Claims
- 1. A hair composition .[.comprising.]. .Iadd.for topical application of medicaments to the hair of animals comprising .Iaddend.the following ingredients:
- (a) .[.c.]. .Iadd.a .Iaddend.copolymer which comprises repeating A, B, and C monomers wherein:
- A is at least one free radically polymerizable acrylic or methacrylic monomer present in 0.1-99.9% by weight of all monomer present;
- B is at least one highly polar acrylic or methacrylic monomer copolymerizable with A and different from A, the amount by weight of B monomer being from 0.1 to 99.9% 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 .Iadd.a .Iaddend.divalent linking group;
- R is hydrogen, lower alkyl, aryl, or alkoxy;
- .Iadd.Z is a monovalent siloxane polymeric moiety .Iaddend.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
- (b) a medicinally effective amount of a medicament .[.or a cosmetically effective amount of a conditioner or cosmetically active ingredient,.].; wherein (a) and (b) are present as a solution, dispersion, or emulsion in a liquid carrying medium.
- 2. .[.A hair.]. .Iadd.The .Iaddend.composition according to claim 1 wherein said A monomer is a methacrylic or acrylic acid ester of an alcohol having from 1 to 18 carbon atoms with the average number of carbon atoms being about 4 to 12.
- 3. .[.A Hair.]. .Iadd.The .Iaddend.composition according to claim 1 wherein B is a monomer or multifunctional hydroxy group containing molecules represented by the general formula:
- CH.sub.2 .dbd.CR.sup.2 --CO--L--R.sup.3 --(OH).sub.d
- where R.sub.2 =H, methyl, ethyl, cyano or carboxymethyl, L=O, NH, d=1-3 and R.sup.3 is a hydrocarbyl radical of valence d+1 containing from 1-12 carbon atoms.
- 4. .[.A hair.]. .Iadd.The .Iaddend.composition according to claim 1 wherein said X group of said C monomer has the general formula ##STR6## 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.
- 5. .[.A hair.]. .Iadd.The .Iaddend.composition according to claim 1 wherein said Z group of said C monomer has the general formula ##STR7## wherein: R.sup.9 and R.sup.11 are independently lower alkyl, aryl, or fluoroalkyl;
- R.sup.10 is alkyl, alkoxy, alkylamino, aryl, hydroxyl, or fluoroalkyl; and
- e is an integer from about 5 to about 700.
- 6. .[.A Hair.]. .Iadd.The .Iaddend.composition according to claim 1 wherein said C monomer has a general formula selected from the group consisting of ##STR8## 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.
- 7. .[.A hair.].ep .Iadd.The .Iaddend.composition according to claim 1 wherein the molecular weight of said C monomer is in the range of about 500 to about 50,000.
- 8. .[.A hair.]. .Iadd.The .Iaddend.composition according to claim 1 wherein the molecular weight of said C .[.monmer.]. range of about 5,000 to about 25,000. .Iadd.9. The composition of claim 1, wherein said medicament selected from the group consisting of hydrocortisone acetate, undecylenic acid, tolnaftate, methyl salicylate, lidocaine, oxytetracycline, HCl, retinoic acid, and Minoxidil.RTM..Iaddend.. .Iadd.10. The composition of claim 1, wherein said B monomer is selected from the group consisting of acrylic or methacrylic monomers having at least one highly polar group. wherein said highly polar group is selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl, primary amino, secondary amino, tertiary amino, quaternary ammonium, carboxylate salt, sulfonic acid salt, vinyl imidazole, vinyl
- benzimidazole, vinyl azlactone, or vinyl furan.Iaddend.. .Iadd.11. The composition of claim 1, wherein said B monomer is selected from the group consisting of hydroxyethyl (meth)acrylate, hydroxypropyl(meth)acrylate, hydroxybutyl(meth)acylate, glycerol mono(meth)acrylate, tris(hydroxymethyl)ethane monoacrylate, pentaerythritol mono(meth)acrylate, N-hydroxymethyl (meth)acrylamide, hydroxyethyl (meth)acrylamide and hydroxypropyl (meth)acrylamide. .Iadd.12. The composition of claim 1, wherein said B monomer is selected from the group consisting of aminoethyl (meth)acrylate, aminopropyl (meth)acrylate, N,N-dimethylaminoethyl (meth) acrylate, N,N-diethylaminoethyl(meth)acrylate, N,N-dimethylaminopropyl (meth)acrylamide, N-isopropylaminopropyl (meth) acrylamide, and 4-methyl-1-acryloyl-piperazine. .Iaddend. .Iadd.13. The composition of claim 1, wherein said B monomer is selected from the group consisting of methoxyethyl (meth) acrylate, 2(2-ethoxyethoxy) ethyl (meth) acrylate, polyethylene glycol mono(meth)acrylate, and polypropylene glycol mono(meth)acrylate. .Iadd.14. The composition of claim 1, wherein said B monomer is selected from the group consisting of 2-N,N,N-triethylammonium ethyl(meth)acrylate, 2-N,N,N-triethylammonium ethyl(meth)acrylate, 3-N,N,N-trimethylammonium propyl (meth)acrylate, N(2-N',N',N'-trimethylammonium) ethyl (meth)acrylamide, N-(dimethyhydroxyethyl ammonium)propyl (meth)acrylamide, where the counterion may be chloride, bromide, acetate, propionate, laurate, palmitate or stearate. .Iadd.15. The composition of claim 1, wherein said B monomer is selected from the group consisting of consisting of vinyl sulfonic acid, styrene sulfonic acid, 2-acrylamido-2-methyl propane sulfonic acid, allyloxybenzene sulfonic acid, and salts thereof. .Iaddend.
Parent Case Info
This is a division of application Ser. No. 07/390,226 filed Aug. 7, 1989, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,981,903.
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