Patent ID: 8252234
Filing Date: 2012-08-28
Classification: A61J,B05C,B41P,C23C,G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A pharmaceutical machine that produces a pharmaceutical product, the pharmaceutical product having a carrier substrate and a dosage of active agent, the machine comprising: a holder for receiving said carrier substrate; a dispensing module for adding said dosage of active agent to said carrier substrate; a conveyor for receiving and moving said holder disposed thereon, wherein said conveyor moves said holder along the machine and to said dispensing module, so that said dosage of active agent can be added to said carrier substrate; a dose inspection device for determining an amount of said dosage of active agent that has been added to said carrier substrate, wherein said dose inspection device performs optical profilometry on said carrier substrate to determine said amount of said dosage of active agent; and a control system in communication with said conveyor and said dose inspection device, wherein said control system controls said conveyor to move said holder as said dose inspection device performs said optical profilometry.