Topical device for the therapeutic management of dermatological lesions with steroids
Abstract
Abstract THE PERIOD OF EFFECTIVENESS OF CORTICOSTEROIDS FOR TOPICAL TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATORY CUTANEOUS LESIONS, AS SHOWN BY THEIR ANTI-INFLAMMATORY EFFECT, IS SUBSTANTIALLY ENHANCED BY HAVING THE CORTICOSTEROID DISPERED THROUGH A PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE WHICH IS ADHERED TO THE AREA TO BE TREATED IN THE FORM OF A THIN FILM. PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVES VARY IN THEIR EFFECTIVENESS, ACRYLIC PRESSURESENSITIVE ADHESIVES BEING THE MOST EFFECTIVE IN INCREASING THE PERIOD OF EFFECTIVENESS OF THE CORTICOSTEROID. IN PRACTICE A THERAPEUTIC DEVICE IS EMPOLYED COMPRISING A FLEXIBLE BACKING CONTAINING A COATING OF PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE CONTAINING AN EFFECTIVE AMOUNT OF CORTICOSTEROID DISPERSED THERETHROUGH. THIS DEVICE IS APPLIED TO THE AREA TO BE TREATED WITH THE COATING OF PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE CONTACTING THE AREA.
Inventors
- 👤 Raymond C V Robinson
- 👤 Gavin Hildick-Smith
- 👤 Thomas Swindlehurst Jr
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