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Controlled release device with an impermeable coating having an orifice for release of drug

US5004614A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 25, 1989
Grant dateApr 2, 1991
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Expiry dateAug 25, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61K9/0004
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Controlled release devices having a core including an active agent and an outer coating which is substantially impermeable to the entrance of an environmental fluid and substantially impermeable to the release of the active agent during a dispensing period allow the controlled release of the active agent through an orifice in the outer coating.

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