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US 2018/0125729 A1Published application
Low friction core-shell nanofibrous membranes for delivery of active ingredients to the wet skin
AssigneeNano and Advanced Materials Institute Limited
InventorsHo Wang TONG, Connie Sau Kuen KWOK
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Abstract
A membrane for skin comprising a plurality of randomly oriented core-shell nanofibers is provided in the present invention, where each of said core-shell nanofibers comprises at least an active-ingredient-loaded polymeric core and a non-polymeric shell consisting of active ingredients only surrounding the core. Related fabrication method of said membrane is also provided in the present invention.
Claims20
A membrane comprising a plurality of randomly oriented core-shell nanofibers, each of said core-shell nanofibers comprising:
- a non-polymeric nanofiber shell which is composed of one or more active ingredients and remains intact under a dry condition but is instantly dissolvable under a wet condition;
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- a polymeric nanofiber core comprising a polymer incorporated with one or more active ingredients which remains intact under either a dry or wet condition but is able to release the one or more active ingredients in a controlled release manner when said nanofiber shell is dissolved.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.