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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. 17, 1989
Filed:
Oct. 05, 1988
Charles Hsiao, Copper City, FL (US);
Baker Cummins Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Miami, FL (US);
Abstract
A pharmaceutical dosage unit suitable for masking the unpleasant taste of orally administered pharmaceutical agents and which facilitates swallowing comprises a plurality of subdosage units disposed within a container. Each subdosage unit is a pellet with an inner core coated with an active pharmaceutical agent, a first layer surrounding the core comprising a biologically inert excipient or filler, and a second layer surrounding the first layer comprising a mixture of a cationic copolymeric acrylate resin and a basic compound. The container of the dosage unit may be orally ingestible in itself, such as an openable gelatin capsule, or may be a frangible packet which must be opened in order to orally administer the subdosage pellets to a patient.