ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,088, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to APRECIA PHARMACEUTICALS LLC (Mason, Ohio).
"Rapidly-orodispersible tablets having an interior cavity" was invented by Jaedeok Yoo (Princeton, N.J.), Aleece M. Phillips (Yardley, Pa.), Thomas J. Bradbury (Yardley, Pa.) and Thomas G. West (Lawrenceville, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rapidly-orodispersible dosage form comprising a porous, bound-powder matrix and one or more internal cavities is provided, as well as three-dimensional printing methods for making the same. Each internal cavity is configured to contain one or more payloads, particularly pharmaceutical medicaments, while isolati...