Patents Assigned to Apothecus Pharmaceutical Corp.
  • Patent number: 5806284
    Abstract: A system for packaging a water soluble medicant film which is dissolvable in a body fluid within a multi-ply packaging material which comprises a spool of dissolvable film, a mechanism for longitudinally cutting the film into at least two webs, a mechanism for drawing each of the webs through a roller assembly, a mechanism for laterally separating the webs, a mechanism for preventing the webs from adhering to the drawing mechanism, a mechanism for transversely cutting the webs into individual dosages of film, and a mechanism for sealing the film dosages between the packaging plies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1998
    Assignee: Apothecus Pharmaceutical Corp.
    Inventor: Glen F. Gifford