Absorbent Substrates For Harvesting Skin Grafts
AssigneeKCI Licensing, Inc.
InventorsChristopher Brian Locke, Timothy Mark Robinson, John R. Harper
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Abstract
Methods and devices for management of fluids during skin graft transplantation are disclosed. In one aspect of the invention, absorbent substrates for transplanting skin grafts are disclosed having a surface adapted to contact at least one excised skin graft and engage said graft for removal from a donor site; a sealing member at least partially surrounding an absorbent material disposed within the enclosure; wherein at least a portion of the skin-contacting surface is porous and in fluid communication with the absorbent layer to capture fluids.
Claims42
An absorbent substrate for transplanting a skin graft, comprising
- a base layer having a surface adapted to contact at least one excised skin graft and engage said graft for removal from a donor site;
- a sealing member peripherally joined to the base layer and defining an enclosure therebetween;
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- an absorbent material disposed within the enclosure;
- wherein at least a portion of the base layer is porous and in fluid communication with the absorbent layer to capture fluids.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.