Patent ID: 6455033
Filing Date: 2002-09-24
Classification: A45D,A61K,A61Q

Abstract:
An antimicrobial artificial nail composition, wherein the composition comprises:(1) at least one liquid component comprising one or more polymerizable acrylic monomers; (2) at least one solid or gel component, comprising one or more polymerization initiator catalysts and a polymer or oligomer of one or more acrylic monomers; and (3) one or more antimicrobial compounds, which retain antimicrobial activity in combination with (1) and (2) above, wherein the one or more antimicrobial compounds are selected from the group consisting of o-benzoyl-p-chlorophenol, phenol, polyvinylpyrrolidone-iodine complex, methyl and propyl parabin, dimethyl aminoethyl methacrylate octyl quaternary compound, a mixture of methylisothiazolone and methylchloroisothiazolone, thymol, octyl isothiazalone, 10,10,oxybisphenoxarsine, miconazole, undecylenic acid, salicylic acid, tolnaftate, and cicloprix olamine.