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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2005
Applicants:
Martin Pavlov Mintchev, Calgary, CA;
Orly Yadid-pecht, Calgary, CA;
Inventors:
Martin Pavlov Mintchev, Calgary, CA;
Orly Yadid-Pecht, Calgary, CA;
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Orally administrable polymer-carrying units for expanding in a stomach of a mammal to fill a space in the stomach, the polymer-carrying units including: a carrier; a plurality of polymer molecules expandable in aqueous solutions, releasably coupled to the carrier; and means for selectively decoupling the polymer molecules from the carrier so that the polymer molecules and carrier are released in the stomach, are provided.