Polymeric membranes with human skin-like permeability properties and uses thereof
US8765254B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 4, 2011 |
| Grant date | Jul 1, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 18, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/31667
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention provides synthetic membranes which are suitable as a human skin substitute for the investigation of transdermal diffusion of candidate pharmaceutical and cosmetic compounds. The membranes according to the present invention exhibit human skin-like permeability properties with respect to the diffusion of a wide range of compounds having widely different physico-chemical properties.
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