Non-adherent wound dressing
AssigneeThe Kendall Company
InventorHarish A. Patel
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Abstract
Disclosed is an improvement in wound dressings comprising an absorbent pad for receiving and retaining wound fluids sandwiched between outer perforated non-adherent films for preventing the dressing from sticking to the wound, the improvement being employing as the absorbent pad a multilayer structure comprising an inner layer of a low density absorbent material for receiving fluids diffusing to the dressing from the wound and an overlying layer of a high density absorbent material for receiving and retaining wound fluids diffusing through the inner layer in order to inhibit skin maceration due to the wetness of the surface area of the absorbent pad adjacent the wound.
Claims6
In a wound dressing for covering a wound wherein an absorbent material for receiving and retaining wound fluids is sandwiched between opposed first and second perforated non-adherent sheet materials;
- the improvement wherein the absorbent material is a multilayer structure comprising first and second absorbent layers, the first layer being a low density absorbent fabric having optimum absorption capacity for receiving wound fluids diffusing from the wound through the first perforated sheet material, the second layer being a high density absorbent fabric exhibiting optimum spreading or wicking characteristics for receiving and retaining wound fluid diffusing through the low density absorbent fabric, whereby to inhibit maceration caused by pooling of wound fluid on the wound surface.
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