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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2010
Hans-rainer Herrmann, Hamburg, DE;
Tom Regina Augustinus Huysmans, Bornem, BE;
Udo Schlemm, Hamburg, DE;
Hans-Rainer Herrmann, Hamburg, DE;
Tom Regina Augustinus Huysmans, Bornem, BE;
Udo Schlemm, Hamburg, DE;
Capsugel Belgium NV, Bornem, BE;
Abstract
An exemplary embodiment of this invention relates to a method of inspection of a filled hard capsule sealed with a solvent sealing agent, including a process for determining the quality of the seal. The process may include: supplying a filled hard capsule sealed with a solvent sealing agent; supplying a microwave resonator wherein a measuring field having a resonance curve is generated; directing the capsule through the measuring field; measuring characteristics related to the modification of the resonance curve produced by the presence of the capsule in the measuring field, in comparison with a reference resonance curve corresponding to an empty state of the resonator; and using the measured characteristics to determine a value associated with the quality of the seal. Other exemplary embodiments of this invention relates to a method for sorting capsules on the basis of the result of the inspection method and to an associated equipment able to carry out such methods.