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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 26, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kadem Gayad Al-Lamee, Leeds, GB;
Yousef Samih Taktak, Matlock, GB;
Assignee:
BTG International Limited, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/70 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/70 ;
Abstract
A gel for use in dressing a wound and a process for the manufacture of a gel are disclosed. The gel comprises a monovalent salt of a polygalacturonic, acid derivative (such as sodium pectate) a carboxy-polysaccharide (such as a monovalent salt of a carboxycellulose derivative or a monovalent salt of an alginic acid derivative) and multivalent ions providing ionic cross-links between the monovalent salt and the carboxy-polysaccharide.