Patents Assigned to Pharmaceutical Technology Solutions, LLC
  • Continuous melt spheronization apparatus and process for the production of pharmaceutical pellets
    Patent number: 7771632
    Abstract: Spherically-shaped pharmaceutical pellets are produced using a novel spheronization apparatus in a continuous melt spheronization process in which an active pharmaceutical agent is blended with various excipients, fed to an extruder, cut and subsequently fed to the novel spheronizer for continuously producing uniform, spherically-shaped pellets. The pellets may be further coated so as to provide immediate or various modified release characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignees: American Leistritz Extruder Corp., Pharmaceutical Technology Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Isaac Ghebre-Sellassie, Charles Martin, Bert Elliot