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Vacuum therapy and cleansing dressing for wounds

  • US 10,357,404 B2
  • Filed: 07/06/2011
  • Issued: 07/23/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A bandage for use with a vacuum source, the bandage comprising:

  • a flexible wound dressing member formed from a non-porous material and having a sheet-like configuration including a wound-facing surface and an opposite surface including a plurality of channels formed therein with a plurality of discrete holes extending from the channels through the wound dressing member; and

    a flexible cover having a sheet-like configuration and a port configured to be coupled to a vacuum source, the flexible cover coupled to the opposite surface to cover the plurality of channels and cooperate therewith to form passageways in fluid communication between the port and the plurality of holes in the wound dressing member;

    wherein the bandage is configured so that the wound-facing surface can be disposed over a wound such that a vacuum source can be fluidly coupled to the port to apply negative pressure to the wound through the passageways and the holes.

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