Patent ID: 8286671
Filing Date: 2012-10-16
Classification: A61J,A61M,B65B,G21G

Abstract:
1. An automated method for the filling of syringes comprising: a) a motor controlled rotatable carousel in a horizontal plane holding vertically one or more syringes wherein a cap of the syringe is on top and a syringe plunger is on the bottom; b) locating a motor controlled filler mechanism proximate to the rotatable carousel; c) a syringe plunger tool rotating from a first position of the motor controlled filler mechanism and engaging the syringe plunger held in the carousel at a second position; d) an automated needle cap extractor mounted on a motor controlled rotatable plate descending from a third position to a fourth position and grasping a syringe cap and removing the syringe cap by returning to the third position; e) the rotatable plate rotating horizontally to a fifth position wherein a perforatable surface of an inverted vial is positioned above an uncapped syringe needle; f) the inverted vial descending to a sixth position upon the needle; g) the syringe plunger tool pulling the syringe plunger downward a controlled distance to a seventh position; h) the inverted vial moving upward from the sixth position and returning to the fifth position causing the syringe needle to be extracted from the inverted vial; i) the rotatable plate rotating the automated needle cap extractor horizontally and stopping at the third position with the cap component directly above the needle; j) the automated needle cap extractor descending to the fourth position upon the needle to replace the needle cap; and k) the syringe plunger tool disengaging from the syringe plunger and returning to the fifth position and the automated needle cap extractor returning to the third position.