Patents by Inventor Padraig Somers

Padraig Somers has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Apparatus for producing a pharmaceutical product
    Patent number: 6092567
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for producing a pharmaceutical product in a micronised form. The pharmaceutical product is delivered at a predetermined flow rate from a gravimetric feeding device into a delivery line. An air compressor generates an air stream which is delivered along an airline into which the pharmaceutical product delivery line is discharged for delivering the product to a microniser which micronises the product to a desired size range. The micronised product is delivered through a cyclone filter apparatus from which the micronised product is collected through an outlet valve to a storage drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2000
    Assignee: Helsinn Chemicals Ireland Limited
    Inventors: David Keenan, Padraig Somers