Introducing Microlyte Vet: a new generation of wound technology for optimal wound healing

MicroLyte Vet contains a microscopic ‘active’ layer and a visible ‘handling’ layer. These layers consist of an advanced polyelectrolyte matrix (PEM) combined with the antimicrobial properties of ionic silver that are laid on an ultra thin hygroscopic polyvinyl film (PVA) membrane.

The dressing (Figure 1) presents as a distinctive transparent orange film that when placed into the wound visibly begins to cling to the wound bed covering the full surface and its contours.

The structure of Microlyte Vet combines anionic and cationic charged polymeric components that complement the complex chemistry of the wound to support the formation and reorganisation of granulation tissue. Additionally, a low but precise level of bioactive silver is incorporated into the layers to create a very safe but effective antimicrobial environment at the wound bed (Figure 2).

Many primary dressings with antimicrobial properties are made in textile form perhaps as a woven polymer, synthetic polyurethane or spun fibres. These dressings are often designed for human use for exuding and chronic wounds where capacity to absorb exudate is prioritised; while antimicrobials impregnated into these products act on microbes absorbed into the dressing via wound exudate.