Patent ID: 9445971
Filing Date: 2016-09-20
CPC Classification: A61J,A61K,B30B

Claim Text:
1. A method of manufacturing a solid dosage form, said method comprising the steps of: (a) measuring an amount of a first powder blend within a dosing nozzle, wherein said first powder blend comprises a pharmaceutically active agent; (b) discharging said measured amount of a first powder blend from said dosing nozzle into a forming cavity within a die block to obtain a volume of powder blend comprising at least said first powder blend within said forming cavity, said forming cavity having an inner wall, a first opening at the surface of one side of said die block, and a second opening at the surface on the opposite side of said die block; (c) moving a first forming tool into said forming cavity through the first opening of said forming cavity such that said volume of powder blend comprising at least said first powder blend is formed into the shape of said dosage form within said forming cavity between said inner wall, said first forming tool and a second forming tool within or adjacent to said cavity; (d) applying RF energy between a first electrode and a second electrode such that said energy heats said first powder blend within said forming cavity to form said dosage form; and (e) removing said dosage form from said forming cavity.