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Controlled-release system with constant pushing source

US5082668A · kind A · utility

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3Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 9, 1990
Grant dateJan 21, 1992
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Expiry dateOct 9, 2010

Classification

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

Abstract

A device is disclosed comprising a wall that surrounds a compartment. The compartment comprises a beneficial agent composition and a push composition. A passageway in the wall connects the compartment with the exterior of the device for delivering the beneficial agent at a rate governed, in combination, by the wall, the beneficial agent composition and the push composition through the passageway of the device over time.

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