Appeal No. 96-1808
Application 08/204,119
remaining in the application.
THE INVENTION
Appellants’ claimed invention is directed toward an
apparatus for testing the dissolution of a material such as a
pharmaceutical formulation unit (specification, page 1, lines
2-22). The apparatus includes a head supported above a
vessel. The head can include devices for filling the vessel,
sampling the liquid contents of the vessel, aspirating liquid
from the vessel, measuring the temperature of the liquid in
the vessel, and introducing a cleaning liquid into the vessel.
Claim 1 is illustrative and reads as follows:
1. A dissolution testing system comprising:
base means;
a plurality of vessels mounted in situ on said base
means;
agitation means for agitating a liquid content of said
vessels; said agitation means comprising a paddle disposed in
each vessel, a drive shaft coupled to each paddle, and drive
means for rotating said drive shafts; and
head means supported above each of said plurality of
vessels and comprising fill means operable to automatically
inject a liquid media into said vessel;
said head means further comprising liquid media handling
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