Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Chewable soft capsule having improved ingestion property and method for producing same
- Patent Title (中): 具有改善摄取性能的咀嚼软胶囊及其制造方法
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Application No.: US12813551Application Date: 2010-06-11
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Publication No.: US08372428B2Publication Date: 2013-02-12
- Inventor: Hidekazu Shodai , Noboru Nagafuji , Toshitada Toyoda , Yuka Okada
- Applicant: Hidekazu Shodai , Noboru Nagafuji , Toshitada Toyoda , Yuka Okada
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Shionogi & Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Shionogi & Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Fay Sharpe LLP
- Agent Richard M. Klein
- Priority: JP11-51411 19990226
- Main IPC: A61K47/00
- IPC: A61K47/00 ; A61K9/28 ; A61K9/48 ; A61K9/64

Abstract:
A soft capsule in which a shell is filled with fill material, and the fill material is in a solid or semi-solid form at room temperature. The soft capsule may be a chewable capsule, and the fill material may comprise a low melting point additive. The content of the low melting point additive may be 10% or more with respect to the total weight of the fill material, and may have a melting point of about 20 to 50° C. The low melting point additive may be selected from the group consisting of chocolate base, lard, coconut oil and macrogol (polyethylene glycol) as well as a combination thereof.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100239638A1 CHEWABLE SOFT CAPSULE HAVING IMPROVED INGESTION PROPERTY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME Public/Granted day:2010-09-23
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