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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2002
Filed:
May. 31, 2001
Jürgen Zeidler, Mutterstadt, DE;
Jörg Rosenberg, Ellerstadt, DE;
Werner Maier, Schifferstadt, DE;
Jörg Neumann, Limburgerhof, DE;
Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL (US);
Abstract
Solid, elongate dosage forms ( ) with a long axis ( ) and with a length (L) which is defined by projection of the ends ( ) of the dosage form to the long axis, where a cross-sectional area ( ) oriented perpendicular to the long axis ( ) has an area which is variable along the long axis ( ) and increases from a cross-sectional area ( ) which is located between the ends ( ) and has a minimal area essentially continuously toward the two ends ( ) up to in each case a cross-sectional area ( and respectively) with a maximal area, wherein the distance of the maximal cross-sectional area ( ) which is located near one end ( ) from the maximal cross-sectional area ( ) which is located near the other end ( ) is, projected on the long axis ( ), more than half the length (L) of the dosage form ( ), are described.