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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2014
Applicant:
MG 2—s.r.l., Località Pian di Macina, IT;
Inventor:
Ernesto Gamberini, Rastignano, IT;
Assignee:
MG 2—S.R.L., Localita Pian di Macina, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01G 17/00 (2006.01); G01G 15/00 (2006.01); A61J 3/07 (2006.01); G01G 23/37 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01G 23/3707 (2013.01); A61J 3/074 (2013.01); A61J 2200/74 (2013.01); G01G 15/001 (2013.01); G01G 17/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for weighing pharmaceutical product capsules, whereby a capsule containing a pharmaceutical product is fed into a pocket to allow a measuring device to determine the weight of the pharmaceutical product and of a first portion of the capsule containing the pharmaceutical product; the pocket, and therefore the capsule, then being inverted to move the pharmaceutical product out of the first portion and into a second portion of the capsule, to allow the measuring device to determine the weight of the first portion only of the capsule.