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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2020
Kci Licensing, Inc., San Antonio, TX (US);
Prathamesh Madhav Kharkar, San Antonio, TX (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A dressing interface includes a base that has an aperture and a plurality of microneedles that are attached to the base and disposed over the aperture. The interface also includes a port that is configured to receive a fluid conductor and a conduit that couples the port and the aperture. Each of the microneedles contains a passageway that is fluidly coupled to the aperture. The interface may be used with a drape that is placed over a tissue site. The interface may provide communication between the tissue site and a reduced-pressure source through the microneedles piercing the drape rather than by cutting a hole in the drape.