HUMIDITY TELEMETRY IN PROCESSING OF MATERIALS
First Claim
1. A method of monitoring the humidity of a material being subjected to processing step, the method comprising:
- including, along with said material, a humidity monitoring transducer; and
transmitting humidity data from said monitoring transducer by wireless telemetry to a receiver external to said material during said processing step.
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Abstract
A method of monitoring the humidity of material being subjected to processing step using it humidity monitoring transducer, and transmitting humidity data from the monitoring transducer by wireless telemetry to a receiver external to the mass of material. If the material is a mass of material, the transducer can be embedded within the material. The method is particularly useful in the case of a material in a closed environment, such as packaging or if the material is in motion during the processing step, for example, when the mass of material is subjected to multiple pharmaceutical processing steps and/or plural dosage forms. The processing step can be, for example, pre-formulation, mixing, granulation, a coating step, in which a coating material is sprayed onto pharmaceutical dosage forms while the dosage forms are being tumbled.
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1. A method of monitoring the humidity of a material being subjected to processing step, the method comprising:
- including, along with said material, a humidity monitoring transducer; and
transmitting humidity data from said monitoring transducer by wireless telemetry to a receiver external to said material during said processing step. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 17, 18)
- including, along with said material, a humidity monitoring transducer; and
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11. A method of monitoring the humidity of pharmaceutical dosage forms in a bed comprising multiple dosage forms in a random array while subjected to a processing step, the method comprising:
- including a humidity monitoring transducer within said bed; and
transmitting humidity data from said monitoring transducer by wireless telemetry to a receiver external to said bed during said processing step. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
- including a humidity monitoring transducer within said bed; and
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