Flexible hydrogel wound dressings
AssigneeFirst Water Limited
InventorsHugh Semple Munro, Philip Andrews
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a wound dressing and composition comprising a backing layer having disposed thereon a discontinuous layer of hydrogel, wherein the discontinuous layer of hydrogel is in the form of discrete islands of hydrogel on the backing layer. Methods of treating a wound using the dressing or the composition are also disclosed. Methods of forming the dressing or the composition are also disclosed.
Claims18
A wound dressing having improved flexibility for application to the various contours of the body, comprising a backing layer having disposed thereon a discontinuous layer of hydrogel, wherein the discontinuous layer of hydrogel is in the form of discrete islands of hydrogel on the backing layer that are not linked by hydrogel,
- wherein, in use, an adhesive layer is disposed on at least a part of a wound-facing side of the backing layer, and the adhesive can act to adhere the discrete islands of hydrogel, and, if present any supporting layer on the discrete islands, to the backing layer and/or can adhere the wound dressing to the skin of a user of the dressing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.