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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. 10, 1995
Filed:
Feb. 09, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Labopharm, Inc., Quebec, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424465 ; 424484 ; 424485 ; 424486 ; 424487 ;
Abstract
The present invention is concerned with a solid slow release oral pharmaceutical dosage unit which comprises a solid dosage unit made up of an admixture of a therapeutic dosage of an orally effective pharmaceutical product and a cross-linked polymer of amylose with a cross-linking agent selected from 2,3 dibromopropanol and epichlorohydrin, wherein the cross-linking of the polymer has been carried out with from about 0.1 to about 10 g of cross-linking agent per 100 g of amylose.