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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 1986
Filed:
Jun. 06, 1984
Vera B Caslavsky, Lexington, MA (US);
Poul Gron, Salem, NH (US);
Forsyth Dental Infirmary for Children, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
A self-gelling aqueous therapeutic composition for topical application and for the sustained release of a medicant compound, which compositions comprise an aqueous ethyl orthosilicate emulsion, a therapeutic compound which is to be released in a sustained manner on topical application, a gelling facilitating agent to aid the in situ gelation of the ethyl orthosilicate composition comprising a surface-active agent and/or a low concentration of an ammonium or fluoride compound and a gelling accelerating compound to accelerate the conversion of the solution to a gel state, which accelerator compound comprises an imidazole compound to effect the self gelling of the composition.