Easily Applied Long Lasting Dressing Based on POROPLASTIC (Trade Name) Materials. A Long Lasting Controlled-Release Wound Dressing Based on POROPLASTIC Membrane, Delivering Clindamycin and Gentamicin.

摘要

This report is the result of an opportunity. The opportunity brought together consumer need with a promising technical advance. The U.S. Army Institute of Dental Research (USAIDR) formulated the need for a wound dressing able to inhibit the development of infections when medical attention might not be immediately at hand. The technical advance was POROPLASTIC membrane, a porous plastic developed by Moleculon, Inc., which promised to allow the controlled release of protective antibiotics to wounds. This juxtaposition of need and possible solution occurred in 1982. The U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command recognized the opportunity by awarding a contract to Moleculon for the development of a controlled-release antibiotic wound dressing. (jes)