Active substance-containing plaster for the controlled administration of active substances to the skin

• US 5,538,736 A
• Filed: 09/14/1994
• Issued: 07/23/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/1987
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LTS Lohmann Therapie-Systeme GmbH
• Original Assignee: LTS Lohmann Therapie-Systeme GmbH
• Inventors: Barth, Peter, Hoffmann, Hans R., Wolter, Karin, Simon, Gunter
• Primary Examiner(s): Phelan, D. Gabrielle
• Application Number:
  US08/307,353
• Time in Patent Office: 678 Days
• Field of Search: 424/448, 424/449
• US Class Current: 424/448
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 9/703 characterised by shape or structure; Details concerning release liner or backing; Refillable patches; User-activated patches
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 9/7061 Polyacrylates
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 9/7092 Transdermal patches having multiple drug layers or reservoirs, e.g. for obtaining a specific release pattern, or for combining different drugs

Abstract

The invention relates to an active substance-containing plaster for the controlled administration of active substances to the skin, which has a back and a skin side, with a back layer, an active substance reservoir divided substantially perpendicularly to the skin contact surface of the plaster and having one or more active substances, a contact adhesive device on the skin side and optionally a cover layer detachable prior to the application of the plaster, whereas at least one active substance reservoir part (12) is detachable from the skin, while leaving behind one or more active substance reservoir parts (13) on the skin. For this object there is provided that the part of the active substance reservoir remaining on the skin is having a better adhesion to the skin than to the back layer (11).

Claims

1. An active substance-containing plaster for the controlled administration of one or more active substances to the skin, comprising a back side and a skin side;

wherein on the back side is a back layer;

wherein on the skin side is an adhesive means and at least two active substance release surfaces;

wherein a first reservoir for a first active substance is in contact with a peel-off layer which is in contact with the back layer on the back side, and forms a first active substance release surface on the skin side;

wherein a second reservoir for a second active substance is in contact with the peel-off layer on the back side, and forms a second active substance release surface on the skin side;

wherein a reservoir separating layer comprising a gap or space between the first and second active substance reservoir or an inert separating material is present between the first and second active substance reservoir to prevent mixing of the first and second active substances;

wherein the second active substance reservoir is detachable by peeling away, the peel-off layer to terminate administration of its active substance through the second active substance release surface;

wherein the first active substance reservoir remains attached to the skin to further administer its active substance; and

wherein the first active substance release surface has a better adhesion to the skin than to the peel-off layer.

2. Active substance-containing plaster according to claim 1, characterized in that the first or the second active substance reservoir is in at least two parts.

3. Active substance-containing plaster according to claim 1, characterized in that the active substance release surfaces of the active substance reservoir parts are geometrically identical.

4. Active substance-containing plaster according to claim 1, characterized in that one active substance reservoir part completely surrounds one or more other active substance reservoir parts, considered in a flat or surface manner.

5. Active substance-containing plaster according to claim 1 characterized in that one active substance reservoir part angularly surrounds one or more other active substance reservoir parts.

6. Active substance-containing plaster according to claim 1 characterized in that the release surface-size ratio of one active substance reservoir part to another is between approximately 1:

1 and 1;

10.

7. A active substance-containing plaster as claimed in claim 1, wherein the active substance is a vasodilator.

8. Active substance-containing plaster according to claim 1 characterized in that at least one active substance reservoir part there is a different active substance/active substance combination as compared with the other active substance reservoir part.

9. Active substance-containing plaster according to claim 1, characterized in that the active substances have a topical action.

10. Process for the controlled administration of one or more active substances to the skin by means of a plaster according to claim 1, characterized by the adhesion to the skin of a plaster having one or more active substances at one or more concentrations in different active substance reservoir parts which can be separated from one another and removal of one or more plaster parts within each case one or more active substance reservoir parts after a predetermined time and while leaving behind a plaster residue with at least one active substance reservoir part on the skin.

11. Process for use of the active substance-containing plaster according to claim 1 characterized by applying the active substance-containing plaster for local and systemic, transdermal active substance administration in human or animal medicine, or in cosmetics.

12. Active substance-containing plaster according to claim 1 which is provided with a cover layer over the adhesive means and the active substance release surface detachable prior to the application of the plaster.

13. A process according to claim 10, wherein the plaster residue left behind has still two active substance reservoir parts on the skin and one of them is separated from the other and removed after a predetermined period of time.

14. Active substance-containing plaster according to claim 1, wherein the active substance release surfaces of the active substance reservoir parts are geometrically different.

15. Active substance-containing plaster according to claim 1, wherein the active substance has a systemic action.

16. Active substance-containing plaster according to claim 1 which is provided with a detachable protective layer over the active substance release surface detachable prior to the application of the plaster.

18. An active substance-containing plaster as claimed in claim 1, wherein the active substance is a bronchodilator.

19. A plaster as claimed in claim 18, wherein the active substance is salbutamol.

21. An active substance-containing plaster as claimed in claim 1, wherein the active substance is a compound to cause people to stop smoking.

23. A plaster as claimed in claim 21, wherein the compound to cause people to stop smoking is nicotine.

24. A plaster as claimed in claim 21, wherein the compound to cause people to stop smoking is lobeline.

17. An active substance-containing plaster for the controlled administration of one or more active substances to the skin, comprising a back side and a skin side;

wherein on the back side is a back layer;

wherein on the skin side is an adhesive means and at least two active substance release surfaces;

wherein a first active substance reservoir is in contact with a peel-off layer which is in contact with an adhesive layer which is between the peel-off layer and the back layer on the back side, and forms a first active substance release surface on the skin side;

wherein a second active substance reservoir is in contact with the peel-off layer on the back side, and forms a second active substance release surface on the skin side;

wherein a reservoir separating layer comprising a gap or space between the first and second active substance reservoir or an inert separating material is present between the first and second active substance reservoir to prevent mixing of the first and second active substances;

wherein the second active substance reservoir is detachable by peeling away, the peel-off layer to terminate administration of its active substance through the second active substance release surface;

wherein the first active substance reservoir remains attached to the skin to further administer its active substance; and

wherein the first active substance release surface has a better adhesion to the skin than to the peel-off layer.

20. Active substance-containing plaster according to claim 17 in that the same active substance or same active substance combination is present in all the active substance reservoir parts.

22. A plaster as claimed in claim 17, wherein the active substance is a compound to cause people to stop smoking.

25. A plaster as claimed in claim 17, wherein the first and second active substances are estrogen and gestagen.

26. A plaster as claimed in claim 17, wherein the first and second active substance are dexamethasone and prednisolone.

27. A plaster as claimed in claim 17, wherein the first and second active substance are nitroglycerine and a β

-blocker.

28. A plaster as claimed in claim 17, wherein the first and second active substance are amitriptyline and chlordiazepoxide.

29. A plaster as claimed in claim 17, wherein the plaster contains a third reservoir for a third active substance.

30. A plaster as claimed in claim 29 wherein the active substances are phenytoin, phenobarbital and caffeine.