US 12,420,007 B2
Low profile off-loading fluid and pressure conduit
Justin Rice, Denver, CO (US); James K. Seddon, Wimborne (GB); Benjamin A. Pratt, San Antonio, TX (US); Andrew Neylon, San Antonio, TX (US); John Kennedy, San Antonio, TX (US); and Victor Clarke, San Antonio, TX (US)
Assigned to KCI Manufacturing Unlimited Company, Westmeath (IE)
Appl. No. 18/035,972
Filed by KCI Manufacturing Unlimited Company, Westmeath (IE)
PCT Filed Oct. 20, 2021, PCT No. PCT/IB2021/059671
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 9, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/101716, PCT Pub. Date May 19, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/112,252, filed on Nov. 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0405211 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. A61M 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 1/913 (2021.05) [A61M 1/92 (2021.05); A61M 2207/00 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for managing fluid from a tissue site, comprising:
a first layer having a first end, a second end, a first surface, a second surface, and a thickness between the first surface and the second surface, the first layer comprising a foam;
a first fluid pathway disposed in the first surface of the first layer and extending from the first end to the second end;
a second fluid pathway disposed in the first surface of the first layer and extending from the first end to the second end;
a second layer having a first end, a second end, a first surface, and a second surface, wherein the second surface of the second layer is coupled to the first surface of the first layer; and
at least one gutter extending along a length of the first layer and outbound of the first fluid pathway, the at least one gutter having a depth extending into the thickness of the first layer and a width extending perpendicular to the depth.