DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Wound infection is the single-most important complication encountered in the management of chronic non-healing wounds. More than 10 million US patients per annum, at a cost of greater than $10 billion, receive treatment for chronic… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Wound infection is the single-most important complication encountered in the management of chronic non-healing wounds. More than 10 million US patients per annum, at a cost of greater than $10 billion, receive treatment for chronic… More

DESCRIPTION (Verbatim from the Applicant's Abstract): More than 15 million patients in the US alone suffer from recalcitrant non-healing wounds with an estimated expenditure of greater than $10 billion in treatment costs. The demographic shift in longevity will mean an… More

Collagen based biosynthetic materials have profoundly improved the outcome of reconstruction and restoration of congenital defects and traumatic injuries. This has been most apparent for massive burn victims that historically suffered lifelong severe scarring and lost of function following wound… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Burn injuries represent the most terrifying and horrific trauma imaginable. This image is conditioned, in part, from the appearance of surviving bum victims that have been horribly scarred and disfigured following the healing of their injuries. Fortunately… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Abstract Indwelling catheterization is a leading cause of nosocomial infections that present an enormous drain of health care funding in the US. Clinical infections associated with urinary catheterization have been estimated to add more than $1000 to patient… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the U.S. and a major source of disability. Ischemic stroke, the most common type, is associated with a dramatic increase in calcium influx in brain tissue, an increased production in reactive oxygen species (ROS),… More