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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2009
Applicant:
Hassan Mohammad, Littleport, GB;
Inventor:
Hassan Mohammad, Littleport, GB;
Assignee:
Euro-Celtique S.A., Luxembourg, LU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/4808 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to the present invention there is provided a pharmaceutical product for retention in the stomach. The product is produced by extrusion. The use of extrusion enables the product to take many useful forms. The product may comprise a sheet of hydratable polymer, the hydrated sheet being of a size which will not pass out of the stomach, for example a shaped sheet or a roll. The product may also comprise a scaled hollow tubular extrudate, for example a tube scaled at both ends. The product may comprise a filled capsule.