IP Library Patent Application 10522946
Patent Application
App. No. 10/522,946

Amino acid-containing chewable

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10/522,946
Abstract

The present invention provides a chewable tablet having an improved oral disintegration property, which is easily chewed and capable of containing a large amount of an amino acid depending on need, more specifically, a chewable tablet comprising an amino acid and an oral disintegration promoting agent.

Claims (17)

1 . A chewable tablet comprising an amino acid and having an improved oral disintegration property.

2 . An intraorally rapidly disintegrable chewable tablet comprising an amino acid.

3 . The chewable tablet according to claim 1 or 2 , which comprises an oral disintegration promoting agent.

4 . The chewable tablet according to claim 3 , which further comprises at least one of a saccharide or a sugar alcohol.

5 . A chewable tablet comprising an amino acid and an oral disintegration promoting agent.

6 . The chewable tablet according to claim 5 , which further comprises at least one of a saccharide or a sugar alcohol.

7 . The chewable tablet according to claim 8 , wherein the oral disintegration promoting agent is sodium starch glycolate or calcium carboxymethylcellulose.

8 . The chewable tablet according to any one of claim 5 or 6 , wherein the time until one tablet is disintegrated by saliva alone after chewing in the oral cavity of a healthy adult is 60 to 150 seconds.

9 . The chewable tablet according to claim 8 , wherein the amino acid content is 30 to 85% by weight.

10 . The chewable tablet according to claim 9 , wherein the hardness of the tablet is 60 N or more.

11 . The chewable tablet according to claim 9 , wherein the amino acid comprises at least one member selected from the group consisting of valine, leucine and isoleucine.

12 . The chewable tablet according to claim 10 , wherein the amino acid is a mixture of a pure amino acid and a proteolytic mixture.

13 . A method for manufacturing a chewable tablet having an improved oral disintegration property, which comprises subjecting powder particles comprising an amino acid and an oral disintegration promoting agent to compression molding.

14 . A method for manufacturing an intraorally rapidly disintegrable chewable tablet, which comprises subjecting powder particles comprising an amino acid and an oral disintegration promoting agent to compression molding.

15 . The method for manufacturing a chewable tablet according to claim 13 or 14 , wherein the powder particles further comprise at least one of a saccharide or a sugar alcohol.

16 . A portable package in which the chewable tablet according to claim 9 is contained.

17 . The portable package according to claim 16 , wherein the chewable tablet is contained together with a desiccant.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 22, 2009
From: KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD.
To: KYOWA HAKKO BIO CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 022578/0259 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 11, 2005
From: OHTA, MOTOHIRO; MORIMOTO, KIYOSHI; KUBOYAMA, MUNEKO; YOSHIMOTO, HIROKAZU; KAWABE, HIDEO; SHIBASAKI, TAKESHI
To: KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 016447/0291 →