University of Utah Research Foundation

Brett H Davis

Jayant P Agarwal

Bruce Kent Gale

Himanshu Jayant Sant

Jill E Shea

Andrew M Simpson

Caleb A Lade

A wound dressing including a porous biosynthetic polymer film comprising a poly(lactide-co-caprolactone) ('PLC') copolymer or other suitable polymer matrix, and a local analgesic loaded therein, to provide pain relief over an extended period of time (e.g., for 5-7 days), e.g., for healing of a partial thickness dermal injury. The PLC copolymer may have a particular lactide/caprolactone molar ratio (e.g., from 2:1 to 9:1) to ensure slow, sustained release of the bupivacaine or other analgesic. The dressing may provide a water vapor transmission rate from 1000 g/m·day to 3000 g/m·day to facilitate fast healing and regrowth of new epithelial tissue beneath the dressing. The dressing is configured to remain positioned over the dermal injury, providing wound protection for about 14 days, after which is simply debrides away, falls off, or is easily and painlessly removed, once new epithelial tissue regrows.

Multi-functional analgesic-releasing wound dressing

An opioid independent surgical anesthetic composition includes an injectable dosage form of a hydrogel having a plurality of solid lipid matrix particles entrapped therein. The solid lipid matrix particles include a lipophilic local anesthetic drug and a lipid glyceride (e.g., saturated triglyceride or lipid blend of various lipid glycerides). Methods for creating a long-acting local anesthetic product can include creating a bulk solid of a lipid matrix product by heating a lipid solvent above its melting point, dissolving a lipophilic local anesthetic drug therein, reducing a temperature of the resultant drug-lipid solution to below the melting point of the lipid solvent, and heat annealing the lipid matrix to remove or reduce presence of any unstable polymorphs in the lipid matrix. The methods can further include crushing the bulk solid of the lipid matrix product to form solid lipid matrix particles and entrapping the solid lipid matrix particles within a hydrogel.

Opioid independent surgical anesthetic

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Brett H Davis