Wound dressings alginate fibre

Qin Y, Gilding DK. Alginate fibres and wound dressings. Med Device Technol 1996 Nov 32-41. 

Gilchrist T, Martin AM. Wound treatment with Sorbsan—an alginate fibre dressing. Biomaterials 1983 4 317-320. 

Kaltocarb (calcium alginate fibre bonded to a layer of activated charcoal cloth with an outer layer composed of spun bonded viscose, ConvaTec) is indicated for use as a primary dressing in the management of malodorous wounds including fungating carcinomas, leg ulcers, and pressure sores. 

Textile materials can be used in moist wound management as fibres themselves (advanced fibres such as alginate and chitosan fibres), or conventional/advanced fibres can be modified or coated with various substances such as honey or hydrogels to obtain special properties such as ultra-absorbency, drag release, etc. In general, textiles used in wound-dressing products come in all possible forms, including fibres, nanofibres, filaments, yarns, and woven/knitted/non-woven and composite materials. 

Knill, C.J., Kennedy, J.F., Mistry, J., Miraftab, M., Smart, G., Groocock, M.R., Williams, HJ., 2004. Alginate fibres modified with unhydrolysed and hydrolysed chitosans for wound dressings. Carbohydrate Polymers 55 (1), 65—76. 

C J Knill, J F Kennedy, J Mistry, M Miraflab, G Smart, M R Gioocock and H J Williams, Alginate fibres modified with imhydrolysed and hydrolysed chitosan for wound dressings . Carbohydrate Polymers, Jan 2004 55 issue 165-76. 

Miraftab et al, Alginate fibres modified with unhydrolysed and hydrolysed chitosans for wound dressings. Carbohydrate Polymers , 2004 55(1) 65-76. 

To enhance the biomedical capabilities of chitosan, alginate, another natural polysaccharide extracted from brown sea weed, which has been used as wound dressing for a number of years, has recently been successfully combined with chitosan to generate hybrid fibres with superior properties of high liquid absorption, antimicrobial, anticoagulant and wound healing. Research at University of Bolton has developed this concept and acquired the universal patent for its imminent commercial exploitation (Miraftab et al., 2008 Miraftab et al., 2011, p345)... 

Since 1976 the number of commercial odour adsorbent wound dressings has increased, but it was not until the late 1990s that they were available on prescription in the UK. There are a wide variety of odour adsorbent wound dressings available, but these can differ in construction, composition and, therefore, physical characteristics including odour adsorption. These dressings are composed of many different materials, ranging from the traditional naturally absorbent fibre types such as cotton and viscose, specialist materials such as polyurethane film, and fibres such as alginate and carboxymeth-ylcellulose fibres (CMC). 

Anon. (1997) Lyocell-based fibre to replace alginate in wound dressing . Med... 

Tarun, K. and Gobi, N. (2012) Calcium alginate/ PVA blended nanofibre matrix for wound dressing. Indian J. Fibre Tex. Res., 37, 127-132. 

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