Patent ID: 6553249
Filing Date: 2003-04-22
Classification: A61K

Abstract:
A method of delivering a medicament to a digestive tract of a patient to facilitate a magnetic resonance imaging diagnosis of the patient's digestive tract, the method comprising the steps of;filling at least one inner gelatin capsule with a first MRI contrast agent; inserting the at least one inner gelatin capsule into an outer capsule; including the medicament with the outer capsule or in a material forming the outer capsule for release in the digestive tract; introducing the outer capsule and the at least one inner capsule into a patient's stomach; passing the outer capsule containing the at least one inner capsule through the parent's stomach to a small intestine of the patient faster than other contents of the patient's stomach; and employing barium sulphate in the outer capsule as a second MRI contrast agent to facilitate the passing of the at least one inner capsule through the patient's stomach to the small intestine faster than the other contents of the stomach.