Fast dissolving orally comsumable films
AssigneeWarner-Lambert Company
InventorsSau-Hung Spence Leung, Robert S. Leone, Lori D. Kumar
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Abstract
Physiologically acceptable films, including edible films, are disclosed. The films include a water soluble film-forming polymer such as pullulan. Edible films are disclosed that include pullulan and antimicrobially effective amounts of the essential oils thymol, methyl salicylate, eucalyptol and menthol. The edible films are effective at killing the plaque-producing germs that cause dental plaque, gingivitis and bad breath. The film can also contain pharmaceutically active agents. Methods for producing the films are also disclosed.
Claims20
A consumable film that adheres to and dissolves in a mouth of a consumer, wherein said film is a single layer, water-soluble solid comprising pullulan and an anticroial effective combination of at least two essential oils selected from the group consisting of (i) about 0.01 to about 4 wt % thymol, (ii) about 0.01 to about 4 wt % methyl salicylate, (iii) about 0.01 to about 4 wt % eucalyptol and (iv) about 0.01 to about 15 wt % menthol, wherein at least thymol and menthol are present in said film.
A method for delivering and enhancing the retention of an effective amount of an antimicrobial agent to the oral cavity comprising introducing in the oral cavity a rapidly dissolving, water-soluble, solid film having a single layer comprising pullulan and an antimicrobial agent comprising menthol and thymol and optionally at least one of methyl salicylate and eucalyptol, wherein said pullulan enhances the retention of the antimicrobial agent in the oral cavity.
A method for delivering and enhancing the retention of an effective amount of an antimicrobial agent to the oral cavity comprising introducing in the oral cavity a consumable, water-soluble, solid film that adheres to and dissolves in a mouth of a consumer, wherein said film is a single layer film comprising about 40 to 80% pullulan;
- about 0.01 to about 4 wt % thymol;
- about 0.01 to about 4 wt % methyl salicylate;
- about 0.01 to about 4 wt % eucalyptol;
- and about 0.01 to about 15 wt % menthol.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.