Patent ID: 6166102
Filing Date: 2000-12-26
Classification: A61K,C08F,C08L,C09J

Abstract:
A denture adhesive comprising a safe and effective amount of a cross-linked partial copolymer salt, wherein:a) a staring material being a copolymer of an anhydride form which is at least partially cross-linked by amide linkages through a cross-linking agent selected from the group consisting of lysine, histidine, arginine, nontoxic derivatives or family members of lysine, histidine or arginine and mixtures thereof, and subsequently converted to a partial salt/partial acid; andb) the cross-linked copolymer partial salt/partial acid comprises a cationic salt function selected from the group consisting of calcium, magnesium, strontium, sodium, potassium, zirconium, zinc, iron, tin and mixtures thereof.