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Designed drug-release systems having various breathable polyurethane film-backed hydrocolloid acrylated adhesive
Ching-Hsien Chang1, Hsia-Wei Liu2, Ching-Cheng Huang3
1Department of Chinese Medicine, En Chu Kong Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan Department of Cosmetic Science, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Abstract:
A series of designed drug-release systems were prepared and established for clear moisture healing. These systems were designed to have an interpenetrating polymer network (IPN) structure, which contained a breathable polyurethane film, hydrocolloidlayer, and polyacrylate adhesive layer. Breathable polyurethane film (2000 g/m(2)/24 hr) with high moisture permeability was employed as a base for new drug-release systems or wound dressings. All drug-release systems having a polyurethane film-backed hydrocolloid acrylated adhesive layer showed an increase of water uptakes with increasing time. After 114 hours, high water uptakes of drug-release systems with 20% hydrocolloid components were observed in the values of 160, 1100, and 1870% for different additional hydrocolloid components of carboxymethylcellulose, sodium alginate, and carbomer U10, respectively. New drug-release systems of polyurethane film-backed hydrocolloid/adhesive layers could be designed and established for wound care managements.
