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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 23, 1999
Jeffrey D. Brehant, Lititz, PA (US);
Linn C. Hoover, Webster, NY (US);
Thomas Kucharski, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
Thomas C. Reiter, Hilton, NY (US);
David J. Revelle, Rochester, NY (US);
Daniel A. Slater, Rochester, NY (US);
Luis R. Torres, Lancaster, PA (US);
Patrick Vo, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Bayer Corporation, Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A process and apparatus for holding a plurality of medicaments to be coated is disclosed. A support member is provided having a receiving surface with a plurality of channels to communicate a vacuum across the receiving surface and an aperture operable to couple the plurality of channels to a vacuum source. A flexible mat having a perimeter shaped to engage the support member in a sealed relation is provided on the support member. The flexible mat includes a plurality of medicament receptacles mounted to a first surface and adapted to receive the medicaments. The medicament receptacles initially are in a first position when no vacuum is applied. In the first position, the medicament receptacles are positioned to receive a medicament. When a vacuum is applied, the medicament receptacles change to a second position in which the medicament receptacles are positioned to hold the medicament and permit coating thereof.