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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:
Dec. 09, 1980
Filed:
Mar. 23, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
Theodore J Roseman, Portage, MI (US);
Osmer C Carpenter, Schoolcraft Township, Kalamazoo County, MI (US);
Richard W Baker, Bend, OR (US);
James W Ayres, Corvalis, OR (US);
Assignee:
The Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128270 ;
Abstract
The present specification describes a medicated device adapted for a single, acute, and rate-controlled rectal or vaginal administration to a mammal of a lipophilic prostaglandin. The device accomplishes drug administration at an essentially time-independent rate of dosage. Further, the device advantageously results in the substantial exhaustion of the prostaglandin from the device at the conclusion of the single, acute use. The device comprises three elements: