Methods of delivering a health care active by administering personal health care articles comprising a filmament
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsTrevor John Darcy, Steven Ray Gilbert, Gregory Charles Gordon, Rajeev Chhabra, William Maxwell Allen, Jr.
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Abstract
A method of delivering a health care active having the steps of administering to a mammal in need of a health benefit or a treatment for a health condition a personal health care article and consuming the article. The article contains one or more filaments that contain a backbone material, a health care active and optionally aesthetic agents, extensional aids, plasticizers, and crosslinking agents.
Claims17
A personal health care article comprising a nonwoven web comprising a plurality of interwoven filaments, the filaments comprise:
- a. from about 10% to about 80%, by weight on a dry filament basis, of one or more backbone materials;
- b. greater than 50%, by weight on a dry filament basis, of one or more health care actives wherein said health care actives are releasable from said filaments wherein said filaments are exposed to conditions of intended use;
- c. less than 10%, by weight of the filament, moisture;
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- d. an aesthetic agent selected from the group consisting of flavors, sensates, sweeteners, salivation agents, and combinations thereof;
- wherein at least one of the filaments exhibits a length of greater than 5.08 cm;
- wherein the article is administrable via the oral cavity and swallowable;
- and wherein the nonwoven web comprises greater than 50% by weight of the one or more health care actives.
A personal health care article comprising a nonwoven web comprising a plurality of interwoven filaments, the filaments comprise:
- a. from about 10% to about 80%, by weight on a dry filament basis, of one or more backbone materials;
- b. greater than 50%, by weight on a dry filament basis, of one or more health care actives wherein said health care actives are releasable from said filaments wherein said filaments are exposed to conditions of intended use wherein the health care actives are selected from the group consisting of respiratory agents, gastrointestinal agents, nutritional agents, and combinations thereof;
- c. less than 10%, by weight of the filament, moisture;
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- d. an aesthetic agent selected from the group consisting of flavors, sensates, sweeteners, salivation agents, and combinations thereof;
- wherein at least one of the filaments exhibits a length of greater than 5.08 cm;
- wherein the article is administrable via the oral cavity and swallowable;
- wherein the filaments exhibit a diameter of greater than 1 μm as measured according to the Diameter Test Method;
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- wherein the nonwoven web comprises greater than 50% by weight of the one or more health care actives.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.