Methods for efficacious removal of attached, sucking antropods from human dermis
US5414014A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 8, 1993 |
| Grant date | May 9, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 8, 2013 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61K38/04
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention provides methods of using compositions containing local anesthetic compounds for facilitating the removal of sucking arthropods from the skin of a mammal; for reducing inflammation associated with a bite of a sucking arthropod; for limiting infection from a sucking arthropod; and for enhancing the facilitated removal of sucking arthropods from the skin of a mammal.
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