Patent ID: 9675519
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: A61J,A61M,B01F,B05B,B65B

Claim:
1. A system for compounding pharmaceutical agents for injection treatment of a patient, which comprises: a) a housing enclosing an interior space; b) an inventory structure having a plurality of chambers for individually holding one or more pharmaceutical agent-containing single use capsules, wherein each capsule has a volume capacity of from about 0.1 to about 10.0 mL liquid; c) means for selecting capsules in accordance with predetermined pharmaceutical agents contained in said capsules; d) means for moving the selected capsules to a processing area; e) means for sequentially transferring a controlled quantity of the predetermined pharmaceutical agent with direct fluid communication from each selected capsule to a product container under positive or negative pressure; and f) means for automatically discarding spent capsules from which the pharmaceutical agents have been removed after a single use, wherein the system is configured to limit the capsules to a single use, and wherein the means for transferring the pharmaceutical agent comprises a means for mechanically compressing the capsule to provide a positive external pressure for moving the pharmaceutical agent from the capsule through a needle and into the product container.