Back to results
US 11,305,144 B2Granted
Abuse potential reduction in abusable substance dosage form
AssigneeVerde Environmental Technologies, Inc.
InventorsCarter R. Anderson, Russell L. Morris
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
The potential for substance abuse involving residual amounts of abusable substances remaining in used skin-worn patches is reduced by the provision of a system and method for combining the abusable substance with a separate anti-abuse substance agent as part of a removal or disposal procedure.
Claims21
A device for disposing a drug dosage comprising a drug compound, the device comprising:
- (a) a disposal container having an opening therein for receiving the drug dosage;
- and
- (b) an anti-abuse substance in the container comprising a material that renders the drug compound of the drug dosage unusable upon contact with the drug compound of the drug dosage, wherein the container is configured such that the drug compound of the drug dosage when inserted into the container will contact the anti-abuse substance before the drug dosage is sealed in the container.
A method for disposing a drug dosage comprising a drug compound, the method comprising:
- (a) introducing the drug dosage into a disposal container through an opening therein for receiving the drug dosage, wherein the disposal container comprises an anti-abuse substance comprising a material that renders the drug compound unusable upon contact with the drug compound and wherein the container is configured such that the drug compound of the drug dosage when inserted into the container will contact the anti-abuse substance before the drug dosage is sealed in the container;
- and
- (b) closing the opening to contain the drug dosage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.