Patent ID: 11912447
Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. An automatic syringe filling station comprising:
at least one syringe magazine comprising at least one inclined slope, wherein the inclined slope is configured to incline at substantially 10 degrees;
at least one syringe cam, in communication with the at least one syringe magazine, comprising a cam finger and a cam blocking guard wherein the at least one syringe cam is configured to remove at least one syringe from the at least one syringe magazine;
at least one gripper assembly for removing the at least one syringe from the at least one syringe cam after the at least one syringe cam moves the at least one syringe from the at least one syringe magazine to a selection location wherein the at least one gripper assembly engages the at least one syringe, wherein the gripper assembly comprises at least two gripper fingers configured to engage the at least one syringe and provide axial, translational and rotational constraint of the at least one syringe;
the at least one gripper finger is attached to at least one gripper body to form at least one conjoined gripper;
a coupler connecting the at least one conjoined gripper to at least one articulated armature configured to manipulate and move the at least one syringe;
at least one filling block for injecting liquid into the at least one syringe;
at least one cap array including at least one gravity fed capping dispenser with at least a first gate and a second gate configured to provide at least one cap for engagement with the at least one articulated armature and to place the at least one cap on the at least one syringe; and
all of the above contained in an enclosure configured to have at least one removable panel configured to allow access to an interior of the enclosure.