	US 12,150,913 B2
	Compounding system
Kasper Bosscher, Heemstede (NL); and Luc Peter Eléonore Marie Kluskens, Heemstede (NL)
Assigned to THE COMPOUNDING COMPANY B.V., Heemstede (NL)
Appl. No. 18/705,943
Filed by THE COMPOUNDING COMPANY B.V., Heemstede (NL)
PCT Filed Oct. 31, 2022, PCT No. PCT/NL2022/050608 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 29, 2024, PCT Pub. No. WO2023/075600, PCT Pub. Date May 4, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 2029580 (NL), filed on Nov. 1, 2021; and application No. 2031054 (NL), filed on Feb. 23, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0325250 A1, Oct. 3, 2024
Int. Cl. A61J 1/20 (2006.01); A61J 3/00 (2006.01); B65B 3/00 (2006.01)

CPC A61J 1/2096 (2013.01) [A61J 3/002 (2013.01); B65B 3/003 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. A compounding system for dosing a compound in a container comprising a first Luer coupling end defining a first coupling axis, and comprising a first thread having a first screw thread end, and a first pitch;

wherein the compounding system comprises:

a Luer coupling holder for holding a second Luer coupling end defining a second coupling axis, and comprising a second screw thread having a second thread end, and a second pitch, wherein the first Luer coupling end and the second Luer coupling end are shaped to couple for forming a Luer coupling, and wherein the first thread and the second thread engage for establishing the Luer coupling;

a container holder for holding the container, wherein the Luer coupling holder and the container holder are arranged for aligning the first coupling axis and the second coupling axis;

a rotation actuator for rotating the container holder relative to the Luer coupling holder substantially around the first coupling axis;

a translation actuator for translating the container holder relative to the Luer coupling holder along the first coupling axis;

bias means arranged for biasing the first Luer coupling end and the second Luer coupling end when in contact in a direction of the first coupling axis;

a position sensor for sensing a container holder position of the container holder relative to the Luer coupling holder along the first coupling axis; and

a controller configured for:

receiving the container holder position from the position sensor;

activating the translation actuator such that the two Luer coupling ends contact and the bias means are biased;

activating the rotation actuator when the first Luer coupling end and the second Luer coupling end contact in a non-engaging rotational direction;

detecting a rotational position of the first thread end relative to the second thread end based on a sudden change of the container holder position; and

controlling the rotation actuator, and the translation actuator for bringing the first Luer coupling end and the second Luer coupling end into engagement for establishing the Luer coupling.