Happi Staff08.20.20
US Patent No. 10,736,836 B2 (Keith Edgett, Louis DeFranco); Carma Laboratories, Inc., Franklin, WI, has patented a method of moisturizing, soothing or healing of external tissues comprising applying to a tissue an effective amount of a balm comprising a first low-melt wax; a second low-melt wax that is different from the first low-melt wax; a high-melt wax; one or more oil phases; and optionally a flavoring agent. The high melt wax has a melting temperature of greater than about 50°C and is present in an amount of about 18.6% to about 27.0% by weight. The ratio of the first and second low-melt waxes to the high-melt wax is about 1:1 to about 2:1.