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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2016
Applicant:
Medtrade Products Limited, Crewe, Cheshire, GB;
Inventors:
Andrew Hoggarth, Crewe, GB;
Craig Hardy, Cardigan, GB;
Assignee:
MEDTRADE PRODUCTS LIMITED, Crewe, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/00 (2006.01); A61L 15/46 (2006.01); A61L 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/00008 (2013.01); A61F 13/00029 (2013.01); A61L 15/20 (2013.01); A61L 15/46 (2013.01); A61F 2013/00931 (2013.01); A61L 2300/404 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a composition that can be used as or as part of a wound dressing and to wound dressings comprising the same. More specifically, the present invention relates to a composition that disrupts and kills bacteria within a biofilm and also prevents biofilm formation. The composition comprises a first component selected from the group consisting of chitosan, chitin, derivatives of chitosan, derivatives of chitin, and combinations thereof; at least one triprotic acid and at least one solubilising acid.