US 12,447,053 B2
Flexible and conformable wound dressing with enhanced fluid absorption capability
Christopher B. Locke, Bournemouth (GB); and Timothy Mark Robinson, Blandford Forum (GB)
Assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Company, Maplewood, MN (US)
Filed by Solventum Intellectual Properties Company, Maplewood, MN (US)
Filed on Jul. 31, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/527,920.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/714,290, filed on Aug. 3, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0038251 A1, Feb. 6, 2020
Int. Cl. A61F 13/0203 (2024.01); A61F 13/00 (2024.01); A61F 13/02 (2024.01); A61F 13/0206 (2024.01); A61L 15/22 (2006.01); A61L 15/24 (2006.01); A61L 15/42 (2006.01); A61L 15/44 (2006.01); A61L 15/58 (2006.01); A61L 15/60 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 13/0223 (2013.01) [A61F 13/00055 (2013.01); A61F 13/00063 (2013.01); A61F 13/0209 (2013.01); A61F 13/0289 (2013.01); A61L 15/225 (2013.01); A61L 15/24 (2013.01); A61L 15/425 (2013.01); A61L 15/44 (2013.01); A61L 15/58 (2013.01); A61L 15/60 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wound dressing comprising:
a hydrophilic elastic foam layer configured to engage a wound bed, and having a first side and a second side, the second side configured to face the wound bed;
a drape layer having a first side and a second side, the second side configured to face the first side of the hydrophilic elastic foam layer; and
a plurality of superabsorbent projections fixed to and extending from the first side of the hydrophilic elastic foam layer towards the second side of the drape layer, the plurality of superabsorbent projections being non-contiguous, and wherein each superabsorbent projection of the plurality of superabsorbent projections has only one surface in contact with the hydrophilic elastic foam layer.