Hand health and hygiene system for hand health and infection control

• US 10,589,134 B2
• Filed: 01/30/2008
• Issued: 03/17/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Incorporated (Kimberly-Clark Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Incorporated (Kimberly-Clark Corporation)
• Inventors: Hoffman, Douglas Robert, Wenzel, Scott W., Koenig, David William, Flugge-Berendes, Lisa
• Primary Examiner(s): Blanchard, David J
• Assistant Examiner(s): Greene, Ivan A
• Application Number:
  US12/022,328
• Publication Number:
  US 20090191248A1
• Time in Patent Office: 4,430 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 2800/31 Anhydrous
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/43 Guanidines
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/4946 Imidazoles or their condensed derivatives, e.g. benzimidazoles
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/602 Glycosides, e.g. rutin
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/86 Polyethers
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 17/00 Barrier preparations; Preparations brought into direct contact with the skin for affording protection against external influences, e.g. sunlight, X-rays or other harmful rays, corrosive materials, bacteria or insect stings
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 19/00 Preparations for care of the skin

Abstract

The present disclosure is directed to a system and methods for maintaining or improving hand health and hygiene. More particularly, the system and methods prevent or overcome skin damage caused by frequent hand washing and use of hand sanitizers and/or cleansers. The hand care system comprises an article, such as an elastomeric glove, that has a moisturizing liquid liner composition on the skin-contacting surface of the article that delivers a skin health benefit to the skin, a non-irritating hand cleanser capable of moisturizing the skin, and a moisturizing hand sanitizer.

Claims

1. A hand health and hygiene system comprising:

a glove comprising an elastomeric substrate having a skin-contacting surface, and

a moisturizing liquid liner composition applied to at least a portion of the skin contacting surface, the moisturizing liquid liner composition comprising cetyl dimethicone, from about 30% to about 50% by weight of the moisturizing liquid liner composition comprises cyclomethicone,

dimethyl ditallow ammonium methylsulfate and an emulsifier,

wherein the emulsifier comprises polyglyceryl-4 isostearate, cetyl PEG/PPG-10/1 dimethicone and hexyl laurate,

wherein the moisturizing liquid liner composition is substantially anhydrous comprising about 5% or less by weight water, and

further wherein the moisturizing liquid liner composition is present on the skin-contacting surface in an add-on amount of from about 0.015 grams of the composition per grains of the glove (g/g) to about 0.045 g/g; and

a hand sanitizer comprising a moisturizer.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the system further comprises a hand cleanser comprising a moisturizer.

3. The system of claim 2 wherein the moisturizing liquid liner composition is anhydrous.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the moisturizing liquid liner composition further comprises dialkyl polysiloxanes comprising C₄ to C₂₂ alkyl groups.

5. The system of claim 2 wherein the moisturizing liquid liner composition comprises the emulsifier in an amount of from about 0.4% by weight of the composition to about 10% by weight of the composition.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein the moisturizing liquid liner composition comprises the dimethyl ditallow ammonium methylsulfate in an amount of from about 0.01% by weight of the composition to about 10% by weight of the composition.

7. The system of claim 2 wherein the moisturizing liquid liner composition further comprises dimethicone.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein the hand sanitizer comprises the moisturizer in an amount of from about 0.01% by weight of the sanitizer to about 15% by weight of the hand sanitizer.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the hand sanitizer comprises a blend comprising dimethicone and petrolatum.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the hand sanitizer comprises from about 0.5% to about 5% by total weight of the composition of the dimethicone and petrolatum blend.

9. A hand health and hygiene system comprising:

a glove comprising an elastomeric substrate having a skin-contacting surface, and

a moisturizing liquid liner composition applied to at least a portion of the skin contacting surface,

the moisturizing liquid liner composition comprising

cetyl dimethicone,

from about 30% to about 50% by weight of the moisturizing liquid liner composition cyclomethicone,

a dimethyl ditallow ammonium methylsulfate and an emulsifier,

wherein the emulsifier comprises polyglyceryl-4 isostearate, cetyl PEG/PPG-10/1 dimethicone and hexyl laurate,

wherein the moisturizing liquid liner composition is substantially anhydrous comprising about 5% or less by weight water, and

further wherein the moisturizing liquid liner composition is present on the skin-contacting surface in an add-on amount of from about 0.015 grams of the composition per grains of the glove (g/g) to about 0.045 g/g; and

a hand cleanser comprising a moisturizer.

10. The system of claim 9 wherein the moisturizing liquid liner composition further comprises dimethicone.

11. The system of claim 9 wherein the hand cleanser comprises a mild surfactant selected from a group consisting of sulfosuccinates, decyl glucoside, cocamidopropyl betaine, disodium PEG-12 dimethicone sulfosuccinate, PEG-80 sorbitan laurate, polysorbate-20, lauroamphoglycinate, disodium cocamphodiacetate, disodium lauroamphodiacetate, sodium hyroxypropylphosphate laurylglucoside crosspolymer, sodium decylglucosides hydroxypropyl phosphate, sodium laurylglucosides hydroxypropylsulfonate, sodium cocoyl apple amino acids, and combinations thereof.

12. The system of claim 9 wherein the hand cleanser comprises the moisturizer in an amount of from about 0.01% by weight of the hand cleanser to about 25% by weight of the cleanser.