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US 12,508,166 B2Granted
Wound bolster dressing and method of use
OwnerJeffrey R. Marcusinventor
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Abstract
A wound bolster includes an inner non-adherent face, a compressible and expandable body, and an outer elastic face where the inner non-adherent face is configured for contact with a wound on a subject and the outer elastic face is configured, upon securing of the wound bolster to a periphery of the wound, to generate a compressive force within the compressible and expandable body in response to applied deformation, which is transmitted as a normal compressive force to the subject.
Claims21
A wound bolster comprising:
- an inner non-adherent face;
- a compressible and expandable body;
- an outer elastic face;
- and
- at least one layer disposed between the compressible and expandable body and the inner non-adherent face, the at least one layer being mutually uncoupled from the compressible and expandable body and the inner non-adherent face;
- wherein:
- the inner non-adherent face is configured for contact with a wound on a subject;
- and
- the outer elastic face is configured, upon securing of the wound bolster to a periphery of the wound on the subject, to generate a compressive force within the compressible and expandable body in response to an applied deformation that is then transmitted as a normal compressive force to the subject.
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A wound bolster kit comprising:
- a wound bolster, wherein the wound bolster comprises:
- an inner non-adherent face;
- a compressible and expandable body;
- an outer elastic face;
- and
- at least one layer disposed between the compressible and expandable body and the inner non-adherent face, the at least one layer being mutually uncoupled from the compressible and expandable body and the inner non-adherent face
- wherein:
- the inner non-adherent face is configured for contact with a wound on a subject;
- and
- the outer elastic face is configured, upon securing of the wound bolster to a periphery of the wound on the subject, to generate a compressive force within the compressible and expandable body in response to an applied deformation that is then transmitted as a normal compressive force to the subject;
- a templating device configured to define a circumference of an outer edge of the wound bolster;
- and
- a coaptation device configured to affix the outer edge to the periphery of the wound.
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A method of affixing a wound bolster to a subject, the method comprising:
- recording a circumference associated with an outer region of a wound area on a subject;
- altering a size of the wound bolster based on the recorded circumference to form an altered wound bolster;
- positioning the altered wound bolster on the wound area;
- and
- affixing an outer edge of the altered wound bolster to the periphery of the wound area on the subject;
- wherein the wound bolster comprises:
- an inner non-adherent face configured for contact with the wound area;
- a compressible and expandable body;
- and
- an outer elastic face configured to generate a compressive force within the compressible and expandable body in response to an induced tension;
- and
- at least one layer disposed between the compressible and expandable body and the inner non-adherent face, the at least one layer being mutually uncoupled from the compressible and expandable body and the inner non-adherent face;
- and
- wherein affixing the wound bolster induces tension within the elastic outer face that causes the wound bolster to exert the compressive force on the wound area.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.