Micro-porous conduit
AssigneeKCI Licensing, Inc.
InventorsTIMOTHY MARK ROBINSON, Christopher Brian Locke
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Abstract
A porous conduit may be suitable for use in treating a tissue site, and may include a central lumen and a porous wall positioned substantially concentric about the central lumen. The porous wall may have an open porous structure that may define a plurality of interconnected pores in fluid communication with one another. As part of a system, the porous conduit may be used with a manifold adapted to be positioned at a tissue site, a sealing drape adapted to cover the manifold to provide a sealed space relative to the tissue site, and a therapy device including a reduced-pressure source. The porous conduit may be disposed in the sealed space and in fluid communication between the sealed space and the reduced-pressure source.
Claims13
1-19. (canceled)
A system for treating a tissue site, comprising:
- a manifold adapted to be positioned proximate the tissue site;
- a sealing drape adapted to cover the manifold and the tissue site to provide a sealed space between the sealing drape and the tissue site;
- a porous conduit adapted to be disposed in the sealed space in fluid communication with the manifold and the sealed space, comprising:
- a lumen, and
- a porous wall positioned, wherein the porous wall has an open porous structure defining a plurality of interconnected pores in fluid communication with one another;
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- a therapy device adapted to be in fluid communication with the porous conduit, comprising:
- a reduced-pressure source, and
- a pressure sensor, wherein the reduced-pressure source is adapted to be in fluid communication with the lumen and the pressure sensor is adapted to be in fluid communication with the porous wall.
(canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.