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US 8,283,513 B2Granted
Multilayer wound dressing
AssigneeArgentum Medical, LLC
InventorsRobert O. Becker, A. Bartholomew Flick, Adam J. Becker
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Abstract
A flexible, multilayer wound dressing with antibacterial and antifungal properties, together with methods for making the dressing. The dressing includes a layer of silver-containing fabric, a layer of absorbent material, and (optionally) a layer of flexible air-permeable and/or water-impermeable material. The dressing can be used for prophylactic and therapeutic care and treatment of skin infections and surface wounds (including surgical incisions), as a packing material, and as a swab for surface cleaning.
Claims13
A wound dressing comprising:
- at least one, conductive, conformable layer of fabric comprising an amount of fibers uniformly and individually coated with silver worked into the fabric or forming the fabric to passively release an effective amount of silver from the wound dressing into a wound at a steady rate for as long as three days,
- wherein the conformable, conductive, layer of fabric has with a specific resistance no greater than approximately 5 ohm/cm2;
- and
- a second layer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.