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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2015
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Alexander H. Slocum, Bow, NH (US);
Nicholas M. Sondej, Guilford, CT (US);
Bernhardt Levy Trout, Lexington, MA (US);
Gregory C. Rutledge, Newton, MA (US);
Indrani Bhattacharyya, Quincy, MA (US);
Massachusetts Insititute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for manufacturing a tablet are generally provided. Certain embodiments comprise electrodepositing (e.g., electrospinning) a material (e.g., the tablet material, for example, within a fluid) onto a substrate. The substrate can be, for example, an elongated rod. In some such embodiments, after material has been electrodeposited onto the substrate, a die comprising a cavity and the substrate can be moved relative to each other such that the electrodeposited material is at least partially stripped from the substrate and/or at least partially deposited into the cavity of the die. Some embodiments comprise compressing the material in the cavity to form a tablet.