System for release in lower gastrointestinal tract
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- US · United States
- Current Assignee / Owner
- KUDO YUMIO
- Publication Date
- 2005-11-10
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
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Abstract
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TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to a system that orally uptakes a material desired to be delivered to a lower part of the gastrointestinal tract and delivers it selectively to the lower part of gastrointestinal tract. More specifically, the present invention relates to a system that unfailingly and quickly delivers an objective material selectively to a lower part of gastrointestinal tract without being influenced by a change in pH in the gastrointestinal tract due to a variation in the bacterial flora. Also, the present invention relates to a composition that disintegrates at a lower part of gastrointestinal tract, comprising a compound having a molecular weight of 1,000 or less and having a disulfide bond and a polymer having a molecular weight of above 1,000 and having a property of being decomposed by enterobacteria, and / or a property of being softened, swelled or dissolved due to a decrease in pH, to a formed product comprising such a composition, and to ...