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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 1993
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kuldeepak Sharma, Mountain View, CA (US);
Eric J Roos, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Darth M Dunbar, San Mateo, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cygnus Therapeutics Systems, Redwood City, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424449 ; 424448 ; 514946 ; 514947 ;
Abstract
Methods and compositions are provided which increase the permeability of skin to transdermally administered pharmacologically active agents. The compositions are formulated with one or more vegetable oils as skin permeation enhancers; a preferred composition contains both coconut oil and soybean oil. Drug delivery systems for administering drugs transdermally in combination with the vegetable oil-based enhancer compositions are provided as well.