Apparatus for drug preparation, comprising: a first rotor adapted to support a first container for the drug and available, in a releasable manner, on the first rotor; a second rotor adapted to support a plurality of second containers, each containing a respective ingredient; pumping means, controllable by a control unit so as to transfer each ingredient from the respective second container into the first container; a weighing device, adapted to weigh the first container and comprising a translation means, a loading cell and at least one spacer adapted to support the first container. In a condition where the spacer supports the first container by decoupling it from the first support element, the loading cell is adapted to continuously generate, during the transfer of the ingredient, a quantity indicative of a weight force.

An edible body marking device that forms a marking pattern on an edible body by scanning a laser spot. The marking pattern includes, as additional information, positional information of one or more index dots that are made by partially deforming or removing one or more dots of the laser spot, or newly adding one or more dots of the laser spot with respect to a basic pattern that is obtained by forming a plurality of the dots of the laser spot.

Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for making vault particles in yeast hosts and yeast vaults produced therefrom.

Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for making vault particles in yeast hosts and yeast vaults produced therefrom.

The present invention relates to a device for cryopreservation of a cell or tissue, including a deposition part on which a cell or tissue is to be deposited, the deposition part having a layer containing a water-soluble polymeric compound on an outermost surface of the deposition part; and a method of cryopreservation using the device.

Method of robot control is disclosed that includes the steps of: providing a user interface for introducing data indicative of a drug to be subjected to a reconstitution process; accessing an internal data base for outputting, for a selected drug, a list of primitive movements P1, P2, . . . Pi, . . . Pn to be used in the reconstructing process; operating the robot for executing sequentially the primitives and moving a container according to the instructions of the primitives; measuring, during the movement of the container under robot action, physical positions in the space and dynamic parameters of the container creating a list of registered data; comparing the measured positions in the space and the dynamic parameter with the corresponding ones of the primitive movements for selecting a list of eligible primitives if a sufficient approximation level is reached; elaborating selected eligible primitives together to generate instructions for the robot allowing a complex movement encompassing the simple movements; and using the robot for shaking the container according to the complex movement.

Method of robot control is disclosed that includes the steps of: providing a user interface for introducing data indicative of a drug to be subjected to a reconstitution process; accessing an internal data base for outputting, for a selected drug, a list of primitive movements P1, P2, . . . Pi, . . . Pn to be used in the reconstructing process; operating the robot for executing sequentially the primitives and moving a container according to the instructions of the primitives; measuring, during the movement of the container under robot action, physical positions in the space and dynamic parameters of the container creating a list of registered data; comparing the measured positions in the space and the dynamic parameter with the corresponding ones of the primitive movements for selecting a list of eligible primitives if a sufficient approximation level is reached; elaborating selected eligible primitives together to generate instructions for the robot allowing a complex movement encompassing the simple movements; and using the robot for shaking the container according to the complex movement.

A liquid medication dispensing machine capable of stirring a liquid medication contained in a liquid medication bottle in the machine with a simple structure is provided. The liquid medication dispensing machine supplying a liquid medication from a liquid medication bottle (23) containing the liquid medication to a prescription bottle includes a holder (78) holding a bottom (23B) of the liquid medication bottle (23), and a rotationally driving unit (61) generating rotary force and rotating the holder (78) and the liquid medication bottle (23) held by the holder (78) around a rotation axis (L3) extending along a center line (L2) of the liquid medication bottle (23).

The present invention relates to a kit comprising: a) an ampoule; b) a material comprising a hemp plant or parts thereof; and c) a color indicator capable of reacting by contacting the hemp plant and/or at least a part thereof to change the color of the color indicator, wherein the material and the color indicator are disposed in the ampoule; and a method for qualitatively and/or quantitatively detecting one or more substance(s) contained in the hemp plant using the kit.

A method for providing a drug includes providing an inactive form of a drug. The method also includes chemically converting the inactive form of the drug to an active form to provide a drug formulation usable by a patient in need thereof, including using a device configured to remove an abuse-preventing additive from the inactive form of the drug. The method also includes dispensing the drug formulation to the patient in need thereof.