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SOCK FOR TREATMENT OF FOOT AND LEG WOUNDS, METHODS OF USE AND MANUFACTURE

  • US 20170209683A1
  • Filed: 07/08/2016
  • Published: 07/27/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/26/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. Apparatus comprising:

  • a tubular body configured to be disposed around an extremity of a patient and to apply compression to the extremity,the tubular body including a treatment area having a first filament and a second filament, both the first filament and the second filament disposed to engage a surface of the extremity, the first filament including AgNP in a concentration effective to promote healing of a wound on the surface of the extremity, the second filament including a metal having a composition that forms a galvanic couple with silver, the first filament and the second filament being arranged in the tubular body, and the AgNP and metal being arranged in the filaments, such that the AgNP and metal form galvanic couples across at least a portion of the treatment area when in the presence of a fluid in the wound of the extremity that produce an electric current in an amount effective to further promote healing of the wound.

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