Antimicrobial wound dressings

An article useful as a wound dressing comprising a conformable substrate vapor coated with an antimicrobially effective film of a silver arylsulfonate, said substrate having a low enough moisture vapor transmission to maintain a moist environment around the wound during healing so as to substantially prevent the formation of a hardened scab over the wound.

A method of preparing an antimicrobial wound dressing article comprising vapor coating a conformable substrate with an antimicrobially effective amount of a silver salt selected from the group consisting of silver fluoride, silver bromide, silver chloride, silver nitrate, silver sulfate, silver alkylcarboxylate, silver sulphadiazine, or silver arylsulfonate, said substrate having a low enough moisture vapor transmission to maintain a moist environment around the wound during healing so as to substantially prevent the formation of a hardened scab over the wound.

A metod of preparing an antimicrobial wound dressing article comprising sputter coating a conformable substrate with an antimicrobially effective amount of a silver salt selected from the group consisting of silver fluoride, silver bromide, silver chloride, silver nitrate, silver sulfate, silver alkylcarboxylate, silver sulphadiazine, or silver arylsulfonate, said substrate having a low enough moisture vapor transmission to maintain a moist environment around the wound during healing so as to substantially prevent the formation of a hardened scab over the wound.

An article useful as a wound dressing comprising a conformable substrate vapor coated with an antimicrobially effective film of silver sulfate, said substrate having a low enough moisture vapor transmission to maintain a moist environment around the wound during healing so as to substantially prevent the formation of a hardened scab over the wound.

An article useful as a wound dressing comprising a conformable substrate vapor coated with an antimicrobially effective film of a silver alkylcarboxylate, said substrate having a low enough moisture vapor transmission to maintain a moist environment around the wound during healing so as to substantially prevent the formation of a hardened scab over the wound.

An article useful as a wound dressing comprising a conformable substrate vapor coated with an antimicrobially effective film of silver nitrate, said substrate having a low enough moisture vapor transmission to maintain a moist environment around the wound during healing so as to substantially prevent the formation of a hardened scab over the wound.

An article useful as a wound dressing comprising a conformable substrate vapor coated with an antimicrobially effective film of silver fluoride, said substrate having a low enough moisture vapor transmission to maintain a moist environment around the wound during healing so as to substantially prevent the formation of a hardened scab over the wound.

An article useful as a wound dressing comprising a conformable substrate vapor coated with an antimicrobially effective film of silver bromide, said substrate having a low enough moisture vapor transmission to maintain a moist environment around the wound during healing so as to substantially prevent the formation of a hardened scab over the wound.

An article useful as a wound dressing comprising a conformable substrate vapor coated with an antimicrobially effective film of silver sulphadiazine, said substrate having a low enough moisture vapor transmission to maintain a moist environment around the wound during healing so as to substantially prevent the formation of a hardened scab over the wound.