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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2003
Applicants:
Breda M. Cullen, Skipton, GB;
Deborah Addison, Keasden, GB;
David Greenhalgh, Skipton, GB;
Alicia Essler, Skipton, GB;
Sarah-jayne Gregory, Guiseley, GB;
Inventors:
Breda M. Cullen, Skipton, GB;
Deborah Addison, Keasden, GB;
David Greenhalgh, Skipton, GB;
Alicia Essler, Skipton, GB;
Sarah-Jayne Gregory, Guiseley, GB;
Assignee:
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides a wound dressing material comprising a complex of an anionic polysaccharide with silver, wherein the material comprises from about 0.1 wt. % to about 3 wt. % of silver. Also provided are wound dressings comprising such materials, and the use of such materials in medicine.