Back to results
US 7,678,387 B2Granted
Drug delivery systems
AssigneeCapricorn Pharma, Inc.
InventorS. Rao Cherukuri
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A novel encapsulated product is provided and includes: at least one pharmaceutical; at least one compressible material; and at least one tableting material; wherein the encapsulated product is in the form of a caplet having a diameter of from about 1 millimeter to about 7 millimeters and a length from about 1 millimeter to about 7 millimeters. A method for preparing the encapsulated product is also provided.
Claims18
A pharmaceutical product in a compressed caplet form having a diameter and length of from about 1 mm to about 7 mm each, consisting of:
- a) a therapeutically-effective amount of a uniformly distributed pharmaceutical selected from the group consisting of:
- antibiotics, antiinfectives, cardiovascular therapeutics, gastrointestinal agents, psychotropics and mixtures thereof;
- b) at least one compressible material which is sucrose;
- c) at least one lubricating material in an amount of up to about 5% by weight of the product;
- and
- d) at least one binder which is polyvinylpyrrolidone k30 or polyvinylpyrrolidone k29/32.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.