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US 2017/0290708 A1Published application
Pressure-sensing negative pressure therapy sponges and methods for the creation and use thereof
AssigneeFiomet Ventures, Inc.
InventorScott Rapp
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Abstract
Negative pressure wound therapy sponges that are custom-fabricated to fit a given wound to be treated, corresponding methods of creating said sponges in situ or external to a wound, and related systems for performing negative pressure wound therapy using said sponges. Exemplary sponge embodiments may have pressure-sensing capabilities.
Claims5
A negative pressure therapy sponge with pressure-sensing capability, comprising:
- a sponge body that conforms to the size and contours of a given wound to be treated, the sponge body being of an open cell foam material having a pore size of between about 200 μm and about 1,000 μm;
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- a pressure-sensing mechanism located on at least a portion of the exterior surface of the sponge body.
A method for the in-situ creation of a negative pressure therapy sponge with pressure-sensing capability, comprising:
- providing a sponge material in a multi-component, unreacted form;
- dispensing the multi-component foam material into a wound to be treated;
- allowing the components of the foam material to react, expand and form an open cell foam sponge that fills the wound;
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- applying a pressure-sensing mechanism to at least a portion of the exterior surface of the sponge.
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A method of pressure-sensing negative pressure wound therapy, comprising:
- creating a pressure-sensing negative pressure wound therapy sponge in situ or placing a pre-formed pressure-sensing negative pressure wound therapy sponge within a wound to be treated;
- connecting the pressure-sensing negative pressure wound therapy sponge to a pressure monitoring device;
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- monitoring pressures applied to the sponge during negative pressure wound therapy to optimize the procedure.
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