Superficial Partial-Thickness Burn Study

Inclusion Criteria: * Ability to provide informed consent * 18 years of age or older, male and female * Patients who have sustained superficial, partial-thickness burn wounds ≤ to 10% of total body surface area (TBSA) * Patients otherwise in good general physical and mental health, as per the investigator's clinical judgment Exclusion Criteria: * Inability to provide informed consent * Deep partial-thickness burns and full-thickness burns * Radiation, chemical, or electrical burn injury * Patients with burns primarily located to the face, genitals, or span across joints * Patients whose burn injury was ≥ to 48 hours prior to entry into the UPMC Mercy Burn Center Clinic. * Patients with uncontrolled cerebrovascular disease, cardiovascular disease, endocrine disease, hepatic disease, or renal disease; or other severe conditions for whom, in the physician investigators' discretion, would render study participation unsafe * Patients with documented or self-reported shellfish allergies * Current pregnancy * Patients with concurrent burn related injuries or inhalation injury that would put the patient at increased risk, per physician discretion * Any condition to which in the investigator's discretion would render study enrollment a safety concern for the patient