GLASSY SUGAR MATRIX FOR CONTROLLED ADMINISTRATION OF BENEFICIAL AGENT

摘要

Medical solution is passed in a conduit across a solid mass of beneficial agent to cause the beneficial agent to dissolve in the medical solution. The beneficial agent comprises a sugar in a substantially anhydrous, glass form, the mass being shaped and proportioned so that a controlled amount of the beneficial agent dissolves into passing medical solution in a manner that is preferably substantially predetermined. Typically, the sugar glass of the beneficial agent includes at least one added effective agent for dissolving in the medical solution as the sugar dissolves therein.