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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 09, 1996
Mahendra R Patel, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
Rajendra Patel, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
Invamed, Inc., Dayton, NJ (US);
Abstract
A solid pharmaceutical tablet having a predetermined dosage that can be divided into a plurality of sub-dosage units by applying a minimal amount of force to the tablet. The tablet comprises a solid body having a top surface, a bottom surface, an outer surface, and an inner surface. The inner surface defines an aperture having a shape corresponding to the shape of the tablet. The area of the aperture is at least 15% of the area of the tablet. Impressed within the top surface of the tablet are a first plurality of symmetrical score lines and impressed within the bottom surface of the tablet are a second plurality of symmetrical score lines. The score lines extend from the aperture to the outer surface of the tablet. Finally, each of the sub-dosage units has a dosage that is a fraction of the predetermined dosage of the tablet.