	US 12,133,918 B2
	Partially pre-gelatinized cassava starch as pharmaceutical excipient
Patrick Chukwuemeka Okoye, Fishkill, NY (US)
Assigned to Griffin Gamma, LLC, Fishkill, NY (US)
Filed by Patrick Chukwuemeka Okoye, Fishkill, NY (US)
Filed on Jul. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/811,446.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/261,958, filed on Oct. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0106181 A1, Apr. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. A61K 9/20 (2006.01); A61K 31/085 (2006.01); A61K 31/616 (2006.01)

CPC A61K 9/2095 (2013.01) [A61K 9/2059 (2013.01); A61K 31/085 (2013.01); A61K 31/616 (2013.01)]

18 Claims

1. A composition of partially pre-gelatinized cassava starch powder, comprising particles obtained by a process including both pre-compaction and wet-granulation, wherein the particles comprise birefringent portions and non-birefringent portions; wherein the particles have a cyanogenic glycosidic content of about 1 part per million or less; and wherein the partially pre-gelatinized cassava starch powder is characterized by a Carr's index between 15 and 35.