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US 7,022,338 B1Granted
Tablets comprising micro-organisms and method for preparation of the tablets
AssigneeWasa Medicals AB
InventorLennart Cedgard
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Abstract
Tablet containing living micro-organisms, produced from a pressed tablet material comprising micro-organisms and oligosaccharides and/or polysaccharides, the tablet material also comprising at least one slime-forming agent. The invention also relates to a process for the production of such a tablet.
Claims9
Tablet containing living micro-organisms, produced from a pressed tablet material comprising:
- micro-organisms;
- oligosaccharides and/or polysaccharides ;and
- at least one slime-forming agent, wherein
- said slime-forming agent is selected from the group consisting of xanthan, xanthan derivatives, gum tragacanth and gum Arabic;
- and
- said slime-forming agent is present in a quantity of above 0 up to 10% by weight, based on the whole of the tablet material.
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Process for the production of tablets containing living micro-organisms, which process comprises the following steps:
- pressing a tablet material comprising micro-organisms and oligosaccharides and/or polysaccharides at a reduced pressure compared with conventional tabletting processes not involving the said saccharides,
- characterized in that the tablet material is mixed, prior to pressing, with at least one slime-forming agent selected from the group consisting of xanthan, xanthan derivatives, gum tragacanth and gum Arabic and said slime-forming agent is present in a quantity of above 0 up to 10% by weight, based on the whole of the tablet material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.