Absorbent body for the therapeutic treatment of a wound by means of negative pressure
AssigneePaul Hartmann AG
InventorsPierre Croizat, Axel Eckstein, Cornelia Wolf
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Abstract
The invention relates in general to an absorbent for the therapeutic treatment of a wound on the human or animal body by means of negative pressure. More particularly, the invention relates to an absorbent for the therapeutic treatment by means of negative pressure of a wound comprising, at its surface, a tissue structure which is sensitive and lies deep in the intact body, for example a tendon or bone.
Claims20
An absorbent body (4) comprising a superabsorbent polymer, for the therapeutic treatment by means of negative pressure of a wound comprising, at its surface (2), a tissue structure (3) which is sensitive and lies deep in the intact body.
An absorbent body (4) comprising a superabsorbent polymer, for the therapeutic treatment of a wound by means of negative pressure, wherein the absorbent body (4) is contacted, during the treatment, with a tissue structure (3) at the surface of the wound (2), which structure is sensitive and lies deep in the intact body, in order to protect the tissue structure (3) from drying out.
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