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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:
Mar. 07, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 23, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael A Norcia, Safety Harbor, FL (US);
Assignee:
Jonor, Inc., Clearwater, FL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L / ; A61L / ; A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424448 ; 424443 ; 424445 ; 424484 ; 514944 ;
Abstract
A wound dressing composition and a method of using that composition to enhance the natural process of topical wound healing. The composition comprises at least one adhesive ingredient that adheres to wet skin selected from the hydrocolloid family such as a pectin, an adhesive that adheres to dry skin selected from the families of synthetic and natural elastomers such as polyisobutylene, a hydrophilic compound such as carboxymethylcellulose and a water substitute compound to protect a wound site during dehydration or desiccation, wherein the water substitute compound is trehalose.