Pediculicidal mousse composition for killing head lice
AssigneeSoltec Research Pty. Ltd.
InventorsRoderick P. Tomlinson, Neil G. Halls, Albert Z. Abram
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Abstract
A non-residual, pediculicidal mousse composition for treating head lice consisting essentially of about 0.1 to about 10% w/w of pediculicidal agent, about 70 to about 97% w/w of a foaming agent, which includes water, a surface active agent, a fatty alcohol and a surface active agent, and about 3 to about 20% w/w of an aerosol propellant. In one aspect of the invention, the pediculicidal agent and the foaming agent of the foregoing composition act synergistically against head lice and their eggs.
Claims29
A pediculicidal mousse composition consisting essentially of:
- ______________________________________ Ingredient % w/w ______________________________________ Water, Purified from about 35 to about 60 Propylene Glycol from about 0.5 to about 5 Nonionic Emulsifying Wax from about 0.5 to about 5 Quaternium-52 from about 0.5 to about 5 Pyrethrins I and II from about 0.1 to about 5 Piperonyl Butoxide from about 1 to about 8 Ethanol from about 20 to about 40 Propane/Butane from about 3 to about 20 ______________________________________
A non-residual pediculicidal aerosol mousse composition consisting essentially of
- a) from about 0.1 to about 10% w/w of at least one pyrethrin pediculicidal agent;
- b) from about 70 to about 97% w/w of a quick breaking alcoholic foaming agent comprising an aliphatic alcohol, a fatty alcohol, waters and a surface active agent;
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- c) from about 3 to about 20% w/w of an aerosol propellant,
- wherein said pyrethrin pediculicidal agent and said foaming agent act synergistically in the eradication of lice infestations of lice belonging to the genus Pediculus.
A non-residual pediculicidal aerosol mousse composition consisting essentially of
- a) from about 0.1 to about 10% w/w of at least one pyrethrin pediculicidal agent;
- b) from about 70 to about 97% w/w of a quick-breaking, alcoholic foaming agent comprising an aliphatic alcohol, a fatty alcohol, water, and a surface active agent;
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- c) from about 3 to about 20% w/w of an aerosol propellant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.