Patent ID: 6406712
Filing Date: 2002-06-18
Classification: A61F,A61L,Y10S

Abstract:
A hydrated wound dressing comprising,about 70-95% by weight water, about 3-15% by weight of a natural or synthetic hydrophilic hydrocolloid gel-forming polymer, the amount of hydrocolloid relative to the amount of said water being effective to form a fluid hydrocolloid dispersion in the water having an initial viscosity of less than about 6,000,000 cPs at 34Â° C. after said hydrocolloid is mixed with said water, said dressing being applied to the wound as said fluid hydrocolloid dispersion and thereafter becoming an elastic body adapted to maintain the wound in a moist condition, to conform to the contours of the wound, to absorb exudate from the wound, and to cushion the wound, said dressing being solidified in situ upon the wound as a solid body having a molded surface corresponding to the shape of the wound, and said solid body being removable from the wound as a solid plug to facilitate cleaning the wound, monitoring the progress of wound healing, and changing the dressing.