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Method of manufacturing oral hygiene gels
Assignee: WhiteHill Oral Technologies Inc
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Filing: 1990-06-08
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Granted: 1991-10-15
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Expires: 2010-06-08
Abstract
Abstract The invention relates to the manufacturing of oral hygiene gels wherein a coating substance is emulsified with a surfactant using a hot-melt emulsion process and the resulting emulsion is subsequently gelled with a viscosifier.
Inventors
- 👤 Ira D. Hill
- 👤 Robert D. White
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-28 12:23
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61K; A61K8/00; A61K8/18; A61K8/72; A61K8/84; A61K8/89; A61K8/891; A61K8/894; A61K8/02; A61K8/04; A61K8/042; A61K8/046; A61K8/30; A61K8/40; A61K8/44; A61K8/442; A61K8/46; A61K8/463; A61K8/73; A61K8/731; A61K8/86; A61K8/90; A61Q; A61Q11/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
32 words
A method of manufacturing an oral hygiene gel suitable for cleaning, massaging and conditioning gums of babies and endentulous persons, wherein: A. said gel is free from: 1. abrasive, 2. analgesic, and
Claim 2
Independent Claim
32 words
A method of manufacturing an oral hygiene gel suitable for cleaning, massaging and conditioning gums of babies and endentulous persons, wherein: A. said gel is free from: 1. abrasive, 2. analgesic, and
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
149 words
substances that alter the microflora balance of the oral cavity; B. said gel consists essentially of 1. a nonionic surfactant, 2. a coating substance insoluble in said surfactant, wherein the weight ratio of said nonionic surfactant to said coating substances is from between about 20:1 to about 2:1; and 3. a viscosifier; and C. said gel is characterized as: 1. stable, 2. ingestible, 3. non-foaming, 4. substantive to the gums of babies and endentulous persons, 5. disruptive towards the formation of plaque-like films on the gums of babies and endentulous persons, and having 6. a pH of from between about 3 and about 10; said method comprising the steps of: 1. emulsifying said coating substance in said surfactant at a temperature above the melt temperature of said surfactant, 2. adding said viscosifier to an appropriate carrier, and 3. mixing the hot-melt emulsion with the viscosifier/carrier to form a gel.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
149 words
substances that alter the microflora balance of the oral cavity; B. said gel consists essentially of 1. a nonionic surfactant, 2. a coating substance insoluble in said surfactant, wherein the weight ratio of said nonionic surfactant to said coating substances is from between about 20:1 to about 2:1; and 3. a viscosifier; and C. said gel is characterized as: 1. stable, 2. ingestible, 3. non-foaming, 4. substantive to the gums of babies and endentulous persons, 5. disruptive towards the formation of plaque-like films on the gums of babies and endentulous persons, and having 6. a pH of from between about 3 and about 10; said method comprising the steps of: 1. emulsifying said coating substance in said surfactant at a temperature above the melt temperature of said surfactant, 2. adding said viscosifier to an appropriate carrier, and 3. mixing the hot-melt emulsion with the viscosifier/carrier to form a gel.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
81 words
The method of manufacturing an oral hygiene get according to claim 1 wherein: a. flavorants are added to the mixture in the emulsifying step, b. preservatives are added to the viscosifier/carrier mixture and the carrier for the biscosifier is propylene glycol, and c. mixing of the hot-melt emulsion and viscosifier/propylene glycol is carried out in the presence of a mixture of water, soribtol, glycerin, potassium sorbate, sodium saccharin and citric acid to form a gel having a pH of about 5.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method according to claim 2, wherein the nonionic surfactant is a mixture of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide poloxamers and the coating substance is a polydimethylsiloxane, and the viscosifier is carboxymethylcellulose.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method according to claim 2 wherein the concentration of nonionic surfactant is from between about 0.1% and about 10% by weight.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
17 words
A method according to claim 1 wherein the nonionic surfactant is selected from mixtures of polyoxyalkylene poloxamers.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method according to claim 5 wherein said poloxamers are mixtures of polyoxypropylene and polyoxyethylene compounds.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method according to claim 1 wherein the coating substance is selected from the group consisting of silicones, polyalkysiloxanes and mixtures thereof.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method according to claim 7, wherein the concentration of coating substance is from between about 0.1% and about 0.5% by weight.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
11 words
The method according to claim 1 wherein the polyalkysiloxanes are polydimethysiloxanes.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method according to claim 1 wherein the viscosifier is selected from the group of cellulose ethers consisting of sodium carboxymethylcellulose, hydroxypropylcellulose, and mixtures thereof.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method according to claim 10, wherein the concentration of viscosifier is from between about 0.5% and about 10% by weight.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
35 words
The method according to claim 1 wherein the pH if from between about 4.0 and about 8.5, and the weight ratio of nonionic surfactant to coating composition is from between about 20:1 and about 2:1.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
44 words
The method according to claim 1 wherein the surfactant is a poloxamer of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide at about 2% by weight, the coating substance is a polydimethylsiloxane at about 0.12% by weight and the viscosifier is carboxymethylcellulose at about 2.5% by weight.
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