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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8124826 | Antioxidant and antimicrobial wound dressing materials A wound dressing material comprising a polymeric substrate, a silver salt, and a dyestuff to photostabilize the silver salt. The substrate may comprise collagen and/or oxidized regenerated cellulose complexed to Ag+, and the dyestuff may for example be an... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8124370 | Cationic anti-microbial peptides and methods of use thereof Described herein are methods of detecting a wound infection and for detecting the presence or absence of microorganisms, for example, wound pathogens in a sample, by contacting a sample with a cationic anti-microbial peptide that is degradable by an enzyme produced ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8097272 | Layered materials for use as wound dressings The invention provides a wound dressing comprising a layered material comprising a hydrophilic foam layer formed from a first polyurethane and a hydrogel layer formed from a second polyurethane, wherein the hydrogel layer is laminated to the hydrophilic foam layer. ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8067370 | Pain-sensitive therapeutic wound dressing Disclosed is a wound dressing comprising a therapeutic agent and a matrix comprising polymers joined by cross-linkages, wherein the cross-linkages comprise oligopeptidic sequences which are cleavable by a kallikrein associated with wound fluid such that the rate of ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8063052 | Wound healing The present invention relates to the use of p38 MAP kinase inhibitors and p38 MAP kinase inhibition to promote wound healing. ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8058499 | Absorbent wound dressing containing a hydrogel layer A wound dressing comprising: a liquid-permeable top sheet having a wound facing surface and a back surface, said top sheet being adapted to block or restrict passage of liquid from the back surface to the wound facing surface; and an insoluble hydrogel layer adjacen... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8012698 | Diagnostic markers of wound infection The present invention relates to a method of determining the microbial bioburden in a wound (in particular a diabetic ulcer) in a test subject, the method comprising the step of measuring the level of a cytokine in a wound sample, wherein a cytokine level lower than... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7955572 | Sample collection and testing device with swing arm A sample collection and testing device comprising: An elongate housing (1) having a first end and a second end and a longitudinal axis; an analytical element (4) retained in the housing; a sample collector assembly extending from the first end of the h... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7794925 | Diagnosis of clinical infection of a wound A method of predicting or diagnosing clinical infection of a wound comprising measuring the concentration of a marker associated with an inflammatory response in wound fluid, wherein the marker is a fibronectin fragment, a neutrophil protease or a macrophage proteas... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7732655 | Controlled release therapeutic wound dressings A wound dressing comprising: a therapeutic agent selected from the group consisting of antimicrobial substances, pain relieving substances, protease inhibitors, and mixtures thereof; and a barrier layer for initially separating the therapeutic agent from a wound flu... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7601546 | Diagnostic test devices A diagnostic test apparatus comprising: a shaft having a first end and a second end; a swab or a biopsy punch mounted on the first end of a shaft; and a cap for fitting over the first end of the shaft, said cap containing at least one diagnostic test reagent; wherei... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7538257 | Fluid wound dressing comprising partially cured polyurethane A wound dressing composition comprising a partially cured polyurethane fluid. The composition can be injected directly into a wound, where it cures to form a wound filling dressing. Also provided is a wound dressing comprising such a composition. Also provided is a ... | 05/26/2009 |
