US 12,403,214 B2
Wound care device having fluid transfer and adhesive properties
Laura Maher, Campobello, SC (US); Matthew I. Foote, Spartanburg, SC (US); Gregory A. Satterfield, Pelzer, SC (US); Rajib Mondal, Greer, SC (US); and Cristina M. Acevedo, Greer, SC (US)
Assigned to Milliken & Company, Spartanburg, SC (US)
Filed by Milliken & Company, Spartanburg, SC (US)
Filed on May 17, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/415,073.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/674,095, filed on May 21, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2019/0351095 A1, Nov. 21, 2019
Int. Cl. A61L 15/58 (2006.01); A61F 13/00 (2024.01); A61F 13/0203 (2024.01); A61F 13/0206 (2024.01); A61L 15/18 (2006.01); A61L 15/44 (2006.01)
CPC A61L 15/585 (2013.01) [A61F 13/00063 (2013.01); A61F 13/0206 (2013.01); A61F 13/0209 (2013.01); A61F 13/0213 (2013.01); A61L 15/18 (2013.01); A61L 15/44 (2013.01); A61F 2013/00119 (2013.01); A61F 2013/00217 (2013.01); A61F 2013/00238 (2013.01); A61F 2013/00319 (2013.01); A61F 2013/00323 (2013.01); A61L 2300/104 (2013.01); A61L 2300/404 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wound care device comprising:
a perforated trilaminate silicone adhesive layer having a wound contact surface and having apertures in the range from about 1.0 mm to about 3.0 mm;
a single layer of fabric having a wound contact surface and a wound fluid reservoir surface; wherein said wound contact surfaces of said perforated trilaminate silicone adhesive layer and said single layer of fabric simultaneously contact a wound when in use; and
a fluid retentive layer; and
wherein said wound care device transports wound fluid uni-directionally from said wound contact surface of said single layer of fabric to said wound fluid reservoir surface upon exposure to a wound.