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Silver Dressings - A Comparison

Listed below are two comparisons for the major Silver Dressings that are currently on the market. The first comparison shows the Silver Content of each Silver Wound Dressing. The second comparison shows the amount of Ionic Silver delivered into the wound by these Silver Dressings during 3 Days of Sustained Release. Silverlon® clearly stands at the top of both lists.

Comparisons of Silver Content

Table 1: Silver Content of Dressings*
Proprietary Name Ag content (mg/100cm2)
Silverlon® 546 
Calgitrol Ag™ 141 
Acticoat® 105 
Contreet® Foam  85 
Contreet® Hydrocolloid  32 
Aquacel Ag®   8.3 
SilvaSorb®   5.3 
Actisorb® Silver 220  2.7 
Urgotul® SSD (SSD content 3.75%)   
Arglaes™ powder  6.87mg/gram 

* - Source: World Wide Wounds, MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) and The Use of Silver Dressings: Overcoming Bacterial Resistance, Published: Nov 2004, Revision: 1.1, Steve Thomas PhD

As you can see, Silverlon® Antimicrobial Silver Dressings have more Ionic Silver present than any other silver wound dressing.


Comparisons of Sustained
Silver Ionic Release

Silver Dressings Ionic Release Comparison

As you can see by the graph above, no other silver wound dressing delivers more sustained Ionic Silver than Silverlon® Antimicrobial Dressings.

Antimicrobial Silver Dressings

Get fast, proven results and relief from the sustained ion release of Silverlon®. Our Advanced Antimicrobial Wound Care, Burn Care and Surgical Products are available as Contact Dressings, Calcium Alginate Dressings, Island Dressings, Pads, Packing Strips, Elastic Wraps, Gloves, Negative Pressure Silver Dressings, Adhesive Bandages and Silver Adhesive Strips.


Argentum Medical, LLC receives the 2006 Frost & Sullivan Product Innovation Award for the Silverlon® Negative Pressure Dressing:
Negative Pressure Wound Dressing
2006 Product Innovation Award for Silverlon NPD

Please contact us at:
1-888-551-0188
for more information
about this product.

"In the presence of moisture, this unique product continuously emits a very high level of ionic silver into the wound bed. By combining the benefits of negative pressure wound management and silver plated nylon fabric, this process is an unprecedented step for wound care, providing faster wound closure, decreased pain and infections, and a reduction in overall treatment costs." Frost & Sullivan

The Silverlon® NPD Advantage:
  • 7 day use over skin grafts while under negative pressure wound therapy systems
    (1 dressing kit for 1 week of therapy)
  • Fewer dressing changes over the course of therapy
  • Produces an accelerated wound healing potential
  • No infections reported
  • Provides medical and economical advantages
  • Minimal reduction in fluid flow capacity as compared to VAC foam alone

Silverlon® Negative Pressure Wound Dressings are applied for improved outcomes with the Versatile 1™ or other Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Systems when treating chronic and acute wounds, burns, and surgical procedures.


You can Purchase our Consumer Care branded Silver Dressings directly from our website.
Silver Adhesive Strips
Purchase the Silverlon®:
   Adhesive Strips    Adhesive Bandages
    Wound Contact
      Dressings
   Breast Pad
   Tubular Stretch
    Knit
   Tubular Digit Sleeve Dressings
   Circumcision Dressing

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Dressings Comparison Page,
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Dressings Comparison

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Contact Information

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Argentum Medical, LLC.
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Willowbrook, Illinois 60527



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