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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 17, 1995
Donald J Therriault, York, PA (US);
Kenneth W Rodgers, York, PA (US);
Adhesives Research, Inc., Glen Rock, PA (US);
Abstract
A drug flux enhancer-tolerant pressure sensitive adhesive composition is provided comprised of a mixture of (1) a percutaneous penetration enhancer to increase permeability of skin to transdermally administered pharmacologically active agents and (2) a macromer reinforced base polymer, said base polymer comprising a phase separated graft copolymer composition comprised of copolymerized monomers A and B to form a backbone polymer having polymeric moieties grafted thereto, wherein monomer A is a monomeric acrylic or methacrylic ester of a non-tertiary alcohol having from 1 to 14 carbon atoms, with the average number of carbon atoms being in the range of about 4 to 12, and a monomer B is a polar monomer which is copolymerizable with monomer A.