Vacuum wound dressing
US8034037B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 4, 2005 |
| Grant date | Oct 11, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 3, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61M1/92
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Provided, in one embodiment, is a vacuum wound dressing for covering a wound bed comprising: a wound contact layer comprising a fibrous blend or fibrous material that forms a cohesive gel when wetted by wound exudate; a source of vacuum situated to be separated from the wound bed by the wound contact layer; and a vacuum sealing layer covering the wound contact layer and adapted to retain relative vacuum in the wound contact layer, wherein (i) the dressing is essentially missing a non-gelling, foam layer in which the source of vacuum is situated or (ii) the vacuum sealing layer comprises as an outer layer a foam layer.
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