Patent ID: 7585465

Claim:
A pharmaceutical product release rate testing device, comprising: a base; at least one carousel member rotatably mounted on said base, each of said at least one carousel member including a plurality of test tube pockets each adapted to receive a test tube fillable with test media; a dipping mechanism for dipping that dips samples of the pharmaceutical product to be tested into the test tubes when present in said test tube pockets and filled with test media, said dipping mechanism comprising a dipping arm coupled to said base and movable vertically relative to said at least one carousel member, said dipping arm being arranged to enable samples of the pharmaceutical product being tested to be dipped into test tubes when present in a first set of said test tube pockets and filled with test media; an analyzer unit that measures rate of dissolution of the pharmaceutical product in the test media after said dipping mechanism has dipped the samples of the pharmaceutical product into the test tubes tilled with the test media; and a filling/rinsing arm coupled to said base and movable vertically relative to said at least one carousel member, said filling/rinsing arm being arranged to rinse test tubes when present in a second set of said test tube pockets and fill test tubes with test media when present in said second set of test tube pockets, said first and second sets of said test tubes being different than one another such that both dipping of samples and rinsing or filling of test tubes can be performed simultaneously.