Method of producing solid dosage forms

US6737005B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Abbott GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Jörg Rosenberg · Ellerstadt, DE
• Werner Maier · Schifferstadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 9, 2001
• Grant date: May 18, 2004
• Expiry date: May 9, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B30B11/165
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A process for producing solid dosage forms by a) producing a plastic mixture which comprises at least one active ingredient and at least one polymeric binder, and b) shaping the plastic mixture to the solid dosage forms in a molding calender with two counterrotating molding rolls, wherein one molding roll has at least one annular groove running along its periphery and the other molding roll has at least one ring, running along its periphery, of teeth extending radially outward and able to engage in the annular groove is described.