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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 1999

Filed:

Dec. 03, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:

Toshiyuki Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;

Masayuki Ikeda, Tokyo, JP;

Mamoru Sugiyama, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424451 ; 424452 ; 424456 ; 424457 ; 424458 ;
Abstract

There are provided a seamless capsule containing therein a large quantity of an active ingredient which is difficultly soluble in water and oil and a method of manufacturing the seamless capsule. Encapsulating liquid 1, in which the active ingredient is difficultly soluble in water and oil is suspended in oil as particles each having the mean particle diameter of less than 20 .mu.m, is enclosed in hydrophilic outer shells. This seamless capsule SC is manufactured in such a manner that from a multiple nozzle 7, suspension, in which the active ingredient which is difficultly soluble in water and oil is dispersed in oil and the active ingredient in thus obtained dispersion is pulverized to obtain particles each having the mean particle diameter of less than 20 .mu.m, as encapsulating liquid 1, and aqueous liquid of a shell forming substance, as outer shell forming liquid 3, are dropped into hardening liquid 10.


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