Device for treatment of wounds with reduced pressure
AssigneeMölnlycke Health Care AB
InventorsAngelica Andresen, Ulf Johannison
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Abstract
Device for treating wounds with reduced pressure. The device comprises a sealing film, which is placed sealingly around the wound to cover the latter, an underpressure source, as well as a tube, which connects a space over the wound and beneath the sealing film to the underpressure source. The interior of the tube comprises a longitudinal first strand made of a hydrophobic material, as well as a second strand, made of an open-pored hydrophilic material, extending longitudinally over at least a part of the length of the tube. The said material strands are enclosed in a tube casing made of a flexible material.
Claims31
A device for treating wounds with reduced pressure, the device comprising:
- a sealing film configured to be placed sealingly around the wound and cover the wound;
- an underpressure source;
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- a tube, wherein the tube is configured to connect a space over the wound and beneath the sealing film to the underpressure source, wherein the interior of the tube comprises at least one longitudinal first strand made of a hydrophobic, soft and elastic material, wherein the interior of the tube over at least a part of its length has at least one longitudinal second strand separate from said first strand and made of a hydrophilic material, and wherein the tube comprises a casing made of a flexible material configured to enclose the longitudinal first and second strands.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.