Chitosan Health Care Wound Dressing

Wound Healing Ointment : Because of the wound-healing properties, Chitin is used in ointments for treating wounds.



Wound Dressing : Several research groups and companies, notably in Japan, have devised methods of making wound dressings from Chitin or Chitosan. This type of dressing is used for burns, surface wounds and skin-graft donor sites.

SurgicalSutures : These work by remaining in tissue long enough to permit healing to occur and then slowly dissolving; therefore they need not be removed. Unlike several other suture materials that are absorbed by the body, these do not cause allergic reactions.