Part I What
is Digital Array Dispersion?
(begins
on page 2)
Part
II What is Double Emulsion
Technology?
(begins
on page 4)
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What is Digital Array
Dispersion (DAD) Technology?
DAD technology utilizes an
ultra-fast, deep-penetrating vehicle to deliver beneficial ingredients into the
skin by topical application. The ingredients which are mobilized by DAD reach their
end target in a formation which is readily available for efficient processing.
Why is DAD Technology
beneficial to skin?
DAD technology utilizes our
state-of-the-art proprietary technology to create ultra-small emulsion
particles. These particles facilitate penetration and absorption into the skin
of beneficial ingredients. The individual particles of DAD which flow into the
skin are grouped into an array of individual units. The array formation
increases the concentration of beneficial ingredients at the desired location
on the skin but does not clog skin pores.
Since DAD ensures that no continuous greasy coating is formed on the
skin, beneficial properties of essential oils and oil soluble ingredients become
available without the common drawbacks associated with oil-based skin
treatments.
More Details?
The Structure of DAD Units
The basic DAD unit is a vehicle
which is comprised of smaller sub-units joined together to form a ball shape.
The basic DAD vehicle unit is very small. Vehicle size can reach the size of a
Nanosome™, about 20 nanometers or smaller. The basic DAD unit comprises a
single digit within the multitude of units comprising the digital array.
The following illustration provides a general
description of the basic DAD vehicle unit.
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The
basic DAD unit/digit is illustrated as a star-like ball. The rays within the
star represent sub-units comprising the vehicle. |
The basic DAD units can cling
lightly to each other without actually merging with each other. A multitude of
units clinging together comprises an array of such units. The clinging process
is reversible and each unit maintains its individual characteristics even when
clinging to other units. Since units cling and dissociate continuously, array
groupings of several tens of units to several hundreds of units are always
present in the formulations. Each unit is thus a single and individual digit
within the digital array. A digital array facilitates concentration of
beneficial ingredients carried by the vehicles to their end target: the skin.
The following illustration provides a general
description of a digital array.
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The
basic DAD units/digits cling to each other to form a digital array of
vehicles. Note that the digital array does not create a continuous layer of oil;
instead, there is ample space between vehicles for air to pass through and
healthy skin processes to continue undisturbed. |
After entering the skin, the
vehicles are exposed to a physiological environment which can trigger them to
release each other, ending their clinging as a digital array. By releasing each
other after having been arranged as a digital array at first contact with the
skin, the vehicles in the skin can achieve a more even distribution of
beneficial ingredients throughout the target area.
The following illustration provides a general
description of the DAD vehicles after entering the skin.
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The
environment inside the skin allows the array of units/digits to dissociate
and be distributed evenly at its target location. |
What is Double Emulsion Technology (DET)?
DET synergizes two of our other
powerful skincare technologies, DAD and Nanosomes™, into an unbeatable
combination.
How
does Double Emulsion Technology (DET) relate to Digital Array Dispersion (DAD)
and Nanosomes™?
DAD and Nanosomes™ are both effective means of carrying
nutrients to the skin. When performance of DAD vehicles is compared with that
of Nanosomes™, DAD vehicles have
excellent penetration into the skin,
while Nanosomes™ are
particularly good at passing through oil and water barriers. DAD vehicles can
carry larger loads of oil-soluble materials than water-soluble materials.
Though both Nanosomes™ and DAD
vehicles can deliver materials to and remove material from their inside skin
targets, their mechanisms of delivery and removal are different from each
other. Formulating both Nanosomes™
and DAD vehicles in a special preparation provides the most advanced and
powerful delivery system for topical applications: Double Emulsion Technology (DET).
Since
Nanosomes™ too, can reversibly cling
to DAD vehicles, Nanosomes™ can act
as path-finders or as “locomotives”, facilitating penetration of cargo carried
by DAD vehicles as described in the following illustration.
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The
Nanosomes™ act as locomotives or
path-finders; synergistically, Nanosomes™
and DAD vehicles facilitate their respective properties in penetration into
the skin, and carrying and concentrating
beneficial ingredients in the skin. |
As in DAD technology, in the
skin, Nanosomes™ and DAD vehicles
combined with DET can release each other for consistent discharge and
distribution of beneficial ingredients, as can be viewed in the following
illustration.
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This
illustration describes the DET movement that distributes DAD vehicles and
Nanosomes™. The illustration
compares movement of DAD vehicles and Nanosomes™ toward the skin and after entering the skin where they can
release each other. |
Conclusion
This has
been an introduction to just a few of the important breakthroughs in skincare
developed by Elsom Research. We hope you
find it informative, and that you will enjoy using our products.
This document and all
material contained in it is copyright 1996-2004, Elsom Research Co., Inc.