Capsule device with an aperture formed by an overlap of two halve-capsule shells
AssigneeEsoCap AG
InventorsChristoph Rosenbaum, Viviane Gamboni, Silvio Moser, Peter Frech, Andreas Kaiser, Peter Stangier
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical dosage form for application to a mucous membrane, in particular to a buccal, intestinal, rectal or vaginal mucous membrane, comprising at least one string-like or strip-like preparation comprising the active pharmaceutical ingredient, the dosage from consisting a first and a second halve-capsule shell, which jointly define the size of an aperture for releasing the preparation. The invention also relates to a method of producing the pharmaceutical dosage form.
Claims20
A capsule device for the application to a mucous membrane, configured to accommodate a pharmaceutical preparation having an elongated shape and comprising an active pharmaceutical ingredient, and capable of being arranged in a compact condition and in an expanded condition,
- the capsule device comprising a hollow space for accommodating the preparation in the compact condition,
- the capsule device having an aperture, configured to allow a first end of the preparation in the compact condition to extend through the aperture such that the preparation can be transferred from its compact condition in the hollow space to its expanded condition in the surrounding area of the capsule device,
- the capsule device comprising a first halve-capsule shell and a second halve-capsule shell, which are joined by overlapping the first halve-capsule shell and the second halve-capsule shell in a joined position,
- characterized in that
- the first halve-capsule shell has a hollow-cylindrical wall including an opening, and
- the second halve-capsule shell has a wall overlapping a cross-section of the opening thereby forming the aperture of the capsule device in the joined position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.