IMPROVED CONTROLLED RELEASE DOSAGE FORM INCLUDING A BANDED ENGINE
Application 811/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 bank that binds the engine to the reservoir. The band is provided over an outside surface of the both the engine and the reservoir at or 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 banded engine.
Applicant
1)ALZA CORPORATION
:1900 CHARLESTON ROAD, P.O.BOX 7210, MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA 94043 U.S.A.
Inventor
1)SI-HONG YUM 2)CRYSTAL POLLOCK-DOVE 3)LIANG-CHANG DONG 4)PATRICK S.L. WONG No of Pages : 34 No of Claims : 26
International Info
Classification: A61K9/22; A61K9/00
Publication Number: WO 2005/030164
Application Date: 2004-09-24
Priority Information
60/506,563 U.S.A. 2003-09-26