Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus for packaging dosed quantities of solid drug portions
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Application No.: US16277688Application Date: 2019-02-15
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Publication No.: US11021285B2Publication Date: 2021-06-01
- Inventor: Eddy R. Lokkers , John Van De Koot
- Applicant: BD Switzerland Sàrl
- Applicant Address: CH Eysins
- Assignee: BD Switzerland Sàrl
- Current Assignee: BD Switzerland Sàrl
- Current Assignee Address: CH Eysins
- Agency: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
- Priority: EP12182632 20120831
- Main IPC: B65B35/00
- IPC: B65B35/00 ; B65B39/00 ; B65B35/30 ; B65B59/04 ; B65B65/06 ; B65B65/08 ; B65B9/06 ; B65B35/24

Abstract:
An apparatus for dispensing and packaging dosed quantities of solid drug portions is provided. The apparatus includes multiple dosing stations, each dosing station having an output opening for dispensing solid drug portions, a collector for collecting dosed quantities of solid drug portions dispensed by the dosing stations and forwarding the dosed quantities of solid drug portions to a packager, and multiple fall ducts configured to guide the solid drug portions from the output openings to the collector, each fall duct having an outlet and a number of inlet openings, the output openings of the dosing stations being aligned with the inlet openings of the fall ducts when a fall duct is positioned adjacent to a column of dosing stations. Each fall duct includes a first part and a second part detachably connected together.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190177018A1 APPARATUS FOR PACKAGING DOSED QUANTITIES OF SOLID DRUG PORTIONS Public/Granted day:2019-06-13
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