Coinfusion apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9474691-B2
Application number	US-201314410569-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 17, 2013
Priority date	Oct 25, 2012
Publication date	Oct 25, 2016
Grant date	Oct 25, 2016

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a coinfusion apparatus capable of automatically performing parts or all of a coinfusion processing. The coinfusion apparatus includes a first robot arm which retains a medical agent container, a second robot arm which performs an operation of inserting a syringe needle of a syringe into a mouth of the medical agent container retained by the first robot arm, and an operation of inserting the syringe needle of the syringe into a coinfusion mouth of a transfusion bag. The coinfusion apparatus further includes a coinfusion processing room which shelters both robot arms and a transfusion bag elevation inclination section, which retains the transfusion bag outside of the coinfusion processing room and positions the coinfusion mouth of the transfusion bag in a coinfusion communication mouth formed in the coinfusion processing room. A trash storage room door is provided in a front surface of the coinfusion apparatus.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A coinfusion apparatus comprising:
a first robot arm which retains a medical agent container;
a second robot arm which retains a syringe and performs sucking and injection of a liquid medical agent with the syringe;
a coinfusion processing room in which at least the two robot arms perform a coinfusion processing; and
a controlling section which operates said at least two robot arms for performing a process of sucking a liquid medical agent from inside the medical agent container or a liquid medical agent prepared inside the medical agent container, with the syringe and injecting the liquid medical agent into a transfusion bag with the syringe, wherein
the second robot arm includes a retention section provided by a pair of nail sections which can be brought away from and closer to each other for retaining the syringe, said pair of nail sections having mutually opposed surfaces, each formed with an inclined section of a downward inclination from an upper end surface of the nail section to the opposed surface.

2. The coinfusion apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second robot arm includes a plunger operating section provided by a pair of nail sections which can be brought away from and closer to each other for retaining a plunger of the syringe and moving the plunger in a stroke motion, the plunger operating section or a retention section for retaining the syringe also having grip nails for retaining an item.

3. The coinfusion apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a bent needle detection section for detecting a bend in a syringe needle attached to the syringe.

4. The coinfusion apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the bent needle detection section detects the bend in the syringe needle by using positional information from optical sensors each including a beam transmitter section and a beam receiver section for allowing a beam to be blocked by the syringe needle of the syringe retained and moved by the second robot arm.

5. The coinfusion apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein after the syringe is brought into the coinfusion processing room, the plunger of the syringe is pushed into a syringe main body in the coinfusion processing room before starting a sucking action to suck a transfusion or a liquid medical agent with the syringe.

6. The coinfusion apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the plunger pushing operation into the syringe main body is performed by using the plunger operating section designed to move the plunger, while the second robot arm retains the syringe main body of the syringe.

Assignees

• Yuyama Mfg Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yuyama Shoji
• Koike Naoki
• Kohama Akitomi
• Tanaka Akifumi
• Warashina Masatoshi
• Kawauchi Kazuki
• Tsugui Takuya
• Oya Sho

Classifications

• A61J1/2096 Primary

  Combination of a vial and a syringe for transferring or mixing their contents · CPC title

• B25J9/0084

  comprising a plurality of manipulators · CPC title

• A61J1/20

  Arrangements for transferring {or mixing} fluids, e.g. from vial to syringe · CPC title

• A61J3/002

  Compounding apparatus specially for enteral or parenteral nutritive solutions (bottling liquids B67C) · CPC title

• B25J21/00

  Chambers provided with manipulation devices (constructional features of the mounting of the manipulator in the wall B25J1/08 {; glove-boxes for nuclear applications G21F7/04}) · CPC title