Wound dressings with anti-microbial and zinc-containing agents
AssigneeTyco Healthcare Group LP
InventorsHarish A. Patel, Hansen P. Swaniker, David G. Heagle, Kate Ward, Alain Tranchemontagne, E. David Fink, Ronald F. Vitaris, Chirag B. Shah, Sharon A. Mulligan, Brian Dowd, Scott Orr
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Abstract
A wound dressing includes one or more layers containing a first anti-microbial agent and/or at least one zinc-containing agent.
Claims28
A wound dressing comprising a first layer, second layer and third layer wherein each of the first, second and third layers contain at least one anti-microbial agent and at least one zinc-containing agent.
A wound dressing comprising a first layer and a second layer, wherein the first layer is disposed on a first side of the dressing adapted to be applied to the wound surface, the first layer containing the at least one anti-microbial agent;
- and the second layer is adjacent to the first layer, and disposed on a side thereof opposite the first side of the dressing, the second layer containing the at least one zinc-containing agent,
- wherein the anti-microbial agent comprises one or more of:
- PHMB, PHMB derivatives, and PEHMB.
A wound dressing comprising at least one layer, wherein one or more layers comprise a combination of fibers, the combination of fibers comprising at least a first fiber and a second fiber, wherein the first fiber comprises at least a first anti-microbial agent, and the second fiber comprises at least a zinc-containing agent.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.