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Bioactive medical films

US7297343B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 10, 2003
Grant dateNov 20, 2007
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Expiry dateJan 21, 2025

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  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61L2300/802
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A wound dressing, method of making, and method of use, utilizing a polymeric film having complexed thereto by hydrophobic interaction a construct including a polyanion covalently bonded to a hydrophobic prosthetic moiety, with one or more bioactive molecules directly complexed to the polyanion. The polyanion may be heparin or a heparin-activity molecule. The prosthetic group may include a hydrophobic silyl-containing moiety. Bioactive molecules include adhesive molecules, growth factor molecules, and therapeutic molecules, including antibiotics.

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