Drug – bio-affecting and body treating compositions – Preparations characterized by special physical form – Matrices
Patent
1996-12-06
2000-11-28
Raymond, Richard L.
Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions
Preparations characterized by special physical form
Matrices
424401, 424402, 424405, 424 49, A61K 700, A61K 716
Patent
active
061532223
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The present invention relates to a volume-expandable, sheet-like application form suitable as an active substance carrier, in particular for oral application, in the form of a film comprising a mixture of fillers, cleansers, cosmetics, or active substances, film formers, and softeners.
Sheet-like substrates, in particular for oral administration, have been known for some time. A variety of advantages are achieved with such substrates, in particular light weight and low volume, which offer a number of advantages with respect to an ecological overall balance; they require less package and storage space, for example.
DE 40 18 247 describes a film-shaped, individually dosed administration form which rapidly disintegrates in water. It is used for drugs, sweets, other foodstuffs, cosmetics for oral application or intake, and comprises a base mass on a carrier, or consists of the base mass without carrier. It can be produced according to a method comprising the following steps: premixed in dry condition; to 30% -wt. of a polar solvent; and ranging from 0.003 to 4 mm, preferably 20 to 400 .mu.m, and most preferably 70 to 1 50 .mu.m; the mass.
The disadvantage of such film-like administration forms is that the small size and lightness complicate ease of handling. If these drawbacks prior to removal from a suitable dispenser package may be overcome, there is still the problem that the taken product is not easy to handle. Providing the product with a tacky surface to overcome this deficiency, results in the disadvantage that handling prior to or during removal from a package or dispenser is rendered more difficult. Using suitable cover films as a remedial measure, results in the further drawback that advantages with respect to light weight, unproblematic disposal and production costs are compensated by additional process steps.
It is the object of the present invention to improve these difficult-to-handle, sheet-like and small substrates or application forms to obtain better handling with avoidance of the above-mentioned difficulties and technical limitations.
In a volume-expandable, sheet-like application form of the above-mentioned kind designated for the use as an active substance carrier, in particular for oral application, this object is achieved according to the present invention by the fact that it has portions of a highly absorbent hydrogel former swelling on contact with water and assuming several times its original volume.
This measure advantageously achieves that the substrate or application form increases its volume very quickly to a considerable extent on contact with a liquid medium, and thereby also obtains a certain tackiness. In this connection, the fact is used that contact with moisture during use is desired and necessary in a wide field of application for these substrates. According to the present invention the volume increase is achieved by using suitable swelling agents, for example, those known as so-called absorbent polymers in sanitary products, such as diapers, panty liners, in feminine hygiene, and the like. These are swellable substances which absorb aqueous liquids and spontaneously combine with them to form a relatively stable gel. They are capable of absorbing and permanently retaining many times their weight of aqueous liquids. The resultant gel has chain-like molecules linked into a three-dimensional network and embedded in a liquid medium.
According to one embodiment the film is coated with a highly absorbent hydrogel former.
The highly absorbent hydrogel former may also be incorporated into the film as a suspension component.
The highly absorbent hydrogel former is a polymer and preferably comprises cross-linked carboxyvinyl copolymers and/or cross-linked polyvinyl pyrrolidones.
Moreover, an additional effect may be achieved by the fact that the polymer comprises substance which are effervescent on contact with water. Such substances may be sodium bicarbonate, and citric or ascorbic acid, or other physiologically acceptable acids. If these foams are used, rapid disintegration of the
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LTS Lohmann Therapie - Systeme GmbH
Raymond Richard L.
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