PHARMACEUTICAL LASER DRILLING SYSTEM

• Main Authors: NEWBOLD, DAVID, DIXON, CRAIG, CHRISTOPHER, DONAVAN, THOMBRE, AVINASH, GOVIND, SPENCE, KENNY, RAY, CARRUTHERS, MARK, SAMUEL, MILLARD, DOUGLAS, LEE
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 29.01.2004
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: BABY COMFORTERS; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICALPURPOSES; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGINGPHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL ORADMINISTERING FORMS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MACHINE TOOLS; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; TRANSPORTING; WELDING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM

A laser drilling system forms an opening in the coating of a pharmaceutical dosage form and includes an orienting assembly to correctly orient dosage forms, a debris removal assembly to reduce buildup of and reduce exposure to drilling debris and a quality control assembly to verify that the opening formed conforms to predetermined specifications. La présente invention concerne un système de perçage au laser utilisé pour former une ouverture dans une forme pharmaceutique et comprenant un dispositif d'orientation qui sert à orienter correctement les formes pharmaceutiques, un dispositif d'élimination de débris qui sert à réduire la formation de débris de perçage et à réduire l'exposition à ces débris, et un dispositif de contrôle de qualité qui sert à vérifier si l'ouverture formée correspond bien aux spécifications prédéterminées.