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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2008
Applicants:
Patrick J. Trotter, Leeds, GB;
Breda M. Cullen, Skipton, GB;
Inventors:
Patrick J. Trotter, Leeds, GB;
Breda M. Cullen, Skipton, GB;
Assignee:
Systagenix Wound Management (US), Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/08 (2006.01); A61F 13/00 (2006.01); A61L 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed is a wound dressing comprising a therapeutic agent and a matrix comprising polymers joined by cross-linkages, wherein the cross-linkages comprise oligopeptidic sequences which are cleavable by a kallikrein associated with wound fluid such that the rate of release of the therapeutic agent increases in the presence of elevated kallikrein levels.