US 12,324,728 B2
Manifolding apparatus or dressing exhibiting low tissue ingrowth and negative-pressure treatment method
Timothy Mark Robinson, Shillingstone (GB); Christopher Brian Locke, Bournemouth (GB); Benjamin Andrew Pratt, Poole (GB); Larry Tab Randolph, San Antonio, TX (US); Justin Alexander Long, Lago Vista, TX (US); James Courage, San Antonio, TX (US); Diwi L. Allen, San Antonio, TX (US); and Kristine M. Kieswetter, San Antonio, TX (US)
Assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Company, Maplewood, MN (US)
Filed by Solventum Intellectual Properties Company, Maplewood, MN (US)
Filed on Jul. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/861,074.
Application 17/861,074 is a continuation of application No. 16/757,343, abandoned, previously published as PCT/US2018/056831, filed on Oct. 22, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/577,570, filed on Oct. 26, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0347017 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 13/05 (2024.01); A61F 13/01 (2024.01); A61F 13/0206 (2024.01); A61F 13/14 (2006.01); A61L 27/16 (2006.01); A61L 27/18 (2006.01); A61L 27/34 (2006.01); A61L 27/54 (2006.01); A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61F 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 13/05 (2024.01) [A61F 13/01021 (2024.01); A61F 13/0206 (2013.01); A61F 13/148 (2013.01); A61L 27/16 (2013.01); A61L 27/18 (2013.01); A61L 27/34 (2013.01); A61L 27/54 (2013.01); A61M 1/85 (2021.05); A61M 1/90 (2021.05); A61M 1/915 (2021.05); A61F 2013/00157 (2013.01); A61F 2013/00357 (2013.01); A61M 1/92 (2021.05); A61M 2210/1017 (2013.01); A61M 2210/1021 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
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1. An apparatus for filling a wound, the apparatus comprising:
an array of interconnected polymeric ovules having a truncated ellipsoidal shape, wherein:
each set of four interconnected ovules defines a fluid pathway extending perpendicularly through the array;
each truncated ellipsoidal shape comprises an approximately elliptical contact surface at each contact surface between two interconnected ovules; and
each interconnected polymeric ovule has its longest principal axis oriented substantially perpendicular to the array.