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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 10, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rodolfo D. Cilento, North Brunswick, NJ (US);
Laura Lee Bolton, Metuchen, NJ (US);
Louis A. Pirone, Yardley, PA (US);
Assignee:
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/70 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/70 ;
Abstract
An absorbent wound filler having high capacity for absorbing wound exudate comprising a polymeric matrix having absorbing powders dispersed within the matrix and method of treating an exudating wound by applying the wound filler to the wound. The absorbing powders contain sodium calcium alginates and also may contain cross-linked sodium carboxymethylcellulose, absorbent polyacrylates and water soluble hydrocolloids.