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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2004
Yanbin Huang, Roswell, GA (US);
Shu-ping Yang, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Sharon Linda Greene, Canton, GA (US);
Yanbin Huang, Roswell, GA (US);
Shu-Ping Yang, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Sharon Linda Greene, Canton, GA (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
There is provided a new thermo-gelling composition made with methylcellulose and citric acid. This composition may also have an effective amount of a treating agent, which may be a medicinal agent, cosmetic agent, moisturizer, adjuvant, nutritional agent, other ingredients and combinations thereof. The composition is useful in delivering moisturizers or pharmaceutically active agents to the user in a controlled release manner through the mucosal tissues in a body cavity, or on body surfaces, or as a subcutaneously injected medicament. The composition may also be used as a replacement for the soft tissues of the body as in, for example, the foot cushion and cartilage repair.