Wound pads
AssigneeMölnlycke Health Care AB
InventorsKalle Jon Nordbo, Jerker Gröndahl, Esbjörn Olsson, Bengt Olof Sebastian Engwall
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Abstract
Wound pads for use, e.g., as cavity wound fillers, having at least one incomplete cut being made of a plurality of cut segments and a plurality of connection regions are described. The wound pads can be useful in negative pressure would therapy systems and kits.
Claims14
-21. (canceled)
A unitary open-cell foam article comprising open-cell foam,
- wherein the unitary open-cell foam article further comprises a first corner, a second corner, a third corner, a fourth corner, a first perimeter edge, a second perimeter edge, a third perimeter edge, and a fourth perimeter edge that together define a shape and perimeter edge of the wound pad,
- wherein said first perimeter edge connects the first corner and the second corner,
- wherein the second perimeter edge connects to the second corner and the third corner,
- wherein the third perimeter edge connects the third corner and the fourth corner,
- wherein the fourth perimeter edge connects the fourth corner and the first corner,
- wherein a structural integrity of the unitary open-cell foam article is solely provided by the open-cell foam of the unitary open-cell foam article,
- wherein the unitary open-cell foam article further comprises at least one incomplete cut extending from the first perimeter edge to the second perimeter edge, the third perimeter edge, or the fourth perimeter edge,
- wherein the at least one incomplete cut comprises a plurality of cut segments and a plurality of connection regions, each of the plurality of connection regions being a portion of the open-cell foam of the unitary open-cell foam article, wherein each of the plurality of connection regions extends between adjacent cut segments.
The unitary open-cell foam article of claim 1, wherein the unitary open-cell foam article comprises at least two incomplete cuts, wherein a first incomplete cut of the at least two incomplete cuts extends from the first perimeter edge to the second perimeter edge, and wherein a second incomplete cut of the at least two incomplete cuts extends from the first perimeter edge to the third perimeter edge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.