METHODS FOR TRANSFERRING ORAL SOLID PHARMACEUTICALS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATICALLY VERIFYING PACKAGING OF ORAL SOLID PHARMACEUTICALS

• Main Authors: EDWARD D KAMES, MARK D SWEET, ROBERT BARRETT, HEATHER GILETA, ALAN KRAEMER
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 10.06.2021
• Subjects: BABY COMFORTERS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES; CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICALPURPOSES; CONVEYING; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGINGPHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL ORADMINISTERING FORMS; HAND TOOLS; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONTECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING ORPROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTEDFOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS; MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGINGARTICLES OR MATERIALS; MANIPULATORS; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; STORING; TRANSPORTING; UNPACKING

To provide methods for transferring oral solid pharmaceuticals and systems for automatically verifying packaging of oral solid pharmaceuticals.SOLUTION: A dispensing tray or a canister provides an oral solid pharmaceutical product to be transferred and disposed by robotic pick-and-place machinery. A further sensor associated with the pick-and-place device verifies that the oral solid pharmaceutical product presented by the tray or canister matches size and shape and/or color of an expected oral solid pharmaceutical product that is to be placed within a packaging material in accordance with patient prescription data that is stored by a computer associated with a system. Additional sensors automatically verify that each individual oral solid pharmaceutical specified by a patient prescription has been deposited into each specified package location strictly in accordance with the patient prescription data.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2 【課題】経口の固形医薬薬剤を移送する方法及び経口の固形医薬薬剤を包装することを自動的に確認するためのシステムを提供する。【解決手段】分配トレイ又はキャニスタは、ロボット式のピックアンドプレース機械によって取り出すとともに配置するための経口の固形医薬製品を提供する。ピックアンドプレース装置に関連付けられる更なるセンサは、トレイ又はキャニスタによって提示される経口の固形医薬製品が、システムに関連するコンピュータによって記憶されている患者の処方箋データに従って包装材料内に配置されるべき予期される経口の固形医薬製品の大きさ並びに形状及び／又は色に一致することを確認する。付加的なセンサは、患者の処方箋によって指定される個々の経口の固形医薬品が、患者の処方箋データに正確に従って各指定されたパッケージ位置に堆積されたことを自動的に確認する。【選択図】図２