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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2011
Malcolm Russell, Herefordshire, GB;
Philip Andrews, Wiltshire, GB;
Hugh Semple Munro, Wiltshire, GB;
Robert Halstead, Wiltshire, GB;
David Preece, Herefordshire, GB;
Malcolm Russell, Herefordshire, GB;
Philip Andrews, Wiltshire, GB;
Hugh Semple Munro, Wiltshire, GB;
Robert Halstead, Wiltshire, GB;
David Preece, Herefordshire, GB;
First Water Limited, Wiltshire, GB;
Prometheus Medical Ltd, Herefordshire, GB;
Abstract
A dressing for covering a wound of a patient comprises a sheet member adapted to be adhered to the patient's skin in use to provide an airtight seal around the wound, wherein the skin-adhesion is provided by a hydrogel layeron the skin-facing face of the sheet member, wherein the sheet member defines in use a substantially enclosed spaceabove the wound, and wherein a plurality of mutually spaced-apart flutter valves formed by holesin a thin filmoverlying an upper face of a layerof the sheet member permit one-way air, blood and/or other fluid flow communication from the spaceabove the wound to the exterior of the dressing.