Abstract: A cosmetic, dermatological or pharmaceutical preparation comprising from 10% to 99% by weight of one or more lipids, from 1% to 90% by weight of one or more waxes and at least 20% by volume of one or more gases.

Abstract: The present invention is a water-in-oil emulsion having a high content of water and relatively high amounts of skin-moisturizing agents and a cosmetic or dermatological stick including the water-in-oil emulsion. The present invention also includes methods of moisturizing the skin using the water-in-oil emulsion. The water-in-oil emulsion is solid at room temperature and comprises a fatty phase with at least one oil component and at least one wax component, an aqueous phase with a skin-moisturizing agent in addition to water, a water-in-oil emulsifier having the general structure A-B-A?, where A? and A? represent the same or different hydrophobic inorganic groups and B is a hydrophilic group.

Abstract: The invention is a crosslinked water-in-oil emulsion that is useful in cosmetic and pharmaceutical applications. The emulsion includes a water phase, oil phase, water-in-oil emulsifier, and one or more crosslinkers. The crosslinkers that are useful in the invention include molecules having at least one hydrophilic region and at least one hydrophobic region. The invention also includes a process for preparing the crosslinked emulsion.

Abstract: A cosmetic, dermatological or pharmaceutical preparation comprising from 10% to 99% by weight of one or more lipids, from 1% to 90% by weight of one or more waxes and at least 20% by volume of one or more gases.

Abstract: The invention is a process for making a cosmetic or pharmaceutical, phospholipid-containing crosslinked microemulsion gel or crosslinked oil-in-water emulsion. The process includes the use of at least one crosslinker that is added to at least one of the water phase and the oil phase of the emulsion, or the is added after the water phase and oil phase are mixed.

Abstract: The invention is a process for making a cosmetic or pharmaceutical, phospholipid-containing crosslinked microemulsion gel or crosslinked oil-in-water emulsion. The process includes the use of at least one crosslinker that is added to at least one of the water phase and the oil phase of the emulsion, or the is added after the water phase and oil phase are mixed.

Abstract: The invention is a low viscosity oil-in-water emulsion that is readily atomizable for use in cosmetic and dermatological applications and particularly for spray or aerosol applications. The oil-in-water emulsion includes at least one phospholipid and at least one oil-in water emulsifier. In some embodiments, the emulsion may also include a water-in-oil emulsifier. The invention also includes a process for preparing the emulsion.

Abstract: The invention is a crosslinked water-in-oil emulsion that is useful in cosmetic and pharmaceutical applications. The emulsion includes a water phase, oil phase, water-in-oil emulsifier, and one or more crosslinkers. The crosslinkers that are useful in the invention include molecules having at least one hydrophilic region and at least one hydrophobic region. The invention also includes a process for preparing the crosslinked emulsion.

Abstract: The present invention is a water-in-oil emulsion having a high content of water and relatively high amounts of skin-moisturizing agents and a cosmetic or dermatological stick including the water-in-oil emulsion. The present invention also includes methods of moisturizing the skin using the water-in-oil emulsion. The water-in-oil emulsion is solid at room temperature and comprises a fatty phase with at least one oil component and at least one wax component, an aqueous phase with a skin-moisturizing agent in addition to water, a water-in-oil emulsifier having the general structure A-B-A′, where A′ and A′ represent the same or different hyrdrophobic inorganic groups and B is a hydrophilic group.

Abstract: Hydrogel comprising at least one protein and/or enzyme and/or SOD/catalase enzyme mimic and PEGs, and parts of proteins and enzymes and/or recombinant proteins and enzymes, the proteins and/or enzymes being connected to the PEGs via urea groups.

Abstract: Microemulsion gels a) based on water in oil type microemulsions, comprising an oil phase which is essentially composed of not easily volatile components, an aqueous phase containing one or more polyethoxylated W/O emulsifiers and/or one or more polypropoxylated W/O emulsifiers and/or one or more polyethoxylated and polypropoxylated W/O emulsifiers and/or one or more monoesters, diesters, polyesters of polyols as W/O emulsifiers and/or one or more monoethers, diethers, polyethers of polyols as W/O emulsifiers and/or one or more dimethicone copolyols as W/O emulsifiers and/or one or more fatty alcohols or fatty acids as W/O emulsifiers and/or one or more sorbitan esters as W/O emulsifiers and/or one or more methyl glucose esters as W/O emulsifiers, and also comprising if desired one or more O/W emulsifiers, obtained in such a way that a mixture of basic components comprising an aqueous phase, an oil phase, one or more inventive emulsifiers is produced, being the HLB value of the emulsifier or emulsifier combina

Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for providing on-line healthcare, including receiving, over a network, symptom information for a patient from a person requesting healthcare, generating a health assessment based on the symptom information, and providing an on-line facility whereby a healthcare provider communicates over the network with the person requesting healthcare. The present invention further includes a system and method for ordering prescriptions over a network, transmitting the health assessment to a patient's personal physician over a network, and providing a physician referral for the patient. The present invention also provides for on-line follow-up with the patient after a health assessment is generated.

Abstract: Lipsticks, antiacne sticks, sunscreen sticks and eyeshadow sticks, with a high water content, characterized in that they comprise (a) a lipid phase, which comprises (a1) at least one oil component (a2) at least one wax component (a3) optionally other substances soluble or dispersible in the lipid phase, (b) an aqueous phase, which comprises (b1) from 30 to 85% by weight of water, based on the total weight of the stick composition and (b2) if desired, substances soluble or dispersible in water, (c) at least one active ingredient or several chosen from the active ingredients known for lipsticks, antiacne sticks, sunscreen sticks and eyeshadow sticks, (d) a W/O emulsifier or a mixture of two or more W/O emulsifiers, (e) one or more stabilizers, chosen from the group of substances of the general structure A—B—A′, where A and A′ are identical or different hydrophobic organic radicals, and B is a hydrophilic group, (f) if desired, further surface-active substances as coemulsifiers

Abstract: Microemulsion gels based on microemulsions of the oil-in-water type in which the droplets of the discontinuous oily phase are joined to one another by one or more crosslinking substances, the molecules of which are distinguished by at least one hydrophilic region, which has an extension which is capable of bridging the customary distance between the microemulsion droplets, and by at least one hydrophobic region, which is capable of entering into a hydrophobic interaction with the microemulsion droplets.

Abstract: Use of alkylated and/or acylated monosaccharides and/or oligosaccharides as antimicrobial, antimycotic and/or antiviral active ingredients.

Abstract: Microemulsion gels a) based on oil in water type, comprising an oil phase, substantially consisting of not easily volatile constituents, and an aqueous phase containing one or more O/W emulsifiers free from ethylene oxide and propylene oxide and possibly one or more additional O/W emulsifiers, an emulsifier content which is lower than 20 wt.

Abstract: A gel or low-viscosity transparent or translucent microemulsion of the oil-in-water type, comprising at least one phospholipid and at least one oil-in-water emulsifier.

Abstract: Test carrier analysis system for analyzing a constituent of a body fluid, consisting of test carriers (2), code carriers (3) and an evaluation device (4). The test layers (5) of the test carrier (2) contain reagents whose reaction with the sample leads to a color change characteristic of the analysis in a detection layer. The code carriers (3) contain in machine-readable form an evaluation code with an evaluation curve required for the evaluation of the test carriers. The evaluation device (4) comprises a measuring device, a code reading device and evaluation electronics.