Patent · US Expired

Vesicle stabilization

US5008109A · kind A · utility

83Cited by
8References
12Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateOct 11, 1988
Grant dateApr 16, 1991
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 11, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/2984
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a process of stabilizing micellular particles such as vesicles and increasing the shelf life by suspending the particles in a polymeric gel matrix. The invention also relates to such particles suspended in the gel matrix with a protective gel surface thereabout which is capable of becoming fluid and converting the protective surface of an aqueous suspension.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.