Claims
- 1. A composition of matter for application to the hair or body of an animal comprising
- (a) a composition comprising
- (i) a copolymer comprising repeating A, B, and C monomers wherein:
- A is at least one free radically polymerizable acrylic or methacrylic acid ester of 1,1-dihydroperfluoroalkanols or homologs of 1,1-dihydroperfluoroalkanols, omegahydridofluoroalkanols, fluoroalkylsulfonamide alcohols, cyclic fluoroalkyl alcohols, and fluoroether alcohols present as up to 99% by weight of all monomer present;
- B is at least one reinforcing monomer copolymerizable with A, the amount by weight of a B monomer being from 0.01 to 30% of the total weight of all monomers in said copolymer; and
- C is a monomer present as from 0.01 to 50% by weight of all monomer present and having the general formula
- X(Y).sub.n Si(R).sub.3-m Z.sub.m
- wherein:
- X is a vinyl group copolymerizable with the A and B monomers;
- Y is a divalent linking group;
- R is hydrogen, lower alkyl, aryl, or alkoxy;
- Z is a monovalent siloxane polymeric moiety having a number average molecular weight of at least about 500 and is essentially unreactive under copolymerization conditions;
- n is zero or 1;
- m is an integer of from 1 to 3; and
- (ii) from 0 to about 500 parts by weight of compatible solvent or plasticizer per 10 parts copolymer as a solution, dispersion or emulsion in a liquid carrying medium; and
- (b) a medically effective amount of a medicament.
- 2. The composition of matter for application to the hair or body of an animal according to claim 1, wherein at least 75% by weight of said composition comprises said A monomer acrylic or methacrylic acid ester.
- 3. The composition of matter for application to the hair or body of an animal according to claim 2, wherein said acrylic or methacrylic acid ester is selected from fluorinated compounds of a formula within the group consisting of
- CF.sub.3 (CF.sub.2).sub.x CH.sub.2 OH,
- CF.sub.3 (CF.sub.2).sub.x (CH.sub.2).sub.y OH,
- HCF.sub.2 (CF.sub.2).sub.x (CH.sub.2).sub.y OH, ##STR9## wherein x is 0 to 20, y is 1 to 10, z is 0 to 7, q is 2 to 20 and greater than x, r is one to 6, p and s are at least one, and R.sup.1 is alkyl or aryl(alkyl) of up to 20 carbon atoms or cycloalkyl of up to 6 ring carbon atoms.
- 4. The composition of matter for application to the hair or body of an animal according to claim 1, wherein said B monomer is selected from a group consisting of acrylic acid, acrylamide, methacrylic acid, N-vinyl pyrrolidone, acrylonitrile, and poly(styrene) macromonomer.
- 5. The composition of matter for application to the hair or body of an animal according to claim 1, wherein said B monomer comprises about 2% to about 15% by weight of all monomers in said copolymer, and there is an additional D comonomer present which is a hydrocarbon acrylate or methacrylate.
- 6. The composition of matter for application to the hair or body of an animal according to claim 3, wherein said X group of said C monomer has the general formula ##STR10## wherein R.sup.7 is hydrogen or a COOH group and R.sup.8 is hydrogen, a methyl group, or a CH.sub.2 COOH group.
- 7. The composition of matter for application to the hair or body of an animal according to claim 1, wherein said C monomer has a general formula selected from the group consisting of ##STR11## wherein R" is alkyl or hydrogen;
- m is 1, 2 or 3;
- g is zero or 1;
- f is an integer from 2 to 6;
- h is an integer from 0 to 2.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/602,678, now abandoned filed Oct. 24, 1990 which is in turn a division of application Ser. No. 07/390,227, filed Aug. 7, 1989, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,972,037.
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