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US 5,688,522 AGranted
Ointment for wound treatment
AssigneeJohnson & Johnson Medical, Inc.
InventorCraig J. Hardy
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Abstract
Wound healing compositions comprise from 1 to 20% by weight of a gel forming polysaccharide such as carboxymethyl cellulose and from 15 to 50% by weight of hexylene glycol. Such compositions are strongly antimicrobial, but show low toxicity to fibroblasts.
Claims3
A method of forming a wound treatment composition comprising the steps of:
- providing an aqueous wound treatment composition by mixing from 1 to 20% by weight of a gel-forming polysaccharide selected from the group consisting of carboxymethyl cellulose and hydroxyethyl cellulose, from 15 to 50% by weight of hexylene glycol, and water, the weight being based on the weight of the aqueous wound treatment composition;
- and
- drying the wound treatment composition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.