Patent ID: 9283147
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: A61J,A61K,B01J

Claim Text:
1. A drug encapsulation device configured to form drug containing capsules of under 100 microns in diameter, the drug encapsulation device comprising: a liquid injection device that injects a first liquid to form a core; a liquid film holder that holds a second liquid in film form, wherein a shell of the second liquid containing the core is formed when the core passes through the second liquid wherein at least one of the first liquid and the second liquid comprises a drug; and a fluid contact device that makes the shell come into contact with a third liquid, wherein the first liquid is injected toward a liquid film of the second liquid retained by the liquid film holder, wherein the core is wrapped with the second liquid on passing through the liquid film of the second liquid, wherein a chemical reaction is induced in the shell when the shell is in contact with the third liquid; a distance from the fluid injection device to a surface of the liquid film of the liquid film holder is from 10 to 10,000 μm; and wherein a distance from the surface of the liquid film of the liquid film holder to a liquid surface of the fluid contact device is from 0.1 to 50 mm.