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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:
Sep. 28, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 21, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard V Smerbeck, Pittsford, NY (US);
James R Johnson, Germantown, TN (US);
Joseph W Burnett, Baltimore, MD (US);
Jennifer E Purcell, Easton, MD (US);
Assignees:
Schering-Plough HealthCare Products, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424 7803 ; 424 59 ; 424 7802 ; 424401 ; 514642 ; 514829 ; 514862 ;
Abstract
The present invention is directed towards a method, a composition and an article of manufacture for protecting the skin from jellyfish stings. The method comprises topically contacting the skin with a composition containing polymeric quaternary ammonium salt in amounts sufficient to protect against the rupture of jellyfish nematocysts. The composition can be in the form of an emulsion, liquid dispersion, solution, skin cream, face cream, lotion or ointment.