Patent ID: 8524973

Claim:
A moist therapy antimicrobial dressing and compress for treatment of a treated body part of a patient, said article comprising: a flexible backing; a shell for application to the treated body part of the patient, the shell being attached to the backing to form at least one enclosure between the backing and the shell; and a plurality of fill granules loosely contained within each of said at least one enclosure for delivery of moist heat therapy from the fill granules to the treated body part of the patient, said fill granules not bound in the backing or the shell, and the fill granules comprising hydrophilic zeolite molecular sieve particles retaining at least one form of silver therein; and wherein the hydrophilic zeolite molecular sieve particles substantially retain said silver therein upon multiple exposures to microwave irradiation, but allow repeated absorption and dissipation of moisture to and from the hydrophilic zeolite material for delivery of moist heat therapy to the treated body part of the patient.