US 11,745,001 B2
Therapeutic bandage
Lawrence Silbart, Farmington, CT (US); and Thanh Duc Nguyen, South Windsor, CT (US)
Assigned to University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT (US)
Filed by University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT (US)
Filed on Mar. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/197,624.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/987,494, filed on Mar. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0283387 A1, Sep. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 37/00 (2006.01); A61L 15/22 (2006.01); A61L 15/44 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 37/0015 (2013.01) [A61L 15/225 (2013.01); A61L 15/44 (2013.01); A61M 2037/0023 (2013.01); A61M 2037/0061 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A therapeutic bandage comprising:
a bandage matrix; and
an array of microneedles extending from the bandage matrix, each of the microneedles including a first layer that encapsulates a first immunomodulatory compound and a second layer that encapsulates a second immunomodulatory compound,
wherein the array of microneedles is configured to guide foreign agents affected by the first immunomodulatory compound, the second immunomodulatory compound, or the first and second immunomodulatory compounds from one or more skin layers of a user to the bandage matrix such that the bandage matrix absorbs and captures the foreign agents.