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US 4,232,003 AGranted
Synthetic physiological mucus
OwnerAlbert E. Posthuma, Robert C. Woodhouseinventors
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Abstract
A synthetic physiological mucus having particular usefulness as a vaginal and surgical lubricant, based upon a pituitous aqueous solution of a high molecular weight polyacrylamide.
Claims7
A method of treating vaginal areas deficient in natural mucus, comprising the steps of:
- supplying a pituitous aqueous solution consisting essentially of about 0.3 to about 1.5 grams of polyacrylamide polymer per 100 cc of water, said polyacrylamide polymer having a molecular weight of at least about 3,000,000 and said solution having a pH in the range of about 3 to 10;
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- applying said solution to vaginal areas to form a stainless, odorless, nontoxic coating having lubricity, pituitousness and clingyness characteristics resembling those of natural vaginal mucus.
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