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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 1980
Filed:
Jun. 14, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
Joseph M Schor, Locust Valley, NY (US);
Assignee:
Forest Laboratories Inc., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424 19 ; 424 22 ; 424 35 ; 424175 ; 424362 ;
Abstract
Shaped pharmaceutical tablets, lozenges, suppositories and other solid dosage unit forms which have a prolonged and regular release pattern of a therapeutically active medicament incorporated therein, wherein the shaped dosage unit comprises a carrier base material of hydroxypropylmethylcellulose or a mixture thereof with up to 30% ethylcellulose and/or up to 30% sodium carboxymethylcellulose and wherein the carrier base material is subjected to hydrolysis and oxidation so as to generate thereon a desired minimum concentration of carbonyl and carboxyl groups, and then admixed and shaped with a therapeutically active medicament.