Lubrication composition
OwnerTom C. Veach, Pam Lewis +1inventors
InventorsTom C. Veach, Pam Lewis, Phyllis B. Siegel
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Abstract
An aqueous acidic lubricating composition for use in the mucosal areas of the human body, that provides at least 30 ppm of available iodine. There is also provided a method of treating vaginitis preventing STD and group B streptococcus.
Claims20
In an aqueous lubricating gel for use in mucosal areas of the human body, the improvement which comprises an antimicrobial composition consisting of an effective amount of an inorganic monobasic iodide salt to provide at least 30 ppm of available iodine, an organic acid having up to six carbon atoms, an inorganic phosphate buffer, and at least one oxidizing agent, said gel having a pH of 3.2 to 5.5.
An aqueous gel comprising about 0.01 to 0.5% by weight of sodium iodide, about 0.01 to 1.5% by weight of citric acid, an alkaline salt of hydrogen phosphate, about 0.001 to 0.06% by weight of sodium perborate or percarbonate, water and a gelling agent, said gel having a pH of 3.5 to 5.5 and at least 30 ppm of available iodine.
A method of preventing vaginitis, and the spread of sexually transmitted diseases or the transmission of group B streptococcus comprising administering to mucosal areas of the human body an aqueous composition comprising an antimicrobial composition consisting of an effective amount of an inorganic monobasic iodide salt to provide at least 30 ppm of available iodine, an organic acid having up to six carbon atoms, a phosphate buffer, and at least one oxidizing agent, said composition having a pH of 3.2 to 5.5.
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