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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 20, 1994
Robert Cuca, Edwardsville, IL (US);
Keith Lienhop, St. Charles, MO (US);
Thomas Riley, Manchester, MO (US);
Mitchell I Kirschner, University City, MO (US);
R Saul Levinson, Chesterfield, MO (US);
KV Pharmaceutical Company, St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
A bioadherent, orally ingestible system, which comprises: a water-in-oil system having at least two phases, one phase comprises from about 75% to about 99% by volume of an internal hydrophylic phase and the other phase comprises from about 25% to about l% by volume of an external hydrophobic phase, wherein the external hydrophobic phase comprises two components, one component being about 3% to about 97% by volume of the hydrophobic phase of a hydrophobic oil and the other being about 97% to about 3% of an emulsifier having a HLB value less than about 10.