Floating gastric retentive dosage form
AssigneeJagotec AG
InventorsPascal Grenier, Alain Nhamias, Guy Vergnault
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Abstract
An elongate dosage form of generally cylindrical shape having two opposing ends, the dosage form being buoyant in. gastric fluid, wherein the dosage form is weight biased such that. one end is heavier than the ether end. The dosage form is adapted to float on gastric fluid with its long axis substantially perpendicular to the surface of the: fluid with its heavier end pointing: generally; downwards and into the fluid.
Claims15
An elongate dosage form of cylindrical shape in the form of a hollow capsule which is impermeable to gastric fluid and having a fill volume inside containing a weighting agent which is retained at one end of the fill volume, the dosage form being buoyant and self-orientating in an aqueous fluid such that it floats in the aqueous fluid with its long axis perpendicular to the surface of the aqueous fluid.
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