco, Michele Minisini, Garcia Gaspar de Viedma Santoro
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Patent number: 8539989Abstract: A method for the preparation of pharmaceutical products according to which a diluent is fed into a container containing a lyophilized or powdered pharmaceutical through a needle, which is then extracted from the container, inserted in its protective cap, and rinsed by feeding the diluent through the needle and into the protective cap itself.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2010Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: Health Robotics, S.r.l.Inventors: Paolo Giribona, Walter Bianco, Michele Minisini, Garcia Gaspar de Viedma Santoro
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Patent number: 8499919Abstract: A machine for the preparation of pharmaceutical products has a pocket conveyor, mobile along a loop-shaped path and provided with a plurality of pockets, each adapted to receive and withhold a respective container, and a transfer device for transferring the containers with a rectilinear motion between the respective pockets and at least one operating station for executing an operation on the containers themselves.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2010Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: Health Robotics, S.r.l.Inventors: Paolo Giribona, Walter Bianco, Michele Minisini, Garcia Gaspar de Viedma Santoro
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Publication number: 20130145725Abstract: A closing plug is screwed onto the threaded open end of a syringe by a screwing assembly provided with a pocket adapted to receive the closing plug from a hopper which houses in its inside a plurality of closing plugs, a support device of the syringe, and an actuating device for moving the pocket and the support device with respect to each other with a roto-translating movement about and along a longitudinal axis of the syringe so as to screw the closing plug onto the open end of the syringe itself.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2013Publication date: June 13, 2013Applicant: Health Robotics S.r.I.Inventors: Walter Bianco, Paolo Giribona, Michele Minisini, Enrico Merlani
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Publication number: 20130150804Abstract: An apparatus for the removal of needles of syringes is provided with two gripping devices adapted to withhold a syringe and the respective needle, respectively, and an actuating device for moving the two gripping devices with respect to each other with a roto-translating motion about and along a longitudinal axis of the syringe in order to unscrew the needle from the syringe itself.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2013Publication date: June 13, 2013Applicant: Health Robotics S.r.I.Inventors: Walter Bianco, Paolo Giribona, Michele Minisini
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Patent number: 8404492Abstract: In a machine for manipulating toxic substances, an anthropomorphic robot transfers a container, which has a mouth closed by a cap made of perforable material, from a magazine for containers to a dosage station, set in which is a syringe provided with a needle, axially aligns the mouth with the needle, correcting the position of the mouth according to the position of the tip of the needle obtained from processing a number of images of the needle acquired from at least two distinct observation points, and finally approaches the container to the syringe in such a way that the needle perforates the cap and penetrates into the container to be able to inject or extract a substance into or out of the container.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2007Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: Health Robotics S.R.L.Inventors: Daniele Baldassari, Alferino Gabbarini, Paolo Giribona, Werner Rainer
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Patent number: 8297320Abstract: A machine for the preparation of pharmaceutical products is provided with a gripping and carrier device to transfer at least one container between a magazine and a dosage station for the preparation of a pharmaceutical product, and a box-type holding frame defining a chamber for the housing of magazine, gripping and carrier device, and dosage station; the chamber displaying an access aperture to magazine and being crossed by a sterile air flow adapted to avoid the entry of air from the external environment through aperture itself.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2006Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: Health Robotics S.R.L.Inventors: Paolo Giribona, Werner Rainer, Daniele Baldassari, Alferino Gabbarini, Pietro Paluselli
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Publication number: 20120048675Abstract: A machine for the preparation of pharmaceutical products has a pocket conveyor, mobile along a loop-shaped path and provided with a plurality of pockets, each adapted to receive and withhold a respective container, and a transfer device for transferring the containers with a rectilinear motion between the respective pockets and at least one operating station for executing an operation on the containers themselves.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2010Publication date: March 1, 2012Applicant: HEALTH ROBOTICS S.R.L.Inventors: Paolo Giribona, Walter Bianco, Michele Minisini, Garcia Gaspar de Viedma Santoro
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Publication number: 20120048676Abstract: A machine for the preparation of pharmaceutical products has a pocket conveyor, mobile along a loop-shaped path and provided with a plurality of pockets, each adapted to receive and withhold a respective container, and a transfer device for transferring the containers with a rectilinear motion between the respective pockets and at least one operating station for executing an operation on the containers themselves.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2010Publication date: March 1, 2012Applicant: HEALTH ROBOTICS S.R.L.Inventors: Paolo Giribona, Walter Bianco, Michele Minisini, Garcia Gaspar de Viedma Santoro
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Publication number: 20120048419Abstract: A method for the preparation of pharmaceutical products according to which a diluent is fed into a container containing a lyophilized or powdered pharmaceutical by means of a needle, which is then extracted from the container, inserted in its protective cap, and rinsed by feeding the diluent through the needle and into the protective cap itself.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2010Publication date: March 1, 2012Applicant: Health Robotics S.r.I.Inventors: Paolo Giribona, Walter Bianco, Michele Minisini, Garcia Gaspar de Viedma Santoro
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Publication number: 20120048418Abstract: Method and machine for the preparation of pharmaceutical products according to which a container containing a liquid phase and a gaseous phase is connected to an aspiration circuit of a given amount of the liquid phase; a flow sensor being provided for detecting the passage of the liquid phase and of the gaseous phase along the aspiration circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2010Publication date: March 1, 2012Applicant: HEALTH ROBOTICS S.R.L.Inventors: Paolo Giribona, Walter Bianco, Michele Minisini, Garcia Gaspar de Viedma Santoro
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Publication number: 20120048424Abstract: The preparation of pharmaceutical products is carried out in a machine provided with at least one store for storing syringes and/or bottles, a dosing station for transferring at least one pharmaceutical between a syringe and a bottle, two containers for collecting the processing waste, and a gripping and transporting device for transferring the syringes and/or bottles between the store and the dosing station (36) and for selectively feeding the processing waste into the two containers.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2010Publication date: March 1, 2012Applicant: HEALTH ROBOTICS S.R.L.Inventors: Paolo Giribona, Walter Bianco, Michele Minisini, Garcia Gaspar de Viedma Santoro