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US5076265A
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Hydrogel sheet wound dressings
Assignee: Ed Geistlich Soehne AG fuer Chemische Industrie
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Filing: 1988-03-11
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Granted: 1991-12-31
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Expires: 2008-03-11
Abstract
Abstract A hydrogel sheet for use as a wound dressing with capillaries permitting wound exudate to pass through the sheet while not permitting bacteria to infect the wound is disclosed. The total cross-sectional area of the capillaries represents 0.5 to 3.0 percent of the area of the sheet. The sheets do not stick to the wound surface and allow large quantities of wound exudate to be removed from the wound.
Inventors
- 👤 Heinrich Wokalek
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 19:57
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61L; A61L26/00; A61L26/0061; A61L26/008; A61F; A61F13/00; A61F13/01; A61F13/01008; A61L26/0009; A61L26/0052; A61F13/06; A61F13/064; A61F13/069; A61F2013/00361; A61F2013/00365; A61F2013/00536
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
59 words
A hydrogel sheet for use as a wound dressing, said sheet consisting essentially of a single hydrogel sheet provided with open capillaries which permit wound exudate to pass through the sheet while not permitting bacteria to infect the wound, wherein the total cross-sectional area of the open capillaries represents 0.5 to 3.0% of the area of the said sheet.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
59 words
A hydrogel sheet for use as a wound dressing, said sheet consisting essentially of a single hydrogel sheet provided with open capillaries which permit wound exudate to pass through the sheet while not permitting bacteria to infect the wound, wherein the total cross-sectional area of the open capillaries represents 0.5 to 3.0% of the area of the said sheet.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
A hydrogel sheet as claimed in claim 1 wherein the capillaries are of circular cross-section with a diameter of 0.5 to 3 mm.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
19 words
A hydrogel sheet as claimed in claim 1, said sheet having a uniform thickness of 2 to 10 mm.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
A hydrogel sheet as claimed in claim 1 comprising a gel selected from the group consisting of gelable polysaccharides, proteins and polypeptides.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
A hydrogel sheet as claimed in claim 4 wherein said gel is selected from the group consisting of agarose, agar-agar, and gelatin.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
38 words
A hydrogel sheet as claimed in claim 5 wherein the gel comprises (a) agar-agar and (b) polyacrylamide cross-linked with about 2% by weight of N,N'-methylene-bis-acrylamide, the ratio of (a) to (b) being in the range 1:3 to 1:4.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
20 words
A hydrogel sheet as claimed in claim 1 having a water content in the range 95 to 98% by weight.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
48 words
A method of treatment of a wound in the human or animal body comprising the application to said wound of a hydrogel sheet according to claim 1, whereby wound exudate is drawn from the wound through the dressing by forces within the capillaries of the said hydrogel sheet.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
27 words
A method as claimed in claim 8 further comprising the step of irrigating the dressing with an aqueous solution after application of the dressing to said wound.
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