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8168848 Access openings in vacuum bandage  
A wound dressing member is provided for use in a vacuum bandage connected to a vacuum source and for use with a wound having a wound surface. The member may include a top surface and a bottom...
8163973 Integrated wound dressing system  
An integrated wound dressing system and method including a bandage and a self-contained receptacle that stores treatment material for the care and treatment of wounds. The treatment material is...
8152750 Vascular access preservation in hemodialysis patients  
The present invention relates generally to the field of hemodialysis, including methods and kits that can be employed to improve hemodialysis therapy. The present invention encompasses methods and...
8152785 Vacuum port for vacuum wound therapy  
The present disclosure describes a dressing for use in a vacuum wound therapy procedure to promote healing of a wound. The dressing includes a cover layer for positioning over a wound to define a...
8147468 Reduced-pressure, linear-wound treatment systems  
A system for treating a linear wound on a patient has a closing dressing bolster for placing on the patient's epidermis over the linear wound, a sealing subsystem for providing a seal over the...
8147857 Infection-resistant polyurethane foams, method for producing the same and use thereof in antiseptic wound dressings  
The present invention describes microbicidal hydrophilic polyurethane foams endowed with polyhexamethylenebiguanide (PHMB) and/or its hydrochloride and also a superabsorbent, wound contact...
8148596 Wound treatment apparatus  
A wound treatment apparatus is disclosed, which comprises: a first portion, a second portion and a porous matrix. In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the first portion, being an adhesive...
8133211 Reduced pressure, compression systems and apparatuses for use on joints  
A system for providing reduced-pressure treatment to a moveable tissue site, such as a joint, includes a flexible dressing bolster. The flexible dressing bolster has a first side and a second,...
8123730 Medicinal composition and wound contact layer with a composition  
The invention relates to a wound dressing, a wound contact layer and a medicinal composition comprising a hydrophilic base in which hydrocolloids are dispersed, wherein the hydrophilic base...
8118792 Antimicrobial wound contact layer  
The invention relates to a wound dressing, a wound contact layer and a medicinal composition comprising a hydrophilic base in which hydrocolloids are dispersed, wherein the hydrophilic base...
8118791 Medical device  
A medical device for example a wound dressing having antibacterial and optionally, antifungal properties, are provided together with methods for making the device. An exemplary dressing includes a...
8118793 Medicinal composition with active ingredients and wound contact layer with a composition  
The invention relates to a wound dressing, a wound contact layer and a medicinal composition comprising a hydrophilic base in which hydrocolloids are dispersed, wherein the hydrophilic base...
8105295 Dressing and apparatus for cleansing the wounds  
A dressing (2) and an apparatus (1) comprising the dressing, for cleansing the wounds (5) in which an irrigant fluid from a reservoir (12) connected to a conformable would dressing and would...
8100872 Medical dressing containing antimicrobial agent  
A medical dressing containing an antimicrobial agent is disclosed. The medical dressing comprises a layered fabric comprising an inner layer of substantially hydrophilic material, an outer layer of...
8075537 Multiple cell therapeutic diffusion device  
A diffusing device for treating tissue has multiple cells arranged in a cell layer, the cells filled with or charged with a therapeutic agent, an occlusive layer in direct communication with the...
8067662 Systems and methods for wound protection and exudate management  
The present invention provides systems and methods for protecting a wound and managing exudate released from the wound comprising a dressing having a support cushion for surrounding the wound and...
8067370 Pain-sensitive therapeutic wound dressing  
Disclosed is a wound dressing comprising a therapeutic agent and a matrix comprising polymers joined by cross-linkages, wherein the cross-linkages comprise oligopeptidic sequences which are...
8057446 Wound healing device  
Methods and devices transmit micromechanical forces locally on the millimeter to micron scale for promoting wound healing. Micromechanical forces can selectively be applied directly to tissue, in...
8057447 Reduced pressure wound dressing having a wound contact surface with columnar protrusions  
A reduced pressure treatment system is provided for delivering a reduced pressure to a tissue site comprising a distribution manifold including a backing substrate with a first side and a second...
8048046 Wound therapy system with housing and canister support  
A system for subatmospheric pressure therapy in connection with the healing of a surgical wound is disclosed. The system may be portable or semi-portable, thereby providing the subject with the...
8048045 Blood leakage detection device  
A blood leakage detection device for attachment to the skin of a patient at a wound such as one caused by insertion a cannula into a vein or artery comprises a support of a flexible material having...
8034037 Vacuum wound dressing  
Provided, in one embodiment, is a vacuum wound dressing for covering a wound bed comprising: a wound contact layer comprising a fibrous blend or fibrous material that forms a cohesive gel when...
RE42755 Honey based wound dressing  
The present invention is directed to the use of honey in medical dressings. Preferred embodiments modify honey with a viscosity increasing agent, resulting in a range of possible compositions...
8025650 Negative pressure wound treatment device, and methods  
A negative pressure (i.e., vacuum or suction) wound healing device and system incorporating the device. The device of the present disclosure is smaller, lighter, portable, and overall more...
8022266 Method of treating a wound utilizing suction  
A therapeutic device for promoting the healing of a wound in a mammal is disclosed. An exemplary device comprises a permeable structure having a plurality of depressions formed in a surface...
8021347 Thin film wound dressing  
A composite wound dressing and delivery apparatus includes a substantially transparent dressing layer having a lower surface that is coated with a pressure sensitive for applying the dressing layer...
8007491 Methods for application of reduced pressure therapy  
The tissue therapy device includes a sealant layer and a suction apparatus. The sealant layer creates a sealed enclosure between it and the surface of a patient by forming an airtight seal around...
7988680 Vacuum therapy and cleansing dressing for wounds  
A wound dressing member is provided for use in a vacuum bandage connected to a vacuum source. The wound dressing member is also provided for use with a wound having a wound surface. The wound...
7989674 Multilayer conductive appliance having wound healing and analgesic properties  
A dressing for promoting healing and pain relief of the body of a living organism having a pathologic condition has at least one layer of conductive material having a resistance no greater than...
7985195 Body or plant part dressing  
A dressing having a flexible sleeve shaped to accommodate a substantially cylindrical body or plant portion, the sleeve having a lining which is substantially non-adherent to the body or plant part...
7981098 System for suction-assisted wound healing  
A system for treating a wound with suction is provided. The system comprises a wound cover, a pump having an input port and an output port, the input port providing suction to the wound via the...
7959624 Device for the treatment of wounds using a vacuum  
The invention relates to a device (100) for treating wounds of the human or animal body using a vacuum and having a gas-tight wound-covering element (4), which, when placed in contact with the body...
7947863 Hydrogels of hydrophilic polyurethane (meth)acrylates  
Processes for preparing polyurethane hydrogels which include free-radically cross-linking: A) hydrophilic polyurethanes having one or more olefinically unsaturated groups selected from the group...
7947033 Systems and methods for detection of wound fluid blood and application of phototherapy in conjunction with reduced pressure wound treatment system  
Wound fluid blood detection systems and methods are described that are operable in conjunction with reduced pressure wound treatment (RPWT) systems, as well as ancillary therapy and monitoring...
7943810 Method and apparatus for hemostasis  
Devices and methods are disclosed for achieving hemostasis in patients who have received skin-penetrating wounds to the periphery, including the head, arms, and legs. Such haemostatic packing...
7938790 Process and device for application of active substances to a wound surface  
For application of active substances to a wound surface a porous padding (12) is provided upon the wound (10), which is sealingly covered over with a foil (14). A fluid active substance is...
7931628 Device for closing tissue openings  
A tissue closure device has an elongate body with a first portion and a second portion. A wound closure member is also provided. In operation, a wound closure member is releasably held on a distal...
7928281 Wound covering  
A non-contact wound covering for covering a wound includes a peripheral sealing ring. The peripheral sealing ring is covered by a barrier layer and this assembly is attached to the skin with an...
7927318 Waste container for negative pressure therapy  
A system for treating a patient with a wound comprises a bandage, a receptacle, and a vacuum source. The bandage comprises a cover to seal about the wound and to define a space above the wound in...
7914889 Wound management fibres  
A wound management fibre comprising a base fibre having a chitosan material associated therewith, characterised in that the wound management fibre has a significant proportion of chitosan...
7910791 Combination SIS and vacuum bandage and method  
A wound care bandage for treating a wound is provided. The bandage includes an SIS layer to be placed on the wound surface and a cover to placed over the wound. Illustratively, the bandage further...
7910793 Wound dressing  
A wound dressing including an absorbent core defining opposed proximal and distal surfaces, the distal surface of the absorbent core defining a central portion, a border portion and an intermediate...
7905852 Skin-contacting-adhesive free dressing  
A dressing having a flexible sleeve shaped to accommodate a substantially cylindrical body portion, the sleeve having a lining which is substantially non-adherent to the body part being bandaged...
7896856 Wound packing for preventing wound closure  
A wound insert or wound packing for preventing wound closure is provided. Such packing may be used alone or in regular bandages or in vacuum bandages or in irrigation bandages. Some illustrative...
7888547 Invertible wound dressing and method of making the same  
A hospital type of bandage integrates an absorbent pad and non-stick layer with a fluid-impermeable outer layer and an adhesive in a single composite structure. In a preferred embodiment the...
7888546 Wound dressing, ingredient delivery device and IV hold-down, and method relating to same  
An adhesive device used as a wound dressing, ingredient delivery device or IV hold-down in which inadvertent edge release of these devices along the periphery of the polymeric film layer is...
7867206 Vacuum therapy and cleansing dressing for wounds  
A bandage for use with a vacuum source includes a wound dressing member to be placed in contact with a wound surface and a suction port associated with the wound dressing member. The member is...
7863496 Self-closing antiseptic plaster  
A self-closing antiseptic plaster (1) for puncturing blood vessels, muscle tissue, tissue, skin, organs (biopsy) or bone marrow is puncturable by cannulas, needles or the like. It has a backing...
7858112 Percutaneous absorption system and percutaneous absorption method  
The present invention provides a percutaneous absorption system and a percutaneous absorption method, which have a simple constitution and can realize the easy and continuous percutaneous...
7857806 Pump system for negative pressure wound therapy  
A pump system for applying negative pressure to a wound, including a flow monitor capable of detecting a deviation from a reference airflow rate provided by a controlled leak to determine whether...