Patent ID: 8807979

Claim:
A machine for the production of a solid dosage form, said machine comprising: (a) a die platen having one or more forming cavities each having an inner wall, a first opening at a surface of one side of said die platen, and a second opening at a surface on a opposite side of said die platen; (b) one or more first forming tools each adapted to move into one of said cavities through the first opening of said forming cavity; (c) one or more second forming tools each adapted to move adjacent to one of said second openings or into one of said cavities through the second opening of said forming cavity; (d) at least one first RF electrode operably associated with said one or more first forming tools, said one or more second forming tools, or said inner wall of said one or more forming cavities; and (e) at least one second RF electrode operably associated with said one or more first forming tools, said one or more second forming tools, or said inner wall of said one or more forming cavities; wherein said machine is adapted to form said dosage form between one of said one or more first forming tools and one of said one or more second forming tools within one of said one or more forming cavities and wherein said first RF electrode and said second RF electrode are arranged within said machine such that when RF energy is conducted between said first RF electrode and said second RF electrode, said RF energy passes through a portion of said forming cavity adapted to form said dosage form.