Negative pressure wound therapy apparatus

• Main Authors: Amy Nicole Wheldrake, Samuel John Mortimer, Benjamin James Gardner
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 19.04.2023
• Subjects: BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PROSTHESES; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS

Wound treatment apparatus for treating a wound with reduced pressure has superabsorbent material 501 that is glued in position at one or multiple discrete regions or target areas 503 within an absorbent layer 502, the target areas being positioned to allow an air flow path 504 within the absorbent layer, between or around the superabsorbent material in the target areas, when the superabsorbent materials are wet. The plurality of target areas of superabsorbent material can be arranged in various patterns including a spaced pattern and/or a regularly repeating pattern, such as a grid. A backing layer is provided over the absorbent layer and comprises an orifice.