Microencapsulation process
AssigneeStolle Research & Development Corporation
InventorsThomas R. Tice, Danny H. Lewis
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Abstract
Microcapsules laden with an active agent are prepared by a method comprising: (a) dissolving or dispersing an active agent in a solvent and dissolving a wall forming material in said solvent; (b) dispersing said solvent containing said active agent and wall forming material in a continuous-phase processing medium; (c) evaporating a portion of said solvent from said dispersion of step (b), thereby forming microcapsules containing said active agent in the suspension; and (d) extracting the remainder of the solvent from said microcapsules.
Claims17
A method of preparing microcapsules laden with an active agent, comprising:
- (a) dissolving or dispersing an active agent in a solvent and dissolving a wall forming material in said solvent;
- (b) dispersing said solvent containing said active agent and wall forming material in a continuous-phase processing medium;
- (c) evaporating from 10 to 90 weight % of said solvent from said dispersion of step (b), thereby forming microcapsules containing said active agent in the suspension;
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- (d) extracting the remainder of the solvent from said microcapsules.
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