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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2008
Stephen Mark Mcallister, Sandwich, GB;
Stephen Mark McAllister, Sandwich, GB;
Capsugel Belgium, Bornem, BE;
Abstract
A method of manufacturing a linker of the type having an injection molded jacket radially confining a preformed tablet. The method includes grasping the tablet about the outer surface with a plurality of pincers and positioning the grasped tablet and the pincers with respect to a molding apparatus. The method also includes supporting the tablet via the pincers and injecting jacket material to cover the outer tablet surface and the pincers. The method further includes extracting the jacketed tablet from the molding apparatus and removing the pincers from the jacketed tablet. The method may also include supporting and longitudinally positioning the tablet within the mold via a plurality of additional pincers.