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EPITHELIALIZATION METHODS, DRESSINGS, AND SYSTEMS

  • US 20110230848A1
  • Filed: 03/11/2011
  • Published: 09/22/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for treating a wound having granulation tissue in a wound bed, the method comprising the steps of:

  • deploying an epithelialization dressing proximate the granulation tissue in the wound bed, wherein the epithelialization dressing comprises;

    a dressing body having a first side and a second, tissue-facing side, anda plurality of projections, each projection having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end coupled to second, tissue-facing side of the dressing body;

    causing a compression force on the epithelialization dressing such that the plurality of projections impinge upon the granulation tissue; and

    allowing sufficient time for epithelium tissue to form proximate the projections.

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