Patents Assigned to Dianorm G. Maierhofer GmbH
  • Liposomes, method of preparing the same and use thereof in the preparation of drugs
    Patent number: 5853753
    Abstract: The present invention relates to liposomes which can be obtained by mixing bilayer-forming lipids containing, at least in part, unsaturated fatty-acid chains, with an aqueous solution of bile acid and/or at least one derivative thereof and supplying mechanical energy, wherein before mixing, the lipids are present either as such or dissolved in water-miscible solvent. The invention further relates to a method of preparing such liposomes and their use in the preparation of drugs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1998
    Assignee: Dianorm G. Maierhofer GmbH
    Inventors: Gunther Maierhofer, Paul Hofer, Oswald Rottmann