Debridement composition
AssigneeConvatec Limited
InventorsDavid Parsons, Genevieve E. Harris, Hollie J. Hathaway
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Abstract
The disclosed technology relates to a wound dressing comprising an absorbent layer impregnated or coated with a composition comprising a chelating agent, an amphoteric surfactant, and an anionic surfactant. The invention further relates to methods and uses of the wound dressing.
Claims20
A wound dressing or debridement tool comprising an absorbent layer impregnated or coated with a composition comprising
- a chelating agent present at 0.01 to 1 wt. % and comprises a salt of ethylenediaminetetra-acetic acid (EDTA),
- an amphoteric surfactant present at 0.01 to 1.5 wt. % and comprises sodium cocoamphoacetate, and
- an anionic surfactant present at 0.05 to 1.5 wt. % and comprises sodium oleate.
A composition comprising a chelating agent present at 0.01 to 1 wt. % and comprises a salt of ethylenediaminetetra-acetic acid (EDTA), an amphoteric surfactant present at 0.01 to 1.5 wt. % and comprises sodium cocoamphoacetate, and an anionic surfactant present at 0.05 to 1.5 wt. % and comprises sodium oleate for use in the treatment of a wound selected from the group consisting of a chronic wound, acute wound, burn, a wound comprising a bacterial biofilm, and a wound comprising slough.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.