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Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014

Filed:

Mar. 11, 2011
Applicants:

Michael Manwaring, San Antonio, TX (US);

Robert Peyton Wilkes, San Antonio, TX (US);

Braden K. Leung, San Antonio, TX (US);

Inventors:

Michael Manwaring, San Antonio, TX (US);

Robert Peyton Wilkes, San Antonio, TX (US);

Braden K. Leung, San Antonio, TX (US);

Assignee:

KCI Licensing, Inc., San Antonio, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/0088 (2013.01); A61M 2210/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, dressings, and systems for promoting epithelialization of a wound or other tissue are presented. The methods, dressings, and systems help form simulated rete pegs. In one instance, an epithelialization dressing is disclosed that may include a dressing body having a plurality of projections. A plurality of apertures is formed on a portion of the dressing body. The dressing helps manage fluids on the wound and the projections form cavities into which epithelial tissue migrates to from epithelial columns that function like rete pegs. Other dressings, methods, and systems are disclosed.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Manwaring, Michael. (2014). Epithelialization methods, dressings, and systems (U.S. Patent No. 8808258). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8808258

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