Using a cold plasma jet to activate hydrogel, researchers have created a dressing with antibacterial and wound-healing properties. The technology could be used as an alternative to current ...

A nanocellulose wound dressing that can reveal early signs of infection without interfering with the healing process has been developed. A nanocellulose wound dressing that can reveal early signs of ...

One of the challenges in treating burn victims is the frequency of dressing changes, which can be extremely painful. To bring relief to this and other problems, University of Waterloo researchers ...

Contact layer dressings are single layer, either woven or nonwoven materials designed to protect fragile tissue in the wound bed. They can be perforated or permeable, allowing exudates to pass through ...

Gentell combines fabrics and liquids into wound dressings for its clients and as a contract manufacturer for drug distributor Cardinal Health and other major brands.

Hydrogels are primarily water in an inert matrix (sheet hydrogel) or gel form. Water is bound within a cross-linked, hydrophyllic fiber matrix in the sheet form. The amorphous form is either a ...