Abstract: The present invention relates to skin dressings that are useful in the treatment of conditions associated with tissue ischaemia and skin lesions including those that are infected, such as burns and surgical wounds and chronic wounds such as but not limited5 to diabetic foot ulcers and venous leg ulcers. The skin dressings are also useful to effect transdermal delivery of pharmaceutically active agents.
Abstract: The present invention provides a system comprising: (i) a layer containing a nitrite; and (ii) a hydrogel that contains hydrogen ions; wherein the layer containing a nitrite and/or the hydrogel comprises a pharmaceutically active agent. The invention also provides the use of a system of the invention in medicine, and in the treatment of pain.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 20, 2014
Date of Patent:
July 3, 2018
Assignees:
First Water Limited, Edixomed Limited, Queen Mary University of London
Inventors:
Christopher Barry Wood, Hugh Semple Munro, Nicholas David Boote, Joanne Ellen Stewart, Arthur Tudor Tucker
Abstract: The present invention provides a system comprising: (i) a layer containing a nitrite; and (ii) a hydrogel that contains hydrogen ions. The invention also provides the use of a system of the invention for the treatment of a condition associated with tissue ischaemia or a wound and the use of a system of the invention in combination with an anaesthetic for the treatment or prevention of pain.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 20, 2014
Date of Patent:
May 30, 2017
Assignees:
First Water Limited, Queen Mary University of London, Edixomed Limited
Inventors:
Christopher Barry Wood, Hugh Semple Munro, Nicholas David Boote, Joanne Ellen Stewart, Arthur Tudor Tucker