Claims
- 1. A deformable low density trauma mitigation and pressure reducing composition comprising:
a viscous fluid in an amount of about 50-80% by weight of the total trauma mitigation or pressure reducing composition; and a plurality of macroparticulates, in an amount of about 20-50% by weight of the total trauma mitigation or pressure reducing composition, disposed within said viscous fluid.
- 2. The composition of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of microparticulates dispersed within said viscous fluid, so that the total amount of macroparticulates and microparticulates combined is about 20-50% by weight of the total trauma mitigation or pressure reducing composition, and the ratio of macroparticulates to microparticulates, based on weight, is between about 1:5 and 1:20.
- 3. The composition of claim 1 wherein said macroparticulates are comprised of at least one material selected from the group consisting of polystyrene, polyethylene, polypropylene and particulate rubber.
- 4. The composition of claim 1, wherein said macroparticulates are comprised of polypropylene.
- 5. The composition of claim 1 wherein said composition has a density of about 3.5 to 6.5 lbs/gallon.
- 6. The composition of claim 1 wherein said macroparticulates are spherical particles having a diameter of about 0.5 mm to 5 mm.
- 7. The composition of claim 1 wherein said macroparticulates are oblong particles.
- 8. The composition of claim 1 wherein said microparticulates are ceramic microspheres having a diameter between about 75 to 400 microns.
- 9. The composition of claim 1 wherein said viscous fluid is comprised of vegetable oil, a preservative and a thickener.
- 10. The composition of claim 9 wherein said vegetable oil is selected from the group consisting of soybean oil, linseed oil, pine oil, sunflower oil, canola oil, peanut oil and mixtures thereof.
- 11. The composition of claim 1 wherein said viscous fluid is comprised of a glycerin/water mixture, a preservative and a thickener.
- 12. The composition of claim 1 wherein said viscous fluid is comprised of an emulsion, a preservative, a surfactant and a thickener.
- 13. The composition of claim 12 wherein said emulsion is an oil and water emulsion.
- 14. The composition of claim 13, wherein said oil is selected from the group consisting of soybean oil, linseed oil, pine oil, sunflower oil, canola oil, peanut oil.
- 15. The composition of claim 1 wherein said viscous fluid is comprised of a plasticizer, a thickener and a preservative.
- 16. The composition of claim 15 wherein said plasticizer is an alkyl phthalate.
- 17. A deformable low density trauma mitigation and pressure reducing composition comprising:
a viscous fluid in an amount of about 50-95% by weight of the total trauma mitigation or pressure reducing composition; and an enhancer in an amount of about 5 to 50% by weight of the total trauma mitigation or pressure reducing composition.
- 18. The composition of claim 17, further comprising a plurality of macroparticulates or microparticulates disposed within said viscous fluid in an amount of about 20-50% by weight of the total trauma mitigation or pressure reducing composition.
- 19. The composition of claim 17, further comprising a plurality of macroparticulates and microparticulates disposed within said viscous fluid in an amount of about 20-50% by weight of the total trauma mitigation or pressure reducing composition, and the ratio of macroparticulates to microparticulates, based on weight, is between about 1:5 and 1:20.
- 20. The composition of claim 17 wherein said viscous fluid is comprised of a glycerin/water mixture, a preservative and a thickening agent.
- 21. The composition of claim 1, wherein said viscous fluid has a viscosity of between about 300,000 CPS to 6 million CPS.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This Application is a continuation-in-part of the Application entitled “Gel Filled Trauma Mitigation Device and Composition Therefore”, filed Aug. 7, 2001 and which claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. 119(e) of provisional application Ser. No. 60/223,633, filed Aug. 8, 2000.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60223633 |
Aug 2000 |
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