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Ultrafine powder for inhalation and production thereof

Assignee: Teijin Ltd
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Filing: 1993-06-11
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2013-06-11
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Abstract

Abstract An ultrafine powder for inhalation to be transferred mainly to the lower airway, which comprises a drug and hydroxypropylcellulose and/or hydroxypropylmethylcellulose and wherein the particles having diameters in the range of 0.5-10 µm account for 80 wt.% or above.

Inventors

  • 👤 Kiyoyuki Sakon
  • 👤 Masahiro Sakagami
  • 👤 Yuji Makino
  • 👤 Yoshiki Suzuki
  • 👤 Hideki Kobayashi

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction EP
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-07 19:12
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61K; A61K9/00; A61K9/0012; A61K9/007; A61K9/0073; A61K9/0075

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim 44 words
An ultrafine particle powder for inhalation comprising at least one cellulose lower alkyl ether selected from the group consisting of hydroxypropyl cellulose and hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose, and a medicament, at least 80% of said powder having a particle size of 0.5 to 10 µm.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 42 words
An ultrafine particle powder for inhalation according to claim 1, wherein said ultrafine powder particle powder for inhalation comprises 20 to 99.8% by weight of said cellulose lower alkyl ether and 0.2 to 80% by weight of said medicament, per particle thereof.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 24 words
An ultrafine particle powder for inhalation according to claim 1 or 2, wherein said medicament is uniformly dispersed within each of the particles thereof.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 45 words
An ultrafine particle powder for inhalation according to claim 1, 2, or 3, wherein said medicament is selected from the group consisting of steroids, antiallergics, bronchodilators, medicaments for chemotherapy of infective diseases, antitussives, elastase inhibitors, antineoplastic medicaments, cardiovascular medicaments, physiologically active peptide proteins and vaccines.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 22 words
A method for the production of the ultrafine particle powder for inhalation according to claim 1, comprising the step of spray drying.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 16 words
A powder preparation for inhalation comprising the ultrafine particle powder for inhalation according to claim 1.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 31 words
A powder preparation for inhalation according to claim 6, wherein said powder preparation for inhalation comprises the ultrafine particle powder according to claim 1, and a dispersing agent and/or a diluent.

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