Equipment for manufacturing of subcutaneous capsules
US5348062A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 26, 1993 |
| Grant date | Sep 20, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 26, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S53/90
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Apparatus for filling a plurality of capsules with a selected medicine, the capsules each having a closed lower end and an open top end and being mounted in the apparatus for filling the medicine into the capsules through the open top end, the apparatus comprising a dosing mechanism which separately measures a selected quantity of the medicine for input into each capsule; a capsule filling mechanism comprising a plurality of funnels each having an axis, the funnels each receiving a measured quantity of medicine and funneling the received medicine to an open delivery end of the funnels; the capsules being mounted such that the open top ends of the capsules are disposed at the open delivery ends of the funnels for receipt of the measured quantities of medicine; the filling mechanism further comprising a plurality of spiral spring mechanisms, the spiral spring mechanisms being insertable through the open top ends and removable from the capsules, the spiral spring mechanisms further being rotatable simultaneously with insertion into the capsules for filling the capsules with the measured quantities of medicine.
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