Owner 3M Innovative Properties Company

Inventors Robles, Cynthia A.; Cantor, Adam S.; Ocheltree, Terrance W.

Agent Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick

Pub. Number AU-B-2002215315

PCT Pub. Number WO02/26217

Priority 60/284,017 16.04.01 US; 60/236,973 29.09.00 US

Filing date 27 September 2001

Wipo publication date 8 April 2002

Acceptance publication date 10 May 2007

A61K 9/70 (2006.01) Medicinal preparations characterised by special physical form - Web, sheet or filament bases

A61K 31/4468 (2006.01) - having a nitrogen atom directly attached in position 4, e.g. clebopride, fentanyl

A61K 45/00 (2006.01) Medicinal preparations containing active ingredients not provided for in groups

A61K 47/10 (2006.01) Medicinal preparations characterised by the non-active ingredients used, e.g. carriers, inert additives - Alcohols

A61K 47/12 (2006.01) Medicinal preparations characterised by the non-active ingredients used, e.g. carriers, inert additives - Carboxylic acids

A61K 47/14 (2006.01) Medicinal preparations characterised by the non-active ingredients used, e.g. carriers, inert additives - Esters of carboxylic acids

A61K 47/16 (2006.01) Medicinal preparations characterised by the non-active ingredients used, e.g. carriers, inert additives - containing nitrogen

A61K 47/26 (2006.01) Medicinal preparations characterised by the non-active ingredients used, e.g. carriers, inert additives - Carbohydrates

A61K 47/32 (2006.01) Medicinal preparations characterised by the non-active ingredients used, e.g. carriers, inert additives - Macromolecular compounds obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds

A61M 37/00 (2006.01) Other apparatus for introducing media into the body

A61P 29/00 (2006.01) Non-central analgesic, antipyretic or antiinflammatory agents, e.g antirheumatic agents

C08F 290/04 (2006.01) Macromolecular compounds obtained by polymerising monomers on to polymers modified by introduction of aliphatic unsaturated end or side groups

C08K 5/3432 (2006.01) Use of organic ingredients

C08L 33/08 (2006.01) Compositions of homopolymers or copolymers of compounds having one or more unsaturated aliphatic radicals, each having only one carbon-to-carbon double bond, and only one being terminated by only one carboxyl radical, or of salts, anhydrides, esters, amides, imides, or nitriles thereof