Abstract:
A microcapsule containing hydrous composition containing an electrolyte and microcapsules coated with a water-soluble polymer which undergoes phase separation by the action of the electrolyte. The electrolyte causes the above-mentioned phase separation comprising 5% to 80% by weight of water and water-soluble components.
Abstract:
Microcapsules containing oil-based biologically active compounds which are stable over extended time periods for release of the encapsulated compound in the intestine. There are a number of biologically active compounds having an oil base which must be orally ingested in order to have a beneficial effect. An example of one such biologically active oil-based compound is a fish oil having a high content of polyunsaturated omega-3 fatty acids which has been demonstrated to reduce plasma levels of triglycerides, very low density lipoprotein, low density lipoproteins and cholesterol in normal and hyperlipidemic subjects. The disclosed microcapsules eliminate the unfortunate problems of the unpleasant taste and smell of the fish oil, as well as the aftertaste, particularly when ingested in large quantities, and provide a palatable and practical means of ingesting efficacious quantities of fish oil. In addition, the normal oxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids is inhibited.
Abstract:
Encapsulated bodies are produced by bringing a fluid, which is to form the cores of the encapsulated bodies, and a solution, which has ability to form gel skins upon contact with the fluid, into contact and including a gelling reaction therebetween. A desired liquid, which is suitable for the utilization of the encapsulated bodies, is introduced successively into the reaction mixture in which the encapsulated bodies formed by the gelling reaction are dispersed. The liquid portion of the reaction mixture is hence substituted with the desired liquid and the resultant encapsulated bodies are therefore recovered in a form dispersed in the desired liquid. An apparatus suitable for use in the practice of the encapsulation is also disclosed.
Abstract:
A core material such as living tissue, individual cells, hormones, enzymes or antibodies is encapsulated in a semipermeable membrane that is permeable to small molecules for contact with the core material but is impermeable to potentially deleterious large molecules. Encapsulation may be carried out by suspending the core material in an aqueous medium containing a water soluble gum that can be reversibly gelled, forming the suspension into droplets, contacting the droplets with a solution of multivalent cations to gel the droplets as discrete, shape-retaining, water insoluble temporary capsules and cross-linking a surface layer of the temporary capsules to produce a semipermeable membrane around the capsules. Optionally the gel within the membrane may be reliquified by removing multivalent cations from the gel.
Abstract:
Carbonless copying papers of which the donor layer contains microcapsules of a solution of dyestuff precursors in organic solvents as core material and polycarbodiimides as shell material.
Abstract:
OPACIFIERS COMPRISING AIR-CONTAINING MICROCAPSULES HAVING AN AVERAGE PARTICLE DIAMETER OF BELOW ABOUT ONE MICRON PROVIDE HIGHLY OPAQUE SURFACES WHEN COATED ONTO AND/OR INCORPORATED INTO FIBROUS AND NON-FIBROUS SUBSTRATES. THE OPACIFIERS ARE PRODUCED BY HEATING LIQUIDCONTAINING PRECURSOR MICROCAPSULES AT TEMPERATURES SUFFICIENT TO EXPEL THE LIQUID AND PROVIDE AIR IN THE MICROCAPSULE.
Abstract:
Opacifiers comprising air-containing microcapsules having an average particle diameter of below about 1 micron provide highly opaque surfaces when coated onto and/or incorporated into fibrous and non-fibrous substrates. The opacifiers are produced by heating liquid-containing precursor microcapsules at temperatures sufficient to expel the liquid and provide air in the microcapsule.
Abstract:
A METHOD FOR ENCAPSULATING ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID WHICH COMPRISES DISPERSING ACETYLSACLICYLIC ACID IN AN ORGANIC SOLVENT SOLUTION OF A CELLULOSE DERIVATIVE, DISPERSING THE RESULTING DISPERSION IN THE FORM OF DROPLETS IN A CONCENTRATED AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF AN INORGANIC SALT AND EVAPORATING THE ORGANIC SOLVENT FROM THE SYSTEM, IS DISCLOSED.
Abstract:
A METHOD IS DICLOSED FOR PREPARING, EN MASSE, IN A LIQUID MANUFACTURING VEHICLE, MINUTE CAPSULES HAVING WALLS OF POLYMERIC MATERIALS SUCH AS ETHYL CELLULOSE AND PARTICLES OF CORE MATERIAL SUCH AS UREA AND SODIUM CHLORIDE. DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROCESS INCLUDED THE DISCOVERY THAT THE PARTICLE SIZE OF THE ENCAPSULATED MATERIAL DECREASES AS THE CONCENTRATION OF WALL MATERIAL IS INCREASED. ADDITIONALLY, INCREASING THE CONCENTRATION OF CORE MATERIAL ALSO CONTROLS THE PARTICLE SIZE OF THE CAPSULE. THE PRODUCED CAPSULE IS A UNIT WITH A HIGH INTRA SURFACE AREA TO VOLUME RATIO.
Abstract:
Opacifiers comprising air-containing microcapsules having an average particle diameter of predetermined size with pigment particles incorporated in the microcapsular structure provide highly opaque surfaces when coated onto and/or incorporated into fibrous and non-fibrous substrates. The opacifiers are produced by heating liquid-containing precursor microcapsules, which contain the pigment particles in their structure, at temperatures sufficient to expel the liquid and provide air in the microcapsules. The microcapsular opacifiers have an average particle diameter below about 2 microns.