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US 2003/0147066 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for obtaining molecular data from a pharmaceutical specimen
AssigneeOrtho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc.
InventorRichard David Bruce
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Abstract
This invention relates to a method and apparatus for the analysis of pharmaceutical specimens by nondestructively obtaining the molecular data for a chemical component on the surface or within the matrix of a pharmaceutical specimen.
Claims24
A method for nondestructively obtaining the molecular data for a chemical component from a pharmaceutical specimen comprising:
- producing an image of a pharmaceutical specimen;
- using the image to identify and select a position from which molecular data is to be obtained;
- aligning a plurality of incident radiation sources at the selected position;
- and,
- using a plurality of detection apparatus to detect the intensity and frequency of radiation scattered from the position;and,
- thereby obtaining the molecular data therefrom.
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