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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. 27, 1993
Filed:
Oct. 31, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Martin J Griffin, McHenry, IL (US);
Tugrul T Kararli, Skokie, IL (US);
Stanley C Penzotti, Jr, Green Oaks, IL (US);
Rachelle M Rydzik, Northbrook, IL (US);
Cynthia M Schmidt, Gurnee, IL (US);
Assignee:
G. D. Searle & Co., Chicago, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424449 ; 514637 ; 514946 ; 514948 ; 514772 ;
Abstract
Pharmaceutical compositions and transdermal patches comprised of pentamidine and a penetration enhancing amount of a terpene selected from the group consisting of menthol, carvone, carveol, dihydrocarveol, dihydrocarvone, neomenthol, isopulegol, terpene-4-ol, menthone, pulegol, camphor, geraniol, .alpha.-terpineol, citral, linalol, carvacrol, thymol and anethole are disclosed for delivery of a therapeutically effective amount of pentamidine or its pharmaceutically acceptable salts.