Flexible and conformable wound dressing with enhanced fluid absorption capability
AssigneeSolventum Intellectual Properties Company
InventorsChristopher B. Locke, Timothy Mark Robinson
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Abstract
A wound dressing includes an elastic foam layer, a drape layer, and superabsorbent projections. The elastic foam layer is configured to engage a wound bed and has a first side and a second side, the second side configured to face the wound bed. The drape layer also has a first side and a second side, the second side configured to face the first side of the elastic foam layer. The elastic foam layer also has a plurality of superabsorbent projections (nodules, dots, bumps, lumps, islands, protuberances) fixed to and extending from the first side of the elastic foam layer towards the second side of the drape layer.
Claims17
A wound dressing comprising:
- a hydrophilic elastic foam layer configured to engage a wound bed, and having a first side and a second side, the second side configured to face the wound bed;
- a drape layer having a first side and a second side, the second side configured to face the first side of the hydrophilic elastic foam layer;
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- a plurality of superabsorbent projections fixed to and extending from the first side of the hydrophilic elastic foam layer towards the second side of the drape layer, the plurality of superabsorbent projections being non-contiguous, and wherein each superabsorbent projection of the plurality of superabsorbent projections has only one surface in contact with the hydrophilic elastic foam layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.