Patent ID: 11877910
Assignee: SYSTAGENIX WOUND MANAGEMENT, LIMITED
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 22:
23. A dressing configured to be positioned in contact with a wound, the dressing comprising:
about 40% to about 50% oxidized regenerated cellulose (ORC) by weight of the dressing, the ORC being bioresorbable and being present in the dressing in an effective amount to modulate protease activity in the wound when the dressing is in contact with the wound;
about 50% to about 60% collagen by weight of the dressing, the collagen being bioresorbable; and
at least one nutrient comprising glutamine configured to be released to the wound when the dressing is positioned in contact with the wound, the glutamine being present in the dressing in an amount of from about 0.1 grams per gram of the ORC and the collagen to about 0.2 grams per gram of the ORC and the collagen,
wherein the glutamine is present in the dressing in an effective amount to improve proliferation of human dermal fibroblasts in the wound when the dressing is in contact with the wound without diminishing the protease modulating activity of the ORC.