DOSAGE FORM FOR CONTROLLED RELEASE OF AN ACTIVE AGENT FORMULATION
Application 810/KOLNP/2006 published 2007-04-13, filed 2006-04-04
The present invention includes a dosage form configured to provide the controlled release of an active agent formulation. A dosage form according to the present invention includes a reservoir containing an active agent formulation and an engine positioned at least partially within the reservoir. In order to reduce the possibility that the engine included in a dosage form of the present invention will separate from the reservoir either during or after fabrication, the dosage form of the present invention includes a bond that binds the engine to the reservoir, The band is provided over an outside surface of the both the engine and the reservoir at of near the interface formed where the engine enters the opening provided in the reservoir. The present invention also includes a method of fabricating controlled release dosage forms having bonded engine,
Applicant
1)ALZA CORPORATION
:1900 CHARLESTON ROAD P.O.BOX 7210 MOUNTAIN VEIW CA 94043 U.S.A.
Inventor
1)LAUREN M. WISER 2)BETTY YU 3)KIMBERLY R. CAPELL 4)ANDREW LAM 5)ZAHEDEH HATAMKHANY Filed U/S 5(2) before The Patents
International Info
Classification: A61K9/52; A61K9/00
Publication Number: WO 2005/030165
Application Date: 2004-09-23
Priority Information
60/507,055 U.S.A. 2003-09-26