Patent ID: 8815326
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: G01K

Abstract:
1. A method of monitoring the temperature of a mass of pharmaceutical dosage forms being subjected to a processing step in which said mass of pharmaceutical dosage forms is caused to flow, the method comprising: including within said mass of pharmaceutical dosage forms a temperature monitoring transducer said transducer being freely movable relative to each of the pharmaceutical dosage forms within said mass; and while said mass of pharmaceutical dosage forms is flowing, transmitting temperature data from said monitoring transducer by wireless telemetry to a receiver external to said mass of pharmaceutical dosage forms; wherein the temperature monitoring transducer moves within said mass of pharmaceutical dosage forms during said processing step; wherein the size, shape and weight of the temperature monitoring transducer are such that its movement within said mass of pharmaceutical dosage forms is substantially indistinguishable from the movement of said dosage forms; and wherein said temperature monitoring transducer is a non-pharmaceutical device consisting essentially of an external shell, and, within said external shell, a temperature sensor, a wireless transmitter, and electronic circuitry causing the wireless transmitter to transmit data corresponding to the temperature as sensed by the temperature sensor.