WOUND CARE DEVICE

• Main Authors: COWAN, MARTIN E, KREIDER, JASON L, STURM, RAYMOND C, CANADA, T. ANDREW, SCHUETTE, ROBERT L, WIENCEK, K. MARK
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 25.02.2009
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES, AS HERBICIDES; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, ORSURGICAL ARTICLES; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION, OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; FISHING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FORESTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; HYGIENE; LAUNDERING; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICALARTICLES; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS INGENERAL; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTSTHEREOF; TEXTILES; TRAPPING; TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; TREATMENT, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE IN CLASS D06, OF FIBRES, THREADS, YARNS,FABRICS, FEATHERS, OR FIBROUS GOODS MADE FROM SUCH MATERIALS

The invention relates to wound care devices having a topically applied silver-based antimicrobial finish. More specifically, this disclosure relates to a wound care device comprising a fabric having a wound contact surface and a wound fluid reservoir surface, wherein said wound contact surface is comprised primarily of hydrophobic fiber and said wound fluid reservoir surface is comprised primarily of hydrophilic fiber, said hydrophobic and hydrophilic fibers being intermeshed together in a jersey knit construction, wherein the jersey knit is a circular or flat-knit fabric made with a plain stitch in which the loops intermesh in only one direction; and wherein said wound care device transports wound fluid uni-directionally from said wound contact surface to said wound fluid reservoir surface upon exposure to a wound, wherein the fabric is a single layer.