Patents Assigned to Plaaskem (Pty) Limited
  • Patent number: 6506409
    Abstract: A method of making a dosage device comprises mixing a suspension concentrate comprising at least one active ingredient which is in solid form at 25° C., and which has an average particle size of less than 10 microns, in a carrier liquid in which the active ingredient is non-soluble or sparingly soluble, and a drying agent for the carrier liquid. The drying agent takes up at least some of the carrier liquid of the suspension concentrate, thereby to dry the active ingredient at least partly and to obtain a mixture comprising the active ingredient and the drying agent. The mixture is compressed into at least one unitary dosage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: Plaaskem (Pty) Limited
    Inventors: John Hoy, Phillipus Jansen Van Rensburg