Medicinal tablets
First Claim
1. A MEDICAMENT PRODUCT IN SOLID TABLET FORM, DESIGNED TO BE TAKEN INTERNALLY AND CONTROLLABLY TO RELEASE ACITVE MEDICAMENT THEREFROM INTO THE BODY OF A LIVING ANIMAL OVER AN APPRECIABLE TIME INTERVAL, COMPRISING A TABLET CONTAINING A SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM MIXTURE INCLUDING A PHARMACEUTICALLY ACCEPTABLE VEHICLE AND AN ACTIVE MEDICAMENT, SAID TABLET HAVING AT LEAST ONE APERTURE THEREIN HAVING A PREDETERMINED TOTAL INNER SURFACE AREA SO RELATED TO THE TOTAL OUTER SURFACE AREA OF SAID TABLET THAT, DURING DISINTEGRATION OF SAID MEDICAMENT PRODUCT IN THE BODY OF A LIVING ANIMAL, THE TOTAL AREA OF SAID MEDICAMENT PRODUCT SUBJECT TO DISINTEGRATION AND RELEASE OF ACTIVE MEDICAMENT REMAINS RELATIVELY CONSTANT, WHEREBY SAID ACITIVE MEDICAMENT IS RELEASED AT A MATERIALLY MORE CONSTANT RATE OVER SAID APPRECIALBE TIME INTERVAL THAN WOULD BE ACHIEVED BY A CONVENTIONAL SOLID TABLET DEVOID OF SAID APERTURE.
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1. A MEDICAMENT PRODUCT IN SOLID TABLET FORM, DESIGNED TO BE TAKEN INTERNALLY AND CONTROLLABLY TO RELEASE ACITVE MEDICAMENT THEREFROM INTO THE BODY OF A LIVING ANIMAL OVER AN APPRECIABLE TIME INTERVAL, COMPRISING A TABLET CONTAINING A SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM MIXTURE INCLUDING A PHARMACEUTICALLY ACCEPTABLE VEHICLE AND AN ACTIVE MEDICAMENT, SAID TABLET HAVING AT LEAST ONE APERTURE THEREIN HAVING A PREDETERMINED TOTAL INNER SURFACE AREA SO RELATED TO THE TOTAL OUTER SURFACE AREA OF SAID TABLET THAT, DURING DISINTEGRATION OF SAID MEDICAMENT PRODUCT IN THE BODY OF A LIVING ANIMAL, THE TOTAL AREA OF SAID MEDICAMENT PRODUCT SUBJECT TO DISINTEGRATION AND RELEASE OF ACTIVE MEDICAMENT REMAINS RELATIVELY CONSTANT, WHEREBY SAID ACITIVE MEDICAMENT IS RELEASED AT A MATERIALLY MORE CONSTANT RATE OVER SAID APPRECIALBE TIME INTERVAL THAN WOULD BE ACHIEVED BY A CONVENTIONAL SOLID TABLET DEVOID OF SAID APERTURE.
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