Patents by Inventor Walter Bianco

Walter Bianco 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).

  • Publication number: 20220062107
    Abstract: A method of preparing liquid medication doses using an automated dosing device may include securing a vial within a vial holder. The vial includes a liquid medicament. An empty syringe is secured within a syringe holder with a plunger of the syringe being secured by a plunger gripper and a luer lock of the syringe within a luer lock gripper. The syringe holder and the vial holder are moved closer together to insert a needle of the syringe through a septum of the vial while longitudinal axes of the syringe and the vial are at a downward angle and while the vial holder is lower than the syringe holder. The syringe holder and the vial holder are rotated to vertically align the longitudinal axes with the vial holder above the syringe holder. The plunger gripper is pulled away from the luer lock gripper to transfer liquid medicament into the syringe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Walter Bianco, Charles Marsh, Ryan Kaintz, Alessandro Jurman, Stefano Del Sal, Sameer Udeshi
  • Patent number: 10632246
    Abstract: A container for closing caps for syringes has a plurality of seats, each of which is suited to be engaged, in a sliding manner, by a respective closing cap, and has a movable portion configured to move between a locking position of the relevant closing cap in the seat and a release position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Health Robotics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Walter Bianco, Gabriele Kucich, Fabio Fioravanti
  • Publication number: 20190001049
    Abstract: A container for closing caps for syringes has a plurality of seats, each of which is suited to be engaged, in a sliding manner, by a respective closing cap, and has a movable portion configured to move between a locking position of the relevant closing cap in the seat and a release position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: Health Robotics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Walter Bianco, Gabriele Kucich, Fabio Fioravanti
  • Patent number: 9849432
    Abstract: A method for the preparation of pharmaceutical products is provided that utilizes a machine having a containing liner, a dosing chamber for preparing at least one pharmaceutical product accommodated within the containing liner, and a pneumatic ventilation device for feeding two air flows through the dosing chamber and through the containing liner, respectively. Operation of the pneumatic ventilation device is selectively controlled so that the containing liner has inside a pressure lower than a pressure existing within the dosing chamber and than a pressure existing in the environment outside the containing liner itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Aesynt B.V.
    Inventors: Fabio Fioravanti, Walter Bianco
  • Patent number: 9804586
    Abstract: Method of robot control is disclosed that includes the steps of: providing a user interface for introducing data indicative of a drug to be subjected to a reconstitution process; accessing an internal data base for outputting, for a selected drug, a list of primitive movements P1, P2, . . . Pi, . . .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Aesynt Topco B.V.
    Inventors: Fabio Fioravanti, Walter Bianco, Sasa Marinkovic, Gabriele Kucich
  • Patent number: 9487312
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Inventors: Walter Bianco, Paolo Giribona, Enrico Merlani
  • Publication number: 20160271577
    Abstract: A method for the preparation of pharmaceutical products is provided that utilizes a machine having a containing liner, a dosing chamber for preparing at least one pharmaceutical product accommodated within the containing liner, and a pneumatic ventilation device for feeding two air flows through the dosing chamber and through the containing liner, respectively. Operation of the pneumatic ventilation device is selectively controlled so that the containing liner has inside a pressure lower than a pressure existing within the dosing chamber and than a pressure existing in the environment outside the containing liner itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: AESYNT TOPCO B.V.
    Inventors: Fabio Fioravanti, Walter Bianco
  • Patent number: 9399002
    Abstract: A bag for pharmaceutical products is gripped by a gripping member provided with two jaws movable between a gripping position and a releasing position of the bag, with a recess obtained between the two jaws to accommodate therein at least one duct to access the content of the bag, and with a support pin protruding into the recess to allow the access duct to be folded from a substantially rectilinear, initial configuration to a final configuration, where the access duct is folded about the support element itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: Health Robotics S.r.l.
    Inventor: Walter Bianco
  • Patent number: 9011385
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Inventors: Walter Bianco, Paolo Giribona
  • Publication number: 20140358272
    Abstract: Method of robot control is disclosed that includes the steps of: providing a user interface for introducing data indicative of a drug to be subjected to a reconstitution process; accessing an internal data base for outputting, for a selected drug, a list of primitive movements P1, P2, . . . Pi, . . .
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: AESYNT TOPCO B.V.
    Inventors: Fabio Fioravanti, Walter Bianco, Sasa Marinkovic, Gabriele Kucich
  • Publication number: 20140334247
    Abstract: A machine for the preparation of pharmaceutical products has a containing liner, a dosing chamber for preparing at least one pharmaceutical product accommodated within the containing liner and a pneumatic ventilation device for feeding two air flows through the dosing chamber and through the containing liner, respectively. Operation of the pneumatic ventilation device is selectively controlled so that the containing liner has inside a pressure lower than a pressure existing within the dosing chamber and than a pressure existing in the environment outside the containing liner itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: AESYNT TOPCO B.V.
    Inventors: Fabio Fioravanti, Walter Bianco
  • Patent number: 8865070
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Inventors: Paolo Giribona, Walter Bianco, Michele Minisini, Garcia Gaspar de Viedma Santoro
  • Patent number: 8821471
    Abstract: A drug bag is housed inside a container, which has two shells movable between an open position and a closed position; and a gripper fitted outside the shells and defined by two jaws movable between a grip position and a release position to grip and release at least one conduit allowing access to the content of the bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Health Robotics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Walter Bianco, Fabio Fioravanti
  • Patent number: 8794276
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Health Robotics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Paolo Giribona, Walter Bianco, Michele Minisini, Garcia Gaspar de Viedma Santoro
  • Patent number: 8632738
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Health Robotics S.r.l
    Inventors: Paolo Giribona, Walter Bianco, Michele Minisini, Garcia Gaspar de Viedma Santoro
  • Publication number: 20130308879
    Abstract: A bag for pharmaceutical products is gripped by a gripping member provided with two jaws movable between a gripping position and a releasing position of the bag, with a recess obtained between the two jaws to accommodate therein at least one duct to access the content of the bag, and with a support pin protruding into the recess to allow the access duct to be folded from a substantially rectilinear, initial configuration to a final configuration, where the access duct is folded about the support element itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: HEALTH ROBOTICS S.R.L.
    Inventor: Walter Bianco
  • Patent number: 8539989
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Health Robotics, S.r.l.
    Inventors: Paolo Giribona, Walter Bianco, Michele Minisini, Garcia Gaspar de Viedma Santoro
  • Patent number: 8499919
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Health Robotics, S.r.l.
    Inventors: Paolo Giribona, Walter Bianco, Michele Minisini, Garcia Gaspar de Viedma Santoro
  • Publication number: 20130150804
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: Health Robotics S.r.I.
    Inventors: Walter Bianco, Paolo Giribona, Michele Minisini
  • Publication number: 20130145725
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: Health Robotics S.r.I.
    Inventors: Walter Bianco, Paolo Giribona, Michele Minisini, Enrico Merlani