Abstract: Disclosed is a method of inducing sleep in a human suffering from a sleeping disorder comprising administering to the human a therapeutically effective amount of cetirizine hydrochloride once daily. Also disclosed is pharmaceutical compositions concerning the same.
Abstract: A removable insole for insertion into footwear, includes a forefoot portion extending at least to metatarsals of a foot, with a second recess at an undersurface thereof with a plurality of cylindrical protuberances in the recess; a cupped heel portion including a relatively flat central portion and a sloped side wall surrounding the relatively flat central portion; a mid-foot portion connecting together the forefoot portion and the heel portion, the mid-foot portion including a medial arch portion defined by an extension of the sloped side wall, the sloped side wall extends to lateral and medial sides of the mid-foot portion, and the forefoot portion, heel portion and mid-foot portion formed from a unitary resilient material; a shell that extends along an underside of the insole, the medial arch portion and the sloped side wall at the heel portion and the mid-foot portion, the shell having an opening beneath the relatively flat central portion of the cupped heel portion and a gap at a rearmost end of the shel
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 31, 2000
Date of Patent:
October 16, 2001
Assignee:
Shering-Plough Healthcare Products, Inc.
Inventors:
Harold Howlett, Bin Xia, Laura J. Crane, David Foshee
Abstract: A plaster preparation comprising a synthetic rubber; a reinforcing agent based on silica or random styrene-butadiene, copolymer; a tackifier; salicylic acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 13, 1999
Date of Patent:
October 16, 2001
Assignee:
Schering-Plough Healthcare Products, Inc.
Abstract: A removable insole for insertion into footwear, includes a forefoot portion for extending at least to metatarsals of a foot; a cupped heel portion having a varus of approximately 7 degrees for the left foot and approximately 5 degrees for the right foot, which slopes from a medial side of the insole to a lateral side of the insole; a medial arch portion connecting together the forefoot portion and the heel portion, and which extends forwardly to approximately a first metatarsal of a foot supported thereby, and extends rearwardly of a front section of the heel portion; an upper surface extending along the forefoot, arch and heel portions, and having a downward inclination from the heel portion to a front section of the arch portion of approximately 2 degrees; and a lateral flange extending around a periphery of at least the heel portion and extending forwardly at least to a midfoot portion of the insole to prevent abduction of a foot supported thereby.
Abstract: The invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions for topical application comprising a safe and effective amount of a pharmaceutical active, and from about 0.1% to about 10.0% of a high molecular weight cationic polymer. These compositions provide enhanced penetration of the pharmaceutical active.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 4, 1994
Date of Patent:
August 21, 2001
Assignee:
Schering-Plough Healthcare Products, Inc.
Inventors:
George Endel Deckner, Brian Scott Lombardo
Abstract: A device comprising an article coated with paralyne wherein an adhesive is adhered to said parylene coating is claimed. The adhesive can be a pressure sensitive adhesive or a non-pressure sensitive adhesive. The device, which has improved stay-on time, can be useful for applications to the body, such as sheet padding, a finger pad, a corn pad, a callus pad, a blister pad, a heel pad or a toe pad.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 17, 1999
Date of Patent:
August 7, 2001
Assignee:
Schering-Plough Healthcare Products, Inc.
Abstract: A magnetic sheet comprising permanent magnetic particles arranged in a pattern to form alternating elongated zones of first and second opposite polarities, each zone being defined by spaced apart parallel zigzag boundary lines formed by a plurality of equal length, substantially linear segments which meet at point contacts to form sharp turns, with angles formed at the sharp turns and defined by connected segments being 90/, each zone of the first polarity being bounded by only two zones of the second polarity positioned on opposite sides thereof, and each zone of the second polarity being bounded by only two zones of the first polarity positioned on opposite sides thereof. The magnetic sheet of the invention has many applications, including a removable insole for insertion into footwear.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 1, 1999
Date of Patent:
July 31, 2001
Assignee:
Schering-Plough HealthCare Products, Inc.
Abstract: Disclosed is a method of inducing sleep in a human suffering from a sleeping disorder comprising administering to the human a therapeutically effective amount of cetirizine hydrochloride once daily. Also disclosed is pharmaceutical compositions concerning the same.
Abstract: A deodorizer for masking foot and shoe odors through controlled release of fragrance and which utilizes releasable interlocking surfaces for retaining the deodorizer in contact with the shoe is claimed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 3, 1993
Date of Patent:
May 8, 2001
Assignee:
Schering-Plough Healthcare Products, Inc.
Inventors:
Gerald R. Dever, Thomas J. Laughlin, William S. Rogers