US 12,274,823 B2
Medical system and dressing for use under compression
Christopher Brian Locke, Bournemouth (GB); Justin Alexander Long, Lago Vista, TX (US); Benjamin Locke, Bournemouth (GB); Benjamin Andrew Pratt, Poole (GB); Thomas Alan Edwards, Hampshire (GB); and Timothy Mark Robinson, Shillingstone (GB)
Assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Company, Maplewood, MN (US)
Filed by Solventum Intellectual Properties Company, Maplewood, MN (US)
Filed on Apr. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/134,937.
Application 18/134,937 is a division of application No. 16/717,754, filed on Dec. 17, 2019, granted, now 11,654,056.
Application 16/717,754 is a division of application No. 15/356,063, filed on Nov. 18, 2016, granted, now 10,548,777, issued on Feb. 4, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/257,903, filed on Nov. 20, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0270597 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
Int. Cl. A61F 13/01 (2024.01); A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61F 13/05 (2024.01)
CPC A61M 1/913 (2021.05) [A61F 13/01029 (2024.01); A61F 13/05 (2024.01); A61M 1/915 (2021.05); A61M 1/96 (2021.05)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bridge for treating a tissue site, the bridge comprising:
a receiving end and a transmitting end separated by a length;
a bridge sealing member extending along the length and defining an internal passageway in fluid communication between the receiving end and the transmitting end, the bridge sealing member comprising a first sealing layer and a second sealing layer positioned opposite the first sealing layer; and
one or more bridge wicking layers disposed within the bridge sealing member, at least a portion of each of the one or more bridge wicking layers spaced apart from the bridge sealing member;
wherein the one or more bridge wicking layers comprise a first bridge wicking layer and a second bridge wicking layer, wherein the first bridge wicking layer has a surface area that is greater than a surface area of the second bridge wicking layer, wherein the first bridge wicking layer has a density that is greater than a density of the second bridge wicking layer, and wherein the first bridge wicking layer is adapted to be positioned underneath the second bridge wicking layer.