Table 5.
Patent reports on nail lacquer for transungual drug delivery.
| Patent/application number (year of issue/publication) | Original assignee/applicant | Comment | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA2400178 A1 (2001) | Gyurik RJ, Bentley Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Exeter, New Hampshire, USA; Cpex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, USA | Depicting an innovation based on a pharmaceutical composition containing a permeation enhancer that enhances the rate of passage of a pharmaceutical compound across the nail or membrane | [32] |
| US6254878 B1 (2001) | E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Company, Wilmington, Delaware, USA | Inventing acrylic based nail polish and its composition containing binders and dispersants or both | [33] |
| US6391879 B1 (2001) | Astan, Inc., Birmingham, Alabama, USA | Disclosing a therapy and its application in the treatment of nail fungal infection (onychomycosis) composed of an antifungal drug with DMSO in polyglycolic solution | [34] |
| US6495124B1 (2002) | Macrochem Corporation, Wellesley, Massachusetts | Describing nail lacquer for fungal infections containing drugs like econazole/ciclopirox in a polymeric film of pentadecalactone/lactone and a solvent (volatile) | [35] |
| US6622064 B2 (2003) | Imx Labs, Inc., Birmingham, Oakland, Michigan | Disclosing a nail polish color. Its methods and dispensing have been described | [36] |
| US8771655 B2 (2014) | Debra Marino | Revealing a naturally developed nail polish prepared with fruits/vegetables containing acrylic polymer | [37] |
| US20120178056A1 (2012) | Cindy Nelson | Disclosing a colored and translucent nail polish prepared with different colors | [38] |
| US20130149266 A1 (2013) | Michael Mitsuo Homma, Victor Masaru Homma | Providing long residing and easily dried nail polish comprising a lacquer and pigment composition | [39] |
| US20150190331 A1 (2015) | Pakaly Enterprise Co., Ltd., Chung-Ho, Taipei, Taiwan | Inventing a gel based polish comprising (meth)acrylate monomer like ethyl methacrylate and hydroxyethylmethacrylate | [40] |
| WO2003007675 A2 (2003) | Benny Borsakian, Janel Faraci | Disclosing a nail polish preparation containing a base, colorant, and a photochromic powder | [41] |