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Process for the preparation of dispersible colloidal systems of a substance in the form of nanoparticles

US5118528A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 4, 1990
Grant dateJun 2, 1992
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Expiry dateOct 4, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/2985
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The process according to the invention comprises: (1) the preparation of a liquid phase consisting essentially of a solution of the substance in a solvent or in a mixture of solvents to which may be added one or more surfactants, (2) the preparation of a second liquid phase consisting essentially of a non-solvent or a mixture of non-solvents for the substance and to which may be added one or more surfactants, the non-solvent or the mixture of non-solvents for the substance being miscible in all proportions with the solvent or the mixture of solvents for the substance, (3) the addition of one of the liquid phases prepared in (1) or (2) to the other with moderate stirring so as to produce a colloidal suspension of nanoparticles of the substance, and (4) is desired, the removal of all or part of the solvent or the mixture of solvents for the substance and of the non-solvent or the mixture of non-solvents for the substance so as to produce a colloidal suspension of nanoparticles of the desired concentration or to produce a powder of nanoparticles.

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