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US 8,663,198 B2Granted
Negative pressure wound therapy device
AssigneeKalypto Medical, Inc.
InventorsJohn Buan, Alan Carlson, Daniel Gelfman
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Abstract
A wound therapy device and a kit for same with a housing material, a gasket disposed around at least a portion of the housing material, a non-woven absorption material, and a port. The gasket is sized and configured such that at least a first portion of the gasket will be adhered to a second portion of the gasket upon a folding of the housing material. A method of using a wound therapy device.
Claims15
A method of treating a wound on an appendage with negative pressure wound therapy comprising the steps of:
- disposing a non-woven absorption material over the wound;
- removing at least a portion of a liner from a housing material having a first side with an adhesive, a gasket disposed on the first side and a port in communication with the housing material;
- positioning the housing material around the appendage;
- folding the housing material to seal the housing material to the appendage such that a first portion of the gasket is adhered to a second portion of the gasket around at least a portion of a periphery of the appendage, wherein the non-woven absorption material is positioned within the seal formed by the gasket and the port is positioned adjacent the non-woven absorption material;
- and,
- applying negative pressure to the wound through the port on the housing to apply negative pressure to the wound through the non-woven absorption material.
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