Abstract: Binary polymer mixtures of albumin and glycosaminoglycan and ternary polymer mixtures of polyionic polypeptide and high molecular weight and highly charged polyanions are useful for managing skin including wrinkles or other irregularities. Aqueous compositions of the ternary mixtures have pH dependent phase change properties and provide skin activated films.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 30, 1989
Date of Patent:
October 6, 1992
Assignees:
Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Inc., Biomatrix Incorporated
Inventors:
Philip A. Band, Arminda G. Barbone, Errol D. Goddard, Adolf Leshchiner, Emmett M. Partain, III, Joseph P. Pavlichko