Patent ID: 6117437
Filing Date: 2000-09-12
Classification: A61K,A61L

Abstract:
A wound-treating pharmaceutical composition in a polymer-based foil or flat-shaped form of uniform thickness and consistency, which delivers a pharmaceutically active substance to a wound, wherein said composition:comprises at least one pharmaceutically active substance which is homogeneously dispersed in the composition and is present in an application-related concentration per unit area;allows the controlled release of said active substance to the wound's surface in an effective amount per surface area;is coherent and has a flexibility to match the wounds surface; andthe concentration of the active substance and the release thereof corresponds to the treatment of the wound, with an area of the foil or flat-shaped form being less than or, at most, equal to the wound's area, applicable to the wound as one piece corresponding to the area of the wound which can, before administration, be cut individually to the area of the particular wound to make introduction into the wound possible or as several smaller pieces.