Abstract
A method and a device for monitoring a property of a coating of a solid dosage form during a coating process forming the coating of the solid dosage form are provided. The device comprises a coating apparatus configured for forming the coating on the solid dosage form, and a monitoring apparatus configured for monitoring the property of the coating of the solid dosage form in process, wherein at least a part of the monitoring apparatus is located so as to have insight in an interior of the coating apparatus, the interior accommodating the solid dosage form to be coated and a precursor for forming the coating, and wherein the monitoring apparatus is configured for monitoring the property of the coating of the solid dosage form simultaneously with and during a coating process using low coherence interferometry.
| Original language | English |
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| Patent number | US9649256B2 |
| IPC | A61J3/00,G01B11/06,G01B9/02,G01N21/47,G01N21/84,G01N21/95 |
| Priority date | 30/04/13 |
| Filing date | 29/04/14 |
| Publication status | Published - 16 May 2017 |
Keywords
- solid dosage form
- monitoring a property of a coating
- low coherence interferometry