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US 2025/0017787 A1Published application
Fluidic connector for negative pressure wound therapy
AssigneeSmith & Nephew, Inc.
InventorsSarah Jenny Collinson, John Gowans, Philip Gowans
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are several embodiments of a wound treatment apparatus employing a fluidic connector for negative pressure wound therapy and methods of using the same. Some embodiments are directed to improved fluidic connectors for connecting to a wound site, for example a fluidic connector including a reinforcement, and methods of using the same.
Claims17
1-33. (canceled)
A method of making a wound treatment apparatus comprising:
- providing a wound dressing comprising a cover layer;
- providing a fluidic connector configured to provide negative pressure to the wound dressing through an aperture in the cover layer, the fluidic connector comprising:
- an enlarged distal end comprising a sealing surface comprising an opening configured to be positioned over the aperture in the cover layer;
- and
- an elongate conduit extending away from the sealing surface;
- connecting the enlarged distal end of the fluidic connector to the cover layer via an adhesive applicator layer positioned below the sealing surface of the enlarged distal end;
- and
- providing additional reinforcement between the elongate conduit and a top surface of the cover layer via a reinforcement configured to be positioned between the enlarged distal end and an edge of the cover layer.
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A method of making a wound treatment apparatus comprising:
- providing a wound dressing comprising a cover layer;
- providing a fluidic connector configured to provide negative pressure to the wound dressing through an aperture in the cover layer, the fluidic connector comprising:
- an enlarged distal end comprising a sealing surface comprising an opening configured to be positioned over the aperture in the cover layer;
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- an elongate conduit extending away from the sealing surface;
- connecting the enlarged distal end of the fluidic connector to the cover layer via a reinforcement layer positioned below the sealing surface of the enlarged distal end,
- wherein the reinforcement layer is positioned above the cover layer and extends away from the enlarged distal end towards an edge of the cover layer beneath the elongate conduit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.