Wound treatment employing antimicrobial composition
AssigneeNext Science, LLC
InventorMatthew Franco Myntti
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Abstract
A process for reducing bacterial colonization in or around the area of a wound includes applying to the area a gel that includes at least one PEG and an aqueous composition which has a pH of from 2 to 4, a total solute concentration of from 1.8 to 4.0 Osm/L, and from 0.9 to 1.7 g/L of at least one cationic surfactant. The aqueous composition can include a buffer system that includes an organic acid and a salt of an organic acid. The gel is effective even when free of materials having antimicrobial properties other than those provided by the aqueous composition, such as sporicides, antifungals and antibiotics.
Claims20
A process for reducing bacterial colonization in or around the area of a wound, said process comprising applying to said area a gel that comprises at least one PEG and an aqueous composition having a pH of from 2 to 4, a total solute concentration of from 1.8 to 4.0 Osm/L, and from 0.9 to 1.7 g/L of at least one cationic surfactant, said gel being free of sporicides, antifungals and antibiotics.
A process for reducing bacterial colonization in or around the area of a wound, said process comprising applying to said area a gel that consists essentially of at least one PEG, an aqueous composition having a pH of from 2 to 4, a total solute concentration of from 1.8 to 4.0 Osm/L, and from 0.9 to 1.7 g/L of at least one cationic surfactant, and optionally one or more of an emollient, a lotion, a humectant, a glycosaminoglycan, an analgesic, colloidal silver and a coalescent.
A process for reducing bacterial colonization in or around the area of a wound, said process comprising applying to said area a gel that comprises
- a) at least one PEG and
- b) a composition having a pH of from 2 to 4 and a total solute concentration of from 1.8 to 4.0 Osm/L that consists essentially of
- (1) water,
- (2) a buffer system that comprises of one or more organic acids and at least one salt of one or more organic acids, and
- (3) from 0.9 to 1.7 g/L of at least one cationic surfactant,
- said gel being free of materials having antimicrobial properties other than those provided by said composition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.