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US 11,833,016 B2Granted
Wound cleaning assembly
AssigneeL&R USA, Inc.
InventorsJohannes Engl, Robert Strohal
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Abstract
A wound cleansing assembly, which includes or is a wound cleansing cloth (1), having at least one carrier layer (2) and threads (3) disposed on the carrier layer (2) and protruding from the carrier (2), preferably made exclusively of synthetic fibers, preferably plastic fibers.
Claims3
A method for debridement of a wound comprising:
- wiping the wound using a wound cleansing assembly which comprises a wound cleansing cloth (1) having at least one carrier layer (2) and threads (3) arranged on the carrier layer (2) and protruding from said carrier layer (2), said threads comprising synthetic fibers,
- wherein a linear density of said threads (3) is in the inclusive range from 0.5 to 20 D-Tex;
- wherein at least some of the threads (3) have protruding ends (4) freely protruding from the carrier layer (2), and wherein said threads (3) comprise end surfaces that extend at an angle neither orthogonal nor parallel with reference to a longitudinal axis (5) of the threads (3);
- wherein an intersection of each of the end surfaces and respective sidewalls of the threads (3) define respective cutting edges;
- wherein said cutting edges have a razorblade effect to promote removal of substances formed by a body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.