US 7,514,496 B2
Emulsions of water-in-oil type, with a high content of aqueous phase, their process of preparation and their uses
Chantal Amalric, Blan (France); Alicia Roso, Saix (France); and Guy Tabacchi, Paris (France)
Assigned to Societe d'Exploitation de Produits pour les Industries Chimiques (Seppic), Paris (France)
Filed on Mar. 12, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/799,373.
Claims priority of application No. 03 03157 (FR), filed on Mar. 14, 2003; and application No. 03 11263 (FR), filed on Sep. 25, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2005/0101727 A1, May 12, 2005
Int. Cl. A61K 8/06 (2006.01); A61K 8/81 (2006.01); A61Q 17/04 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 524—501  [524/801] 15 Claims
 
1. A process for the preparation of a composition in a liquid form at ambient temperature consisting of a fatty external phase and a gelled aqueous internal phase representing about 60% up to about 98% by weight of said composition, said process consisting of the steps of:
preparing a fatty phase;
preparing a gelled aqueous phase;
adding said fatty phase to said gelled aqueous phase, said gelled aqueous phase being about 60% to about 98% by weight of said added phases; and
modifying said added phases to form a water-in-oil emulsion in a liquid form at ambient temperature consisting of said fatty phase as the external phase and of said gelled aqueous as the internal phase, wherein,
said gelled aqueous phase comprises a polyelectrolyte polymer, water, and optionally one or more sunscreens, and
said fatty phase comprises one or more oils, a lipophilic emulsifying system comprising one or more emulsifying surfactants, and optionally one or more sunscreens.