Method and apparatus for manufacturing nucleated tablets

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9707729
APP PUB NO 20160136916A1
SERIAL NO

14897453

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Provided is a method and apparatus for manufacturing nucleated tablets in each of which a nucleus is positioned in a precise manner. In the tablet manufacturing machine (1), granules are charged in a mortar and then compressed by pestles while the mortar and the pestles travel along a cyclic path extending from a point and then back to the point. The path has a substantially straight path portion where the mortar and the pestles travel substantially straightly.

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OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTDJAPAN

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Inaka, Hiroshi San Francisco, US 1 1

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