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US 8,801,681 B2Granted
Medical device
AssigneeArgentum Medical, LLC
InventorsA. Bartholomew Flick, Gregg Silver, Thomas Miller
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Abstract
A medical device for example a wound dressing having antibacterial and optionally, antifungal properties, are provided together with methods for making the device. An exemplary dressing includes a layer of silver-containing fabric, (optionally) 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.
Claims23
A device comprising:
- a first conformable, conductive fabric comprising
- a) fibers or foams coated with an anti-microbial metal, wherein the coated fibers or foams provide a surface resistance of about 10 ohms/cm2 to about 0.001 ohms/cm2 to the conductive fabric, wherein the fibers comprise multiple filaments;
- and
- b) a plurality of apertures effective to provide the device with a liquid wicking value in a range of about 5% to 95% to allow removal of fluid from the wound through the device, wherein the apertures are positioned to facilitate uniform application of the device to a wound when the device is under negative pressure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.