Osmotic system for the controlled and delivery of agent over time
First Claim
1. An osmotic therapeutic system for the controlled delivery of a beneficial drug to a biological environment, comprising:
- a. a wall formed of a semipermeable material permeable to the passage of external fluid present in the environment and substantially impermeable to the passage of drugs and compounds;
the semipermeable wall surrounding and forming;
b. a first and second compartment, said first compartment containing a drug that is in direct communication with the semipermeable wall, said second compartment containing an osmotically effective compound that exhibits an osmotic pressure gradient across the semipermeable wall against the fluid, with the compartments separated by a flexible membrane, which membrane is substantially impermeable to the passage of drug, compound and fluid;
c. a passageway in the wall communicating with the compartment containing the drug for delivering drug from the system; and
,d. wherein in operation when the system is in the environment of use, fluid from the environment is imbibed through the wall into (1) the first compartment containing drug in a tendency towards osmotic equilibrium at a rate determined by the permeability of the wall and the osmotic pressure gradient across the wall thereby forming a formulation containing drug, and into (2) the second compartment containing osmotic compound in a tendency towards osmotic equilibrium at a rate determined by the permeability of the wall and the osmotic pressure gradient across the wall thereby continuously filling the second compartment and expanding the membrane into the first compartment, whereby, through the combined actions of the first and second compartments, drug is delivered through the passageway from the system at a controlled rate over a prolonged period of time.
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Abstract
An osmotic system for delivering a beneficial agent is disclosed. The system comprises a wall surrounding an agent compartment and an osmagent compartment separated by a film and has a passageway through the wall for delivering agent from its compartment. The wall is formed of a material permeable to the passage of an external fluid and impermeable to the passage of agent and osmagent. The film is formed of a material impermeable to the passage of agent and osmagent and movable from an original to an expanded state. The agent compartment contains an agent that is soluble in the fluid and exhibits an osmotic pressure gradient across the wall against the fluid, or the compartment contains an agent that has limited solubility in the fluid and exhibits a limited osmotic pressure gradient across the wall against fluid. The osmagent compartment contains an osmagent that exhibits an osmotic pressure gradient across the wall against the fluid. In operation, agent is delivered from the system through the passageway by fluid being imbibed through the wall into the osmagent compartment urging it to increase in volume and expand the film and correspondingly diminishing the volume of the agent compartment, whereby agent is released at a rate controlled by the permeability of the wall, the osmotic pressure gradient across the wall, and the expansion of the film over a prolonged period of time.
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26 Claims
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1. An osmotic therapeutic system for the controlled delivery of a beneficial drug to a biological environment, comprising:
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a. a wall formed of a semipermeable material permeable to the passage of external fluid present in the environment and substantially impermeable to the passage of drugs and compounds;
the semipermeable wall surrounding and forming;b. a first and second compartment, said first compartment containing a drug that is in direct communication with the semipermeable wall, said second compartment containing an osmotically effective compound that exhibits an osmotic pressure gradient across the semipermeable wall against the fluid, with the compartments separated by a flexible membrane, which membrane is substantially impermeable to the passage of drug, compound and fluid; c. a passageway in the wall communicating with the compartment containing the drug for delivering drug from the system; and
,d. wherein in operation when the system is in the environment of use, fluid from the environment is imbibed through the wall into (1) the first compartment containing drug in a tendency towards osmotic equilibrium at a rate determined by the permeability of the wall and the osmotic pressure gradient across the wall thereby forming a formulation containing drug, and into (2) the second compartment containing osmotic compound in a tendency towards osmotic equilibrium at a rate determined by the permeability of the wall and the osmotic pressure gradient across the wall thereby continuously filling the second compartment and expanding the membrane into the first compartment, whereby, through the combined actions of the first and second compartments, drug is delivered through the passageway from the system at a controlled rate over a prolonged period of time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An osmotic system for the controlled and continuous delivery of a beneficial agent to the environment of use comprising:
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a. a shaped wall formed of a semipermeable material permeable to the passage of an external fluid in the environment of use and substantially impermeable to the passage of beneficial agent and compound, the shaped semipermeable wall surrounding and forming; b. a first and second compartment, said compartments separated by an expandable membrane permeable to fluid and substantially impermeable to beneficial agent and compound, and wherein the first compartment contains a beneficial agent in communication with the semipermeable wall and the second compartment contains an osmotically effective compound that exhibits an osmotic pressure gradient directly across the semipermeable wall against the fluid; c. a passageway in the semipermeable wall communicating with the beneficial agent compartment and the exterior of the system for delivering the beneficial agent from the system; and
,d. wherein in operation, when the system is in the environment of use, fluid from the environment is imbibed through the semipermeable wall into (1) the first compartment containing the beneficial agent in a tendency towards osmotic equilibrium at a rate determined by the permeability of the wall and the osmotic pressure gradient across the wall, and into (2) the second comparment containing osmotically effective compound through the membrane at a rate determined by the permeability of the membrane and the osmotic pressure gradient across the membrane, said imbibitions increasing the volume of the second compartment and expanding the membrane into the compartment containing beneficial agent is delivered through the passageway from the system at a controlled rate over a prolonged period of time. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An osmotic system sized, shaped and adapted for placement in an environment of use, comprising:
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a. a shaped wall formed of a non-toxic semipermeable material permeable to the passage of fluid present in the environment of use and substantially impermeable to the passage of beneficial agent and osmotically effective agent; b. the semipermeable wall surrounding and forming a compartment housing a membrane that divides the compartment into an area containing beneficial agent in contact with the semipermeable wall and an area containing an osmotically effective agent in contact with the semipermeable wall; c. a passageway in the wall communicating with the area containing the beneficial agent for delivering said beneficial agent from the system; and
,d. wherein in operation, when the system is in the environment, fluid is imbibed through the semipermeable wall into the areas in a tendency towards osmotic equilibrium at a rate determined by the permeability of the semipermeable wall and the osmotic pressure gradient across the semipermeable wall thereby delivering beneficial agent through the passageway from the system, with the amount of beneficial agent delivered from the system related to the volume of fluid imbibed into the area containing the beneficial agent and the volume of fluid imbibed into the area containing the osmotically effective agent over a prolonged period of time. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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