Coating processes – Medical or dental purpose product; parts; subcombinations;... – Particulate or unit-dosage-article base
Reexamination Certificate
1998-01-02
2001-02-06
Cameron, Erma (Department: 1762)
Coating processes
Medical or dental purpose product; parts; subcombinations;...
Particulate or unit-dosage-article base
C427S384000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06183808
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a field of aqueous film coating of nutritional supplements and pharmaceutical tablets, and is specifically concerned with providing film coatings based on dextrin for coating nutritional supplements, such as vitamin tablets and herbal tablets, and pharmaceutical tablets, such as acetaminophen (APAP), aspirin (ASA), and Ibuprofen.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, maltodextrin, and lactose have all been used in coatings for substrates such as pharmaceutical tablets. For example, such coatings made from coating compositions manufactured by Colorcon and disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,543,370, 4,683,256, 4,643,894, 4,725,441, 4,828,841, and 5,630,871 all of said patents and said patent application being incorporated herein by reference, have proven especially effective when used on pharmaceutical tablets.
However, coatings based on hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, maltodextrin, and lactose, especially clear coats (clear non-pigmented coatings), sometimes suffer from a “frosting” problem (the formation of a white frost-like appearance in the coating) when used to coat nutritional supplements like vitamins and herbal tablets. Also, coatings based on hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, maltodextrin, and lactose sometimes suffer from a “frosting” problem when used to coat pharmaceutical tablets (e.g., color-coded APAP tablets) at a 1% weight gain.
Further, coatings based on hydroxypropyl methylcellulose sometime become too brittle and dried out when used to coat herbal tablets, resulting in coatings peeling off the herbal tablets.
Also, coatings based on hydroxypropyl methylcellulose sometimes have a dull matte finish with low gloss, rather than a desirable glossy finish, when used to coat nutritional supplements like vitamins and herbal tablets.
Tapioca dextrin has been used as an ingredient in a sealant layer for chocolates, nuts, etc. in the food/confectionery field, and the sealant layer containing tapioca dextrin is covered with a coating such as a sugar shell. Tapioca dextrin is recognized to be very brittle and very tacky.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the invention to provide a film coating that possesses long-lasting gloss, good film adhesion, and good film clarity.
Another object of the invention is to provide a film coating that may be used as a gloss coating for vitamin tablets, herbal tablets, and pharmaceutical tablets that possesses long-lasting gloss, that adheres well to difficult substrates such as calcium-oyster shell, and that is non-frosting and clear.
Another object of the invention is to provide a film coating that eases tablet flow in the bed of a coating pan.
These and other objects are accomplished by our invention, which is described below.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4293572 (1981-10-01), Silva et al.
patent: 4762721 (1988-08-01), Holscher et al.
patent: 5470581 (1995-11-01), Grillo et al.
Burke Thomas J.
Cunningham Charles
Grillo Susan M.
Kinsey Bruce
Korchok Brian
BPSI Holdings, Inc.
Cameron Erma
Roberts & Mercanti LLP
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