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Type of adhesive cement and certain improved products made possible thereby

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1975-06-09
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Granted: 1977-02-01
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Expires: 1995-06-09
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Abstract

Abstract New types of fast setting zinc oxide-polycarboxylic acid adhesive cements are disclosed as well as certain improved products the use of these cements makes possible. Certain new types of cement have been disclosed by Dennis Clifford Smith (British Pat. No. 1,139,430, Jan. 8, 1969) and by Alan Donald Wilson and Brian Ernest Kent (British Pat. No. 1,316,129, May 9, 1973). These cements were designed for dental use. The former involves the reaction of ZnO with 40-60% aqueous polyacrylic acid of molecular-weight 15000-150000. (I have discovered that polymethacrylic acid is substantially the equivalent of polyacrylic acid in these cements.) The polyacrylic acid solution is relatively expensive. The latter cement involves a high temperature fusion as well as the polyacrylic acid. While these products are undoubtedly excellent for dental use and such use can tolerate their high cost, certain of my uses require a much cheaper product and also a dry, powdery solid acid that is quick to dissolve. It is difficult and expensive to produce such a form of polyacrylic acid. I have discovered very effective adhesive cements that are much cheaper, more readily available in a form convenient to use and controllably settable. My adhesive cement is also more adhesive shortly after wetting and avoids the possibility of skin reaction with use of polyacrylic acid due to the presence of some acrylic acid of a low degree of polymerization especially where large areas of skin are contacted and where the user is subject to repeated contact with the cement.

Inventors

  • 👤 David F. Smith

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-08 13:30
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61L; A61L15/00; A61L15/07; A61L15/12; A61K; A61K6/00; A61K6/30; A61K6/80; A61K6/884; A61K6/887; A61K6/889

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim 112 words
An orthopedic bandage comprising a thin, porous, flexible, inert backing material carrying a substantially uniform discontinuous spread of an intimate mixture of a dry, finely-divided zinc oxide and a dry, finely-divided, essentially non-allergenic, non-toxic, rapidly water-wettable and very water-soluble, weak polycarboxylic acid, the proportion of zinc oxide to acid being from that which is chemically equivalent to the acid up to 300 per cent in excess of its equivalent, the amount of the spread being from 70 to 250 grams per 5 square feet of backing, said mixture being such as to become rapidly adhesive when wet with water at room temperature and shortly thereafter to set forming a strong, firm mass.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 112 words
An orthopedic bandage comprising a thin, porous, flexible, inert backing material carrying a substantially uniform discontinuous spread of an intimate mixture of a dry, finely-divided zinc oxide and a dry, finely-divided, essentially non-allergenic, non-toxic, rapidly water-wettable and very water-soluble, weak polycarboxylic acid, the proportion of zinc oxide to acid being from that which is chemically equivalent to the acid up to 300 per cent in excess of its equivalent, the amount of the spread being from 70 to 250 grams per 5 square feet of backing, said mixture being such as to become rapidly adhesive when wet with water at room temperature and shortly thereafter to set forming a strong, firm mass.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 15 words
The bandage of claim 1 wherein the said zinc oxide has been inactivated by heating.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 12 words
The bandage of claim 1 wherein the said acid is citric acid.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 69 words
The bandage of claim 1 wherein the said spread contains from 0.5 to 1.5 per cent of its weight of a water-insoluble, non-water-wettable bonding agent with heat-sealing temperature from about 230° to 240° F., in the form of a fine dispersion and selected from at least one of the class consisting of polyvinyl acetate, ethyl cellulose, shellac, silicones, cellulose esters and copolymers of vinyl acetate, acrylate and methacrylate esters.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 40 words
The bandage of claim 1 wherein the said spread contains from 0.5 to 1.5 per cent of its weight of a water-insoluble, water-wetable bonding agent uniformly distributed throughout the spread and selected from the class consisting of dextran and zein.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 62 words
The bandage of claim 1 wherein the set is delayed by dilution of said spread with up to about 300 per cent of the weight of said spread with at least one material selected from the class consisting of finely-divided MgO, Bi 2 O 3 Ca 3 (PO 4 ) 2 , CaF 2 , silica, clay, diatomaceous earth and excess ZnO.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 15 words
The bandage of claim 1 wherein the said zinc oxide is replaced by zinc carbonate.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 89 words
The bandage of claim 1 wherein the said spread additionally contains from 5 to 20per cent of its weight of a dry, uncured melamine-formaldehyde resin with a mol ratio of melamine to formaldehyde from about 1:1.5 to 1:3.3, dry polyvinylpyrrolidone of molecular-weight between 10,000 and 360,000 in amount from 10 to 150 per cent of the weight of resin and at least one dry resin-condensation catalyst selected from the class consisting of ammonium chloride, equivalent amounts of ammonium sulfate and potassium chloride, stannous chloride dihydrate and aluminum chloride hexahydrate.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 32 words
The bandage of claim 1 wherein the said zinc oxide has a thin, uniform coating of an inert, water-insoluble, hydrophobic material in amount up to about 0.5 per cent of its weight.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 47 words
The bandage of claim 1 wherein up to about 10 per cent of the weight of the said zinc oxide is replaced by a material selected from the class consisting of MgO, Bi 2 O 3 , Ca 3 (PO 4 ) 2 and CaF 2 .

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