Patents Assigned to McNeil-PPC
  • Immediate release and sustained release ibuprofen dosing regimen
    Patent number: 8137694
    Abstract: A method of administering non-steroidal-anti-inflammatory drugs, in particular propionic acid derivatives such as ibuprofen, is provided. The inventive dosage forms provide an initial release of the NSAID and a second sustained release of NSAID, preferably in a single dosing step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc.
    Inventors: Der-Yang Lee, Frank Bunick, James Schwing
  • Method of coating a dosage form comprising a first medicant
    Patent number: 8114328
    Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatuses for manufacturing dosage forms, and to dosage forms made using such systems, methods and apparatuses are provided. Novel compression, thermal cycle molding, and thermal setting molding modules are disclosed. One or more of such modules may be linked, preferably via novel transfer device, into an overall system for making dosage forms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc.
    Inventors: Harry S. Sowden, Bernard F. Plantz, Shun Por Li
  • Hydrated Sodium Salt Form of Celecoxib
    Publication number: 20120029205
    Abstract: Hydrated celecoxib sodium salt forms and processes to prepare hydrated celecoxib sodium salt forms are disclosed. The celecoxib sodium salt forms are particularly useful and suitable for pharmaceutical applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: MCNEIL-PPC, INC.
    Inventors: Julius F. Remenar, Mark D. Tawa, Matthew L. Peterson
  • Primary packaging and display therefor
    Patent number: 8104618
    Abstract: Primary packages configured for display and sale without secondary packaging are stacked horizontally in a product display tray. The consumer-facing surface of the back panel of the product display tray may contain graphics including product information provided on the primary package's principal display panel (which is typically faced towards consumers). Thus, consumers may readily view the product information provided on the principal display panel as primary packages are removed from the product display tray and principal display panels of remaining primary packages are hidden from view by one or more walls of the product display tray. The individual primary packages may be contoured specifically to inhibit lateral relative shifting while in a horizontally stacked configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc.
    Inventors: Neil A. Sadler, Richard K. Tanaka
  • Cover material for an absorbent article including a skin care composition and an absorbent article having a cover material including a skin care composition
    Patent number: 8092814
    Abstract: A cover material for an absorbent article including a fibrous nonwoven substrate, the substrate having a tortuousity value in the range of about 0.8 to about 3.0, and a particulate skin care material including a particulate material having a particle size in the range of about 1 micron to about 75 microns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc.
    Inventors: Krystyna M. Borysewicz, Ricky Ray Burrow, Jenny G. Du, Joseph Michael Luizzi, Maria Cristina Niciporciukas, Kenneth A. Pelley, John Poccia
  • Methods of Preparing Non-Alcohol Bioactive Esential Oil Mouth Rinses
    Publication number: 20120003162
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to liquids such as mouth rinses for the prevention and elimination of bad breath as well as for the reduction of oral microorganisms responsible for the development of dental plaque and tooth decay. In particular, the present invention relates to a method of preparing non-alcohol or reduced alcohol mouth rinses effective at preventing the above-mentioned problems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: McNeil-PPC, Inc.
    Inventors: Carolyn J. Mordas, Daniel R. Queiroz, Patrick B. Tsai
  • Non-Alchohol Bioactive Essential Oil Mouth Rinses
    Publication number: 20120003163
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to mouth rinses for the prevention and elimination of bad breath as well as for the reduction of oral microorganisms responsible for the development of dental plaque and tooth decay. In particular, the present invention relates to a non-alcohol or reduced alcohol mouth rinses effective at preventing the above-mentioned problems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: McNeil-PPC, Inc.
    Inventors: Carolyn J. Mordas, Robert J. Gambogi
  • Stretchable absorbent article
    Patent number: 8079992
    Abstract: A multi-layer absorbent article including a first layer and a second layer, the article being constructed such that it is elastic in a longitudinal direction of the article so that a loading force of 400 g extends a sample of the article taken along the longitudinal centerline of the article between about 5% and 20% of the sample's original length, and the recovery of the sample after the loading force is removed at least 90%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc.
    Inventors: Kofi A. Bissah, Tarun K. Arora
  • Child-resistant container and container cap
    Patent number: 8074821
    Abstract: A container assembly including a container and a cap disposed on the container. The cap is moveable between a closed condition and an open condition. The cap has two opposing side wall regions and an end region disposed between the two opposing side wall regions. At least one of the side wall regions has a container-engaging portion moveable between a closed position where the container-engaging portion engages the container to resist opening of the cap, and a second position where the container-engaging portion is disengaged from the container to allow opening of the cap. The end region of the cap is in a snap-fit relationship with the container. Also included is a cap having these features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc.
    Inventor: Don F. Yeager
  • Rapidly disintegrating gelatinous coated tablets
    Patent number: 8067029
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved gelatinous coated dosage form having two end regions coated with gelatinous materials and an exposed circumferential band. Openings are provided in at least the exposed band to reveal the core material. The invention also relates to methods for manufacturing such gelatinous coated dosage forms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger A. Rinker, Nicholas J. Casale, James H. Comly, Brenda Pollock, Atul Ayer, Johan Geerke, Martin Costello, Dennis Wieand, Kishor Parekh
  • Multi-ribbed dental tape
    Patent number: 8061371
    Abstract: The present invention includes monofilament dental tapes for removing plaque and/or food debris from interdental spaces of a mammal, which dental tapes have a core body with an aspect ratio of greater than about 5:1 and a first cleaning surface and a second cleaning surface opposite the first cleaning surface, where at least one of the first and second cleaning surfaces includes a plurality of ribs disposed along the length thereof, and where the ratio of the width of the dental tape to the thickness of the dental tape is from about 4:1 to about 25:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc.
    Inventors: Harold D. Ochs, Josef V. Knutzen, Richard J. Fougere, Alexander Lebovsky
  • Method of using an intravaginal device with fluid transport plates
    Patent number: 8057453
    Abstract: A method of capturing bodily fluid intravaginally providing an intravaginal device that has a fluid storage element having a longitudinal axis and is in fluid communication with at least one fluid transport element. The method involves providing at least one fluid transport element that is bendable about an axis substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the fluid storage element and positioned within a human vagina.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Chase, Erin Danyi, Mari Hou
  • Enteric coated aspirin granules comingled with binder
    Patent number: 8057820
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tablet capable of being chewed or disintegrated in the oral cavity, which comprises an enteric coated granule comprising an intimate mixture of an aspirin active ingredient and at least one binder capable of preferentially absorbing ambient moisture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc.
    Inventors: Manoj N. Shah, James S. Beahm, Robert Shen
  • Method of treating urinary incontinence
    Patent number: 8047980
    Abstract: A method for treating urinary incontinence includes the steps of inserting into the woman's vagina a first disposable device, removing the first disposable device, and inserting a second disposable device substantially identical to the first disposable device. The disposable devices have a working portion with opposed faces to provide support to an associated urinary system and, optionally, an anchoring portion to maintain the disposable device in place during use. The working portion also has. The working portion also has an insertion equivalent diameter ranging from about 10 to about 25 mm and a use equivalent diameter ranging from about 25 to about 35 mm under an expansion pressure of about 20 to about 150 cm H2O.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc.
    Inventors: Michelle Bartning, Kevin F. Gironda, Mari Hou, Thomas P. Luchino, Kirsten Freislinger Luehrs, Pramod Mavinkurve, Leonard Rosenfeld, Raymond J. Hull, Jr., David J. Chase
  • ORAL CARE COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20110243861
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to oral care compositions, and more specifically to oral care compositions suitable for cleaning the oral cavity. Methods of use are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: MCNEIL-PPC, INC.
    Inventors: Lauren Vierling, Dexter M. Williams, Saroja Narasimhan, E. Eric Engelman, Joseph J. LiBrizzi
  • ORAL CARE COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20110243860
    Abstract: Oral care compositions that are stable, pourable and swishable suspension containing suspending polymer(s). Optional further components include abrasives, surfactants, flavorings, colorings, anti-plaque agents, anti-tartar agents, agents for sensitive teeth, fluoride ion sources and sweeteners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: MCNEIL-PPC, INC.
    Inventors: Saroja Narasimhan, Dexter M. Williams, Lauren Vierling, E. Eric Engelman, Joseph J. LiBrizzi
  • Compact intravaginal device applicator
    Patent number: 8029456
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compact intravaginal device applicator assembly having a longitudinal axis comprises an elongated barrel with an insertion end and an opposite gripper end; an intravaginal device and a plunger with a restraint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul Y. Fung
  • Sanitary napkin
    Patent number: D651708
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc.
    Inventors: Joanna Misiti, Neil Alexander Sadler, Aimee Sealfon, Dana Snider
  • Blister card
    Patent number: D655622
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc.
    Inventors: Neil Sadler, Tyson Thorne, Andrew Bontorno, Herbert Breyer
  • Dispenser
    Patent number: D656413
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Hayton, Tom Edward Walker, David Gary Cottle, Philip Walsh, Philip Beardsall