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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2012
Applicants:
Mircea Mujat, Acton, MA (US);
William J. Kessler, Groton, MA (US);
Inventors:
Mircea Mujat, Acton, MA (US);
William J. Kessler, Groton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Physical Sciences, Inc., Andover, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 25/02 (2006.01); G01J 5/00 (2006.01); G01K 7/00 (2006.01); G01K 13/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/47 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/4795 (2013.01);
Abstract
A product critical temperature during freeze drying is determined. The product is imaged using optical coherence tomography ('OCT'). The product is freeze dried while the temperature of the product is measured. The product critical temperature is the temperature at which a product structure event occurs during freeze drying.