Apparatus for the controlled delivery of nicotine, process for the production thereof and use thereof

US5411739A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• LTS Lohmann Therapie-Systeme GmbH Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Halvor Jaeger · Neu-Ulm, DE
• Hans-Ranier Hoffmann · Neuwied, DE
• Reinhold Meconi · Neuwied, DE
• Robert-Peter Klein · Neuwied, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 3, 1994
• Grant date: May 2, 1995
• Expiry date: May 3, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61P25/30
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to an apparatus for the controlled delivery of nicotine with a contact adhesive nicotine reservoir with uniform or irregular distribution of the nicotine, characterized in that the reservoir is produced using a hot melt contact adhesive with a processing temperature of 40.degree. to 80.degree., preferably 40.degree. to 60.degree. and in particularly preferred manner 40.degree. to 55.degree. C., a process for the production thereof and the use of the apparatus in human or veterinary medicine, particularly for stopping people smoking, or as a respiratory, contact or stomach poison in pest control.