Kci Licensing, Inc.

Solventum Intellectual Properties Company

3m Innovative Properties Company

Other

Kci Manufacturing Unlimited Company

Huntleigh Technology Limited

Lifecell Corporation

Kci Usa, Inc.

Systagenix Wound Management, Limited

Infineum International Limited

Luckemeyer, James

Locke, Christopher, Brian

Christopher Brian Locke

Timothy Mark Robinson

Antonio Gutierrez

Jacob I Emert

Aidan Marcus Tout

Richard Daniel John Coulthard

Benjamin Andrew Pratt

James A Luckemeyer

Justin Alexander Long

Jonathan Paul Jaeb

Mark Stephen James Beard

David George Whyte

Thomas Alan Edwards

Colin John Hall

David Robson Blandford

James Killingworth Seddon

Keith Patrick Heaton

Shannon C Ingram

Paul S Slack

Larry Tab Randolph

Ian James Hardman

Christopher A Carroll

T Blane Sanders

Richard Marvin Kazala, Jr

Royce W Johnson

Kristine M Kieswetter

Kevin Higley

Justin R Rice

Kevin W Bendele

Li Yao

Michael E Manwaring

Robert Peyton Wilkes

Tyler H Simmons

Kenneth Mitchel Knowles

Kenneth R Smith

Bruce L Phillips

Randall Paul Kelch

Thomas Paul Lawhorn

Douglas A Cornet

Larry D Swain

David Richard Mercer

Tianning Xu

Eric Woodson Barta

Amy K McNulty

Jonathan Kagan

Aaron M Barere

Breda Mary Cullen

Evan J Friedman

Matthew Francis Cavanaugh, Ii

Brett L Moore

William Pigg

Gareth Stephenson

Richard Coulthard

Brian Andrews

Benjamin Locke

Justin A Long

Peter Arnold

James Joseph Sealy

Benjamin Stokes

Marisa Schmidt

Elliott James Rider

Daniel Evans

Terrie Lea McDaniel

Abhay Jaswal

Alexander Waite

John R Harper

Diwi L Allen

Tim Robinson

Premnarayan Ganapathy

Blane Sanders

Matthew David Irving

Tab Randolph

Daniel W Dekruif

Michael Bernard Beasley

Ben Stokes

Aldan Marcus Tout

Prathamesh Madhav Kharkar

Loren Francis

Carrie Ann Kauffman

John Elwood

Lillian Ramos

Anissa Lloyd

James Courage

Glen P Fetterman

Jai G Bansal

Robert Tuck

Jessica Ann Rivas-Bosquez

Vinay K Singh

Juan L Gonzalez

Malcolm G Thomson

Michael T Minotti

Chester R Edlund

Craig Delury

Kingsley Robert George Flower

Chester Edlund

Mark Colin Batterbury

David Mercer

Aidan Tout

Richard Daniel John Coullhard

In some examples, a dressing suitable for treating a tissue site may include a sealing member configured to form a sealed enclosure relative to the tissue site. A fluid buffer may be configured to be positioned at a sealing member aperture in fluid communication between the sealed enclosure and an ambient environment external to the sealed enclosure. Other dressings, apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.

Dressing including outlet connection fluid buffer

Systems, methods, and apparatuses for debriding a tissue site are described. The system includes a manifold and a cover adapted to form a sealed space over the tissue site for providing negative pressure. The system also includes a debridement tool positioned between the manifold and the tissue site. The debridement tool having a tissue-facing surface and a plurality of holes separated from each other by walls. The walls have transverse surfaces extending between the tissue-facing surface and an opposite surface that form cutting edges. The holes have a perforation shape factor that allows the holes to collapse from a relaxed position to a contracted position in response to the application and removal of negative pressure from the sealed space. The cutting edges debride the tissue site in response to movement between the relaxed position and the contracted position.

Debriding dressing for use with negative pressure and fluid instillation

An apparatus for use in treating a tissue site with negative pressure, which may comprise a fluid path between a first end and a second end. The fluid conductor may additionally comprise a plurality of pressure indicators configured to indicate a pressure state between the first end and the second end. In some examples, the fluid conductor may be fluidly coupled to a source of negative pressure and a dressing, which can be configured to be applied to a tissue site for treatment with negative pressure.

Low-profile fluid conductors with treatment indicators

In some illustrative examples, a bridge suitable for treating a tissue site may include a bridge sealing member and one or more bridge wicking layers. The bridge sealing member may extend along a length of the bridge, and may define an internal passageway in fluid communication between a receiving end of the bridge and a transmitting end of the bridge. The one or more bridge wicking layers may be disposed within the internal passageway of the bridge sealing member. Other apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.

Medical system and dressing for use under compression

Disclosed embodiments may relate to negative-pressure therapy, which may collect exudate from a tissue site. In some embodiments, a multi-canister module may allow a single negative-pressure source to draw exudate into two or more canisters. In some embodiments, pressure sensing may take place alongside negative-pressure treatment. In some embodiments, the multi-canister module may be configured to allow for one of the canisters to be changed without interrupting negative-pressure therapy.

Multi-canister module for negative-pressure therapy

A system for negative-pressure therapy is described. The system includes a dressing configured to be positioned adjacent a tissue site and a piezoelectric pump having at least one inlet and at least one outlet. An adapter is coupled to the piezoelectric pump and configured to be fluidly coupled to the dressing. The adapter is configured to aggregate fluid flow into the at least one inlet. The adapter can have a block. A first recess depends into the block, and a second recess depends into the block from the first recess, the second recess having an area less than the area of the first recess. A bore depends through the block from the second recess to the first side, and a conduit is coupled to the first side and fluidly coupled to the bore.

Piezoelectric pump adapter for negative-pressure therapy

An apparatus and method for managing reduced pressure at a tissue site are disclosed. The apparatus comprises a pump for supplying reduced pressure to the tissue site, a motor coupled to the pump to propel the pump, and a drive system electrically coupled to the motor that includes a power source that provides a source of direct current power to the motor during an operational period at a substantially constant current and of sufficient magnitude to supply a targeted reduced pressure during the operational period. The drive system also includes a controller that monitors the pump's loading on the motor by measuring the voltage across the motor to determine whether the motor voltage remains within a predetermined operational range of voltages necessary for maintaining the reduced pressure supplied by the pump proximate to the targeted reduced pressure without directly measuring the reduced pressure using a pressure sensor.

System and method for managing reduced pressure delivered to a tissue site

A wound dressing includes an elastic foam layer, a drape layer, and superabsorbent projections. The elastic foam layer is configured to engage a wound bed and has a first side and a second side, the second side configured to face the wound bed. The drape layer also has a first side and a second side, the second side configured to face the first side of the elastic foam layer. The elastic foam layer also has a plurality of superabsorbent projections (nodules, dots, bumps, lumps, islands, protuberances) fixed to and extending from the first side of the elastic foam layer towards the second side of the drape layer.

Flexible and conformable wound dressing with enhanced fluid absorption capability

This disclosure includes wound dressings and systems with remote oxygen generation for topical wound therapy and related methods. Some systems include a dressing for facilitating delivery of oxygen to the target tissue, the dressing having: a first manifold that defines a plurality of gas passageways and is configured to allow communication of oxygen to the target tissue; a gas-occlusive layer configured to be disposed over the first manifold and coupled to tissue surrounding the target tissue such that: an interior volume is defined between the gas-occlusive layer and the target tissue; and the gas-occlusive layer limits escape of oxygen from the interior volume between the gas-occlusive layer and the tissue surrounding the target tissue; a container outside the interior volume, the container having a sidewall that defines a chamber configured to be in fluid communication with the interior volume; and an oxygen-generating material disposed within the chamber of container and configured to release oxygen when exposed to water.

Wound dressings and systems with remote oxygen generation for topical wound therapy and related methods

A method and apparatus for disrupting material at a tissue site is described. A contact layer may be selected for use on the tissue site and positioned adjacent to the tissue site. The contact layer may include walls defining a plurality of through-holes. A sealing member may be positioned over the contact layer and sealed to tissue surrounding the tissue site to form a sealed space enclosing the contact layer. A negative-pressure source may be fluidly coupled to the sealed space. The negative-pressure source may supply negative pressure to the sealed space and the contact layer to draw tissue into the through-holes to form nodules. The negative pressure may be vented from the sealed space to release the nodules.

Disruptive dressing for use with negative pressure and fluid instillation

In one example embodiment, an apparatus for treating a tissue site may include a contact layer formed from a compressible material. The contact layer may include a plurality of apertures extending at least partially through the contact layer. The contact layer may be configurable such that at least a portion of the apertures include a first plurality of orifices having a diameter in a first diameter range and such that at least a portion of the apertures include a second plurality of orifices having a diameter in a second diameter range. The first diameter range may be from about 2 mm to about 6 mm. The second diameter range may be from about 8 mm to about 15 mm. The apparatus may include a cover configured to form a sealed space including the contact layer and the tissue site.

Dressing providing apertures with multiple orifice sizes for negative-pressure therapy

Systems, apparatuses, and methods for closing an opening through a surface of a tissue site are described. The system includes a sealing member adapted to cover the opening to form a sealed space and a negative-pressure source adapted to be fluidly coupled to the sealed space to provide negative pressure to the sealed space. The system also includes a contracting layer adapted to be positioned adjacent the opening and formed from a material having a firmness factor and a plurality of holes extending through the contracting layer to form a void space. The holes have a perforation shape factor and a strut angle causing the plurality of holes to collapse in a direction substantially perpendicular to the opening. The contracting layer generates a closing force substantially parallel to the surface of the tissue site to close the opening in response to application of the negative pressure.

Dressing with contracting layer for linear tissue sites

A dressing for treating tissue may be a composite of dressing layers, including a contact layer, a manifold layer, and an adhesive drape. The manifold layer may include one or more layers of felted open-cell foam in some examples. The manifold layer may be relatively thin to reduce the dressing profile and increase flexibility, which can enable it to conform to difficult geometry and other tissue sites under negative pressure. The dressing may have a length and a width less than the length. The manifold layer may include a population of holes extending at least partially therethrough, wherein the holes may be configured to promote anisotropic contraction of the dressing parallel to its width. The population of holes may have a circular, ovoid, triangular, square, hexagonal, irregular, or morphous shape. The dressing may be a bolster that may anisotropically contract to provide a closing force to a linear wound.

Multi-layer negative pressure incisional wound therapy dressing

Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing instillation therapy with a negative-pressure source are described. The apparatus can include a housing having a dosing chamber and a negative-pressure chamber fluidly isolated from each other. The apparatus can also include a moveable barrier disposed in the housing between the dosing chamber and the negative-pressure chamber. The housing includes a fluid inlet in fluid communication with the dosing chamber and a fluid outlet in fluid communication with the dosing chamber. The housing can also include a negative-pressure inlet in fluid communication with the negative-pressure chamber and a biasing element coupled to the moveable barrier. The biasing element is operable to move the moveable barrier between a charge position and a discharge position.

Disposable cartridge for vacuum actuated fluid delivery

A system for applying negative pressure to a joint positioned in a treatment area. The system includes a negative pressure dressing. The negative pressure dressing includes a compressive layer and a sealing layer. The compressive layer includes a first surface and a second, treatment area-facing. The compressive layer further includes a first elongated portion configured to be positioned proximate the joint. The first elongated portion includes a first end and a second end. The compressive layer further includes a second elongated portion spaced from the first elongated portion and configured to be positioned proximate the joint. The second elongated portion includes a first end and a second end. The compressive layer further includes an interconnecting portion extending between the first elongated portion and the second elongated portion. The interconnecting portion is configured to overlie at least a portion of the joint. The compressive layer further includes a plurality of channels formed in the first surface and extending proximate the second surface. The plurality of channels is formed in at least one of the first end and the second end of the first elongated portion and at least one of the first end and the second end of the second elongated portion. The sealing layer is configured to form a seal around a perimeter of the negative pressure dressing.

Dressing design incorporating formed 3D textile for the delivery of therapeutic negative pressure and compressive forces to a treatment site

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Christopher Brian Locke