SBIR/STTR Research Award
A BIODEGRADABLE WOUND TREATMENT
Award amount
$49,710Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1991Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- ATRIX LABORATORIES, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
WE WILL DEVELOP A BIODEGRADABLE WOUND TREATMENT THAT CAN BE AEROSOLIZED DIRECTLY ONTO A WOUND SURFACE. IT WILL FORM A TOUGH, FLEXIBLE FILM THAT WILL SEAL THE WOUND AND PROVIDE FOR PROPER WATER LEVELS AT THE WOUND SURFACE. AN ANTIBIOTIC WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE BIODEGRADABLE POLYMER AND WILL BE SLOWLY RELEASED INTO THE WOUND BOTH TO ELIMINATE EXISTING INFECTION AND TO PREVENT LATER INFECTION. FACTORS THAT WILL BE EVALUATED INCLUDE THE EFFECT OF FORMULATION COMPOSITION ON IN VITRO WATER PERMEABILITY AND UPTAKE, MICROBIAL BARRIER PROPERTIES, AND BIODEGRADATION RATE.
Technology keywords
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