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US 6,485,747 B1Granted
Coated active tablet(s)
AssigneeMonsanto Company
InventorsJohn Flanagan, Terry L. Smith, Aaron Barkley, Richard E. Nicholson, Timothy Patrick Callahan
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AssigneeMonsanto Company
InventorsJohn Flanagan, Terry L. Smith, Aaron Barkley, Richard E. Nicholson, Timothy Patrick Callahan
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A tablet coating useful for coating an active selected from the group consisting of aspirin, ibuprofen, naproxin sodium, acetaminophen, celecoxib, sildenafil citrate, alendronate sodium, an analgesic in combination with one or more of an antitussive, antihistamine, decongestant and expectorant, oxaprozin, comprising gellan gum along with a process which comprises admixing gellan gum and water under effective shear conditions to prepare an aqueous gellan gum coating composition thereof whereby the aqueous gellan gum coating composition is applied in an adherent fashion to a placebo or a tablet containing an active to form a gellan gum coated placebo or gellan gum coated active.
An intact coated active tablet having a weight of about 25 mg to about 2 g and comprising an active ingredient selected from the group consisting of aspirin, ibuprofen, naproxen sodium, acetaminophen, celecoxib, oxaprozin, sildenafil citrate, alendronate sodium and an analgesic in combination with one or more of antitussive, antihistamine, decongestant, and expectorant, prepared by spraying the tablet with an aqueous composition comprising from about 0.5 wt % to about 3 wt % gellan gum wherein the gellan gum is the principal component of the aqueous composition.
An intact coated active tablet having a weight of about 25 mg to about 2 g and comprising an active ingredient tablet and a dried coating, the active ingredient selected from the group consisting of aspirin, ibuprofen, naproxen sodium, acetaminophen, celecoxib, oxaprozin, sildenafil citrate, alendronate sodium and an analgesic in combination with one or more of antitussive, antihistamine, decongestant, and expectorant;
The tablet of claim of 11 claim wherein the coating further comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of sugar, calcium, sorbitol, mannitol, maltose, maltitol, xylitol, and mixtures thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.