Drug – bio-affecting and body treating compositions – Preparations characterized by special physical form – Web – sheet or filament bases; compositions of bandages; or...
Patent
1992-06-18
1993-11-30
Page, Thurman K.
Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions
Preparations characterized by special physical form
Web, sheet or filament bases; compositions of bandages; or...
424443, 424446, 424447, 4241951, 514928, A61L 1500
Patent
active
052663302
ABSTRACT:
A method for treating human pressure ulcer conditions of bedridden patients using an effective amount of the plant extract calendula officinalis L. in a topical pharmaceutical carrier selected from the group consisting of ointments, lotions, pastes, solvents, jellies, sprays and aerosols. The calendula is present by weight from about 1.0 to 25.0%. Preferably, pressure ulcers are treated by soaking sterile dressings in a 2.5% solution of calendula in saline, and then applying such dressings to the affected area.
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Judson David H.
Page Thurman K.
Phelan D. Gabrielle
Raynor Mary E.
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