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Dressing and apparatus for cleansing the wounds

US8105295B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 27, 2005
Grant dateJan 31, 2012
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Expiry dateApr 11, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61M1/962
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A dressing (2) and an apparatus (1) comprising the dressing, for cleansing the wounds (5) in which an irrigant fluid from a reservoir (12) connected to a conformable would dressing and would exudate from the dressing are moved by a device (18) (which may be a single pump or two pumps) for moving fluid through a flow Path (6, 7, 9, 10) which passes through the dressing with a means for providing simultaneous aspiration and irrigation of the wound, to provide a desired balance of fluid at a controlled nominal flow rate that removes materials deleterious to wound healing, while distributing materials that are beneficial in promoting would healing over the would bed.

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