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US 2004/0171976 A1Published application
Medical dressing assembly and associated method of using the same
OwnerDavid James Johnsoninventor
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Abstract
A medical dressing assembly and associated method of using the same, comprising: means for isolating an affected area of a patient from an external environment, wherein placement of said isolation means defines a volume surrounding at least a portion of said affected area of said patient; means for controllably inputting matter into said volume; and means for controllably exhausting matter from said volume.
Claims34
A medical dressing assembly, comprising:
- means for isolating an affected area of a patient from an external environment, wherein placement of said isolation means defines a volume surrounding at least a portion of said affected area of said patient;
- means for controllably inputting matter into said volume;
- and
- means for controllably exhausting matter from said volume.
1 more element
A medical dressing assembly, comprising:
- an isolating member, capable of isolating an affected area of a patient from an external environment, including:
- at least one patient engaging member;
- a cover member associated with said at least one patient engaging member, wherein placement of said isolating member defines a volume surrounding at least a portion of said affected area of said patient;
- at least one input conduit hermetically associated with said isolation member;
- and
- at least one exhaust conduit hermetically associated with said isolation member.
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A method of dressing an affected area of a patient, comprising the steps of:
- providing a medical dressing assembly including;
- an isolating member having at least one patient engaging member and a cover member associated therewith;
- at least one input conduit;
- and an exhaust;
- operatively securing said isolating member associated with said cover member onto said patient so that at least a portion of said affected area of said patient is isolated from an external environment;
- supplying matter into said medical dressing assembly through said at least one input conduit;
- and
- venting matter from said exhaust into an external environment.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.