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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 24, 1999
Ching-Yun Morris Yang, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
McNeil-PPC, Inc., Skillman, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a low temperature process for adding pharmaceutically active compounds to substrates. The substrates are preferably those used in the manufacture of disposable absorbent articles, or are the articles themselves. The pharmaceutically active compound is selected from the group consisting of: monoesters of a polyhydric aliphatic alcohol and a fatty acid containing from eight to eighteen carbon atoms and wherein said monoester has at least one hydroxyl group associated with its aliphatic alcohol residue; diesters of a polyhydric aliphatic alcohol and a fatty acid containing from eight to eighteen carbon atoms and wherein said diester has at least one hydroxyl group associated with its aliphatic alcohol residue; and mixtures of said monoesters and diesters.