US 2013/0280323 A1 · Soft Elastic Capsules Containing Tablets and Liquid or Semisolid Fills and Methods for Their Manufacture

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a soft elastic capsule that includes an acid resistant, capsule shell that defines an encapsulated space having a predetermined volume, a liquid or semisolid fill comprising a first active ingredient located within the encapsulated space, and a first compressed tablet a having a minimal dimension of 2 mm, being located within the encapsulated space, unanchored to the capsule shell, and surrounded by the fill, said tablet comprising a second active ingredient that is substantially insoluble in the fill. A method of manufacturing a soft elastic capsule is also disclosed.

Claims29

Dependent claims

A soft elastic capsule, comprising:

an acid resistant, capsule shell that defines an encapsulated space having a predetermined volume;
a liquid or semisolid fill comprising a first active ingredient located within the encapsulated space;
and
a first compressed tablet having a minimal dimension of 2 mm, being located within the encapsulated space, unanchored to the capsule shell, and surrounded by the fill, said tablet comprising a second active ingredient and being substantially insoluble in the fill.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

13/862,199Filed 12 Apr 2013

Priority

13 Apr 2012

Published

24 Oct 2013

Term ends

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Classification44 codes

A61K 9/4808
Preparations in capsules, e.g. of gelatin, of chocolate: characterised by the form of the capsule or the structure of the filling; Capsules…
A61J 3/07
Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms: into the form of…
A61K 9/4816
Preparations in capsules, e.g. of gelatin, of chocolate: wall or shell material
A61K 9/4825
Wall or shell material: proteins, e.g. gelatin

Soft Elastic Capsules Containing Tablets and Liquid or Semisolid Fills and Methods for Their Manufacture

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Soft Elastic Capsules Containing Tablets and Liquid or Semisolid Fills and Methods for Their Manufacture

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Abstract

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