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US 10,292,871 B2Granted
Wound care system with a mat of capillary membranes
Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorsCarsten Meixner, Haythem Korbi
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Abstract
A wound care system comprising a single-layer arrangement of mutually parallel capillary membranes with a porous, semi-permeable wall, a lumen and at least one open end. The capillary membranes are connected to one another by connection elements to form a mat and are held at a distance from one another by the connection elements.
Claims9
Wound care system, comprising a single-layer arrangement of mutually parallel capillary membranes with a porous, semi-permeable wall and a lumen and at least one open end,
- wherein the capillary membranes have an external diameter in the range of 50 to 500 μm and a wall thickness in the range of 5 to 1000 μm,
- wherein the capillary membranes, with their at least one open end, are connected to at least one common supply line with a wall and a lumen,
- characterized in that
- the capillary membranes, with their at least one open end, are embedded at their outer periphery so fluid-tightly in the wall of the at least one supply line that a fluid connection exists between the lumen of the supply line and the lumen of the capillary membranes,
- the arrangement of mutually parallel capillary membranes furthermore has a plurality of spaced and mutually parallel connection elements by means of which the capillary membranes are connected to one another to form a mat and are held at a distance from one another by the connection elements wherein the connection elements are thread-like;
- the distance of the capillary membranes from one another in the mat is 1 to 10 times the external diameter of the capillary membranes, wherein the distance is measured from the longitudinal axes of the capillary membranes, and
- the distance of the connection elements from one another lies in the range of 1 to 50 mm.
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