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US 2025/0017784 A1Published application
Wound dressing and method of treatment
AssigneeSmith & Nephew, Inc.
InventorsElla Lynn Mumby, Helene Anne Lecomte
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Abstract
A wound dressing, a method of manufacturing a wound dressing, and a method of treating a patient are disclosed. The wound dressing may include an absorbent layer for absorbing wound exudate; and an obscuring element for at least partially obscuring a view of wound exudate absorbed by the absorbent layer in use.
Claims14
1-72. (canceled)
A dressing for preventing tissue damage, the dressing comprising:
- a cover layer;
- a plurality of internal layers, wherein individual layers of the plurality of internal layers are configured to move laterally with respect to other internal layers, the plurality of internal layers including:
- a first layer disposed beneath the cover layer;
- and
- a second layer disposed beneath and in contact with the first layer;
- a tissue contact layer disposed beneath the second layer, wherein the tissue contact layer is configured to be adhered at a border region to the cover layer.
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A dressing for preventing tissue damage, the dressing comprising:
- a cover layer;
- a masking layer disposed beneath the cover layer;
- an absorbent layer disposed beneath the masking layer, wherein the masking layer covers at least a portion of the absorbent layer;
- a transmission layer disposed beneath the absorbent layer and unbonded thereto so that the absorbent layer is able to move laterally with respect to the transmission layer;
- and
- a tissue contact layer disposed beneath the transmission layer, wherein the tissue contact layer is configured to be adhered at a border region to the cover layer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.