Patent ID: 8449514

Claim:
A method of treating a wound in a human or an animal comprising, applying a dressing to a wound on a human or animal wherein the dressing comprises at least one conductive layer comprising a metallic silver-coated polymeric foam having a uniform three dimensional coating of metallic silver or a conformable fabric of nylon fibers having a uniform three dimensional coating of metallic silver, wherein the metallic silver-coated nylon fibers comprise multiple longitudinal filaments that have a uniform three dimensional coating of metallic silver; wherein the metallic silver-coated fibers or metallic silver-coated foam provide large active surface areas for a given denier per fiber to passively release an effective amount of ionic silver to promote or accelerate wound healing and wherein the fabric has a surface resistance of 0.001 to 10 Ohms/in 2 , wherein the effective amount of ionic silver is between 3 and 25 micrograms/ml per hour at the wound.