WOUND HEALING COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING BIOCOMPATIBLE CELLULOSE HYDROGEL MEMBRANES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF

• Main Authors: GRAHAM JENNA L, MARANCHI JEFFREY P, MULREANY DANIEL, BREIDENICH JENNIFER L, PATRONE JULIA B, CALDERON-COLON XIOMARA, PATCHAN MARCIA W, GUO QIONGYU, TREXLER MORGANA M, ELISSEEFF JENNIFER H
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 17.03.2016
• Subjects: BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PEPTIDES; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; SPIRITS; VINEGAR; WINE

The present invention provides a wound healing composition comprising a biocompatible hydrogel membrane wherein the hydrogel membrane has one or more of the following properties: high water content, high transparency, high permeability, high biocompatibility, high tensile strength and an optimal thickness. The invention further provides methods of treating a wound in a subject in need thereof, comprising contacting the wound with a biocompatible cellulose hydrogel membrane of the invention.