Apparatus for holding solid compact medicaments during procesing
CA 2126644 C · Owner: Reiter, Thomas C. · Inventors: Pierson, Charles W.; Pastecki, Peter A.; Reiter, Thomas C.
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An apparatus 10 for holding a solid compact medicament has relatively displaceable substantially, planar first and second members 12,14 having opposed edge portions 16,18. Each edge portion 16,18 has at least one notch 20 having an interior wall 22. Housing 21 is provided for holding members 12,14 in a substantially co-planar relationship. When members 12,14 are displaced, preferably along a fixed axis to, a first position, the interior walls 22 of the opposed aligned notches 20 define an open gripping jaw 24 for receiving and subsequently releasing the caplet (A). Further when members 12,14 are displaced to a second position, the open gripping jaw 24 then partially closes, thereby …
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- Filed June 23, 1994 and granted October 13, 1998. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 23, 2014.
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