Patent ID: 9579256
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: A61J,B65B

Claim:
1. A device for automatically positioning a syringe in an orientation suitable for withdrawing medication from a container, the device comprising: a syringe conveyor configured to receive the syringe in an initial orientation, and to bring the syringe to a target orientation by being translated and rotated while holding the syringe in a steady orientation relative to the syringe conveyor, wherein the target orientation, which is suitable for withdrawing medication from the container, is one of an upward orientation and a downward orientation, and the initial orientation is different from the target orientation, and wherein in the upward orientation a tip of the syringe is pointing downward and in the downward orientations the tip is pointing upward; and a supporting module configured to support the syringe conveyor while allowing a translation and a rotation thereof; wherein the supporting module and the syringe conveyor are jointly configured to mechanically derive the rotation from the translation.