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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2017
Applicant:
Kci Usa, Inc., San Antonio, TX (US);
Inventor:
Paul Howard Lowing, Keighley, GB;
Assignee:
KCI USA, Inc., San Antonio, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/00 (2006.01); A61F 13/02 (2006.01); A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61M 35/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/00068 (2013.01); A61F 13/00 (2013.01); A61F 13/00012 (2013.01); A61F 13/00017 (2013.01); A61F 13/00046 (2013.01); A61F 13/00063 (2013.01); A61F 13/02 (2013.01); A61F 13/0209 (2013.01); A61F 13/0213 (2013.01); A61F 13/0216 (2013.01); A61F 13/0226 (2013.01); A61M 1/009 (2014.02); A61F 2013/00268 (2013.01); A61M 1/0088 (2013.01); A61M 35/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A wound dressing comprising: an air-impermeable backing sheet having an aperture for attachment of a suction element; an air-permeable screen layer on a wound facing side of the backing sheet; and a substantially air-impermeable hydrogel layer extending across a wound facing side of said screen layer and joined in substantially airtight fashion to a periphery of said backing sheet around said screen layer. Also provided is a wound treatment system comprising a wound dressing according to the invention and a source of suction in fluid communication with said aperture.