Patents Issued in October 17, 2019
  • Publication number: 20190314216
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a disposable pant-type absorbent article, such as a pant diaper, a sanitary pant or incontinence pant, for an adult user. The absorbent article has a longitudinal direction (Y) and a transverse direction (X). The absorbent article includes a front body panel having a first at least partly elastic region extending along leg edges of the front body panel, and a second at least partly elastic region located next to the first elastic region. A back body panel has a third elastic region extending at least partly over the buttocks-covering section of the back body panel. Each of the elastic regions is elasticised by means of a plurality of elastic threads arranged substantially in the transverse direction across a major portion of the front or back body panel. A side edge of the third elastic region overlaps in the longitudinal direction both a side edge of the first at least partly elastic region and part of a side edge of the second at least partly elastic region at the side seams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: Essity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag
    Inventor: Lucas Bäck
  • Publication number: 20190314217
    Abstract: An intimate skin conditioner veil, configured to be positioned in an undergarment so that it covers the mons pubis in front of the anterior labia commissure of a female user, without covering any part of the vulval vestibule area of the user. The main portion may be reflection symmetric about a longitudinal central line, and the veil may include a garment facing layer arranged on a garment facing side of the veil, and a space creating layer arranged on a skin contacting side of the veil. The space creating layer comprises a nonwoven material arranged at least one the skin contacting side of the veil. The nonwoven material includes non-absorbent fibres. The fibres and/or the nonwoven material is/are coated with a lubricating coating composition configured for use in hygiene products at least on the skin contacting side of the veil to be in contact with skin of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: Essity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag
    Inventors: Magdalena Hörle, Karin Alenius, Shabira Abbas, Chatrine Stridfeldt
  • Publication number: 20190314218
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed, in part, to webs or topsheets for absorbent articles and methods of making the same. The webs and topsheets include bicomponent fibers having a first component and a second component, wherein the first component has a different hydrophilicity than the second component. The webs and topsheets include a continuous land area and discrete zones of modified surface energy. One of the first and second components forms an outer surface of the fibers in the continuous land area and the other of the components at least partially forms an outer surface of the fibers in the discrete zones of modified surface energy such that the discrete zones of modified surface energy have a different hydrophilicity than the continuous land area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Kelyn A. ARORA, John L. HAMMONS, Nathan R. WHITELY, Misael O. AVILES
  • Publication number: 20190314219
    Abstract: Disposable absorbent articles are disclosed herein having a first and second fold line. The disposable absorbent articles have a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent system disposed therebetween. The absorbent system has a first absorbent core and a second absorbent core which may be configured in an offset manner. And, the absorbent system and/or the first and second fold lines may be configured with respect to the absorbent article to effect a caliper change in the folded article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Stephen Lebeuf Hardie, Ronda Lynn Glassmeyer
  • Publication number: 20190314220
    Abstract: A disposable absorbent article having a longitudinal centerline and a lateral centerline generally perpendicular to the longitudinal centerline is described herein. The disposable absorbent article has a topsheet; a backsheet; and an absorbent system disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet. The absorbent system has a first and second absorbent core configured such that there is an overlap between the first and second absorbent core and a pair of outboard distances for the first and second absorbent cores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Stephen Lebeuf Hardie, Joshua Andrew Williams
  • Publication number: 20190314221
    Abstract: A pulpless core is provided with flexibility for superabsorbent expansion by using elastic strands stretched and coupled to a nonwoven layer, and then relaxed partially to create receiving valleys (puckers) and the puckers are provided with superabsorbent polymer, and then a layer of nonwoven or acquisition film can be coupled on top of nonwoven/elastic/sap carrier layers to create an absorbent core laminate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Wei Wei, Gottfried Jason Hohm
  • Publication number: 20190314222
    Abstract: A disposable undergarment is disclosed. The undergarment includes a chassis and an absorbent core assembly. The chassis includes a front section, a crotch section and a rear section. The absorbent core is located in the crotch section, with portions of it extending into the front and rear sections. A large plurality of closely spaced elastic threads extends across the full width of the undergarment in the front and rear sections. A large plurality of closely spaced elastic threads extends across the full width of the undergarment in portions of the crotch section adjacent the front and rear sections. The elastic threads are broken in the areas of the core assembly. The core assembly includes a first section of a slow acting but high absorbency SAP in pockets thereof and an underlying second section of a fast acting by lower absorbency SAP in pockets thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Donald A. Sheldon, Joseph Howard, William Terenzoni
  • Publication number: 20190314223
    Abstract: An array of products comprising three or more different sizes of disposable pant-type absorbent articles is provided, wherein each of first and second and third disposable pant-type absorbent articles comprises a chassis with a front portion and a back portion, and an absorbent body attached to the chassis, and a length direction and a width direction, wherein the size of the front and rear portion of the first disposable pant-type absorbent articles is smaller than the size of the front and rear portion of the second disposable pant-type absorbent articles, wherein the size of the front and rear portion of the third disposable pant-type absorbent articles is larger than the size of the front and rear portion of the second disposable pant-type absorbent articles, and wherein each of the front and back portions has a waist edge, a pair of leg edges and a pair of side edges and wherein a distance, in the length direction, between the leg edge of the front portion and the leg edge of the back portion, is common
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: Essity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag
    Inventor: Lucas Bäck
  • Publication number: 20190314224
    Abstract: An absorbent article includes an absorbent body that includes an absorber and a pair of side flaps that extend outward from both ends of the absorbent body in a width direction. The absorbent article has a dorsal side and an abdominal side in a longitudinal direction. The pair of side flaps is disposed on the dorsal side of the absorbent body. Each of the pair of side flaps includes an engaging member. Each of the pair of side flaps is joined to the absorbent article further toward a skin side in the thickness direction than the absorbent body. The engaging member includes a first edge of the abdominal side and a second edge of the dorsal side. In the longitudinal direction, a dorsal side end of the absorber is disposed further toward the dorsal side than a first imaginary line that connects the first edges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: Unicharm Corporation
    Inventors: Satoru Sakaguchi, Maika Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20190314225
    Abstract: A system for providing a protective covering for a human on non-human animal comprising a supply of dispensable plastic stretch film having a predetermined thickness and width and a dispenser-applicator for dispensing a predetermined length of film from the supply thereof and applying the predetermined length of the film to the human or non-human animal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventor: Annamarie Joseph
  • Publication number: 20190314226
    Abstract: A device for transport and medical care of patients consists of a chassis (1) with wheels (11) arranged in corners of a virtual parallelogram with a central longitudinal axis of symmetry (X-X). The device further comprises a bed (2) consisting of a support frame (20) and being supported on said chassis (1) by means of a pair of telescopic support poles (3, 4) mutually spaced apart in direction of said axis (X-X) and displaceable in vertical direction. Said telescopic support poles (3, 4) are each arranged at its side of said axis (X-X), namely each in its diagonally opposite corner (111, 112) of said virtual parallelogram formed by the wheels (11) of the chassis (1). The support frame (20) of said bed (2) is formed without any transversal or longitudinal reinforcing element, with the exception of areas (21, 22) that are reasonably present above the support poles (3, 4) and are diagonally opposite to said axis (X-X).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventor: Miha Novak
  • Publication number: 20190314227
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a roll-in cot may include a support frame, a pair of front legs, a pair of back legs, and a cot actuation system. The pair of front legs may be slidingly coupled to the support frame. Each front leg includes at least one front wheel. The pair of back legs may be slidingly coupled to the support frame. Each back leg includes at least one back wheel. The cot actuation system includes a front actuator that moves the front legs and a back actuator that moves the back legs. The front actuator and the back actuator raises or lowers the support frame in tandem. The front actuator raises or lowers the front end of the support frame independently of the back actuator. The back actuator raises or lowers the back end of the support frame independently of the front actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Nicholas V. Valentino, Matthew Palastro, Zhen Y. Shen, Timothy R. Wells, Timothy Paul Schroeder, Joshua James Markham, Robert L. Potak
  • Publication number: 20190314228
    Abstract: A rigid frame wheelchair of a box frame design includes a base frame which has a rear axle for receiving rear wheels and a left-hand side strut and a right-hand side strut for receiving steering wheels in the front regions of the side struts, an L-shaped seat-foot support frame having an L-shaped left-hand strut and an L-shaped right-hand strut, wherein each L-shaped strut has a seat tube segment and a foot support tube segment, and wherein the seat-foot support frame further has a transverse strut that connects the L-shaped struts, two coupling units that connect together in an articulated manner the base frame in the left-hand and right-hand front region to the seat-foot support frame in the region of the left-hand and right-hand foot support tube segments about an axis vertically to a sagittal plane for an angular adjustment, and wherein the foot support tube segments are adjustably mounted for a seat height adjustment, a left-hand frame connector and a right-hand frame connector, wherein the frame connect
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventor: Gregor Horacek
  • Publication number: 20190314229
    Abstract: An automatic wheelchair locking system comprising: a first touch sensor configured to detect a touch of a first wheel of a wheelchair; a first lock for the first wheel; a first motor configured to engage and disengage the first lock; at least one processor configured to communicate with the first touch sensor and control the first motor; and a memory having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, control the at least one processor to: in response to receiving sensor information indicative of a user touching the wheel while the first lock is engaged, control the first motor to disengage the first lock; and in response to receiving sensor information indicative of no user touching the wheel while the first lock is disengaged, control the first motor to engage the first lock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Mark McColl, Clayton Brackett
  • Publication number: 20190314230
    Abstract: A shopping basket assembly for carrying shopping items on a wheelchair includes a wheelchair that has a pair of handles for gripping to roll the wheelchair. A pair of sleeves is provided and each of the sleeves is slidably positioned on a respective one of the handles on the wheelchair. A panel is provided and each of the sleeves is coupled to the panel. Thus, the panel extends downwardly from the handles when the sleeves are positioned on the handles. A pair of baskets is each coupled to the panel to support shopping items positioned in the baskets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventor: Delores Haynes
  • Publication number: 20190314231
    Abstract: A patient control unit for controlling functions of a hospital bed includes a housing having a first side that includes a plurality of user inputs to control the functions of the hospital bed. The housing has a second side that includes a dock to secure a handheld phone in place on the housing. A hospital bed has a head-of-bed angle (HOBA) lockout selector that is used to signal a controller to prevent a head section of the bed from being moved below a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Robert M. Zerhusen, Michael Provinzano, Daniel Nachtigal
  • Publication number: 20190314232
    Abstract: A surgical recovery pillow can include one of more cutouts formed in the pillow body, at a top surface of the pillow body, that reduce or avoid pressure around the ear, eye, cheek, and upper neck regions of a user's face at the side of the user's face, when the user lays with their head properly positioned over a cutout. Each cutout is non-circular, and includes a support portion that extends from the pillow body into the cutout to support the user's head at the temple region of the user's head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Stacey Jerome-Miller, Ronald Anthony DeMarco
  • Publication number: 20190314233
    Abstract: A patient transfer package for laterally transferring a supine patient from one surface to another surface, where the package comprises: a first, rectangular-shaped sheet; a second, rectangular-shaped sheet; and attachment means attached to the second sheet edges and a portion of the first sheet which extends beyond the edges of the second sheet, wherein one part of the attachment means adheres to the second sheet and another part of the attachment means adheres to the first sheet. In addition, the attachment means comprises a non-adhesive channel located between said adhesive parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Patricia SCHIRO, Michael SCHIRO
  • Publication number: 20190314234
    Abstract: In the embodiments described herein, the scale assembly automatically determines if an accessory, such as a sling, is properly connected to a sling bar of the person lifting device and, if the accessory is not properly connected, the scale assembly provides a user with a visual and/or audible warning and, in some embodiments, may lock-out the actuation controls of the person lifting device to prevent the person lifting device from being used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: Liko Research & Development AB
    Inventors: Mattias Andersson, Andreas Bolin, Marica Demby, Peter Rydstrom, Douglas A. Seim
  • Publication number: 20190314235
    Abstract: A lift unit docking system includes a docking rail, a docking rail adapter, and a locking mechanism. The docking rail is configured to provide ingress and egress of a lift unit to and from an overhead rail, and includes a body defining a channel and an adapter receiving opening within the body. The docking rail adapter is repositionable relative to the adapter receiving opening of the docking rail and is configured to transport the lift unit into and out of the channel of the docking rail. The locking mechanism is repositionable between a locked position and an unlocked position, wherein the locking mechanism extends into the channel to block movement of a mounted lift unit toward the adapter receiving opening of the docking rail when in the locked position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: Liko Research & Development AB
    Inventors: Roger Karlsson, Göran Eriksson, Marcus Linde, Elin Dovervik, Johanna Sundqvist, Åsa Lundström
  • Publication number: 20190314236
    Abstract: According to the present disclosure, a surgical patient support provides support to a patient. The surgical patient support may include configuration to accommodate various patient body positions to provide a variety of access to the patient's body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Joshua C. Hight, Jesse S. Drake, Jeffrey C. Marrion, Christopher B. Dubois, Ben Hertz, Andrew Sennett, Patrick Brophy
  • Publication number: 20190314237
    Abstract: A walking and sock assisting device comprising a lower portion and an upper portion. The lower portion comprises a left prong, a right prong, and a lower stem. The left prong comprises a left sock end, a left base, and a left stem end. The right prong comprises a right sock end, a right base, and a right stem end. The upper portion comprises a handle and an upper stem. The left stem end is coupled to the lower stem. The right stem end is coupled to the lower stem. The left sock end and the right sock end are configured to accept a sock. The left sock end and the right sock end are configured to expand the sock to allow a wearer to place a foot into the sock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventor: Anthony Raymond LOPEZ
  • Publication number: 20190314238
    Abstract: An extension assisting device that can assist mobility of a joint is provided. An extension assisting device has: a thigh arm that engages with a front portion of a thigh of a user; and an artificial muscle that, by being operated, applies force toward a rear side from the thigh arm to the thigh of the user, and displaces the thigh of the user toward the rear side relative to an upper body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: INNOPHYS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20190314239
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a health multifunctional chair and a control method thereof. The multifunctional chair includes: a chair seat, a massage backrest, an exercise standing plate, and a general management system, the general management system includes: a detecting and controlling unit and a health analyzing unit; the health analyzing unit is provided locally or on a cloud, and is in communication connection with the detecting and controlling unit; the exercise standing plate is adjusted in angle with one side edge as a reference and towards a direction of the chair seat; the massage backrest is provided with a meridian massage mechanism therein; the health analyzing unit is used to acquire a health analysis result of the user, and provide a health solution. The present disclosure performs combined and ordered meridian massage to the back of the user, thus improving the quality of health maintenance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventor: Zhonghua Ci
  • Publication number: 20190314240
    Abstract: A spherical manual and electromechanically-operated spherical massage implement is disclosed which facilitates the even application of pressure to the body tissue of a client during massage therapy, including tendons, ligaments, and muscles (e.g. the gluteus maximus, gluteus medius, and the like). Variations of the disclosed implement comprise vibrating and heating functions. The disclosed invention relieves sore and achy muscles, helps blood circulation, relieving muscle cramps, loosening tight and knotted muscles, and relieving pressure from the massage therapist's hands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Jonothan DiPeri, Jonathan Blotter, Spencer Brasher, Josh Cannon
  • Publication number: 20190314241
    Abstract: A cardiopulmonary resuscitation assisting apparatus including: an acceleration sensor (13); a magnetic sensor (19); a first calculation section (233A) which obtains a relational expression (N) between a compression depth Da and the coil-to-coil distance AD; a determination section (234) which differentiates the relational expression (N) with respect to an output value of the magnetic sensor (19) and compares a resulting differentiated value of the relational expression (N) with a predetermined threshold to thereby determine whether notification for assistance of cardiopulmonary resuscitation is necessary or not; and a voice generating section (25) which performs the notification for assistance of cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Jumpei INOUE, Tsutomu WAKABAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20190314242
    Abstract: A compression depth calculating device (1000) including: an acceleration sensor (13); a magnetic sensor (19); a first calculation section (233A) which obtains a correlation; and a second calculation section (233B) which calculates a compression depth Dr of a compression operation performed after the correlation (R) has been calculated, based on a coil-to-coil distance AD acquired from the magnetic sensor (19) and the correlation (R), when the compression operation is performed after the correlation has been calculated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Jumpei INOUE, Tsutomu WAKABAYASHI, Naoto AKIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20190314243
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for the control of pool/spa device circuits. A control system may control such circuits in response to command data received from local or remote client devices. Feature circuits and light groups may be defined via a user interface to include a group of pool/spa device circuits or light circuits, respectively. Activating a feature circuit may involve performing an associated logic function. Multiple feature circuits may be assigned to a feature circuit group which, when activated, may activate all feature circuits assigned to the feature group. The control system may control the performance of freeze protection and automatic cleaner functions, and may control light circuits to synchronized, color-changing light effects. Commands may be issued to the control system and system data may be stored and retrieved from a remote database via web servers, web application programming interface servers, and/or inter-server communication buses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: David MacCallum, Ed Brown, Keith Lewis
  • Publication number: 20190314244
    Abstract: A reversibly sealed, double-walled vacuum canister for housing temperature-sensitive medications and protecting them from ambient temperatures outside of recommended storage temperatures, and including multiple storage areas within the canister's temperature-protected cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventor: NEIL AMAR
  • Publication number: 20190314245
    Abstract: A container for collecting, transporting, storing, delivering and dispensing fluid. The container has a hollow tube with an outer circumference diameter and is configured to receive a plunger. A collection adaptor and a dispensing adaptor provide interchangeable coupling of a variable volume container such as a syringe with a collection device such as a breast pump and a dispensing device such as a nipple. The container also has a circumferential seal assembly secured at one end of the hollow tube. The seal assembly outer diameter is substantially similar to the hollow tube outer diameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: NeoMed, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron N. INGRAM, Benjamin Martin DAVIS, Anthony C. LAIR, Mark Martin COSTELLO, Tony DOHERTY
  • Publication number: 20190314246
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method and an apparatus for transferring an amount of a liquid drug (11) from a supply container (1) having stored the liquid drug (11) to a collapsible reservoir (2), the method including and the apparatus enabling the steps of: a) providing a fluid connection (3) between the supply container (1) and the collapsible reservoir (2); b) subjecting the liquid drug (11) stored in the supply container (1) to an environmental pressure; c) subjecting the collapsible reservoir (2) to a positive pressure relative to the environmental pressure, thereby collapsing the collapsible reservoir (2) and transferring gas comprised in the collapsible reservoir (2) from the collapsible reservoir (2) to the supply container (1); d) subjecting the collapsible reservoir (2) to a negative pressure relative to the environmental pressure, thereby expanding the collapsible reservoir (2) and transferring the amount of the liquid drug (11) from the supply container (1) to the collapsible reservoir (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: Roche Diabetes Care, Inc.
    Inventor: Frank Deck
  • Publication number: 20190314247
    Abstract: An infant safety cap that provides a clear view of the region around the patients mouth during oral administration of fluid, and meets childproof guidelines set by the Consumer Product Safety Commission in 16 CFR § 1501 is set forth. In addition, an ENFit syringe safety cap system incorporating the infant safety cap, constructed in accordance with the principles herein, enables safe and effective fluid delivery, while providing a clear view section around a small outer diameter fluid delivery channel of the cap, which is particular useful for verifying delivery of the fluid. The cap can be selectively sealed to provide a tamper-proof dosage delivery, and to verify the contents of the attached container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Mike Fleury, Deanna Gilbert, Kathryn Mizuchi
  • Publication number: 20190314248
    Abstract: A hands-free bottle holder has a pair of opposed, integrally formed, interconnected, substantially trapezoidal wedge members. When assembled, each wedge member is the mirror image of the other. Blocks associated with the wedges enable height adjustment. A hinge rotatably interconnects the two wedge members. A seam formed medially of the wedges defines a hinge. A bottle holder is seated atop an upper surface of one of the wedge members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Yana F. Krefman, Cory M. Ostrow
  • Publication number: 20190314249
    Abstract: A docking station receives an enteral feeding pump or food pod into a cradle with a scales platform. The docking station is calibrated to determine nutritional data consumption and remaining available food on the basis of remaining food weight and nutritional data read from a tag using NFC. The station has a sealing sleeve with a sealing rim to confine any spillages in a manner which does not affect weight of the device on a weighting platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: ROCKFIELD MEDICAL DEVICES LIMITED
    Inventors: Tomas Martin THOMPSON, Donal MAYNE, Damian KELLY
  • Publication number: 20190314250
    Abstract: A trackable pacifier assembly for locating a misplaced pacifier includes a panel that is flexible. A nipple is coupled to and extends from a first face of the panel. The nipple is configured to pacify a child. A tracker unit is coupled to a second face of the panel. The tracker unit comprises a transceiver so that the tracker unit is configured to communicate wirelessly. The tracker unit also comprises a receiver. The receiver is global positioning system enabled so that the receiver is configured to receive coordinates. The transceiver is positioned to communicate the coordinates to an electronic device of a user so that the user is positioned to locate the tracker unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventor: Victoria Wood
  • Publication number: 20190314251
    Abstract: The skin serves as a barrier that protects the body from the external environment and prevents water loss. This barrier function also prevents most hydrophilic or hydrophobic and large molecular weight ingredients (>500 kDa) from penetrating intact skin. Until recently, methods to increase stratum corneum permeability were generally not effective enough to make the stratum corneum so permeable that the barrier posed by the viable epidermis mattered. However, that has now changed with the development of the present embodiment's physical methods and highly optimized chemical formulations, such that we revisited the permeability of the full epidermis with the example embodiment's constructs and not focus only on the stratum corneum. This example embodiment therefore tests the hypothesis that the viable epidermis offers a significant permeability barrier to both small molecules and macromolecules that becomes the rate limiting step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventor: David A. Richard
  • Publication number: 20190314252
    Abstract: An oil-in-water emulsion cosmetic for eyelashes includes a water-soluble film forming agent, a water-soluble thickener, a powder, and a surfactant, in which the water-soluble thickener includes at least one selected from the group consisting of a cellulose-based thickener and a polysaccharide-based thickener, the powder includes carbon black, and the surfactant includes a first non-ionic surfactant having a hydrophilic-lipophilic balance of 10 to 17 and a second non-ionic surfactant having a hydrophilic-lipophilic balance of less than 8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: TOKIWA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuko IWATANI, Yuka YAMAWAKI
  • Publication number: 20190314253
    Abstract: An oral care regimen where a user applies a first oral composition and a second composition to the oral cavity. The first composition can be a dentifrice and can contain stannous fluoride and the second composition can be a gel and can contain hydrogen peroxide. The regimen can provide a long-lasting clean feeling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Paul Albert Sagel, William Michael Glandorf, Andrew Frederic Groth
  • Publication number: 20190314254
    Abstract: In a zinc oxide powder of the present invention, a content of a water-soluble substance is 0.30% by mass or less, and a mass ratio between an alkali metal and an alkaline earth metal which are included in the water-soluble substance is in a range of 1:2 to 10:1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Syunsuke SUMA, Shingo HOSODA, Kenichiro NISHIDA
  • Publication number: 20190314255
    Abstract: The invention provides a cleansing concentrate composition for use as a lotion, solution, cream, gel, solid or wet wipe saturant having (a) a first emulsifier selected from group consisting of a polyglyceryl fatty ester, an ethoxylated fatty alcohol, an ethoxylated fatty acid, an ethoxylated sorbitan ester and a mixture thereof, having an HLB between 1 and 9; (b) a second emulsifier selected from group consisting of a polyglyceryl fatty ester, an ethoxylated fatty alcohol, an ethoxylated fatty acid, an ethoxylated sorbitan ester and a mixture thereof having an HLB between 9-16; (c) an emollient; (d) a preservative system and (e) an aqueous solvent. The composition may be free of any humectants and may be formulated for end-user personal care, hygiene, consumer care and cosmetic products such as wet wipes, hygiene wipes, baby wipes, make-up removal solutions, moisturizers, facial cleansers and scalp/hair care products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventor: Elias Pambou
  • Publication number: 20190314256
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a novel amide alcohol ester that can be used as a cosmetic base ingredient. An amide alcohol ester represented by formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: Kokyu Alcohol Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takanori Inoue, Mari Masuno
  • Publication number: 20190314257
    Abstract: Aqueous surfactant compositions containing one or more alpha-sulfo fatty acid disalt (A) of general formula (I), R1CH(SO3M1)COOM2??(I), in which the radical R1 is a linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl radical having 6 to 18 carbon atoms and the radicals M1 and M2—independently of one another—are selected from the group comprising H, Li, Na, K, Ca/2, Mg/2, ammonium and alkanolamines, one or more protein hydrolyzate (B), wherein the protein hydrolyzate (B) is a protein, peptide and/or amino acid which is produced by chemical and/or enzymatic hydrolysis of proteins from plant or animal sources, and water, The compositions have good foaming ability, a pleasant sensory feel to the foam, good skin compatibility, and are suitable for cosmetic products, detergents, and cleaning products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Claudia Brunn, Ansgar Behler
  • Publication number: 20190314258
    Abstract: A rheofluidifying surfactant composition structured into planar lamellar phases includes: a) at least one anionic surfactant and b) at least one compound selected from among amphoteric surfactants and non-ionic surfactants, in which the total active material of said surfactants is between 35 and 60% by weight relative to the total weight of said composition, in which the ratio of anionic surfactant is between 0.3 and 0.9, the ratio of amphoteric surfactant is between 0.0 and 0.7 and the ratio of non-ionic surfactant is between 0.0 and 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Marie-Agnès LAURENT, Estelle BOUVET
  • Publication number: 20190314259
    Abstract: A method for inhibiting hair growth in mammals using compositions containing FP receptor antagonists (e.g., prostaglandin F analogs that are block activation of the FP receptor). The compositions can be applied topically to the skin and/or hair. The compositions can arrest hirsutism or hypertrichosis, reverse hirsutism and hypertrichosis, and further prevent hair growth. These compositions can also be used to protect hair from chemical or radiation-induced alopecia or hair loss. These compositions can also be used to inhibit pigmentation of the hair or skin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventor: Elise A. Olsen
  • Publication number: 20190314260
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are engineered constructs that have keratin-binding functionality, and uses thereof for hair treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Bradley David Olsen, Sieun Kim
  • Publication number: 20190314261
    Abstract: The present invention relates to glitter with improved lustre effect and improved skin feeling, and also glitter with improved surface coverage (covering power) and also the use thereof in cosmetic formulations, wherein the glitters comprise a film which comprises cellulose acetate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: Sigmund Lindner GmbH
    Inventor: Erwin Pschierer
  • Publication number: 20190314262
    Abstract: A micro- or nanoparticular vesicle comprises at least a crosslinked hyaluronic acid (HA), wherein the crosslinked hyaluronic acid is crosslinked by a chemical crosslinking agent, and wherein the degree of modification of said crosslinked hyaluronic acid with said chemical crosslinking agent is less than 1.9 mole %. Also disclosed are a method of manufacturing such vesicles, compositions comprising such vesicles and their uses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Claire MALLARD, Yves RIVAL
  • Publication number: 20190314263
    Abstract: A composition comprising, in a physiologically acceptable medium, a crosslinked hyaluronic acid (HA), having a degree of modification less than 1.9 mole %; a HA with a molecular weight of about 50 kDa or less; and/or an agent stimulating endogenous HA synthesis. Also disclosed is a cosmetic use of such composition in skin care and/or anti-ageing treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Claire MALLARD, Yves RIVAL
  • Publication number: 20190314264
    Abstract: A photocurable resin composition for a nail or an artificial nail of the present invention includes the following components (A) to (C): component (A): a compound having a (meth)acryloyl group; component (B): a photoinitiator; and component (C): (meth)acrylic polymer particles having an average particle size of 3 to 21 ?m. According to the present invention, a photocurable resin composition for a nail or an artificial nail, which has excellent transparency and workability and is capable of forming a matte coat is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: THREEBOND CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Erika SAITO, Yugo SHIRAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20190314265
    Abstract: A dialkyl amidoamine which is the reaction product of a polyamine, a monocarboxylic acid, or a triglyceride or derivative thereof, and optionally an epoxide-containing compound is described. The dialkyl amidoamine may be used as a conditioning agent or anti-frizz agent useful in personal care applications, particularly in the conditioning of hair. The preparation and use of a conditioning agent and an anti-frizz agent comprising the dialkyl amidoamine are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: Croda, Inc.
    Inventors: Abel Pereira, Christina Bishop, Steven Jez Uzupis, Farahdia Edouard, Marni Dexter, Erik Gunderman