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US 2016/0151207 A1Published application
Medical dressings, systems, and methods with thermally-enhanced vapor transmission
AssigneeKCI Licensing, Inc.
InventorsBenjamin Andrew PRATT, Christopher Brian LOCKE, Richard Daniel John COULTHARD, Timothy Mark ROBINSON
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Abstract
Wounds dressings, systems, and methods are presented that involve using a patient's body heat to enhance liquid removal from the wound dressing through a high-moisture-vapor-transmission-rate drape. Additional heat sources or devices, such as nano-antennas or electrical heating elements, may be added or used separately to enhance the removal liquid from the wound dressing. Other dressings, systems, and methods are presented herein.
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A dressing comprising:
- a first interface configured to be disposed adjacent a tissue site, the first interface being fluid permeable and further configured to harvest thermal energy from the tissue site;
- a processor disposed adjacent to the first interface, the processor configured to receive and store liquid;
- a second interface disposed adjacent to the processor and coupled to the first interface to receive the thermal energy harvested from the tissue site, the second interface being fluid permeable;
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- a drape configured to be disposed over the second interface so that a surface of the second interface opposite the processor contacts a surface of the drape.
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A system comprising:
- a manifold configured to be disposed adjacent to a tissue site;
- a first interface configured to be disposed adjacent to the manifold, the first interface being fluid permeable and further configured to harvest thermal energy from the tissue site;
- a processor disposed adjacent to the first interface, the processor configured to receive and store liquid;
- a second interface disposed adjacent to the processor and coupled to the first interface to receive the thermal energy harvested from the tissue site, the second interface being fluid permeable;
- a drape configured to be disposed over the second interface so that a surface of the second interface opposite the processor contacts a surface of the drape;
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- a reduced-pressure source fluidly coupled to the manifold.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.