Abstract:
A topical clotting ointment in which cumin in powder form or in oil form is a blood clotter in combination with an unctuous host substance and one or more infection-specific antiseptics and odorants. Method for manufacture includes processing for suspension of the cumin in the host substance and putting it preferably in a squeezable-tube dispenser ( 7 ) having an airtight cap ( 8 ).

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION  
         [0001]    This invention relates to topical salves for clotting blood at cuts, bleeding injuries, abrasions, lacerations and medical-needle perforations, including hemodialysis perforations.  
           [0002]    Bleeding at medical-needle perforations, cuts and other skin openings does not always stop readily, particularly at re-openings, re-perforations of skin, abrasions and lacerations. There are numerous disinfectants, many of which are use related. However, there is no known clotting agent or ointment that utilizes cumin for health-care professional or patient use to stop bleeding quickly, easily and safely antiseptic in a manner taught by this invention.  
           [0003]    Examples of most-closely related known but different medicinal substances and application methods are described in the following patent documents:  
                                       U.S. Pat. No.   Inventor   Issue Date                   5,965,137   Petrus   Oct. 12, 1999       4,254,145   Birnbaum   Mar. 3, 1981       3,996,934   Zaffaroni   Dec. 14, 1976       3,797,494   Zaffaroni   Mar. 19, 1974       3,598,123   Zaffaroni   Aug. 10, 1971       5,482,711   Medenica   Jan. 09, 1996       4,737,360   Allen, et al.   Apr. 12, 1988       5,997,889   Durr, et al.   Dec. 7, 1999                  
 
         SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION  
         [0004]    Objects of patentable novelty and utility taught by this invention are to provide a topical clotting ointment which:  
           [0005]    stops bleeding quickly;  
           [0006]    can be applied easily and conveniently at cuts, bleeding injuries, abrasions, lacerations and medical-needle perforations, including hemodialysis perforations; and  
           [0007]    can be application-specific for particular types of infectious conditions.  
           [0008]    This invention accomplishes these and other objectives with a topical clotting ointment in which cumin is a blood clotter in combination with an unctuous host substance for transmission, one or more infection-specific antiseptics and an optional odorant.  
           [0009]    The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention should become even more readily apparent to those skilled in the art upon a reading of the following detailed description in conjunction with the drawings wherein there is shown and described illustrative embodiments of the invention. 
       
    
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS  
       [0010]    This invention is described by appended claims in relation to description of a preferred embodiment with reference in part to the following drawings which are explained briefly as follows:  
         [0011]    [0011]FIG. 1 is a list of ingredients by volume range of each for a general-purpose clotting ointment with powdered cumin;  
         [0012]    [0012]FIG. 2 is a list of ingredients by volume range of each for a general-purpose clotting ointment with cumin oil;  
         [0013]    [0013]FIG. 3 is a list of ingredients by volume range of each for a high-clotting ointment with powdered cumin;  
         [0014]    [0014]FIG. 4 is a list of ingredients by volume range of each for a high-clotting ointment with cumin oil;  
         [0015]    [0015]FIG. 5 is a list of ingredients by volume range of each for an infection-specific clotting ointment with powdered cumin;  
         [0016]    [0016]FIG. 6 is a list of ingredients by volume range of each for an infection-specific clotting ointment with cumin oil;  
         [0017]    [0017]FIG. 7 is a partially cutaway side view of a squeeze-tube ointment dispenser having an airtight cap with a taper-threaded seal;  
         [0018]    [0018]FIG. 8 is a partially cutaway side view of a squeeze-tube ointment dispenser having an airtight cap with a straight-threaded seal; and  
         [0019]    [0019]FIG. 9 is a flow diagram of a method for manufacturing the topical clotting ointment. 
     
    
     DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENT  
       [0020]    Listed numerically below with reference to the drawings are terms used to describe features of this invention. These terms and numbers assigned to them designate the same features throughout this description.  
                                                    1. General-purpose cumin-powder ointment            2. General-purpose cumin-oil ointment            3. High-clotting cumin-powder ointment            4. High-clotting cummin-oil ointment            5. Infection-specific cumin-powder ointment            6. Infection-specific cumin-oil ointment            7. Squeeze-tube dispenser            8. Airtight cap            9. Taper-threaded seal           10. Straight-threaded seal           11. Tapered nozzle           12. Non-tapered nozzle           13. Cumin preparation           14. Host selection           15. Selecting antiseptic           16. Odorant selection           17. Mixing ingredients           18. Forming unctuous consistency           19. Packaging for use                      
 
         [0021]    It has been known for centuries if not millenniums that cumin causes blood to clot. It was used commonly in straight powdered form during the Civil War to stop bleeding at abrasions and lacerations. However, there has been no medium or ointment invented for its effective application for either general-purpose, high-clotting or infection-specific use.  
         [0022]    A host substance with unctuousness selected from a class of unctuous substances that include petroleum jelly, coconut butter, and suitably viscid vegetable oils has been found to be suitable for holding cumin in contact with blood proximate a skin perforation where it is applied. It has been found also that the cumin so held also causes the blood to clot in approximately one-fifth of the time as without it in most normal situations and faster yet in abnormal or aggravated situations where there has been prolonged perforation or repeated perforation of skin of a patient.  
         [0023]    In conjunction with causing blood to clot for preventing bleeding, it has been found also that various types and proportions of antiseptic or disinfectants can be included. This allows preparation of salves and other treatments having particular levels of clotting characteristics as taught by this invention.  
         [0024]    [0024]FIG. 1 lists ingredients by volume range of each for a general-purpose clotting ointment with powdered cumin. This is a general-purpose cumin-powder ointment  1  that can be applied to bleeding or potentially bleeding skin perforations as an antiseptic or disinfectant that also stops or prevents bleeding more effectively and more rapidly than other general-purpose salves or other treatment substances.  
         [0025]    [0025]FIG. 2 lists ingredients by volume range of each for a general-purpose clotting ointment with cumin oil. This is a general-purpose cumin-oil ointment  2 . Less cumin oil than cumin powder is required as shown. However, cumin oil is more expensive, especially during an introductory period prior to large-scale cultivation and processing. Either of these general-purpose clotting salves can be applied to bleeding or potentially bleeding skin perforations as an antiseptic or disinfectant that also stops or prevents bleeding more effectively and more rapidly than other general-purpose salves or other treatment substances.  
         [0026]    [0026]FIG. 3 lists ingredients by volume range of each for a high-clotting ointment with powdered cumin. This is a high-clotting cumin-powder ointment  3 . As shown, there is a greater proportion of cumin in proportion to host substance and antiseptic or disinfectant. This high-clotting ointment can be applied to bleeding or potentially bleeding skin perforations as an antiseptic or disinfectant that also stops or prevents bleeding more effectively and more rapidly than other salves or other treatment substances that require particularly high-clotting characteristics.  
         [0027]    [0027]FIG. 4 lists ingredients by volume range of each for a high-clotting ointment with cumin oil. This is a high-clotting cumin-oil ointment  4 . Less cumin oil than cumin powder is required as shown. However, as cumin oil is more expensive than cumin powder, it is recommended in accordance with cost-tradeoff factors. Either of these high-clotting salves can be applied to bleeding or potentially bleeding skin perforations as an antiseptic or disinfectant that also stops or prevents bleeding more effectively and more rapidly than other high-clotting salves or other treatment substances.  
         [0028]    [0028]FIG. 5 lists ingredients by volume range of each for an infection-specific clotting ointment with powdered cumin. This is an infection-specific cumin-powder ointment  5 . As shown, there is a greater proportion of antiseptic or disinfectant in proportion to cumin powder and in proportion to host substance. This infection-specific clotting ointment can be applied to bleeding or potentially bleeding skin perforations requiring particularly great antiseptic or disinfectant characteristics and also stops or prevents bleeding more effectively and more rapidly than other salves or other treatment substances that require particularly antiseptic or disinfectant characteristics.  
         [0029]    [0029]FIG. 6 lists ingredients by volume range of each for an infection-specific ointment with cumin oil. This is an infection-specific cumin-oil ointment  6 . Less cumin oil than cumin powder is required as shown. Again, however, as cumin oil is more expensive than cumin powder, it is recommended in accordance with cost-tradeoff factors. Either of these high-clotting salves can be applied to bleeding or potentially bleeding skin perforations as a particularly high antiseptic or disinfectant that also stops or prevents bleeding more effectively and more rapidly than other highly antiseptic and disinfectant salves or other treatment substances.  
         [0030]    [0030]FIG. 7 depicts a squeeze-tube ointment dispenser  7  having an airtight cap  8  with a taper-threaded seal  9 . Airtightness is more important for some forms of this topical clotting ointment having minute air bubbles and/or minute water particles. Manufacturing this topical clotting ointment containing minute air bubbles and/or minute water particles can be more expensive for highly stable consistencies than for less stable consistencies. Consistencies not having the minute air bubbles and/or water particles can be produced most inexpensively. For the least expensive consistencies without minute air bubbles and/or minute water particles and for the more expensive consistencies with the minute air bubbles and/or minute water particles, airtightness of the airtight cap  8  is no more critical than for conventional ointment dispensers. For least-expensive consistencies having minute air bubbles and/or minute water particles, however, airtightness of the airtight cap  8  is important for long shelf life.  
         [0031]    [0031]FIG. 8 depicts a partially cutaway side view of the squeeze-tube ointment dispenser  7  for which the airtight cap  8  has a straight-threaded seal  10 . The taper-threaded seal  9  of FIG. 7 seals at threads of a tapered nozzle  11  like pipe threading. The straight-threaded seal  10  of FIG. 8 seals at a cap-buttress end of a non-tapered nozzle  12 .  
         [0032]    Referring to FIG. 9, cumin preparation  13  includes selection and purification of either cumin powder or cumin oil for a desired embodiment of the topical clotting ointment. This can be a cost-effectiveness selection of powder that is least expensive or oil which requires less. Purification can be included in the cost of preparing the cumin oil. Microwave energy or liquid disinfecting and drying of powdered cumin is related directly to prevailing costs of each.  
         [0033]    Host selection  14  includes selection of a host material having unctuousness for achieving a desired hosting-conveyance objective for positioning the cumin predeterminedly in proximity to a skin perforation of a patient. This can include selection of petroleum jelly, viscid vegetable oil, coconut butter or other unctuous material. It includes optional selection for providing predetermined unctuousness in combination with minute particles of water and/or minute air bubbles when whipped.  
         [0034]    Selecting antiseptic  15  includes selection for germicidal characteristics for achieving at least one predetermined antiseptic objective. This can include selection of either a known germicidal compound or separate germicidal substance. Selection is preferably from a class of antiseptics that include zinc salts, Bacitracin®, Neomycin®, Polymyxin B Sulfate®, Providone® iodine, Chlorhexidine Gluconate®, Methylparaben®, Glucono Delta Lactone®, glycerin, hydroxyethylcellulose, sodium hydroxide, Peg-8®, and Peg-75®. The antiseptic can be omitted if the host substance has sufficient antiseptic characteristics.  
         [0035]    Odorant selection  16  includes selection for a predetermined odor objective. Cumin having a rather strong spice odor, it can be mixed well with a class of odorous substances that include vanilla extract, anise powder, peppermint extract, menthol, rose oil, jasmine oil, pine oil, lemon oil and coconut oil. The odorant can be optional, depending on odors and odor-suppressing effects of the other ingredients.  
         [0036]    Mixing ingredients  17  includes mixing the cumin, the host substance, the antiseptic if used and the odorant if used.  
         [0037]    Forming an unctuous consistency  18  can include whipping, homogenizing of other process to achieve a predetermined unctuousness in comparison to liquidity for desired uses. Some uses will benefit from rigidity of unctuousness. Others will benefit from more liquidity of unctuousness.  
         [0038]    Packaging for use  19  for some of the less-stable consistencies is best performed immediately after a predetermined consistency is achieved. Other more-stable consistencies can be bulk-packaged for later packaging for use  19  by large-volume users that include hospitals, nursing homes, universities and clinics.  
         [0039]    A new and useful topical clotting ointment having been described, all such foreseeable modifications, adaptations, substitutions of equivalents, mathematical possibilities of combinations of parts, pluralities of parts, applications and forms thereof as described by the following claims and not precluded by prior art are included in this invention.