Patent ID: 6800278
Filing Date: 2004-10-05
Classification: A01N,A61B,A61K,A61L,C08F,H01B

Abstract:
A wound dressing adapted to cover and contact a wound, said wound dressing comprising a support structure in communication with a cationic aqueous hydrogel that comprises from about 15 to about 95 percent by weight of an inherently antimicrobial quaternary amine acrylate polymer having the formula: wherein n is an integer of 2 to 3; Râ€², Râ€² and Râ€²â€³ are independently selected from the group consisting of H, C1 to C8 alkyl, phenyl, tolyl, and benzyl; X is selected from the group consisting of O and NH; Yâˆ’ is selected from the group consisting of Clâˆ’, Brâˆ’, HSO4âˆ’, and CH3SO4âˆ’ and m is an integer greater than 50,000.