Active topical skin protectants using reactive nanoparticles

US6403653B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignees

• The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army · US
• NanoScale Materials, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Stephen T. Hobson · Belcamp, US
• Ernest H. Braue, Jr. · Whiteford, US
• Erich K. Lehnert · Rosemont, US
• Kenneth J. Klabunde · Manhattan, US
• Olga Koper · Manhattan, US
• Shawn Decker · Manhattan, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 1, 2001
• Grant date: Jun 11, 2002
• Expiry date: Jun 1, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S977/926
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A topical skin protectant formulation containing a barrier cream and an active moiety for protecting warfighters and civilians against all types of harmful chemicals, specifically chemical warfare agents (CWA's). The topical skin protectant offers a barrier property and an active moiety that serves to neutralize chemical warfare agents into less toxic agents.