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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:
Jan. 16, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 16, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jarl B. Jensen, Nyack, NY (US);
Assignee:
Euromed, Inc., Northvale, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 1/300 ; A61K 9/70 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 1/300 ; A61K 9/70 ;
Abstract
The wound filling device and method utilizes an alginate gel that is used to fill the wound. The alginate gel is then overlain with a dressing containing alkaline salts. The alkaline salts leach out of the dressing and into the gel. After penetrating the gel, the alkaline salts initiate hardening of the gel and binding of the gel to the dressing. Therefore, this gel can be easily removed along with the dressing without the need of potentially painful and damaging rinses.