<;P>;PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new nonlinear type active ingredient release device which is easily be prepared and does not cause the diffusion of the active ingredient in gel with the passage of time. <;P>;SOLUTION: The nonlinear type active ingredient release device is characterized by making an active ingredient to exist in gel comprising a biocompatible polymer in a periodically stripy structure on the basis of Liesegang effect. <;P>;COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT