Bath and shower composition having vesicle-forming properties and method for the production and use thereof

US5766628A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Merz + Co. GmbH & Co. · DE

Inventors

• Eberhard Nurnberg · Fairview Avenue, DE
• Thomas Gassenmeier · Goldkronach, DE
• Rolf D. Beutler · Höchst im Odenwald, DE
• Jurgen Ebinger · Eppstein, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 6, 1997
• Grant date: Jun 16, 1998
• Expiry date: May 6, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61K2800/31
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to novel essentially anhydrous oily bath and shower compositions containing a combination of fatty oil and/or fatty or waxy apolar substance, oil-soluble surfactant, and vesicle-forming lipid and, if desired, a cosmetically- or balneologically-active ingredient. When poured into or simply admixed with water, these formulations immediately and automatically, generate dispersed vesicles or liposomes. They exhibit an immediate as well as a prolonged or depot effect, can be used alone or added to or together with existing bath or shower formulations, and are especially suited for use in connection with or as additives to full, partial, or shower baths.