1. An asymmetric oral dosage unit containing a bioactive at least within the dosage unit selected from the group consisting of a pharmaceutical, biological, antigen, botanical, food, nutraceutical, cosmaceutical and gene therapeutic, the dosage unit having a length along its longitudinal axis longer than a length along all axes perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and being asymmetric with respect to a rotational axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the dosage form, the rotational axis being located substantially at a mid point along the longitudinal axis, the asymmetry being configured to reduce the contact patch of the dosage unit with a flat surface and decrease esophageal transit time when orally administered compared to a dosage unit of the same size but that is symmetric with respect to said rotational axis.
2. The asymmetric oral dosage unit according to claim 1, wherein the dosage unit has opposing end portions along the longitudinal axis, one end portion having a substantially cylindrical shape and an opposite end portion having a flattened area with a thickness smaller than an a radius of the cylindrical portion.
3. The asymmetric oral dosage unit according to claim 2, wherein the opposite end portion having the flattened area with a thickness smaller than and a radius of the cylindrical portion includes a concave depression andor convex protrusion in at least one surface.
4. The asymmetric oral dosage unit according to claim 1, wherein the dosage unit has opposing flattened end portions along the longitudinal axis having a thickness smaller than a width thereof, wherein the opposing end portions are more than 0\xb0 and less than 180\xb0 out of phase with respect to the longitudinal axis.
5. The asymmetric oral dosage unit according to claim 4, wherein at least one of the opposing end portions includes a concave depression in at least one surface.
6. The asymmetric oral dosage unit according to claim 4, wherein the dosage unit includes a substantially cylindrical portion at some point along the longitudinal axis.
7. The asymmetric oral dosage unit according to claim 1, wherein an outer surface of the dosage unit is ridged so as to reduce the contact patch of the dosage unit with a flat surface compared to non-ridged dosage unit of the same size and shape.
8. The asymmetric oral dosage unit according to claim 1, wherein the dosage unit has a bulbous shape in which one end is enlarged with respect to another end.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
What is claimed is:
1. A method for manufacturing an image display element having a resin substrate that holds a display functional portion on which images are displayed, characterized by comprising:
an inorganic film forming step of forming inorganic films on both surfaces of the resin substrate, and
a dehydration step of dehydrating the resin substrate before or after the inorganic film forming step, wherein
the resin substrate subjected to the inorganic film forming step and the dehydration step and an other substrate are bonded to each other by a sealing material, and
then the sealing material is cured by heating at least the resin substrate.
2. A method for manufacturing an image display element as claimed in claim 1, wherein the display functional portion is interposed between the resin substrate and the other substrate.
3. A method for manufacturing an image display element as claimed in claim 2, wherein the other substrate has a color filter.
4. A method for manufacturing an image display element as claimed in claim 3, wherein the color filter comprises subfilters which are color filters corresponding to red, green and blue.
5. A method for manufacturing an image display element as claimed in claim 4, wherein the color filter is adapted to selectively pass a light having predetermined wave length included in incident white light therethrough.
6. A method for manufacturing an image display element as claimed in claim 1, wherein the resin substrate is dehydrated in the dehydration step so that the water absorption is 0.5% or less by weight.
7. A method for manufacturing an image display element as claimed in claim 1, the inorganic film forming step is carried out after the dehydration step.
8. A method for manufacturing an image display element as claimed in claim 1, wherein the dehydration step is carried out after the inorganic film forming step.
9. A method for manufacturing an image display element as claimed in claim 1, wherein the resin substrate is formed of, at least one of epoxy, acryl, polyimide, polycarbonate, polyvinyl alcohol, and polyethylene, composites thereof, or laminated resin materials thereof.
10. A method for manufacturing an image display element as claimed in claim 1, wherein the inorganic film comprises a film of any one of SiOx, SiNx, GeOx, TiOx, and ZrOx, a composite film thereof or a laminated film thereof.
11. A method for manufacturing an image display element as claimed in claim 10, wherein the inorganic film has a film thickness between 15 nm and 40 nm both inclusive.
12. A method for manufacturing an image display element as claimed in claim 1, wherein the resin substrate is dehydrated by means of heating.
13. A method for manufacturing an image display element as claimed in claim 12, wherein a temperature during the heating is 200 C. or less.
14. A method for manufacturing an image display element as claimed in claim 1, wherein the resin substrate is dehydrated by pressure reduction.
15. A method for manufacturing an image display element as claimed in claim 14, wherein the resin substrate is heated after the pressure reduction of the resin substrate.
16. A method for manufacturing an image display element as claimed in claim 15, wherein a temperature during the heating is 200 C. or less.
17. A method for manufacturing an image display element as claimed in claim 15, wherein an atmosphere of the heating is an inert gas.
18. A method for manufacturing an image display element as claimed in claim 15, wherein an atmosphere of the heating is air.
19. A method for manufacturing an image display element as claimed in claim 15, wherein a humidity of the atmosphere of the heating is 35% or less.
20. A method for manufacturing an image display element as claimed in claim 1, wherein a predetermined film is formed on one of the inorganic films of the resin substrate and the predetermined film is patterned after the resin substrate is subjected to the inorganic film forming step and the dehydration step.
21. A method for manufacturing an image display element as claimed in claim 20, wherein the predetermined film is a transparent electrode film.
22. A method for manufacturing an image display element as claimed in claim 20, wherein the predetermined film is a color filter film.
23. A method for manufacturing an image display element as claimed in claim 20, wherein the image display element is a liquid crystal display element, the liquid crystal display element has the resin substrate as the other substrate, and patterns of the predetermined film are formed on the resin substrate.
24. A method for manufacturing an image display element as claimed in claim 21, wherein a flexible terminal is adhered to the transparent electrode formed by means of patterning the transparent electrode film.
25. A method for manufacturing an image display element having a resin substrate that holds a display functional portion on which images are displayed, characterized by comprising a reset step of dehydrating the resin substrate so that the water absorption thereof is 0.5% or less by weight.
26. A method for manufacturing an image display element as claimed in claim 25, further comprising an inorganic film forming step of forming inorganic films on both surfaces of the resin substrate before the reset step.