A cloth bandage includes a cloth layer portion including a single weave pattern including a uniform distribution of threads, wherein each thread includes a compound structure including a non-metallic fibrous material and metallic material, and an adhesive layer portion upon a bottom surface of the cloth layer portion configured to adhere the cloth bandage to skin of a wearer. A top surface of the cloth layer portion includes a uniform metallic appearance across the top surface. The metallic material can include silver, copper, or any oligodynamic material.

Wounds dressings, systems, and methods are presented that involve using a patient's body heat to enhance liquid removal from the wound dressing through a high-moisture-vapor-transmission-rate drape. Additional heat sources or devices, such as nano-antennas or electrical heating elements, may be added or used separately to enhance the removal liquid from the wound dressing. Other dressings, systems, and methods are presented herein.

Provided herein are methods for preparing a metal matrix composite material by a deposition process. The metal matrix composite materials described herein are useful for anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, antifungal and viricidal applications.

This disclosure relates to a multi-layer wound care device having absorption and fluid transfer properties. The wound care device contains capillary force one-way pumps that are capable of transporting fluid, such as wound exudate, away from a wound site to the opposite side of the wound care device, which functions as a segregated fluid reservoir. This fluid transport mechanism generally aids in reducing wound maceration by removing excess wound fluid and the protease enzymes and infectious bacteria contained within the wound fluid. The wound care device performs this function, often times for multiple days, without the loss of the physical integrity of the wound care device. In addition to providing a uni-directional fluid transport mechanism, the wound care device provides improved absorption properties.

Percutaneous access devices (PAD) or other implantable medical devices formed with chain mail are provided. The use of chain mail allows for a flexible PAD that promotes the formation of natural biologic seals between the skin and the device to form a barrier to microbial invasion into the body. Percutaneous access devices may be used for cardiac assist systems, peritoneal dialysis catheters, Steinman pin, Kirschner wires, chronic indwelling venous access catheters that require skin penetration, and osseo-integrated percutaneous medical appliances. Unlike conventional chain mail that is only formed in two dimensional sheets, chain mail is formed in elongated linear chains with occasional interlinks, two dimensional sheets, and in other configurations and combinations including three dimensional structures, pendant petals, elongated linear chains, combined fractal structures having a non-integer dimensionality intermediate between 1 and 3, and combinations thereof. Chain mail may be formed of combinations of simpler structures to form higher-order structures.

A device for wound care, related method of manufacturing and uses are provided. The device 100 comprises a base layer 10, a functional layer 20 supported on the base layer and containing at least one chemical substance 21 suitable for wound care and a coating film 22 laid over said functional layer and having a skin-contact surface 22A. The coating film 22 is configured, upon being contacted with skin, to dissolve and to release said chemical substance 21 to skin through the skin-contact surface 22A. The coating film 22 is preferably an atomic layer deposition (ALD) film.

Data collection schemes for a wound dressing and related methods are disclosed. In an embodiment, a monitor device for a wound dressing system comprises a wound dressing. The wound dressing comprises an electrode assembly. The electrode assembly comprises a plurality of electrodes including a first set of first electrodes and a second set of second electrodes. The monitor device comprises: a processor, memory and a first interface. The first interface is connected to the processor and the memory. The first interface comprises a plurality of terminals including a first terminal and a second terminal and a data collector coupled to the first terminal and the second terminal. The first terminal is configured to form an electrical connection with a first primary electrode of the first set of first electrodes and the second terminal is configured to form an electrical connection with either a first secondary electrode of the first set of first electrodes or a second primary electrode of the second set of second electrodes. The data collector comprises a data collection controller and is configured to: collect data from the plurality of terminals according to a primary data collection scheme; and collect data from the plurality of terminals according to a secondary data collection scheme, wherein the primary data collection scheme is different from the secondary data collection scheme.

This disclosure relates to a multi-layer wound care device having absorption and fluid transfer properties. The wound care device contains capillary force one-way pumps that are capable of transporting fluid, such as wound exudate, away from a wound site to the opposite side of the wound care device, which functions as a segregated fluid reservoir. This fluid transport mechanism generally aids in reducing wound maceration by removing excess wound fluid and the protease enzymes and infectious bacteria contained within the wound fluid. The wound care device performs this function, often times for multiple days, without the loss of the physical integrity of the wound care device. In addition to providing a uni-directional fluid transport mechanism, the wound care device provides improved absorption properties.

Wounds dressings, systems, and methods are presented that involve using a patient's body heat to enhance liquid removal from the wound dressing through a high-moisture-vapor-transmission-rate drape. Additional heat sources or devices, such as nano-antennas or electrical heating elements, may be added or used separately to enhance the removal liquid from the wound dressing. Other dressings, systems, and methods are presented herein.

A cloth bandage includes a cloth layer portion comprising a single weave pattern comprising a uniform distribution of threads, wherein each thread includes a compound structure including a non-metallic fibrous material and metallic material, and an adhesive layer portion upon a bottom surface of the cloth layer portion configured to adhere the cloth bandage to skin of a wearer. A top surface of the cloth layer portion includes a uniform metallic appearance across the top surface. The metallic material can include silver, copper, or any oligodynamic material.