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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 17, 1999
Charles Amick Buckner, III, Durham, NC (US);
Jeffrey Scott Thomas, Erwin, NC (US);
SmithKline Beecham Corporation, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Abstract
An aerosol can content analyzer workstation is disclosed which will make available the drug content of an aerosol can by a mechanical extraction process wherein the extraction is performed by isolating the bottom portion of the aerosol can in an extraction chamber. The aerosol can bottom is pierced by a metal punch after the aerosol can bottom is isolated. An extraction solvent is dispensed through spray holes in the metal punch in order to extract the contents from within the can. The extract is then collected in a collection flask and the extract is analyzed in order to determine the drug content.