B. Braun Medical Inc.

Michael Y Brown

Mariano Mumpower

Benjamin R Lane

Aaron Samuel Pearl

Joel Martin Bartholomew

Alex K Flamm

Mike Janders

Jake A Cowperthwaite

Karl Konrad, Jr

Edwin Leighton Burnard

Chet B Larrow

Jeffrey Manfred Gunnarsson

Mark David Steenbarger

Jeremy C Savage

Christopher Allen Gray

Dave E Hershey

Stephanne Suzann Flint

Jamie Kendall

Alice Maria Weintraut

Jacob Albro Cowperthwaite

David Earl Hershey, Ii

James Austin Kendall

Karl Konrad

Joel Bartholomew

Edwin Burnard

Erwin Burnard

An exemplary compounding system and method can include two pump heads for simultaneously drawing two different fluids from at least two separate input containers such that the at least two different fluids are mixed and distributed to an output container. The system can include a manifold that maintains separation of certain of the different fluids until after passing by a first pump and a second pump and/or additional pumps. A junction can be placed in the fluid line downstream of the first and second pumps and/or additional pumps such that all or some of the fluids are mixed prior to output to the output container. The method of using the system can include incorporating software that selects various fluids at certain times and sequences to ensure optimum efficiency and safety for the system, and can continue compounding actions even when an input supply container runs out or otherwise fails to supply a particular fluid/material. The method of use also includes connection of a transfer set to a housing in a manner that further ensures optimum efficiency and safety.

Compounding device, system, kit, software, and method

An exemplary compounding method of controlling a compounding device to prepare an admixture of at least two distinct material sources can include examining material source solutions for incompatibility of the ingredients and operating a first and a second pump to prevent one of the incompatible source solutions from entering a common flow path. The processing method can detect degradation of a fluid line by evaluating one or more of calibration error rate data, cumulative volumetric flow data, or cumulative pump operation data. The processing method can also selectively transfer a first group of source solutions using the first pump, receiving pump data from one or more sensors that sense actions of the pumps, applying fluid correction factors and calculating discrete pump movements, the pump movements being indicative of an amount of source solution displacement by a pump, and operating the pumps to selectively dispense the source solution amounts according to a preparation order.

Compounding device system, software and method for controlling the process of compounding admixtures

An exemplary compounding system and device for mixing materials can include a housing, a first material source and a second material source. A first fluid line can be operationally connected to the housing and configured to transport a first volume of fluid per unit time from the first material source to a final container. A second fluid line can be operationally connected to the housing and configured to transport a second volume of fluid per unit time from the second material source to the final container. The device can also include a pump system including, a first pump having a first rotor and a first platen which secures the first fluid line between the first rotor and the first platen, the first pump being configured to move the first volume of fluid through the first fluid line, and a second pump having a second rotor and a second platen which secures the second fluid line between the second rotor and the second platen, the second pump being configured to move the second volume of fluid through the second fluid line. A first platen lock can be provided and can be rotated in a first direction to lock the first platen in a closed position relative to the first rotor, and wherein rotation of the first rotor draws the first material source through the first fluid line. The pump system can also be configured such that the volume of fluid per unit time delivered by the first and second pumps is different, and/or where the first and second pumps have different head characteristics.

An exemplary compounding system and device for mixing materials from at least two distinct material sources can include a housing, a first fluid line operationally connected to the housing and configured to transport a first volume of fluid per unit time to a final container, a second fluid line operationally connected to the housing and configured to transport a second volume of fluid per unit time to the final container. The device can also include a pump system including, a first pump configured to move a first volume of fluid through a first fluid line, and a second pump configured to move a second volume of fluid through the second fluid line. The pump system can also be configured such that the volume of fluid per unit time delivered by the first and second pumps is different, and/or where the first and second pumps have different head characteristics.

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Michael Y Brown