US 12,433,825 B2
Medication dosing systems and methods
Walter Bianco, Trieste (IT); Charles Marsh, Cranberry Township, PA (US); Ryan Kaintz, Allison Park, PA (US); Alessandro Jurman, Muggia (IT); Stefano Del Sal, Trieste (IT); and Sameer Udeshi, Sewickley, PA (US)
Assigned to Omnicell, Inc., Cranberry Township, PA (US)
Filed by Omnicell, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 10, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/738,320.
Application 18/738,320 is a division of application No. 17/005,786, filed on Aug. 28, 2020, granted, now 12,029,704.
Prior Publication US 2024/0325248 A1, Oct. 3, 2024
Int. Cl. A61J 1/20 (2006.01); A61J 1/22 (2006.01); B25J 9/02 (2006.01); B25J 9/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61J 1/2096 (2013.01) [A61J 1/201 (2015.05); A61J 1/2055 (2015.05); A61J 1/2065 (2015.05); A61J 1/22 (2013.01); B25J 9/02 (2013.01); B25J 9/06 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automated dosing device, comprising:
a rotating support, the rotating support being rotatable along a vertical plane;
a syringe holder coupled with the rotating support, the syringe holder comprising a plunger gripper and a luer lock gripper;
a vial holder that is detachably coupled with the rotating support;
a processor; and
a memory having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the automated dosing device to:
secure a vial of liquid medicament within the vial holder;
secure an empty syringe within the syringe holder by grasping a plunger of the syringe with the plunger gripper and grasping a luer lock of the syringe within the luer lock gripper;
move the syringe holder and the vial holder 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 generally downward angle relative to horizontal and while the vial holder is at a lower position than the syringe holder;
rotate the rotating support, the syringe holder, and the vial holder to align the longitudinal axes with a vertical axis with the vial holder positioned above the syringe holder; and
pull the plunger gripper away from the luer lock gripper to transfer a volume of the liquid medicament into the syringe.