Patent ID: 7785089
Filing Date: 2010-08-31
Classification: A61J,B30B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for forming a compacted dosage form coated with a film, the apparatus comprising: compaction equipment capable of a first enrobing step in which powder is compacted into a film formed in a plurality of pockets disposed in a platen to provide a plurality of partially enrobed dosage forms; enrobe equipment capable of a second enrobing step in which said partially enrobed dosage forms are enrobed to produce completely enrobed dosage forms; a combined transfer and cutting tool comprising a cutter and a transfer gasket, wherein the platen and the combined transfer and cutting tool are distinct units, wherein the gasket is arranged proximate to the non-cutting surface of the cutter such that the cutting holes of the cutter link to the press-fit holes of the gasket.