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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2015
Applicant:
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZA;
Inventors:
Viness Pillay, Johannesburg, ZA;
Yahya Essop Choonara, Johannesburg, ZA;
Pradeep Kumar, Johannesburg, ZA;
Lisa Claire Du Toit, Johannesburg, ZA;
Naeema Mayet, Lenasia, ZA;
Assignee:
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Johannesburg, ZA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 15/60 (2006.01); A61L 15/28 (2006.01); A61L 15/44 (2006.01); A61K 9/70 (2006.01); A61L 15/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 15/60 (2013.01); A61K 9/703 (2013.01); A61K 9/7007 (2013.01); A61K 9/7092 (2013.01); A61L 15/225 (2013.01); A61L 15/28 (2013.01); A61L 15/44 (2013.01); A61L 2300/216 (2013.01); A61L 2300/30 (2013.01); A61L 2300/412 (2013.01);
Abstract
This invention relates to a wound dressing, particularly to a stimuli responsive wound dressing comprising a lyophilized hyaluronic acid (HA) hydrogel, and a plurality of devices embedded within said lyophilized hyaluronic acid hydrogel. Each of the plurality of devices including chitosan and hypromellose and may be formed as biofilms and/or electrospun fiber mats.