Infection-resistant polyurethane foams, method for producing the same and use thereof in antiseptic wound dressings
AssigneeBayer Innovation GmbH
InventorsBurkhard Fugmann, Melita Dietze
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Abstract
The present invention describes microbicidal hydrophilic polyurethane foams endowed with polyhexamethylenebiguanide (PHMB) and/or its hydrochloride and also a superabsorbent, wound contact materials obtainable therefrom and processes for producing the therapeutically endowed polyurethane foams and the wound contact materials obtainable therefrom.
Claims14
A cellular hydrophilic polyurethane gel containing an antiseptic agent polyhexamethylenebiguanide or a hydrochloride thereof, a superabsorbent, at least one therapeutic agent, wherein the antiseptic agent is present in the polyurethane gel as a microparticulate dispersion and/or homogenous solution and the at least one therapeutic agent is selected from the group consisting of broad-spectrum antibiotics, antimicrobial actives, antifungal actives, antipathogentic peptides, local anesthetics, actives having an antiseptic, hemostatic, wound-healing, immunomodulatory or granulation-promoting effect or an effect on the center nervous system.
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