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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 1993
Filed:
May. 21, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Milos Chvapil, Tucson, AZ (US);
Bruce Barber, Duxbury, MA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
421445 ; 424443 ; 424444 ; 424446 ; 424448 ; 424449 ;
Abstract
An antimicrobial wound dressing and method of wound treatment, the wound dressing having a layer of a collagen dressing material impregnated with lyophilized, stabilized chlorine-containing compounds which generate on activation chlorine dioxide, like a mixture of sodium chlorate and sodium chlorite, and an adjacent layer secured thereto containing a dry, activating amount of an acidic compound, such as citric acid, whereby moisture from the wound activates the dry chlorine moiety to treat the wound.