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US 8,460,255 B2Granted
Device and method for wound therapy
AssigneeKalypto Medical, Inc.
InventorsAshok V. Joshi, John Howard Gordon, Sai Bhavaraju, Troy C. Dayton, Jeremy Heiser
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Abstract
A wound therapy device is disclosed. The wound therapy device may include a housing for covering at least a portion of a wound and for sealing to a body surface of a patient. The housing may also include a liquid collector for retaining liquid therein and a vacuum connection for coupling to a vacuum source. The vacuum connection may be in gaseous communication with the liquid collector. The vacuum connection may be separated from the liquid collector by a liquid barrier.
Claims61
A wound therapy device, comprising:
- a wound cover configured to cover at least a portion of a wound;
- a vacuum source configured to be in fluid communication with the wound cover;
- a liquid-retaining structure integrated with and positioned under the wound cover, wherein said liquid-retaining structure is configured to collect and retain substantially all liquid wound exudate that enters into the liquid-retaining structure while simultaneously communicating negative pressure generated by the vacuum source to the wound;
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- a liquid barrier configured to substantially block liquid flow from out of the liquid-retaining structure.
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A wound therapy device, comprising:
- a wound cover configured to cover at least a portion of a wound;
- a vacuum connection configured to connect the wound cover to a vacuum pump;
- a liquid retention chamber under the wound cover and integrated with the wound cover, wherein said liquid retention chamber is configured to collect and retain liquid wound exudate under the wound cover while simultaneously communicating negative pressure generated by the vacuum source to the wound;
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- a liquid barrier disposed between the vacuum connection and liquid retention chamber configured to substantially block liquid from the liquid retention chamber from traveling to the vacuum connection.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.