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US 8,361,043 B2Granted
Reduced pressure therapy of the sacral region
AssigneeSpiracur Inc.
InventorsDean Hu, Kenton Fong, Moshe Pinto, Kenneth Wu, Evan Anderson, Anthony Coxum, Brendan Donohoe, Philip Hui, Craig McGreevy
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Abstract
Reduced pressure wound therapy is performed on a sacral region of a patient using an adhesive dressing comprising a flexible planar layer and a non-planar fold-sealing region configured to seal to the intergluteal cleft of a patient. The fold-sealing region is located on an outer edge of the adhesive dressing and comprises a tapered configuration.
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A device to treat a region of a patient having a skin fold, comprising:
- a base layer comprising a first surface, a second surface, an interior region and an outer perimeter, and a non-planar sealing region located about the outer perimeter of the base layer;
- tubing directly attached to the second surface of the base layer;
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- an adhesive located on the base layer and on at least a portion of the sealing region.
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A device to treat a region of a patient having a skin fold, comprising:
- a base layer comprising a first surface, a second surface, an interior region and an outer perimeter, and a non-planar sealing region located about the outer perimeter of the base layer;
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- an adhesive located on the base layer and on at least a portion of the sealing region;
- wherein the non-planar sealing region comprises:
- a tapered region, wherein the tapered region has a taper length and a taper slope;
- a taper peak;
- a cavity;
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- a pushing element located in the cavity and comprising a sack containing an expandable element, wherein the pushing element is configured to push outwardly against the cavity and wherein the expandable element is a fluid.
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