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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2018
Applicant:
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Howard Scalzo, Kenilworth, NJ (US);
Xintian Ming, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Leo B. Kriksunov, Ithaca, NY (US);
Assignee:
Ethicon, Inc., Raritan, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 7/02 (2006.01); A61F 7/00 (2006.01); A61F 13/02 (2006.01); A61F 13/00 (2006.01); A61F 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 7/02 (2013.01); A61F 7/007 (2013.01); A61F 13/00063 (2013.01); A61F 13/0203 (2013.01); A61F 15/008 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0001 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0078 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0226 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0261 (2013.01); A61F 2013/002 (2013.01); A61F 2013/00182 (2013.01); A61F 2013/00195 (2013.01);
Abstract
A disposable dressing forms a compartment around and above a wound site and a volatile antimicrobial compound is allowed to sublimate/evaporate into the compartment. A heating element is included in the dressing, with heat stimulating wound healing and simultaneously accelerating sublimation/evaporation of the antimicrobial compound.