Patent ID: 6187290
Filing Date: 2001-02-13
Classification: A61K,A61L,Y10S

Abstract:
A physiologically acceptable foam for application to a body, said foam comprising a physiologically acceptable foamable carrier selected from the group consisting of alginate, carboxymethylcellulose, collagen, polysaccliarides, agar, polyethylene oxides, glycol methacrylates, gelatin, xanthum, guar, karaya, gellan, arabic, tragacanth and locust bean gums, the salts thereof, and mixtures thereof, and an active ingredient in particulate form dispersed in said foam, said active ingredient being packaged separately from said foamable carrier prior to foaming and is admixed with said foamable carrier only during the foaming thereof; said active ingredient being selected from the group consisting of chlorhexidine, acetic acid, polynoxylin, povidone iodine, mercurochrome phenoxyethanol, acridene, silver nitrate, silver sulphadiazine, dyes, undecanoic acid, silver compounds, metronidazole, benzaclonium chloride, vitamins, ketanserin, streptokinase, streptodormase, zinc, serium, copper, manganese, cobalt, chromium, silver, gold, boron, selenium, arsenic, gallium, charcoal, hypochlorite ions, peroxide ions, potassium permanganate, neomycin sulphate, framyclitin sulphate, sulfamylon, fusidic acid, mupirocin, bacitracin, gramicidin, water soluble glass containing at least one kind of metallic ion or boron; their salts, and mixtures thereof.