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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2019
Applicant:
Kci Licensing, Inc., San Antonio, TX (US);
Inventors:
Benjamin Andrew Pratt, Poole, GB;
Christopher Brian Locke, Bournemouth, GB;
Richard Daniel John Coulthard, Verwood, GB;
Timothy Mark Robinson, Shillingstone, GB;
Assignee:
KCI Licensing, Inc., San Antonio, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/00 (2006.01); A61M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/00068 (2013.01); A61F 13/00012 (2013.01); A61F 13/00017 (2013.01); A61F 13/00034 (2013.01); A61F 13/00063 (2013.01); A61M 1/962 (2021.05); A61F 2013/002 (2013.01); A61F 2013/00191 (2013.01); A61F 2013/00212 (2013.01); A61F 2013/00234 (2013.01); A61F 2013/00727 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3613 (2013.01);
Abstract
Wounds dressings, systems, and methods are presented that involve using a patient's body heat to enhance liquid removal from the wound dressing through a high-moisture-vapor-transmission-rate drape. Additional heat sources or devices, such as nano-antennas or electrical heating elements, may be added or used separately to enhance the removal liquid from the wound dressing. Other dressings, systems, and methods are presented herein.