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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard Mertens, Laupheim, DE;
Heino Prinz, Laupheim, DE;
Assignee:
Uhlmann VisioTec GmbH, Laupheim, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 1/128 ; G01F 1/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 1/128 ; G01F 1/700 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for checking the filling or content of pockets in a blister package in particular for pharmaceuticals which is filled with a powdery, solid, liquid or pasteous substance whereby the volume filled of the substance is detected by a sensor and the detected volume value is supplied to an evaluation unit in which a comparison of the detected volume value with a volume target value is carried out. The sensor can preferably be formed both as a line sensor as well as a matrix sensor.