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Wound dressing and method of forming same

  • US 4,872,450 A
  • Filed: 07/26/1985
  • Issued: 10/10/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/17/1984
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A dressing for a skin wound of the type having blood and drainage associated therewith, said dressing being of a size slightly larger than said wound and having a surface substantially covering said wound and engaging a continuous area of the skin around the wound and generally in the plane of the skin around the wound, to thereby form an enclosure for the wound, said enclosure having an opening in said surface forming a conduit through which foam can be injected so as to directly engage the wound, and a layer of medical grade foam directed through said conduit into engagement with said skin and contained thereagainst by said surface of said dressing in a covering relation with said wound at a position disposed between said wound and said enclosure, whereby the foam not only provides a protective cushion for the wound but also a volume for absorbing blood and drainage from the wound, and a medium into which antibiotics can be introduced.

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