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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
May. 27, 2014
Applicant:
Steerlife India Private Limited, Bangalore, IN;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SteerLife India Private Limited, Bengaluru, Karnataka, IN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 47/00 (2006.01); B29C 47/40 (2006.01); B29C 47/60 (2006.01); B29C 47/80 (2006.01); A61K 9/16 (2006.01); A61K 9/20 (2006.01); B29K 91/00 (2006.01); B29K 105/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 47/0011 (2013.01); A61K 9/1694 (2013.01); A61K 9/2095 (2013.01); B29C 47/00 (2013.01); B29C 47/402 (2013.01); B29C 47/6075 (2013.01); B29C 47/805 (2013.01); B29C 47/807 (2013.01); A61K 9/1617 (2013.01); B29K 2091/00 (2013.01); B29K 2105/0035 (2013.01);
Abstract
A co-rotating twin screw extruder for forming fragments is disclosed. The extruder comprises of an intake zone for receiving one or more excipient(s) suitable for oral dosage or one or more excipient(s) suitable for oral dosage along with one or more active pharmaceutical ingredient, a melt zone for softening at least one excipient to form a viscous mass or melt and a fragmenting zone for fragmenting and cooling the viscous mass into cooled fragments and an extruder outlet for recovering the cooled fragments from the extruder.