Automated pharmacy admixture system (APAS)

摘要

In a preferred embodiment, an Automated Pharmacy Admixture System (APAS) may include a manipulator system to transport medical containers such as bags, vials, or syringes in a compounding chamber regulated to a pressure below atmospheric pressure. In a preferred implementation, the manipulator system is configured to grasp and convey syringes, IV bags, and vials of varying shapes and sizes from a storage system in an adjacent chamber regulated at a pressure above atmospheric pressure. Various embodiments may include a controller adapted to actuate the manipulator system to bring a fill port of an IV bag, vial, or syringe into register with a filling port at a fluid transfer station in the chamber. A preferred implementation includes a sanitization system that can substantially sanitize a bung on a fill port of a vial or IV bag in preparation for transport to the fluid transfer station.

主权项

1. A pharmaceutical processing system comprising:
a chamber to hold medical containers; a portal provided between the chamber and an exterior of the system so that medical containers can be loaded into the chamber through the portal; an air handling system to obtain an air pressure level in the chamber that is positive relative to the exterior of the system; a robotic arm to manipulate the medical containers within the chamber; a fluid transfer station including a syringe manipulator to manipulate a plunger of a syringe to transfer fluid between the medical containers; a scale to measure respective weights of medical containers utilized in preparing a pharmaceutical preparation before and after a fluid transfer; an interface to receive a request to prepare the pharmaceutical preparation; a mixer to mix contents of a medical container; and a controller to:
operate the robotic arm, based on the request received by the interface, to manipulate medical containers between the syringe manipulator, the scale, and the mixer,control the syringe manipulator to perform a fluid transfer between the medical containers,confirm an accuracy of the pharmaceutical preparation based on respective weights of the medical containers measured by the scale, anddetermine a mixing profile that defines a level or pattern of agitation applied to the medical container by the mixer based on the pharmaceutical preparation and execute the mixing profile with the mixer.