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Vacuum port for vacuum wound therapy

  • US 8,152,785 B2
  • Filed: 03/12/2009
  • Issued: 04/10/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A wound dressing for use in a vacuum wound therapy treatment comprising:

  • a cover layer configured for positioning over a wound to define a reservoir in which a reduced pressure may be maintained over the wound;

    a portal member mounted to the cover layer, the portal member defining a fluid passage for fluid coupling with a reduced pressure supply conduit for creating the reduced pressure within the reservoir; and

    a filter screen integral to the portal member and mounted relative to the fluid passage, the filter screen dimensioned to minimize passage of tissue particles of predetermined dimension through the fluid passage of the portal member.

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