Patent ID: 8455710

Claim:
A medical device, comprising: at least one non-adherent, permeable, conductive fabric having a surface resistance of about 10 ohms/in 2 to about 0.001 ohms/in 2 , wherein the conductive fabric comprises synthetic polyamide fibers uniformly coated with metallic silver, wherein the coated polyamide fibers comprise multiple longitudinal filaments having a uniform three dimensional coating of metallic silver that provide large active surface areas for a given denier per fiber to passively deliver between 3 and 25 micrograms/ml of ionic silver to a wound in about 1 hour to promote or accelerate wound healing; optionally at least one absorbent layer; and optionally at least one moisture regulation layer comprising a plurality of apertures disposed in the moisture regulation layer, wherein the non-adherent conductive fabric contacts the surface of a wound when the medical device is applied to the wound.