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US008551508B2 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 8,551,508 B2 Lee et al. (45) Date of Patent: Oct. 8, 2013 (54) COSMETIC, PERSONAL CARE, CLEANING 6,224,888 B1 5/2001 Vatter et al. AGENT, AND NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENT 4. R ck $398, ity, al. ......... 433/217.1 a O. ca. COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF 7.857.046 B2 12/2010 Lovell et al. MAKING AND USING SAME 2002/0114768 A1 8/2002 Stoor et al. 2004/0228905 A1 * 1 1/2004 Greenspan et al. ........... 424,445 (75) Inventors: Sean Lee, Karlsruhe (DE); Susanna Kessler, Ergolding (DE); Oliver FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS Forberich, Oberursel (DE); Claire CN 1290.158 A 4/2001 Buchwar, Wiesbaden (DE); David C. JP 2001-516709 10, 2001 Greenspan, Gainesville, FL (US) JP 2001-52.5779 12/2001 WO 96.10985 4f1996 (73) Assignee: Schott AG, Mainz (DE) WO 97.27148 7/1997 WO 99.13852 3, 1999 (*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this WO 99.37287 7, 1999 WO WO9937287 * 7/1999 patent is extended or adjusted under 35 WO OOf 15167 3, 2000 U.S.C. 154(b) by 919 days. WO OO/42977 T 2000 WO 00,76486 12/2000 (21) Appl. No.: 11/775,615 WO 01.03650 1, 2001 WO O 1/72145 10, 2001 (22) Filed: Jul. 10, 2007 WO O 1/72262 10, 2001 OTHER PUBLICATIONS (65) Prior Publication Data US 2007/0275O21 A1 Nov. 29, 2007 Fechner, J., “Bioactive Glasses as a Potential New Class of Anti Oxidative Ingredients for Personal Care Products.” International Journal for Applied Science 131: Apr. 1-5, 2005. Related U.S. Application Data S. Lee et al., "Bioactive Glasses: A Potential New Class of Active Ingredients for Personal Care Products”. International Journal for (60) Division of application No. 09/818,466, filed on Mar. Applied Science 129: Sep. 1-7, 2003. 27, 2001, now Pat. No. 7,250,174, which is a Schott VitryXX(R) Bioactive Glass Material Data, pp. 1-2, Jun. 2010. continuation-in-part of application No. 09/456,196, Schott VitryXX(R) Bioactive Glass for Skin Care Product Information, filed on Dec. 7, 1999, now abandoned, and a pp. 1-2, Jun. 2010. continuation-in-part of application No. 09/456,195, Schott VitryXX(R) Bioactive Glass Summary of Tox Data-Highly biocompatible and skin-friendly, p. 1, Jun. 2010. filed on Dec. 7, 1999, now abandoned. Original and Translation of Chinese Office Action issued for Chinese Provisional application No. 60/192.216, filed on Mar. Application No. 200480024141.1, dated Jun. 10, 2011. (60) Larry L. Hench and Jon K. West, “Biological Applications of Bioac 27, 2000, provisional application No. 60/197,162, tive Glasses”. Life Chemistry Reports 13: 187-241, 1996. filed on Apr. 14, 2000. 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The present invention involves new cosmetic, personal care, 4,189,325 A 2f1980 Barrett et al. cleaning agent, biocidal agent, functional food, and nutri 4,234,972 A 11, 1980 Hench et al. tional Supplement compositions. These new compositions 4,775,656 A 10, 1988 Harada et al. incorporate bioactive glass into cosmetics, personal care 4,814,165 A 3/1989 Berg et al. 5,074,916 A 12/1991 Hench et al. items, cleaning agents, biocidal agents, functional foods, and 5,204,106 A 4/1993 Schepers et al. nutritional Supplements. The present invention also involves 5,290,544 A 3, 1994 Shimono et al. methods of making and methods of using Such compositions. 5,766,611 A 6, 1998 Shimono et al. 5,834,008 A * 1 1/1998 Greenspan et al. ........... 424/443 12 Claims, No Drawings US 8,551,508 B2 1. 2 COSMETIC, PERSONAL CARE, CLEANING described by Larry L. Hench and Jon K. West in “Biological AGENT, AND NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENT Applications of Bioactive Glasses' Life Chemistry Reports, COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF 1996, Vol. 13, pp. 187-241, the contents of which are incor MAKING AND USING SAME porated herein by reference. RELATED APPLICATIONS DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION This application is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. Bioactive glass is a sodium-calcium-phospho-silicate 09/818,466, filed Mar. 27, 2001 which claims priority from glass. As used herein, the term “bioactive glass may refer to U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/192.216, filed Mar. 27, 10 particulate melt-derived and/or sol-gel derived bioactive 2000 and U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/197,162, filed glass. In addition, the term “bioactive glass' may be used to Apr. 14, 2000. This application is also a continuation-in-part refer to an aqueous extract of particulate melt-derived an/or of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/456,196, filed Dec. 7, 1999, sol-gel derived bioactive glass. and U.S. application Ser. No. 09/456,195, filed Dec. 7, 1999. The present invention utilizes bioactive glass preferably The disclosures of each of these applications are incorporated 15 between 40 and 96% by weight of silicon dioxide oxide herein by reference. (SiO), between about 0 and 35% by weight of sodium oxide (NaO), between about 4 and 46% by weight calcium oxide FIELD OF THE INVENTION (CaO), and between about 1 and 15% by weight phosphorus The present invention involves new cosmetic, personal oxide (POs). As referred herein, bioactive glasses are typi care, cleaning agent, biocidal agent, functional food, and cally silicon dioxide based compositions capable of forming nutritional Supplement compositions. These new composi hydroxycarbonate apatite (HCA). More preferably, the glass tions incorporate bioactive glass into cosmetics, cleaning includes between 40 and 60% by weight of silicon dioxide agents, personal care products, biocidal agents, functional oxide (SiO), between about 5-30% by weight of sodium foods and nutritional Supplements. The present invention also 25 oxide (NaO), between about 10 and 35% by weight calcium involves methods of making and methods of using Such com oxide (CaO), and between about 1 and 12% by weight phos positions. phorus oxide (POs). The oxides can be present as solid Solutions or mixed oxides, or as mixtures of oxides. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION CaF, B.O.s, Al-O, MgO and KO may be included in the 30 composition in addition to silicon, sodium, phosphorus and Preservatives are necessary and important ingredients that calcium oxides. The preferred range for BO is between 0 ensure the stability and safety of different products. Many and 10% by weight. The preferred range for KO is between problems exist with respect to known preservatives. Many 0 and 8% by weight. The preferred range for MgO is between have unwanted effects on the products they are in or on the 0 and 5% by weight. person or thing for which the products are used. Many are 35 Typically, bioactive glasses have the following composi relatively expensive and have no beneficial effects besides preservation. Many, in fact, are not efficacious as preserva tion by weight percentage: tives. Many have effects on the products texture or taste that make them undesirable. Better preservatives are needed. There has also been a great need for ingredients that can be 40 Component Wt. Percent used safely and beneficially in products that have antibacte SiO2 40-90 rial, antifungal, antiviral, ion releasing, anti-inflammatory CaO 4-45 and/or pH properties in the products themselves and/or on the NaO O-3S person or thing for which the product issued. Ingredients that POs 2-16 can express one or more of these properties are needed. 45 CaF2 O-2S B2O3 O-4 KO O-8 SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION MgO O-5 Applicants have found that bioactive glass when used in a wide variety of cosmetics provides exceptional qualities to 50 A more preferred composition by weight percentage for the cosmetic including a beneficial preservative effect. Appli bioactive glass is as follows: cants also have found that bioactive glass preserves a variety ofstandardhousehold and industrial cleaning agents. Further, certain bioactive glass compositions provide excellent clean Component Wt. Percent ing properties and greatly enhance the cleaning properties of 55 standard household and industrial cleaning agents. In addi SiO, 40-68 tion, applicants have found that certain bioactive glass com CaO S-30 positions are useful as a functional food and nutritional Na2O 1O-35 Supplement or used in Such. Moreover, certain bioactive glass POs 1-12 compositions act as an excellent preservative for food. 60 In addition, the compositions of this invention can be for The present invention includes formulations which may mulated as disclosed herein to have enhanced and beneficial comprise metal ions such as AgNO, CuO, and ZnO, or other properties that include antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal, ion antimicrobial salts, including but not limited to, silver, copper releasing, anti-inflammatory and pH effects. As used herein and Zinc ions. These metals may be in nitrate or acetate form.