Chemistry: natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; – Proteins – i.e. – more than 100 amino acid residues – Scleroproteins – e.g. – fibroin – elastin – silk – etc.
Patent
1988-06-13
1990-06-26
Kight, III, John
Chemistry: natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins;
Proteins, i.e., more than 100 amino acid residues
Scleroproteins, e.g., fibroin, elastin, silk, etc.
424445, 514801, A61L 1501, C07K 1506, A61N 132
Patent
active
049373234
ABSTRACT:
A therapeutic method for treating wounds by dressing the wound with a biocompatible biodegradable collagen tissue product and applying Low Intensity Direct Current (LIDC) to the product. The devices of the invention include biocompatible biodegradable collagen tissue products having means for the application of LIDC to the dressed wound.
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Dunn Michael G.
Silver Frederick H.
Azpuru Carlos
Kight III John
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
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