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US 8,475,837 B2Granted
Abuse potential reduction in abusable substance dosage form
AssigneeTeikoku Pharma USA, Inc.
InventorsCarter R. Anderson, Russell L. Morris
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Abstract
The potential for substance abuse involving residual amounts of abusable substances remaining in used skin-worn patches is reduced by the provision of a system and method for combining the abusable substance with a separate anti-abuse substance agent as part of a removal or disposal procedure.
Claims12
A device comprising:
- (a) an independent disposable container having an opening therein to receive a skin-worn patch device containing a residual amount of an abusable substance therein;
- (b) a layer containing an amount of an anti-abuse substance comprising an adsorption material which is activated carbon that prevents solvent extraction of said abusable substance, said layer being disposed in said container in a manner such that a skin-worn patch device properly inserted into said container will cause said abusable substance to contact said layer containing said anti-abuse substance;
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- (c) a closure means for closing said container containing a used skin-worn patch device.
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