Topical composition for improved healing of open wounds
OwnerMona E. Buice, David M. Sailors +3inventors
InventorsMona E. Buice, David M. Sailors, Jonathan Woody, James Louis Wood, Joshua Z. Greeson
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Abstract
The present disclosure is concerned with compositions comprising insulin and a pharmaceutically acceptable topical carrier. The present disclosure is also concerned with methods of using these compositions for the treatment of a skin ailment such as a diabetic ulcer. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
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A topical composition comprising insulin and a mucoadhesive polymer carrier, wherein the carrier is not a cyanoacrylate polymer carrier.
A method for treating a skin ailment having an outer edge in a subject, the method comprising managing the wound via administration of an antibiotic, debridement, off-loading, revascularization, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, administration of a wound care product, negative-pressure wound therapy, advanced moist wound therapy, or a combination thereof, wherein the subject was previously identified as being in need of treatment of the skin ailment by the steps of:
- (a) obtaining a biological sample from the skin ailment or from a surrounding tissue, wherein the surrounding tissue is within about one inch of the outer edge;
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- (b) measuring the subject's blood sugar levels in the biological sample.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.