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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 1990
Filed:
Aug. 18, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Deral T Mosbey, St. Paul, MN (US);
Assignee:
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; C08B / ; C08L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514 55 ; 514925 ; 514 54 ; 536 20 ; 536114 ; 106162 ; 106205 ;
Abstract
Wound filling compositions containing: (a) chitosan, (b) at least one compatible hydrocolloid material other than chitosan, and (c) water, exhibit a variety of properties desirable for use in filling large wound such as dermal ulcers, yet do not exhibit syneresis. Preferably compositions exhibit antimicrobial activity, would healing capability, a viscosity suitable to allow them to be applied to and remain in an open wound, and are able to absorb wound exudate.