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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:
Mar. 17, 1987
Filed:
Jul. 30, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas A Alexander, South Bend, IN (US);
Donald L Peterson, Elkhart, IN (US);
Assignee:
Miles Laboratories, Inc., Elkhart, IN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424 44 ; 424466 ; 424156 ;
Abstract
Described is a directly compressible formulation comprising calcium carbonate, citric acid, and a compression vehicle. In the preferred embodiment, the compression vehicle comprises a maltodextrin and lactose. The formulation can be compressed into an effervescent tablet system, which when placed in water effervesces in a relatively rapid dissolution releasing CO.sub.2 and resulting in a solution of monocalcium citrate.