Patents by Inventor Zane A. Arp

Zane A. Arp 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).

  • Using thermal imaging for control of a manufacturing process
    Patent number: 9063000
    Abstract: A thermal imaging camera monitors the temperature different zones in a pharmaceutical process such as ribbon compaction, coating, spray drying, fluid bed drying, high shear wet granulation, crystallization, lyophilization, precipitation, fermentation, and low dosage dispensing of a pharmaceutically active liquid. The thermal imaging camera can be used to produce a visual display of a temperature profile, or a spray pattern. In addition, feedback from the thermal imaging camera is used to control one or more processing parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: GlaxoSmithKline LLC
    Inventor: Zane A. Arp
  • USING THERMAL IMAGING FOR CONTROL OF A MANUFACTURING PROCESS
    Publication number: 20150159950
    Abstract: A thermal imaging camera monitors the temperature different zones in a pharmaceutical process such as ribbon compaction, coating, spray drying, fluid bed drying, high shear wet granulation, crystallization, lyophilization, precipitation, fermentation, and low dosage dispensing of a pharmaceutically active liquid. The thermal imaging camera can be used to produce a visual display of a temperature profile, or a spray pattern. In addition, feedback from the thermal imaging camera is used to control one or more processing parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventor: Zane A. ARP
  • USING THERMAL IMAGING FOR CONTROL OF A MANUFACTURING PROCESS
    Publication number: 20150163417
    Abstract: A thermal imaging camera monitors the temperature different zones in a pharmaceutical process such as ribbon compaction, coating, spray drying, fluid bed drying, high shear wet granulation, crystallization, lyophilization, precipitation, fermentation, and low dosage dispensing of a pharmaceutically active liquid. The thermal imaging camera can be used to produce a visual display of a temperature profile, or a spray pattern. In addition, feedback from the thermal imaging camera is used to control one or more processing parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventor: Zane A. ARP
  • Temperature telemetry in processing of material
    Patent number: 8815326
    Abstract: In the process of coating pharmaceutical tablets in a moving bed, the temperature of the tablets is measured by incorporating a temperature transducer in the form of tablet into the bed of tablets, and transmitting temperature data to an external receiver by wireless telemetry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: GlaxoSmithKline LLC
    Inventors: Zane A. Arp, Christine McDade
  • USING THERMAL IMAGING FOR CONTROL OF A MANUFACTURING PROCESS
    Publication number: 20120057018
    Abstract: A thermal imaging camera monitors the temperature different zones in a pharmaceutical process such as ribbon compaction, coating, spray drying, fluid bed drying, high shear wet granulation, crystallization, lyophilization, precipitation, fermentation, and low dosage dispensing of a pharmaceutically active liquid. The thermal imaging camera can be used to produce a visual display of a temperature profile, or a spray pattern. In addition, feedback from the thermal imaging camera is used to control one or more processing parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2010
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Inventor: Zane A. Arp
  • TEMPERATURE TELEMETRY IN PROCESSING OF MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20100203227
    Abstract: In the process of coating pharmaceutical tablets in a moving bed, the temperature of the tablets is measured by incorporating a temperature transducer in the form of tablet into the bed of tablets, and transmitting temperature data to an external receiver by wireless telemetry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Inventors: Zane A. Arp, Christine McDade