Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and compositions for wound healing. In particular, the present invention relates to promoting and enhancing wound healing by utilizing cross-linker covalent modification molecules to attach and deliver wound active agents to a wound. In addition, the present invention provides methods and compositions utilizing oppositely charged polymers to form a polyelectrolyte layer on a wound surface. The invention further relates to incorporating wound active agents into a polyelectrolyte layer for delivery to a wound.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 28, 2014
Publication date:
August 21, 2014
Applicant:
WOUND ENGINEERING LLC
Inventors:
Jonathan F. McAnulty, Christopher Murphy, Nicholas Abbott
Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and compositions for wound healing. In particular, the present invention relates to promoting and enhancing wound healing by utilizing cross-linker covalent modification molecules to attach and deliver wound active agents to a wound. In addition, the present invention provides methods and compositions utilizing oppositely charged polymers to form a polyelectrolyte layer on a wound surface. The invention further relates to incorporating wound active agents into a polyelectrolyte layer for delivery to a wound.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 30, 2009
Date of Patent:
April 29, 2014
Assignee:
Wound Engineering LLC
Inventors:
Jonathan F. McAnulty, Christopher Murphy, Nicholas Abbott