US 12,102,748 B2
Gel-blocking connection assembly for absorbent negative pressure dressing
Christopher Brian Locke, Bournemouth (GB); and Timothy Mark Robinson, Shillingstone (GB)
Assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Company, Maplewood, MN (US)
Appl. No. 17/634,210
Filed by Solventum Intellectual Properties Company, Maplewood, MN (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 11, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/057545
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 9, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/033077, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 25, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/889,454, filed on Aug. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0323666 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61F 13/05 (2024.01); A61F 13/15 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 1/912 (2021.05) [A61F 13/05 (2024.01); A61M 1/915 (2021.05); A61F 2013/15073 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dressing, comprising:
a manifold layer;
a drape coupled to the manifold layer and configured to seal the manifold layer over a wound, the drape having an opening extending therethrough;
a connection pad positioned at the opening and configured to couple the dressing to a tube, the connection pad comprising:
an outer ring coupled to the drape; and
a center dimple extending away from the drape and defining a volume between the center dimple and a plane defined by the outer ring; and
an absorbent manifolding structure positioned between the center dimple and the manifold layer and formed to substantially match a shape of the volume.