Automatic Dissolution Testing System

A dissolution testing system, comprising:

• a frame for supporting a dissolution vessel having an interior into which dissolution media and a pharmaceutical compound are placed to conduct a dissolution test of the pharmaceutical compound;
• a sampling probe movable into a position at least partly in an interior of the vessel;
• temperature sensing means in connection with said sampling probe for sensing temperature of the dissolution media in the interior of the vessel when positioned below an upper surface of the dissolution media in the interior of the vessel;
• imaging means in connection with said sampling probe for imaging dissolution of the pharmaceutical compound during the dissolution test;
• media delivery means on said frame for delivering dissolution media to the interior of the vessel;
• washing means on said frame for delivering washing media to the interior of the vessel to wash the interior of the vessel;
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• a rotatable vessel housing to which the vessel is fixed, said vessel housing being rotatable between a first, testing position in which an opening of the vessel is oriented upward, and at least one additional position in which the opening is oriented downward to allow for fluid flow out of the interior of the vessel.