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Custom-pill compounding system with filler-free capability

  • US 9,168,223 B2
  • Filed: 02/03/2013
  • Issued: 10/27/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A pharmaceutical polypill compounding system having automated micro-dosing capability, comprising:

  • an interface configured to receive prescription information, said prescription information comprising patient-specific dose levels corresponding to respective drugs; and

    a capsule-filling machine adapted for patient-specific usage based on said prescription information, said capsule-filling machine comprising a dispenser for placing said drugs into capsules at said dose levels without manual weighing, said dispenser not being a fluid-drop generator, and said dispenser incorporating a micro-dosing technology that makes volume enhancement via inactive ingredient(s) unnecessary in order for said drugs to be dispensable at said dose levels;

    said systems being configured for producing polpills comprising solid particles, via dispensation of multiple different active pharmaceutical ingredients into the same capsules,via administration of mechanical disturbances to multiple respective dispensing heads each containing at least one of daid active pharmaceutical ingredients, said disturbances having a force or duration or frequency that gets adjusted according to gravimetric data obtained form recurring sensing of accumulating mass within said capsules during said dispensation.

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