Patent ID: 8913123
Filing Date: 2014-12-16
Classification: A61B,A61K,A61M,G05B,G06T,H04N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A system for mounting a needle shield to a syringe defining a syringe axis and having a needle with a tip, a collar and a barrel, the system comprising: a syringe nest including a nest cavity for movably supporting a plunger end of the syringe, the syringe nest defining a syringe nest axis that is substantially aligned with the syringe axis; a gripper including a first arm pivotable relative to a second arm, the first arm having a first concave surface and the second arm having a second concave surface, the gripper having a gripping position and a release position, the gripper defining a gripper axis, the gripper movable from an aligned position wherein the gripper axis and syringe axis are generally coaxial and a spaced position; a shaker having a shaker axis that is generally coaxial with the syringe axis, the shaker having a drive end and being movable along the shaker axis such that the drive end is selectively in contact with the syringe nest; a cap plunger having a plunger axis that is generally coaxial with the syringe axis and being substantially aligned with the syringe nest axis, the cap plunger movable along the plunger axis, the cap plunger including a distal end; and an inspection camera positioned proximate the syringe axis and defining a line of sight that extends generally through the needle shield, the inspection camera configured for inspecting a position of the needle shield proximate the syringe axis, the syringe nest, gripper, shaker and cap plunger being generally aligned along the syringe axis in a placing configuration wherein the gripper is in the gripping position holding the needle shield between the first and second concave surfaces, the gripper being in the spaced position and the distal end of the cap plunger being in engagement with the needle shield in a final cap mounting configuration.