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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:
May. 08, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 02, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
David K. Jeng, Lisle, IL (US);
Assignee:
Allegiance Corporation, McGaw Park, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 7/40 ; A61K 3/318 ; A61K 4/706 ; A61K 4/730 ; A61K 4/748 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 7/40 ; A61K 3/318 ; A61K 4/706 ; A61K 4/730 ; A61K 4/748 ;
Abstract
A water-resistant, film-forming topical antimicrobial composition, removable by high pH solution, made in accordance with the principles of the present invention includes a polyvinyl lactam, a broad spectrum antimicrobial agent, a copolymer of polyacrylate/polyoctylacrylamide, a pH sensitive acrylic polymer, and an alcohol. Preferably, the polyvinyl lactam is polyvinyl pyrrolidone. The preferred broad spectrum antimicrobial agent is iodine which is preferably complexed to the polyvinyl pyrrolidone. A process for making the film-forming topical antimicrobial composition is also provided.