Abstract:
The present invention is directed toward an apparatus and method for consumer manufacture of suppositories for rectal or vaginal delivery allowing for the removal of formed suppositories while mitigating the deformation or damage to the formed suppositories when removed.
Abstract:
A production line is, suitable for the production of medicinal products that include at least one active ingredient. The production line includes an extruder for producing an extrudate from the active ingredient and at least one excipient intended to form an encapsulating matrix of the active ingredient, and a cooling member for cooling the extrudate at the outlet of the extruder. The extruder includes a barrel and at least two parallel screws housed in the barrel and interpenetrating with one another to mix the or each active ingredient with the or each excipient. The barrel is oriented vertically and the footprint occupied by the production line is less than 0.5 m2.
Abstract:
Today's suppositories are typically packaged individually for digital administration into the anal canal of a patient. A suppository applicator described herein, which works with individually packaged suppositories, can alternatively be shipped in a prepackaged operational arrangement with a suppository to enable the patient to administer the suppository through use of the applicator in a single operation after opening a hygienic wrapper containing the applicator-suppository combination. A method for manufacturing a suppository includes manufacturing the suppository in the presence of and in contact with an element configured to be used to insert the suppository into a body cavity. The method may include using the element to define a shape of the suppository during the manufacturing. The resulting applicator-suppository combination is more hygienic and easier to handle than the separate applicator and suppository and provides more efficiency from time of opening the packaging to time of commencing administration of the suppository.
Abstract:
A container suitable for the preparation, storage and dispensing of compounded suppositories is provided. Methods of preparing, storing and dispensing compounded suppositories utilizing such a container and related kits are also provided.
Abstract:
A medicine dispensing system includes canisters and packing assemblies to place specific doses of medicines into capsules. The system removes inert and filler ingredients to place only those active ingredients prescribed to the patient. The system includes a conveyor belt to move the capsules between canisters filled with the active ingredients. A dose is placed and packed into the capsules for each active ingredient. Thus, the number of capsules for a variety of medicines is reduced.
Abstract:
A container suitable for the preparation, storage and dispensing of compounded suppositories is provided. Methods of preparing, storing and dispensing compounded suppositories utilizing such a container and related kits are also provided.
Abstract:
A stick-like holder and packaging, including an overcap and a sealed, light, moisture and tamper resistant foil pouch, for a hardened, medicated matrix affixed to one end of the holder including detent means for releaseably mounting the overcap on the matrix end of the holder and with the holder having a flat, label receiving handle at its other end and a flange to prevent swallowing of the holder when placed in a patient's mouth to medicate or pre-medicate the patient.
Abstract:
A combination mold and carrier for seamless suppositories. The dispenser has an elongated rectangular one-piece body of a flexible material that is dimensionally stable at ordinary temperatures. A plurality of suppository cavities of uniform constant tapers with rounded bottoms are formed in tubular members extending from the top side of the body. The body side surfaces are tapered with circular cross sections concentrically with the cavities. These side surfaces merge together adjacent the topside and separate into the individual tubular members towards the bottoms of the cavities. The cavities have rounded bottoms to facilitate ejection of suppositories by a manual pinching action. A circular flat base formed on the rounded walls support the body upright on a work surface with the cavities upright to receive a suppository mixture. A rectangular cover with open ends can be slideably mounted over the body in a telescoped relationship. In addition, the body can have identical cavities or cavities varying in axial dimension so that identical and graduated doses can be provided in the suppositories from the same medicinal casting compound.
Abstract:
A process for forming a barrier phase between two incompatible phases comprising forming a thin layer of barrier material on the outer surface of a pin; placing the coated pin into a package or mold form designed to contain the total product; putting the molten outer phase into the space between the coated pin and the outer wall(s) of the package or mold form and allowing the outer phase to solidify; removing the pin leaving the barrier phase attached to the outer phase; and putting the inner phase into the space previously occupied by the pin.
Abstract:
A suppository includes a shaft, a bulbous head secured to one end of the shaft and a conical tail secured to the other end. The head comprises an outwardly curved retention surface and a gradually inwardly curved insertion surface. The tail includes an outwardly tapered retaining surface and a flat base, and has a maximum diameter that is greater than the maximum diameter of the head. A pressure relieving passageway extends through the suppository from one end to the other.