Alginate fabric its use in wound dressings and surgical haemostats and a process for its manufacture

摘要

A non-woven fabric of alginate staple fibres characterised in that the alginate fibres are arranged in layers which layers are joined together at a plurality of points throughout the fabric whereby an embossed patern is produced on at least one of the major external surfaces of the fabric wherein the ratio of embossed:unembossed area is in the range of 1:1 to 1:9. The fabric is useful for the preparation of wound dressings and in particular surgical haemostats.