Wound care materials, devices and uses
AssigneeSmith & Nephew, Inc.
InventorsAnthony Dagger, Helene Anne Lecomte
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Abstract
Material comprising a flexible porous hydrophilic polymer foam or fibre matrix comprising two matrix faces and therebetween a structural matrix framework defining a network of cells, having a cell network surface and therein a network of pores and a powder charge comprising antimicrobial additive and/or wound dressing additive, wherein the powder charge is comprised at the matrix face or faces and/or within the cell network or within the structural matrix framework and wherein the additive is micronized, a method for the preparation thereof comprising micronizing the additive and dosing powder charge to the matrix or a reactive phase for the manufacture of said matrix, devices comprising the material and uses thereof.
Claims17
Material comprising a flexible porous hydrophilic polymer foam or fibre matrix comprising two matrix faces and therebetween a structural matrix framework defining a network of cells, having a cell network surface and therein a network of pores and
- a powder charge comprising an antimicrobial additive,
- wherein said powder charge is comprised at said matrix face or faces and/or within said cell network or within said structural matrix framework
- and wherein the additive is micronized,
- wherein the micronized additive has loss on drying (L.O.D) less than 2% and/or
- said powder charge additionally comprises flowing agent and/or bulking agent wherein micronized additive is co-located with said flowing agent and/or bulking agent;
- wherein the antimicrobial additive comprises silver salt.
A wound dressing, comprising:
- a loaded wound dressing layer comprising:
- a porous polymer foam matrix comprising a wound facing face and a reverse face;
- and
- a powder charge of micronized antimicrobial release additive loaded within the matrix;
- wherein the antimicrobial release additive comprises silver salt;
- wherein the antimicrobial release additive has a particle size distribution of 1 micron<D50<30 micron.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.