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Polylactic acid type microspheres containing physiologically active substance and process for preparing the same
Assignee: Biomaterials Universe Inc
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Filing: 1989-02-24
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Granted: 1992-03-31
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Expires: 2009-02-24
Abstract
Abstract Microspheres comprising polylactic acid and a water soluble physiologically active substance and having a mean particle size of from about 0.01 μm to 300 μm, which show not more than 30% of an eluted amount of said physiologically active substance based on the content of said physiologically active substance in the polylactic acid type microspheres after 24 hours in in vitro elution test in phosphate buffer of pH 7.4 at 37° C., and a process for preparing the same. The polylactic acid type microspheres of this invention is advantageous in that the active substance can be uniformly incorporated into the microspheres without loss of the activity, can gradually release the active substance for a long time of period of more than one week.
Inventors
- 👤 Suong-Hyu Hyon
- 👤 Yoshita Ikada
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 00:26
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61K; A61K9/00; A61K9/48; A61K9/50; A61K9/51; A61K9/5107; A61K9/513; A61K9/5146; A61K9/5153; A61K9/14; A61K9/16; A61K9/1605; A61K9/1629; A61K9/1641; A61K9/1647; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S977/00; Y10S977/70; Y10S977/773; Y10S977/902; Y10S977/904; Y10S977/915; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/29; Y10T428/2982; Y10T428/2989
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
94 words
A process for preparing microspheres comprising a polylactic acid and a water soluble physiologically active substance, which comprises: preparing a solution of the water soluble physiologically active substance and the polylactic acid uniformly dissolved in (i) a mixed solvent comprising acetonitrile and water or (ii) an aqueous solution of acetic acid; mixing the solution with a poor solvent which is immiscible with said mixed solvent or said aqueous solution of acetic acid to give an O/O type or W/O type emulsion; and subjecting said resultant emulsion to solvent evaporation drying to produce said microspheres.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
94 words
A process for preparing microspheres comprising a polylactic acid and a water soluble physiologically active substance, which comprises: preparing a solution of the water soluble physiologically active substance and the polylactic acid uniformly dissolved in (i) a mixed solvent comprising acetonitrile and water or (ii) an aqueous solution of acetic acid; mixing the solution with a poor solvent which is immiscible with said mixed solvent or said aqueous solution of acetic acid to give an O/O type or W/O type emulsion; and subjecting said resultant emulsion to solvent evaporation drying to produce said microspheres.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
43 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said polylactic acid is a member selected from the group consisting of a L-lactic acid polymer, a D,L-lactic acid polymer, a copolymer of L-lactic acid and glycolic acid and a copolymer of D,L-lactic acid and glycolic acid.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
50 words
The process of claim 1, wherein said poor solvent which is immiscible with said mixed solvent or said aqueous solution of acetic acid is a member selected from the group consisting of silicone oil, liquid paraffin, cotton oil, sesame oil, castor oil, cone oil, whale oil, toluene, xylene and hexane.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
The process according to claim 1 wherein said produced microspheres have a mean particle size of from about 0.01 μm to 300 μm.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
9 words
Microspheres produced according to the process of claim 1.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
130 words
A process for preparing microspheres comprising a polylactic acid matrix and a water soluble physiologically active substance, which comprises: preparing a solution of the water soluble physiologically active substance and a polylactic acid uniformly dissolved in a mixed solvent comprising acetonitrile and water or dissolved in an aqueous solution of acetic acid; mixing said solution with a poor solvent which is immiscible with said mixed solvent or said aqueous solution of acetic acid to give an O/O type or W/O type emulsion; and subjecting said resultant emulsion to solvent evaporation drying to produce said microspheres which comprise said polylactic acid matrix with said water soluble physiologically active substance uniformly distributed therein whereby occurrence of undesirable burst is inhibited and the active substance is gradually released from more than one week.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
130 words
A process for preparing microspheres comprising a polylactic acid matrix and a water soluble physiologically active substance, which comprises: preparing a solution of the water soluble physiologically active substance and a polylactic acid uniformly dissolved in a mixed solvent comprising acetonitrile and water or dissolved in an aqueous solution of acetic acid; mixing said solution with a poor solvent which is immiscible with said mixed solvent or said aqueous solution of acetic acid to give an O/O type or W/O type emulsion; and subjecting said resultant emulsion to solvent evaporation drying to produce said microspheres which comprise said polylactic acid matrix with said water soluble physiologically active substance uniformly distributed therein whereby occurrence of undesirable burst is inhibited and the active substance is gradually released from more than one week.
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