Wound dressings for vacuum therapy

A wound dressing for vacuum therapy comprising: a cover 1 configured for placement over the wound to maintain a reduced pressure over the wound and adapted for communication via tube 2 with a source of vacuum, and a screen structure 4 for placement between the cover and the wound, wherein the screen...

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Hauptverfasser:	PATRICK JOHN TROTTER, PAUL WILLIAM WATT, BREDA MARY CULLEN, PAUL HOWARD LOWING, DONALD CHRISTOPHER MARSDEN, DEREK WALTER SILCOCK, SARA JAYNE GREGORY, MICHELLE DEL BONO
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS FIRST-AID KITS FOMENTATION HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES PROSTHESES TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS
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Zusammenfassung:	A wound dressing for vacuum therapy comprising: a cover 1 configured for placement over the wound to maintain a reduced pressure over the wound and adapted for communication via tube 2 with a source of vacuum, and a screen structure 4 for placement between the cover and the wound, wherein the screen structure is adapted to remove or inactivate undesirable components from the wound environment and/or to concentrate desirable components present in the wound environment. Also provided are kits for the assembly of such wound dressings, and systems comprising the wound dressings in combination with a source of vacuum. The screen may remove or inactivate endogenous proteases; remove water; find growth factors; or remove or inactivate micro-organisms / bacteria.