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US 5,208,011 AGranted
Ultraviolet resistant sunscreen compositions
AssigneeSun Pharmaceutical Corp.
InventorChristopher D. Vaughan
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Abstract
A sunscreen composition for leaving a protective film on skin, comprising a UVB light absorbing sunscreen, a polymer vehicle, an oil-soluble solubilizer, and alkoxylated castor oil as an emulsifier. The protective film has an aggregate cohesive energy of from about 80 to about 150 calories per cc, preferably 100 to 115 calories/cc. The film is water resistant, unusually stable to UV radiation, nonirritating, and physically protective.
Claims3
A sunscreen emulsion composition comprising:
- A. from about 1% to about 50% by weight of a sunscreen selected from the group consisting of:
- octyl methoxycinnamate,
- oxybenzone
- octyl salicylate, and
- combinations thereof;
- B. from about 1.5% to about 12.5% by weight of a film-forming polymer having a carbon chain length of from about 50 to about 5000 carbon atoms, said polymer being selected from the group consisting of:
- polyethylene,
- an octyl maleic copolymer, and
- combinations thereof;
- C. from about 0.1% to about 15% by weight of an oil-soluble solubilizer selected from the group consisting of:
- stearyl alcohol,
- glyceryl stearate,
- methyl acetyl ricinoleate,
- myristyl lactate,
- PEG-7 glyceryl cocoate, and
- combinations thereof;
- D. from about 0.1% to about 10% by weight of ethoxylated castor oil having an average of from about 1 to about 100 moles of ethylene oxide moieties per mole of castor oil;
- and
- E. from about 35% to about 96% by weight water.
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