Machine for the preparation of medical product with device for loading syringes of medical product
A machine for the preparation of a medical product with a worktop includes a hole for introducing syringes such that the injection points thereof are positioned for filling by the machine and a device for loading syringes. The device includes a fixed portion and a moveable portion, it being possible for the moveable portion to slide with respect to the fixed portion. The fixed portion includes housings for syringes that extend in a direction that is not parallel to that of the movement of the moveable portion. The moveable portion includes housings for syringes that extend in the direction of movement of the moveable portion. Two points of the movement of the moveable portion define a working position where the housings are aligned such that each pair of housings of the fixed portion and moveable portion receive the same syringe. The housings are misaligned in the loading position.
1 . A machine for preparation of medical products, said machine comprising:
a worktop with at least one hole for introduction therein of dosing points of containers and at least one work line configured to align such that the injection points of the containers in a position for filling by the machine; and
a device for loading said containers,
wherein said device comprises a fixed portion and a moveable portion, with two distinct points of movement of the moveable portion defining a loading position and a working position,
wherein the moveable portion is configured to slide with respect to the fixed portion in a direction parallel to said at least one work line that is in a plane parallel to a plane of the worktop,
wherein said fixed portion comprises at least one series of housings for receiving the containers in the form of recesses which extend in a direction which intersects with the direction that of the movement of the moveable portion,
wherein the moveable portion comprises recesses for placing the containers inside, housings, and separation protrusions, wherein each of the separation protrusions is positioned between each of said recesses of the moveable portion and each of said housings of the moveable portion,
wherein the recesses of the moveable portion extend in the same direction as the housings of the fixed portion, said housings of the moveable portion being arranged on a side of the separation protrusions and inside said recesses of the moveable portion, (i) such that, in the working position, said recesses of the moveable portion are aligned with said housings of the fixed portion in pairs along axes perpendicular to the plane of movement of the moveable portion, and such that each pair of the housings of the fixed portion and of the moveable portion is able to receive the same container, (ii) such that the housings of the fixed portion and the recesses of the moveable portion are not aligned in the loading position.
2 . The machine according to claim 1 , wherein the housings of the fixed portion are arranged in parallel, and wherein the housings of the moveable portion are arranged in series following the direction of movement of the moveable portion.
3 . The machine according to claim 1 , wherein the recesses of the fixed portion extend in a direction perpendicular to the direction of movement of the moveable portion.
4 . The machine according to claim 1 , wherein the moveable portion comprises a series of recesses and separation protrusions between said recesses, said syringe housings of the moveable portion being arranged on sides of said separation protrusions.
5 . The machine according to claim 1 , wherein the fixed portion is situated between the worktop and the moveable portion.
6 . The machine according to claim 1 , wherein the fixed portion of the device comprises an upper portion and a lower portion, said upper and lower portions of the fixed portion each comprising housings for containers and separation protrusions between the housings, the housings of the upper portion being aligned with the housings of the lower portion.
7 . The machine according to claim 1 , further comprising an anti-rotation system to prevent the movement of the syringes placed in the housings.
8 . The machine according to claim 7 , wherein the anti-rotation system comprises support surfaces for the syringe tabs, said support surfaces having a shape conjugate with said tabs.
9 . The machine according to claim 1 , further comprising a system for locking the device in the working position.
10 . The machine according to claim 1 , wherein the device comprises elastic means which, in the working position, apply a return force to lift the device to the loading position.
11 . The machine according to claim 10 , wherein the elastic means are situated in the moveable portion.
12 . A method for loading the containers of the medical products into the machine according to claim 1 for the preparation of the medical products, comprising:
placing the device in the syringe-loading position of the containers;
positioning the containers in the housings of the fixed portion of the device; and
moving the moveable portion of the device in a direction parallel to the fixed portion until the housings of the moveable portion come in contact with the containers arranged in the housings of the fixed portion, such that tabs of the containers arranged in the housings of the fixed portion are locked between the fixed portion of the device and the moveable portion of the device.
13 . The method according to claim 12 , wherein the containers are syringes.
14 . The machine according to claim 1 , wherein the containers are syringes.
15 . A machine for the preparation of medical product, said machine comprising
a worktop for introducing containers, said worktop comprising at least one hole for introducing syringes such that the injection points of the syringes are in a suitable position for filling by the machine and
a device for loading said syringes, and
a system for locking the device in the working position
wherein said device comprises a fixed portion and a moveable portion, it being possible for the moveable portion to slide with respect to the fixed portion in a direction that is in a plane parallel to that of the worktop, said fixed portion comprising at least one series of housings for syringes in the form of recesses which extend in a direction that is not parallel to that of the movement of the moveable portion, and in that the moveable portion comprises a series of housings for syringes which extend as recesses in the direction of movement of the moveable portion, two distinct points of the movement of the moveable portion defining a loading position and a working position respectively, such that, in the working position, said housings of the moveable portion are aligned with said housings of the fixed portion in pairs along axes perpendicular to the plane of movement of the moveable portion, such that each pair of housings of the fixed portion and of the moveable portion can receive the same syringe, being misaligned in the loading position,
wherein said locking system comprises a shaft and elastic elements for recovering a contact position with said shaft, the shaft and the elastic means being arranged in a housing of the fixed portion of the device and in that the moveable portion of the device comprises a hole, such that when the shaft of the fixed portion of the device is aligned with the hole of the moveable portion the shaft penetrates into the hole owing to the action of the elastic means, locking the device.
16 . The machine according to claim 15 , further comprising a pusher arranged in the hole of the moveable portion, actuation of which facilitates the unlocking of the device.