Claims for Patent: 4,751,071
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Summary for Patent: 4,751,071
| Title: | Composition comprising salbutamol |
| Abstract: | An osmotic delivery system is disclosed for delivering a useful agent at a controlled and constant rate modulated by a pulsed delivery of the useful agent to an environment of use. |
| Inventor(s): | Magruder; Paul R. (Palo Alto, CA), Barclay; Brian (Menlo Park, CA), Wong; Patrick S. L. (Hayward, CA), Theeuwes; Felix (Los Altos, CA) |
| Assignee: | Alza Corporation (Palo Alto, CA) |
| Application Number: | 07/001,135 |
| Patent Claims: | 1. A composition for use in an osmotic device comprising: a beneficial agent comprising salbutamol, a modulating agent comprising sodium chloride which sodium chloride is present in an amount relative to the salbutamol less than the amount needed for the sodium chloride to maintain saturation in a fluid that enters the osmotic device, and wherein the composition when in said osmotic device is useful for dispensing salbutamol at a substantially zero order rate of delivery accompanied by a pulsed rate of delivery. |
