Patent ID: 8881980

Claim:
An apparatus ( 22 ) for verifying the identity of a final fluid product for medical or pharmaceutical use, said final product being packaged in a final container ( 28 ), said apparatus comprising at least an optical spectroscopy analysis unit adapted to determine at least one property of the final product and for issuing at least a verifying signal corresponding to said property, said unit comprising a device for holding said final container ( 28 ); a probe (P) associated with a source of light located and configured so as to emit and direct light through the wall ( 39 ) of the final container ( 28 ) and the final product and comprising a light sensor located so as to receive said directed light after the light has passed through the final product, said sensor providing light sensor signals to be used for the generation of said verifying signal corresponding to said property; characterized in that said holding device comprises: a clamping system comprising a reference platform ( 32 ) for supporting and positioning the final container ( 28 ) in a determined position with respect to the probe (P) and a clamping bar ( 36 ) which is moveable with respect to the reference platform ( 32 ) for pressing the outer wall ( 39 ) of the final container ( 28 ) in contact with said reference platform ( 32 ), said reference platform ( 32 ) being capable of receiving light from said light source, said holding device being adapted to receive any form of final containers such as syringes, vials or intravenous bags, and characterized in that the clamping bar ( 36 ) is pivotally mounted with respect to the reference platform ( 32 ), around an axis of rotation (A-A) which is perpendicular to the plane of the reference platform, and characterized in that the clamping bar ( 36 ) can pivot between an offset rest angular position for placing the final container ( 28 ) on the reference platform ( 32 ), and a clamping work angular position in which the clamping ( 36 ) bar extends in registration with a facing portion of the wall of the final container.