Patent ID: 8311625

Claim:
A method for treating a wound in a tissue, the method comprising administering to the wound a composition comprising a chlorine dioxide source to provide an efficacious amount of chlorine dioxide to the wound, thereby treating the wound, wherein the administering step comprises one of: i) contacting the wound with a composition comprising the chlorine dioxide source and oxy-chlorine anions, wherein the composition comprises no more than about 0.25 milligrams oxy-chlorine anion per gram composition and is a substantially non-cytotoxic composition: ii) contacting the wound with a device comprising the chlorine dioxide source and oxy-chlorine anions, wherein the device delivers a substantially oxy-chlorine anion free chlorine dioxide composition comprising no more than about 0.25 milligrams oxy-chlorine anion per gram composition to the wound; or iii) contacting the wound with a composition comprising the chlorine dioxide source and oxy-chlorine anions; and a barrier substance that substantially prohibits passage therethrough of the oxy-chlorine anions and permits passage therethrough of a substantially oxy-chlorine anion free chlorine dioxide composition comprising more than about 0.25 milligrams oxy-chlorine anion per gram composition, thereby delivering the substantially oxy-chlorine anion free chlorine dioxide composition to the wound.