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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:
Apr. 30, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 14, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Virgil A Place, Kawaihae, HI (US);
Myriam T Encarnacion, Hayward, CA (US);
Patrick S Wong, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Juan M Harrison, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Alza Corporation, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424464 ; 424469 ; 424492 ; 424489 ; 424494 ;
Abstract
A method of treating inflammatory disease of the mouth by locally delivering beclomethasone dipropionate and related compounds to the oral cavity of a patient over an extended period of time is disclosed. In one embodiment, beclomethasone dipropionate is delivered by an osmotic device (10), in another embodiment, it is delivered by an erosion controlled device (110) and in yet another embodiment, it is delivered by a diffusion controlled device (310).