CPC A61L 15/28 (2013.01) [A61L 15/44 (2013.01); A61L 27/34 (2013.01); A61L 27/54 (2013.01); A61L 2300/252 (2013.01); A61L 2300/258 (2013.01); A61L 2300/40 (2013.01); A61L 2300/416 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A process for making a surgical, burn, or wound dressing, the process comprising:
(a) heating about 2% to about 5% w/w gellan gum in a first aqueous liquid, and optionally about 5% w/w or less of a polymer, to form a liquid gellan gum;
(b) cooling the liquid gellan gum;
(c) adding one or more bioactive agents to the cooled liquid gellan gum;
(d) casting the cooled liquid gellan gum to form a sheet having a thickness of about 0.5 mm to about 5 mm; and
(e) drying the sheet; where the sheet is permeable, and where upon rehydration, the sheet is sufficiently transparent to allow a surgical incision, burn, or wound to be viewed.
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