Patent ID: 11857497
Assignee: EQUASHIELD MEDICAL LTD
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 20:
21. A robotic system operable for transfer of fluid between a container accessible via a container-septum and a fluid transfer assembly accessible via a fluid transfer connector configured to establish fluid communication between the container and the fluid transfer assembly for said transfer of fluid, said fluid transfer connector comprising a body member and a sleeve displaceable relative to each other between an extended position, which is a normal position, and a collapsed position, at which the fluid transfer connector establishes said fluid communication, said fluid transfer connector comprising a fluid transfer connector septum positioned at the sleeve, the robotic system comprising:
a controller;
a manipulator controllable by the controller and configured to manipulate at least one of the containers and the fluid transfer assembly to bring the fluid transfer connector septum and the container-septum into contact with each other and to ensure a predetermined compression threshold between the container-septum and the fluid transfer connector septum is reached, for securing said contact therebetween, and to selectively displace the fluid transfer connector into its collapsed position from the extended position; and
a contact securing mechanism configured to prevent the manipulator from displacing the fluid transfer connector into its collapsed position from the extended position until the predetermined compression threshold between the container-septum and the fluid transfer connector septum is reached.