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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 21, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sandro De Caris, Pianoro, IT;
Angelo Ansaloni, Crespellano, IT;
Assignee:
MG2 S.p.A., , IT;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01G / ; G01D / ; B07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
177 50 ; 177 54 ; 177 83 ; 177 52 ; 73-113 ; 73-116 ; 73865 ; 209571 ; 36457101 ;
Abstract
A drug weighing method presenting the steps of feeding an orderly succession of drugs to a capacitive sensor; determining the weight of each drug by means of the capacitive sensor; periodically weighing a number of drugs in the succession by means of a precision scale; and periodically calibrating the capacitive sensor on the basis of the directly determined drug weights.