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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2014
Kci Licensing, Inc., San Antonio, TX (US);
Larry Tab Randolph, San Antonio, TX (US);
Christopher Brian Locke, Bournemouth, GB;
James Seddon, Ferndown, GB;
T. Blane Sanders, San Antonio, TX (US);
Richard Marvin Kazala, Jr., San Antonio, TX (US);
Lillian Ramos, San Antonio, TX (US);
Carrie Ann Kauffman, San Antonio, TX (US);
Marisa Schmidt, San Antonio, TX (US);
Jessica Ann Rivas-Bosquez, Pasadena, CA (US);
Chester Edlund, San Antonio, TX (US);
KCI Licensing, Inc., San Antonio, TX (US);
Abstract
A system and apparatus for promoting perfusion at a tissue site containing a sprain by applying a vacuum to intact skin extending over or surrounding the tissue site. The system and apparatus comprise a manifold formed from a porous material and configured to be disposed proximate the intact skin for distributing vacuum to the intact skin, and a sleeve adapted to cover the manifold and form a chamber containing the manifold to seal the manifold within the chamber between the sleeve and the intact skin. The system and apparatus further comprise a fluid coupling member adapted to deliver vacuum to the manifold for distribution to the intact skin. A method for applying vacuum to the intact skin of a tissue site is also disclosed and described herein.