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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bernd Sennhenn, Leverkusen, DE;
Martin Kramer, Stuttgart, DE;
Assignee:
Bayer Aktiengesellschaft, Leverkusen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F26B 5/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F26B 5/06 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a lyophilization method which comprises the following steps: reducing the pressure in the drying chamber until the onset of a visible crystallization of the solvent at a temperature in the drying chamber which is above the solidification point of the preparation; reducing the temperature in the drying chamber to a temperature which is below the solidification point of the preparation or is identical to it, until completion of the crystallization of the solvent, resulting in a frozen solvent; and sublimation of the frozen solvent by means of reduced pressure.