Patent ID: 9545737
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: B29C,B29L,Y10T

Claim:
1. A method of forming pharmaceutical particles, comprising: applying a composition between a mold and a sheet, wherein the mold defines a plurality of micro or nano cavities each having a broadest cross-sectional dimension of less than about 100 micrometers; passing the mold, the composition and the sheet through a heated nip point such that the composition between the mold and the sheet is heated by the heated nip point and enters the micro or nano cavities of the mold; allowing the composition in the micro or nano cavities of the mold to cool and form the pharmaceutical particles in the micro or nano cavities of the mold; and separating the mold and the sheet to remove the pharmaceutical particles from the micro or nano cavities of the mold and provide a plurality of independent pharmaceutical particles.