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US 11,452,641 B2Granted
Wound closure systems for reducing surgical site infections comprising incision drapes filled with releasable antimicrobial agents
AssigneeEthicon, Inc.
InventorsJulian Quintero, Robert J. Tannhauser, Leo B. Kriksunov
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Abstract
A surgical incision drape, comprises a flexible substantially flat areal substrate having an upper side and an opposing tissue-facing side, having a longitudinal axis and a pressure sensitive adhesive disposed on the tissue-facing side; at least one hollow microtubular compartment containing a flowable medical agent, said hollow microtubular compartment positioned to intersect the longitudinal axis and embedded into the substrate or positioned on the substrate.
Claims16
A surgical incision drape, comprising:
- a substantially flat, flexible areal substrate having an upper side and an opposing tissue-facing side, a longitudinal axis and a pressure sensitive adhesive disposed on the tissue-facing side;
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- at least one hollow microtubular compartment containing a flowable medical agent, wherein said hollow microtubular compartment is positioned to intersect the longitudinal axis and is embedded into or positioned on the substrate;
- wherein said at least one hollow microtubular compartment is frangible;
- wherein said at least one hollow microtubular compartment is a plurality of hollow microtubular compartments arranged side by side with respect to the longitudinal axis and positioned across the longitudinal axis so that each of said hollow microtubular compartments crosses the longitudinal axis.
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