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US 10,893,983 B2Granted
Method for dressing a wound
AssigneeAbigo Medical AB
InventorsJan G. Smith, Peter Robertsson
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Abstract
A method for dressing a wound is provided including providing a wound dressing pad of hydrophobic fabric that is treated to bind microorganisms; placing the hydrophobic fabric so that it faces the wound; and applying negative pressure therapy to the wound dressing so that microorganisms in the wound surface adhere to the dressing through hydrophobic interaction. The negative pressure therapy may be alternated with hyperbaric oxygen treatments of the wound dressing.
Claims19
A method of treating a wound, comprising:
- a) providing a wound dressing consisting of a hydrophobic fabric that is treated to bind microorganisms through hydrophobic interaction, wherein the hydrophobic fabric is a cellulose acetate gauze treated with a compound containing hydrophobic groups selected from the group consisting of dialkyl carbamoyl chloride, dioctadecyl carbamoyl chloride and alkyl ketene dimers, and wherein the wound dressing does not contain an antimicrobial substance;
- b) placing the hydrophobic fabric so that it faces the wound;
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- c) applying negative pressure therapy to the wound dressing, thereby treating the wound.
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