Patent · US Expired

Method for delivering drugs soluble in a vaporization vehicle

US5456247A · kind A · utility

108Cited by
6References
8Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateAug 26, 1993
Grant dateOct 10, 1995
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 26, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61M11/041
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

This invention relates to a method for delivering drugs sublimable in a vaporization vehicle. The method involves combining a sufficient amount of a vaporization vehicle to sublime the drug and the drug to be delivered, heating the vaporization vehicle to substantially its boiling point and administering the vapor by inhalation to a subject.

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