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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120107388 | HEMOSTATIC COMPOSITION, APPARATUS, AND METHODS The present invention provides hemostatic compositions comprising components of the flowers of pharmaceutical chamomile (Chamomilla recutita) and the leaves of dioecious nettle (Urtica dioica). Further inclusion of a biocompatible polymeric base, particula... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120052110 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PROMOTING WOUND HEALING Provided herein are compositions and methods that inhibit expression of Adam12 gene products, such as ADAM12 mRNA and/or ADAM12 polypeptides, as a therapeutic approach for the treatment of, or promotion of healing of, wounds.... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120021033 | DISPERSIN B POLYNUCLEOTIDES AND METHODS OF PRODUCING RECOMBINANT DspB POLYPEPTIDES Isolated nucleic acid sequences and amino acid sequences for soluble, β-N-acetylglucosaminidase or active fragments or variants thereof which promote detachment of bacterial cells from a biofilm are provided. An isolated mutant bacteria which forms biofilm colonies whi... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120009237 | WOUND HEALING COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING KERATIN BIOMATERIALS Disclosed are keratin preparations for use in medical applications. Methods of treating wounds are provided, wherein keratin preparations are applied to the wound in a treatment effective amount. Methods of treating burn wounds are also provided. Surgical or paramedic a... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120009241 | SKIN WOUND DRESSING AND PREPARING METHOD THEREOF A skin wound dressing is disclosed. The skin wound dressing comprises Tremella polysaccharide and alginate and is used to cover on a skin wound to accelerate wound healing. The Tremella polysaccharide is isolated from a hot water extract of Tremella fuciformis. T... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120009242 | BLOOD COAGULATION INDUCING POLYMER HYDROGEL The present application is drawn to a synthetic, polymer hydrogel-based material, which is able to actively induce the body's natural hemostatic coagulation process in blood or acellular plasma. The present invention provides the development of a primary amine containin... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120003293 | NITRIC OXIDE-RELEASING DRESSINGS A wound dressing comprising nitric oxide gas producing component.... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110318404 | Wound Dressing, Methods and Apparatus For Making Same and Storage and Use Thereof Provided is a wound dressing prepared from whole blood that is clotted ex vivo to form a sheet of clotted blood that is applied onto the skin over a sight of skin injury.... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110311610 | TEMPERATURE REDUCING, HEALING WOUND DRESSING The present invention relates to wound dressings having a wound contacting layer that contains a wound healing composition and which is adapted to maintain a temperature different from ambient, for example achieve and maintain a heat-absorbing effect on the underlying t... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110305745 | Pollulan regenerative matrix Compositions and methods are provided for the manufacture and use of a pullulan-based collagen hydrogel film with controlled porosity. The hydrogel is fabricated with salt-induced phase inversion and cross-linking to form a reticular scaffold. This soft collagen scaffol... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110288462 | HAEMOSTATIC WOUND CARE ARTICLE The subject matter of the invention is a wound care article exhibiting a quantity of super-absorbent polymers. The wound care article is characterized in that characterized in that it exhibits at least one agent which can restrict the bleeding or the tendency to bleed. ... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110280927 | COMPOSITION AND DRESSING WITH NITRIC OXIDE A dressing composition for use as a skin dressing comprises an elastomeric-adhesive composition, and a zeolite comprising releasably adsorbed nitric oxide. The zeolite may comprise a transition metal cation such as Co, Fe, Mn, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ag or a mixture thereof as an e... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110280926 | WOUND DRESSING The present invention relates to a multilayered wound dressing particularly for wound treatment in the granulation and epithelization phase. The wound dressing comprises
| 11/17/2011 |
| 20110280928 | Wound Care Device Having Fluid Transfer Properties This disclosure relates to wound care devices which are capable of one-way, directional flow of fluids and contaminants away from the wound site to the opposite side of the wound care device, which functions as a fluid reservoir. This fluid transport mechanism generally... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110274744 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING A SURFACE COATED BY CROSSLINKED POLYELECTROLYTE MULTILAYER FILMS AS A BIOMIMETIC RESERVOIR FOR PROTEINS The invention relates to processes for coating a surface with a crosslinked polyelectrolytes multilayer film incorporating a protein, preferably a growth factor type protein. The invention also relates to crosslinked polyelectrolytes multilayer films obtained by this pr... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110243856 | Permeable Mixtures, Methods and Compositions for the Skin Topical mixtures with ranges of permeability which promote dermal healing, wound stage arrest, skin cooling, and patient comfort through pH adjustment, therapeutic ingredient carriage, water and oxygen delivery, with superior aesthetics and ease of cleaning features.... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110217358 | COMPOSITIONS FOR THE PROPHYLAXIS AND TREATMENT OF DERMATOLOGICAL/MUCOSAL DISEASES, AND USES THEREOF The present invention provides a composition containing a) clay material with a negative surface charge; b) magnesium ions and calcium ions both either incorporated within the clay material and/or added separately; c) water and/or non-aqueous solvent; d) substantially n... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110217360 | OCTENIDINE COMPOSITION The invention relates to octenidine or a pharmaceutical salt thereof, in particular octenidine dihydrochloride, which is intended for mutual therapeutic administration of the octenidine in solution with a polyalcohol of formula 1: (H—C—OH)a(HO—C—OH) 09/08/2011 | |
| 20110217359 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR THE PROPHYLACTIC OR THERAPEUTIC TREATMENT OF DECUBITI AND FIRST DEGREE BURNS AND TREATMENT METHOD This invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition and method for preventing and treating decubitus by topical administration of a therapeutic dosage of a composition containing an antioxidant agent, an anesthetic and vasodilating agent, and an antifungal agent emul... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110200655 | Systems and methods that kill infectious agents (bacteria) without the use of a systemic anti-biotic A medical product is provided that is selected from at least one of, nasal cannulas, oxygen masks, wound dressings, bandages, band aids, catheters, endotrachial tubes, condoms, surgical and other gloves, sheaths for endoscopy probes, and medical products that physically... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110190604 | Nitric oxide sensors and systems The present disclosure relates to nitric oxide sensors and systems.... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110190722 | COMPOSITIONS FOR USE AS OR IN WOUND DRESSINGS The present invention provides a composition for the treatment of a wound, the composition comprising: a first layer, which comprises a porous, optionally hydrophilic material capable of absorbing fluid from the wound at least in part by capilliary action, a second laye... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110182970 | Nitric oxide sensors and systems The present disclosure relates to nitric oxide sensors and systems.... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110172580 | WOUND CARE DRESSING A wound care dressing comprising one or more nonwoven blankets, where each nonwoven blanket comprises a plurality of fibers, where each of the plurality of fibers are formed from one or more saccharides in optional combination with one or more medicaments.... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110171284 | POVIDONE-IODINE AND SUCROSE WOUND HEALING DRESSING The present invention relates to a composition and wound dressing for delivering a composition comprising povidone-iodine and sucrose mixture. The composition is gelled and, in one embodiment, is impregnated on a gauze or other like material for application to an exudin... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110171283 | COMPOSITION CONTAINING AT LEAST ONE NUTRIVITE, AT LEAST ONE DISINFECTING OR DECONTAMINATING, AND/OR AT LEAST ONE PROTEASE-INHIBITING ACTIVE COMPOUND AND/OR ACTIVE COMPOUND COMPLEX The present invention relates to a composition containing at least one nutritive, at least one disinfecting or decontaminating and/or at least one protease-inhibiting active compound and/or active compound complex for the external care and/or treatment of wounds of the ... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110165221 | WOUND CARE A method for treating a wound, and a dressing for wound care management comprising a three-dimensional body of glass-based fibers comprising one or more glass-formers selected from the group consisting of P2O5, SiO2, and B2O 07/07/2011 | |
| 20110142910 | Clotting and Healing Compositions Containing Keratin Biomaterials Disclosed are optimized keratin preparations for use in medical applications. Methods to produce optimized keratin preparations are provided for use in biomedical applications, particularly for the treatment of bleeding, and for the treatment of wounds. Also disclosed a... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110123597 | Wound Dressings Containing Complexes of Transition Metals and Alginate for Elastase-Sequestering Transition metal (e.g., silver and copper) derivatized phosphorylated polysaccharides (cellulose, starch, gauze) provide antimicrobial and elastase sequestration properties to wound dressings, and the wound dressing have enhanced water sorption and elastase sequestratio... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110117178 | WOUND DRESSING COMPRISING A HYDROGEL MATRIX The present invention relates to a multilayered wound dressing particularly for wound treatment in the granulation and epithelization phase. The wound dressing comprises
| 05/19/2011 |
| 20110111012 | Nanomaterial wound dressing assembly Wound dressing assemblies and methods of producing the wound dressing assemblies. The wound dressing assemblies various comprise individual layers of nanomaterials that have been formed according to an electrospinning process. Each of the l... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110097383 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR ENZYMATIC ESCHAROTOMY IN BURN INDUCED COMPARTMENT SYNDROME Apparatus suitable for use in the prevention and treatment of burn induced compartment syndrome facilitates the rapid and efficient deployment of enzymatic compositions to the affected limb or limbs of a burn victim suffering from a circumferential burn. The apparatus i... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110091515 | DRUG-ELUTING MEDICAL DEVICES Composite structures composed of a device as a core structure, being a medical device or article, and a porous polymeric coat and designed capable of encapsulating bioactive agents while retaining the activity of these agents are disclosed. Further disclosed are process... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110086077 | SILICONE HYDROGELS FOR TISSUE ADHESIVES AND TISSUE DRESSING APPLICATIONS A silicone hydrogel formulation may contains random and/or block copolymers or oligomers or macromers. The silicone copolymer is copolymerized or blended with other polymers or monomers or macromers to obtain final formulation. The silicone hydrogel may contain crosslin... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20110070288 | COMPOSITE LAYERED HEMOSTASIS DEVICE The present invention is directed to a hemostatic composite structure having a bioabsorbable fabric or non-woven substrate having at least two major oppositely facing surface areas and a continuous non-porous polymer-based film that is laminated on one major surface of ... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110070276 | BIOACTIVE KERATIN PEPTIDES Compositions containing biologically active peptides are disclosed. Active peptides are isolated fragments derived from human hair or sheep wool keratin proteins. Compositions may be prepared for pharmaceutical or topical administration or for use in cosmetic preparatio... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110064786 | NOVEL USE OF BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR IN THE DE-DIFFERENTIATION OF ANIMAL CONNECTIVE TISSUE CELLS De-differentiation protocols are described herein for generating progenitor cells from adult connective tissue, in particular adult human fibroblasts. The de-differentiation protocols described herein comprise culturing the differentiated cells with an amount of FGF2 to... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110052664 | Antimicrobial Medical Dressings and Protecting Wounds and Catheter Sites An antimicrobial medical dressing provides a combination of antimicrobial agents in various concentrations that protect against microorganisms, absorb exudates, and promote healing. The antimicrobial agents may include compositions of ethanol, hydrogen peroxide, and/or ... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110052665 | HAEMOSTATIC MATERIAL The present invention relates to a haemostatic material comprising a carrier layer and a material for wound contact comprising at least one haemostat in particulate, granular, powder, flake or short fibrous form. Such a haemostatic material is useful, for example, in re... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110052663 | Hemostatic Sponge with Enzyme and Method of Manufacture In one embodiment, a method of making a wound dressing comprises dissolving at least one hemostatic agent in at least one solvent to form a solution. The method continues by freeze drying the solution to form a sponge. The method further comprises including an enzyme in... | 03/03/2011 |
