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Reduced pressure apparatus and methods

  • US 10,046,096 B2
  • Filed: 03/12/2013
  • Issued: 08/14/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A wound dressing kit for reduced pressure wound therapy, comprising:

  • a pump assembly;

    a power source; and

    a dressing member having one or more absorptive layers and a fluid impermeable backing layer, and defining a first dressing portion and a second dressing portion;

    a score along at least a portion of the dressing member between the first and the second dressing portions, the score being configured to increase the tearability of the dressing member between the first and second dressing portions;

    wherein;

    the first dressing portion is configured to support the one or more absorptive layers; and

    the second dressing portion is configured to support at least one of the pump assembly and the power source; and

    wherein the backing layer is configured to form a sealed enclosure over the one or more absorptive layers, the pump assembly, and the power source;

    wherein the power source is removable from the pump assembly by tearing the dressing member along a score in the second dressing portion between the power source and the pump assembly; and

    wherein the dressing member is configured such that the sealed enclosure is maintained in at least one of the first dressing portion or the second dressing portion after the dressing member is torn along the score between the power source and the pump assembly.

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