Methods using dry powder deposition apparatuses

US6720024B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Delsys Pharmaceutical Company · US

Inventors

• Eugene S. Poliniak · Willingboro, US
• Hoi Cheong Steve Sun · Monmouth Junction, US
• Nitin V. Desai · Hightstown, US
• Nalin Kumar · Austin, US
• William R. Roach · Rocky Hill, US
• Lawrence Harrison Hammer · Plainsboro, US
• Peter D. Southgate · Princeton, US
• Bawa Singh · Cherry Hill, US
• Howard Christopher Rivenburg · Princeton, US
• Peter John Zanzucchi · Lawrenceville, US
• David Keller · Bradenton, US
• Dominic Stephen Rosati · Hillsborough Township, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 27, 2002
• Grant date: Apr 13, 2004
• Expiry date: Nov 27, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B05B5/08
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Provided is, among other things, a dry deposition apparatus for depositing grains on a substrate comprising:an electrostatic chuck having one or more collection zones, wherein the substrate is layered on the chuck for processing;a charged grain delivery apparatus for directing charged grains for electrostatic deposition on the substrate at the locations of the collection zones; andan optical detection device for quantifying the amount of grains deposited.