Patent ID: 9414970
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: A61F,A61K,A61Q

Claim Text:
1. A method of noninvasively reducing facial wrinkles formed in facial skin, comprising the steps of providing a skin patch comprising a membrane and having a skin contacting surface, the skin contacting surface comprising a film of silicone-containing material to which an additive has been added to said silicone-containing material prior to cross-linking of the silicone-containing material, said silicone-containing material having the additive impregnated therein and after cross-linking of the silicone-containing material to said membrane, wherein said additive is a therapeutic active ingredient, wherein said skin patch skin contacting surface comprises a cross-linked composition of said silicone-containing material and said therapeutic active ingredient on said membrane, said silicone-containing material being cross-linked to said membrane, applying the skin contacting surface of the skin patch over and into contact with facial wrinkles, and maintaining the skin patch in place over and in contact with the facial wrinkles for an effective amount of time to tighten the skin at and around the facial wrinkles, thereby reducing the facial wrinkles in said skin, by contacting the skin with said skin patch silicone material film and delivering a treatment of said active ingredient contained in said patch to said skin by contacting the skin with the already cross-linked together surface of silicone-containing material and membrane containing said active ingredient to deliver said active ingredient from said film; the additive being useful for wrinkle reduction and/or other clinical indications; and the additive being peptides, vitamin compounds, antioxidants, growth factors, glycolic or alphahydroxy acids, or combinations thereof.