Patents Assigned to Bruce A. Barber
  • Method of treating a wound
    Patent number: 5227168
    Abstract: An antimicrobial wound dressing and method of wound treatment, the wound dressing having a layer of a collagen dressing material impregnated with lyophilized, stabilized chlorine-containing compounds which generate on activation chlorine dioxide, like a mixture of sodium chlorate and sodium chlorite, and an adjacent layer secured thereto containing a dry, activating amount of an acidic compound, such as citric acid, whereby moisture from the wound activates the dry chlorine moiety to treat the wound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1993
    Assignee: Bruce Barber
    Inventors: Milos Chvapil, Bruce Barber
  • Antimicrobial wound dressing
    Patent number: 5116620
    Abstract: An antimicrobial wound dressing and method of wound treatment, the wound dressing having a layer of a collagen dressing material impregnated with lyophilized, stabilized chlorine-containing compounds which generate on activation chlorine dioxide, like a mixture of sodium chlorate and sodium chlorite, and an adjacent layer secured thereto containing a dry, activating amount of an acidic compound, such as citric acid, whereby moisture from the wound activates the dry chlorine moiety to treat the wound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1992
    Assignee: Bruce A. Barber
    Inventors: Milos Chvapil, Bruce A. Barber
  • Method of preparing an antimicrobial wound dressing
    Patent number: 5104660
    Abstract: An antimicrobial wound dressing and method of wound treatment, the wound dressing having a layer of a collagen dressing material impregnated with lyophilized, stabilized chlorine-containing compounds which generate on activation chlorine dioxide, like a mixture of sodium chlorate and sodium chlorite, and an adjacent layer secured thereto containing a dry, activating amount of an acidic compound, such as citric acid, whereby moisture from the wound activates the dry chlorine moiety to treat the wound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1992
    Assignee: Bruce A. Barber
    Inventors: Milos Chvapil, Bruce Barber