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Method for delivering an active ingredient by controlled time release utilizing a novel delivery vehicle which can be prepared by a process utilizing the active ingredient as a porogen

US4690825A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 4, 1985
Grant dateSep 1, 1987
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Expiry dateOct 4, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC08J9/286
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Delivery vehicles comprised of a polymeric bead having a network of pores with an active ingredient held within the network are provided for use in a method to provide controlled release of the active ingredient. The network of pores is substantially non-collapsible upon removal of the active ingredient and the delivery vehicles are polymerized by a process in which the active ingredient also comprises the porogen during formation of the network of pores.

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