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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:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2003
Applicants:
Breda Mary Cullen, Skipton, GB;
Derek Walter Silcock, Skipton, GB;
Inventors:
Breda Mary Cullen, Skipton, GB;
Derek Walter Silcock, Skipton, GB;
Assignee:
KCI USA, Inc., San Antonio, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 15/00 (2006.01); A61L 15/22 (2006.01); A61L 15/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 15/225 (2013.01); A61L 15/44 (2013.01);
Abstract
A wound dressing composition comprising a chitosan and an oxidized cellulose. For example, the composition may be in the form of a sponge formed by freeze drying an aqueous dispersion of chitosan and oxidized regenerated cellulose (ORC). The composition is especially suitable for the treatment of chronic wounds.