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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Liang-Chang Dong, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Patrick S. L. Wong, Burlingame, CA (US);
Atul Devdatt Ayer, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Padmaja Shivanand, Mountain View, CA (US);
Michael A. DesJardin, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
ALZA Corporation, Monutain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/26 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/26 ;
Abstract
A dosage form manufactured from an extruded polymer tube and method for manufacturing the dosage form are disclosed. The dosage form is preferably an osmotic dosage form and includes a therapeutic agent and an expandable composition contained within the lumen of the extruded polymer tube.