Patent ID: 7707964

Claim:
An apparatus for manufacturing a variably selected pharmaceutical and dose on a succession of pharmaceutical dosage forms, the apparatus comprising: at least one reservoir containing at least one fluid pharmaceutical component; a fluid drop generator fluidically coupled to the at least one reservoir, the fluid drop generator including at least one array of jetting heads variably sized with different head diameters; and a control activating the fluid drop generator, the fluid drop generator configured to eject variably selected individual droplets of variable number and size of the at least one pharmaceutical component onto the dosage form; wherein the fluid drop generator is mounted on a moveable carriage configured to be traversable in at least one direction with respect to the dosage forms so that the at least one array of jetting heads is simultaneously in a position to apply the variably selected pharmaceutical and dose onto the succession of pharmaceutical dosage forms; and wherein the fluid drop generator is a drop on demand fluid dispenser selected from the group consisting of a thermal inkjet drop generator and a piezoelectric inkjet drop generator.