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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2004
Keith E. Tanner, Safety Harbor, FL (US);
Rickey S. Shelley, Largo, FL (US);
Norman S. Stroud, Safety Harbor, FL (US);
Elizabeth Youngblood, Valrico, FL (US);
Keith E. Tanner, Safety Harbor, FL (US);
Rickey S. Shelley, Largo, FL (US);
Norman S. Stroud, Safety Harbor, FL (US);
Elizabeth Youngblood, Valrico, FL (US);
R.P. Scherer Technologies, LLC, Carson City, NV (US);
Abstract
A non-gelatin encapsulation system for liquid filled soft capsules, by nature of the carrier, the cationic-ionic balance of the carrier and the active ingredients, or the concentration of the active ingredients and excipients, are difficult or impossible to commercially encapsulate in gelatin capsules. In particular, the system is adapted for the encapsulation of highly basic, or alkaline, fills. The system provides for a predominantly starch and gelling carrageenan based shell, which displays high resistance to both concentrated fills and to alkaline fills, in particular, to those fills which contain the salt or salts of weak acids and strong bases.