Procaps S.a.

Procaps Sas

Braulio Teran

Gustavo Anaya

Carlos Salazar Altamar

Newman Aguas Navarro

Wilmer Herrera

Willmer Herrera

The present invention provides an apparatus and process for making softgel capsules having incorporated therein other solid dosage forms selected from the group consisting of pellets, smaller capsules, smaller tablets, sustained release solid dosage forms, immediate release solid dosage forms, extended release solid dosage forms and zero order release solid dosage forms, said apparatus comprising: (a) two spreader boxes; (b) two casting drums; (c) a pair of rotary dies having means for suction; (d) a liquid fill system; (e) a wedge for heating gelatine ribbons and feeding said fill; and (f) two lateral dispensing devices said lateral dispensing devices including hoppers having said solid dosage forms, channel guides for transporting said solid dosage forms and a grasping claw for dispensing said solid dosage form into the softgel pocket formed in the rotary dies.

Apparatus and process for encapsulating capsules or other solid dosage forms within capsules

The present invention provides an apparatus and process for making softgel capsules having incorporated therein other solid dosage forms selected from the group consisting of pellets, smaller capsules, smaller tablets, sustained release solid dosage forms, immediate release solid dosage forms, extended release solid dosage forms and zero order release solid dosage forms, said apparatus comprising: (a) two spreader boxes; (b) two casting drums; (c) a pair of rotary dies having means for suction; (d) a liquid fill system; (e) a wedge for heating gelatine ribbons and feeding said fill; and (f) two lateral dispensing devices said lateral dispensing devices including hoppers having said solid dosage forms, channelguides for transporting said solid dosage forms and a grasping claw for dispensing said solid dosage form into the softgel pocket formed in the rotary dies.

The invention provides an apparatus for producing soft gel capsules having encapsulated therein microparticles, nanoparticles and fluids, said apparatus comprising: (a) two spreader boxes; (b) two casting drums; (c) a pair of rotary dies; (d) a liquid fill system (medicine pump system); (e) a wedge for heating gelatine ribbons and feeding said fill; and (f) one or more microgranule or nanogranule feeders located on each side of the rotary dies, said feeders being synchronized to rotate at the same tangential speed as the rotary dies.

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Barranquilla, Colombia

Braulio Teran