HYDROCOLLOID MATERIALS FOR USE IN WOUND HEALING

摘要

A wound dressing material comprising a low-moisture hydrocolloid matrix having oxidized cellulose distributed therein. For example, a matrix of dried sodium carboxymethylcelIulose gel having fibers of oxidized regenerated cellulose dispersed therein. Also provided are the use of such materials in the treatment of wounds, and the manufacture of such materials by drying aqueous gels containing dispersed particles of oxidized cellulose.