Apparatuses and methods for negative pressure wound therapy
AssigneeT.J.Smith and Nephew, Limited
InventorsVictoria Beadle, Varuni Rachindra Brownhill, Brian Gilchrist, Danielle Susan Johnson, Luke Michael Parry, Hannah Bailey Weedon
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Abstract
Disclosed embodiments related to a wound dressing for treating circumferential wounds for use in a negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT). The wound dressing can include a cover layer, a plurality of spacer sections, and a wound contact layer. The wound dressing can further include a port for connection to a source of negative pressure and a connector for fluidically connecting each of the plurality of sections with the port.
Claims17
A negative pressure wound therapy dressing configured for treating a circumferential surface, comprising:
- a cover layer;
- a wound contact layer;
- a plurality of spacer sections positioned between the cover layer and the wound contact layer, each spacer section separated from another spacer section by a gap region therebetween, wherein the cover layer and the wound contact layer are configured to be sealed together at individual gap regions;
- a port configured to be connected to a source of negative pressure;
- a connector configured to fluidically connect each of the plurality of spacer sections with the port;
- and
- a trim line along at least one gap region and across the connector.
A method of treating a circumferential wound comprising:
- providing a wound dressing comprising:
- a cover layer,
- a wound contact layer,
- a plurality of spacer sections positioned between the cover layer and the wound contact layer, each spacer section separated from another spacer section by a gap region therebetween, wherein the cover layer and the wound contact layer are configured to be sealed together at individual gap regions,
- a port configured to be connected to a source of negative pressure, and
- a connector configured to fluidically connect each of the plurality of sections with the port;
- applying the wound dressing around the circumferential wound;
- and
- trimming a portion of the wound dressing along a trim line along at least one gap region and across the connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.