Owner Picoliter Inc.

Inventors Ellson, Richard N.; Williams, Theodore J.; Lee, David Soong-Hua

Agent FB Rice

Pub. Number AU-B-2003267271

PCT Number PCT/US03/29283

PCT Pub. Number WO2004/024343

Priority 10/244,128 13.09.02 US

Filing date 15 September 2003

Wipo publication date 30 April 2004

Acceptance publication date 12 March 2009

A61J 3/06 (2006.01) Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms - into the form of pills, lozenges or dragees

A61K 9/12 (2006.01) Medicinal preparations characterised by special physical form - Aerosols

A61K 9/72 (2006.01) Medicinal preparations characterised by special physical form - for smoking or inhaling

B01J 2/00 (2006.01) Processes or devices for granulating materials, in general

B01J 2/02 (2006.01) Processes or devices for granulating materials, in general - by dividing the liquid material into drops, e.g. by spraying, and solidifying the drops

B01J 2/04 (2006.01) Processes or devices for granulating materials, in general

B01J 2/06 (2006.01) Processes or devices for granulating materials, in general

B01J 19/10 (2006.01) Chemical, physical, or physico-chemical processes in general - employing sonic or ultrasonic vibrations

B05B 17/04 (2006.01) Apparatus for spraying or atomising liquids or other fluent materials, not covered by any other group of this subclass - operating with special methods