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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2015
Smith & Nephew Plc, London, GB;
Patrick Lewis Blott, York, GB;
Edward Yerbury Hartwell, Hull, GB;
Julian Lee-Webb, York, GB;
Derek Nicolini, Brough, GB;
Smith & Nephew PLC, London, GB;
Abstract
A dressing () and an apparatus () comprising the dressing, for cleansing the wounds () in which an irrigant fluid from a reservoir () connected to a conformable would dressing and would exudate from the dressing are moved by a device () (which may be a single pump or two pumps) for moving fluid through a flow Path () 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.