Rapidly dissoluble medicinal dosage unit and method of manufacture
Patent 4855326 Issued on August 8, 1989. Estimated Expiration Date: 
March 18, 2008. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
March 18, 2008. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesInventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 07/169838 filed on 03/18/1988US Classes:514/777, Carbohydrate or lignin, or derivative206/569, Test (e.g., diagnostic or indicator)424/439, Food or edible as carrier for pharmaceutical424/443, Web, sheet or filament bases; compositions of bandages; or dressings with incorporated medicaments514/781Cellulose or derivativeExaminersPrimary: Kight, JohnAssistant: Nutter, Nathan M. Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesA23L 1/00 (20060101)A23L 1/307 (20060101) A23L 1/314 (20060101) A61K 8/73 (20060101) A61K 8/60 (20060101) A61K 8/44 (20060101) A61K 8/72 (20060101) A61K 9/70 (20060101) A61K 8/30 (20060101) A61K 8/02 (20060101) A61Q 17/04 (20060101) A61Q 5/12 (20060101) AbstractA melt spinnable carrier agent such as sugar is combined with a medicament then converted into fiber form by melt spinning with "cotton candy" fabricating equipment. The as-spun product is converted to compacted individual dosage units. For certain medicaments a binding agent is added to the carrier agent. Examples are presented for oral administration, topical application, systemic and non-systemic, intravenous and intra-muscular infusion via multicameral containers. All applications utilize the extraordinarily rapid entry into solution upon contact with a solvent. | |
