Process and apparatus for making rapidly dissolving dosage units and product therefrom
AssigneeFuisz Technologies Ltd.
InventorsGarry L. Myers, Gerald E. Battist, Richard C. Fuisz
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Abstract
The present invention is a method of preparing rapidly dissolving comestible units such as tablets. The present invention also includes an apparatus for making the comestible units and the units themselves. The product prepared in accordance with the present invention can include active ingredients and is capable of dissolving in the mouth of the consumer within several seconds. The unit dosage forms prepared in accordance with the present invention are particularly useful as antacids and as a delivery vehicle for biologically active ingredients, especially those which are ideally combined with antacid ingredients in order to ameliorate the effects of antacid environment.
Claims14
A cured comestible unit which can dissolve in the mouth in less than 10 seconds prepared by the method comprising:
- mixing a chopped uncured shearform matrix and an additive;
- compressing to a density of about 1.2 or less;
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- curing said compressed shearform matrix by subjecting it to conditions of heat, moisture and pressure which induce crystallization.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.