Patents by Inventor Mentrup Edgar

Mentrup Edgar has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5498420
    Abstract: The invention relates to liposome preparations with controllable vesicle size and type between about 20 and 150 nm and high stability without increased permeability, the vesicle membrane of the liposomes consisting essentially of lecithin and 10%-90%, preferably 16-90%, and most especially 20-80%, of a specified fatty acid-esterified collagen hydrolysate (FAECH), namely, a fatty acid ester of a lipoaminoacid or lipopeptide, representatively OHAP, plus traditional jellifying agents, adjuvants, and pharmaceutical agents as desired, and the production and use thereof in cosmetic and pharmaceutical compositions, as well as a method of controlling vesicle dimensions and reducing vesicle particle size by employing increased and previously believed inoperative ratios of FAECH to lecithin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1996
    Assignee: Merz & Co. GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Mentrup Edgar, Christoph Michel, Thomas Purmann