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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2020
Smith & Nephew Plc, Watford, GB;
Philip Gowans, Doncaster, GB;
Edward Yerbury Hartwell, Hull, GB;
Allan Kenneth Frazer Grugeon Hunt, Beverley, GB;
Lee Ian Partington, Hessle, GB;
Marcus Damian Phillips, Wakefield, GB;
Felix Clarence Quintanar, Hull, GB;
Daniel Lee Steward, Kingston upon Hull, GB;
Charlotte Rose Urwin, Hull, GB;
Amy Nicole Wheldrake, Goole, GB;
Smith & Nephew PLC, Watford, GB;
Abstract
In some cases, a wound dressing includes a substantially flexible substrate with a first, wound-facing side supporting a plurality of electronic components and a second side opposite the first side, a wicking layer in contact with the second side of the substrate, the wicking layer configured to facilitate passage of fluid, a substantially non-stretchable coating applied to at least some of the plurality of electronic components, a substantially stretchable coating applied to the first side of the substrate, the stretchable coating applied over the substantially non-stretchable coating, a wound contact layer in contact with the stretchable coating, the wound contact layer configured to adhere to a wound, and a protective layer applied to the wound contact layer, the protective layer configured to be removed to expose the wound contact layer. In some cases, a method of manufacturing the wound dressing.