Expansion units for attachment to custom patterned wound dressings and custom patterned wound dressings adapted to interface with same
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1. A custom wound dressing comprising:
- (a) a first layer configured to interface with a specific wound, the first layer comprising a hydrophilic material; and
(b) a second layer comprising a liquid flow blocking material impermeable to fluid, wherein a opening is formed in the second layer for allowing liquid to flow through the second layer; and
(c) a dressing extension part operatively coupled or couplable to the opening and comprising at least one of a porous solid foam and a porous microfiberous material.
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Abstract
A custom fabricated (e.g. custom shaped and dimensioned) primary wound dressing part that matches a corresponding, pre-mapped integumentary wound is combined with dressing extension parts to form a composite wound dressing system. The primary wound dressing part may include one or more liquid flow barriers composed for example of a hydrophobic and high viscosity liquid embedded in a layer of the primary wound dressing part. The dressing extension parts may include interconnect portals for operatively interconnecting with the primary wound dressing part so that liquids may be securely moved between primary wound dressing part and the extension parts.
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56 Claims
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1. A custom wound dressing comprising:
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(a) a first layer configured to interface with a specific wound, the first layer comprising a hydrophilic material; and (b) a second layer comprising a liquid flow blocking material impermeable to fluid, wherein a opening is formed in the second layer for allowing liquid to flow through the second layer; and (c) a dressing extension part operatively coupled or couplable to the opening and comprising at least one of a porous solid foam and a porous microfiberous material. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A combination of a first package and a first custom wound dressing part enclosed in the first package, where the first custom dressing part is configured for interfacing with a first prespecified external extension part, where the first custom dressing part is further configured for treating a specific wound identified by first indicia that is at least logically coupled to the first package, where the specific wound has pre-mapped different wound zones, and where the first custom dressing part comprises:
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(a) a plurality of layers extending laterally in the first custom dressing part, including a first layer having a first porous material; and (b) among said plurality of laterally extending layers, at least a second layer composed of a liquid flow blocking material that blocks bulk liquid from flowing therethrough, where the second layer has at least a first custom portal opening defined therein for allowing a first bulk liquid to flow through the first portal opening while the first bulk liquid is in communication with the first layer; and
where the first custom portal opening is operatively couplable to said first prespecified external extension part. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A method for coordinating packaging and delivery of a first customized multilayer wound dressing and of one or more dressing extension parts to a patient having a wound at a corresponding wound site for which the combination of the customized wound dressing and the one or more dressing extension parts are designed, the method comprising:
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(a) automatically enclosing the customized wound dressing in a first sealed package; (b) automatically enclosing the one or more of the dressing extension parts in a corresponding second or more sealed packages; and (c) automatically producing at least a first label that is attachable to or integrally formed on the first sealed package where the first label provides indicia that performs at least one of the following functions; identifying the wound or wound site for which the combination of the customized wound dressing and the one or more extension parts are designed, separately identifying the patient having the identified wound or wound site, indicating a route and/or method and/or one or more persons by way of which said first and second or more packages and the correspondingly enclosed customized wound dressing and dressing extension parts are to be delivered to the identified wound or patient having the identified wound, indicating at least one of a prescribed date for application or prescribed date for removal of the customized wound dressing and its one or more extension parts respectively to or from the identified wound site, and defining or pointing to instructions for applying and/or removing the customized wound dressing and its one or more extension parts respectively to or from the identified wound site. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43)
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44. A method of custom forming one or more fluid containment barriers in a given layer of a multilayer custom wound dressing that is associated with a pre-identified and pre-mapped wound for which the dressing is to be custom matched, where the custom wound dressing is further associated with one or more dressing extension parts that are to be operatively coupled to the custom wound dressing, the method comprising:
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(a) providing a liquid impermeable first sheet material as defining one or more first layers of the multilayer custom wound dressing; (b) defining through the first sheet material at least a first custom portal opening at a prespecified first location in the first sheet material, where the first custom portal opening is operatively mateable with at least a first of said one or more dressing extension parts so as to conduct a flow of liquid between the custom wound dressing and the first dressing extension part; (c) providing a porous and hydrophilic second sheet material disposed over the first sheet material as defining one or more second layers of the multilayer custom wound dressing; (d) depositing on the second sheet material and at a second location of the second sheet material corresponding both to a pre-mapped feature of the pre-identified wound and to the first custom portal opening defined at said prespecified first location in the first sheet material;
a viscous liquid that can penetrate into and become embedded in the porous structure of the second sheet material such that after becoming so embedded the viscous liquid blocks or substantially inhibits one or more pre-defined other liquids or pre-defined gases or vapors from passing through the embedded viscous liquid; and(e) causing or allowing the deposited viscous liquid to become embedded in the second sheet material. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
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