Methods and systems for manufacturing a tablet

US10053798B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology · US

Inventors

• Alexander H. Slocum · Bow, US
• Nicholas M. Sondej · Guilford, US
• Bernhardt Levy Trout · Lexington, US
• Gregory C. Rutledge · Newton, US
• Indrani Bhattacharyya · Hayward, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 30, 2015
• Grant date: Aug 21, 2018
• Expiry date: Jun 10, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61J3/10
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Methods and systems for manufacturing a tablet are generally provided. Certain embodiments comprise electrodepositing (e.g., electrospinning) a material (e.g., the tablet material, for example, within a fluid) onto a substrate. The substrate can be, for example, an elongated rod. In some such embodiments, after material has been electrodeposited onto the substrate, a die comprising a cavity and the substrate can be moved relative to each other such that the electrodeposited material is at least partially stripped from the substrate and/or at least partially deposited into the cavity of the die. Some embodiments comprise compressing the material in the cavity to form a tablet.