Osmotic medicament releasing system

US6294201A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC · DE

Inventors

• Stefan Kettelhoit · Solingen, DE
• Ranga-Rao Kanikanti · Leverkusen, DE
• Erich Brendel · Solingen, DE
• Claus Weisemann · Apex, US
• Ernst Chantraine · Walnut Creek, US
• Michael Eisele · Paradise Valley, US
• Patrick Bosche · Odenthal, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 25, 2000
• Grant date: Sep 25, 2001
• Expiry date: Apr 25, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61P9/12
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

This invention relates to an orally administered osmotic drug release system that consists of a shell and a core containing a pharmaceutically active substance, as well as a process for its production. The invention relates further to an osmotic drug release system for use as a drug in human beings and animals, as well as the use of the osmotic drug release system in the production of a drug for the treatment and/or prevention of illnesses in human beings and animals.