Methods and Apparatus for Dispensing Solid Pharmaceutical Articles

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12904858

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An apparatus for dispensing pharmaceutical articles includes a housing and a gas source to provide a positive pressure supply gas flow. The housing defines a hopper chamber to hold the articles, a dispensing channel fluidly connected to the hopper chamber, a drive jet outlet, and an agitation outlet. The dispensing channel has an inlet and an outlet and defines a flow path therebetween. The gas source is fluidly connected to each of the drive jet outlet and the agitation outlet to provide: a pressurized drive jet gas flow through the drive jet outlet to convey articles through the dispensing channel along the flow path; and a pressurized agitation gas flow through the agitation outlet to agitate articles in the hopper chamber.

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PARATA SYSTEMS LLC106 ROCHE DRIVE DURHAM NC 27703

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Calderwood, David Alan Chapel Hill, US 19 316
Dummer, Andrew Kirk Chapel Hill, US 11 172
Farnsworth, Bryan Patrick Wake Forest, US 12 165
Michelli, Richard D Raleigh, US 34 551
Williams, Jeffrey P Hillsborough, US 28 1657

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