Biological Fiber Composite Dressing Moisture Retention
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current wound dressings, such as cotton pads and non-woven dressings, suffer from poor antibacterial properties, wound adhesion, and difficulty in removing, while facial masks face issues like rapid water evaporation and poor moisturizing capabilities, leading to inefficiencies in ingredient absorption and skin care.
Innovation Solution
A biological fiber composite dressing featuring a cloth membrane with a three-dimensional reticular structure formed by bacteria of the genus Gluconacetobacter, which combines with cloth membrane fibers to enhance moisture absorption and retention, preventing rapid evaporation and improving skin attachment comfort.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If non-woven dressings are used to provide a moist environment for wound repair, then wound healing is improved, but wound adhesion occurs when moisture is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The invention uses a composite structure combining non-woven fabric and biological fiber membrane. The non-woven fabric provides initial moisture retention for wound healing, while the biological fiber membrane layer prevents adhesion when moisture decreases, creating a multi-functional dressing that resolves the contradiction between promoting healing and preventing adhesion.
Solution Approach 2:
Different layers of the dressing have different properties: the non-woven fabric layer provides absorbency and moisture retention for wound healing, while the biological fiber membrane layer provides anti-adhesion properties. Each layer performs its specific function locally to resolve the contradiction.
2Reliability
If sheet-like masks are used with non-woven fabric to deliver essence, then skin care is improved, but water evaporation occurs rapidly causing essence waste
Solution Approach 1:
The mask combines non-woven fabric for essence delivery with biological fiber membrane for moisture retention. The biological fiber layer reduces water evaporation while allowing essence penetration, thereby improving skin care efficacy and reducing essence waste simultaneously.
3Reliability
If higher concentration of essence is used in non-woven fabric masks to compensate for rapid evaporation, then skin care effect is improved, but essence cost increases and waste occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The composite structure allows use of lower essence concentration because the biological fiber membrane reduces evaporation losses. This maintains skin care effectiveness while reducing both cost and waste compared to high-concentration non-woven fabric masks.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The dressing effectively absorbs and retains moisture and active ingredients, reducing waste and improving skin care efficacy by maintaining a long-lasting moisturizing effect without the need for excess ingredient absorption, thus saving costs and enhancing user experience.
Implementation Method 1
a biological fiber membrane having a third surface layer and an opposing fourth surface, wherein the biological fiber membrane is formed by bacteria of the genus Gluconacetobacter, and the fourth surface layer is combined with the first surface layer, and the fourth surface layer has a plurality of biological fibers being wound and combined with the cloth membrane fibers extending therealong
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AI summary
The present invention provides a biological fiber composite dressing. The biological fiber composite dressing includes: a cloth membrane having a first surface layer and an opposing second surface layer, wherein the cloth membrane has cloth membrane fibers; and a biological fiber membrane having a third surface layer and an opposing fourth surface layer, wherein the biological fiber membrane is formed by bacteria of the genus Gluconacetobacter, and the fourth surface layer is combined with the first surface layer, and a plurality of biological fibers being wound and combined with the cloth membrane fibers are extended along the fourth surface layer of the biological fiber membrane, such that the moisturizing effect of the dressing can be enhanced by the biological fiber membrane, thereby carrying more active ingredients.