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Synergistically Detachable Microneedle Dressing for Programmed Treatment of Chronic Wounds

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Chronic wounds such as diabetic feet undergo a lifetime risk of developing into incurable ulcers. Current treatments for chronic wounds remain unsatisfactory due to the lack of ideal wound dressings… Click to show full abstract

Chronic wounds such as diabetic feet undergo a lifetime risk of developing into incurable ulcers. Current treatments for chronic wounds remain unsatisfactory due to the lack of ideal wound dressings that integrate facile dressing change, long‐acting treatment, and high therapeutic efficacy into one system. Herein, a synergistically detachable microneedle (MN) dressing with a dual‐layer structure is presented to enable programmed treatment via one‐time dressing application. Such a dual‐layer dressing MN system (DDMNS) is composed of chitosan (CS) hydrogel dressing (CSHD) on top of a detachable MN patch with a CS tip and a polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP) backing substrate incorporated with magnesium (Mg). The synergistic detachment is achieved with the backing Mg/PVP substrate dissolving within minutes due to the local moist environment of the CSHD enhancing the reaction between Mg and inflammation microenvironment. The combined treatment of Mg and panax notoginseng saponins (PNS) loaded in DDMNS achieves antibacterial, neovascularization, and activating a benign immune response so that the three overlapping periods of the inflammation, tissue proliferation, and tissue remodeling of wound healing reach a dynamic balance. This advanced DDMNS provides a facile approach for the programmed treatment of chronic wound management indicating potential value in wound healing and other related biomedical fields.

Keywords: synergistically detachable; detachable microneedle; chronic wounds; programmed treatment; microneedle dressing; treatment

Journal Title: Advanced Healthcare Materials
Year Published: 2022

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