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Skin dressing with electrodes and physiologically active precursor substance

  • US 9,717,891 B2
  • Filed: 03/21/2013
  • Issued: 08/01/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2012
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A skin dressing comprising first and second electrodes, an electrical power supply not electrically connected to either one or both of the first and second electrodes, and further comprising an inactive precursor substance for a physiologically or antimicrobially active substance, the dressing being activatable, when placed on a skin site to be treated, by electrical connection to the electrical power supply to both the first and second electrodes, thereby to trigger the electrochemical oxidation or reduction of the inactive precursor substance on one of the electrodes to produce a physiologically or antimicrobially active oxidised or reduced compound which is capable of diffusing towards the skin site for the treatment thereof.

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