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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2008
Ian Dera, London, GB;
Dimitrios Scoutas, Melbourne, AU;
Matthew Hannant, London, GB;
Graeme Maisey, Surrey, GB;
Phillip Michael Dunn, Hampshire, GB;
Barry Sandbank, Chester, GB;
Sushma Rani Jassal, Dublin, IE;
Ian Dera, London, GB;
Dimitrios Scoutas, Melbourne, AU;
Matthew Hannant, London, GB;
Graeme Maisey, Surrey, GB;
Phillip Michael Dunn, Hampshire, GB;
Barry Sandbank, Chester, GB;
Sushma Rani Jassal, Dublin, IE;
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Abstract
A wound dressing applicator () for applying hydrocolloid dressings, compositions for tissue regeneration and the like to a patient's skin. Known wound dressing applicators do not effectively protect against contamination of the wound dressing and/or can be fiddly and difficult to operate and be rendered unusable by unwanted premature separation of the various layers of material adhered to one another. The present applicator comprises a rigid body () having a rigid body enclosure () for receiving a wound dressing, and an ejector () for ejecting the wound dressing from the rigid body enclosure and onto a patient's wound. This enables effective and aseptic handling of a wound dressing and application of the wound dressing onto a patient's wound.