MUMBAI, India, July 5 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517056649 A) filed by Equashield Medical Ltd., Migdal Tefen, Israel, on June 12, for 'pharmaceutical preparation device utilizing imaging-enhanced preparation process component placement.'

Inventor(s) include Kriheli, Marino; Perry, Osnat; and Slav, Boaz.

The application for the patent was published on July 4, under issue no. 27/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A pharmaceutical preparation device (PPD) with imaging-enhanced preparation process component placement, comprising: a camera configured to capture images of a pharmaceutical preparation interconnection location (PPIL), from a PPIL camera location, said PPIL being associated with a precalibration data; a transport unit (TU) comprising a gripper for grasping a pharmaceutical compounding component, the TU being configured to move at least the gripper in one or more of x, y, and/or z directions in response to control signals; and a processing circuitry operably connected to the TU and to the camera, the processing circuitry being configured to: receive at least one real-time digital image, captured by the camera from the PPIL camera location, the received digital image depicting the gripper of the TU and/or a pharmaceutical compounding component grasped by the gripper, in a current position in the PPIL; determine a direction and distance of TU movement based on at least the received real-time digital image and the precalibration data; and control via the control signals the TU to move the gripper in the determined direction by the determined distance."

The patent application was internationally filed on Dec. 04, 2023, under International application No.PCT/IL2023/051242.

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