	US 12,127,913 B2
	Absorbent wound dressings
Stephen Cotton, Nottingham (GB)
Assigned to BRIGHTWAKE LIMITED, Nottingham (GB)
Filed by BRIGHTWAKE LIMITED, Nottingham (GB)
Filed on Dec. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/553,061.
Application 17/553,061 is a continuation of application No. 14/783,385, abandoned, previously published as PCT/GB2014/051086, filed on Apr. 8, 2014.
Claims priority of application No. 1306317 (GB), filed on Apr. 8, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2022/0142822 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 13/02 (2024.01); A61F 13/01 (2024.01); A61F 13/0203 (2024.01); A61F 13/0206 (2024.01); A61F 13/0246 (2024.01); A61L 15/24 (2006.01); A61L 15/26 (2006.01); A61L 15/28 (2006.01); A61L 15/60 (2006.01)

CPC A61F 13/0209 (2013.01) [A61F 13/01012 (2024.01); A61F 13/01017 (2024.01); A61F 13/01029 (2024.01); A61F 13/01042 (2024.01); A61F 13/022 (2013.01); A61F 13/0223 (2013.01); A61F 13/0253 (2013.01); A61L 15/24 (2013.01); A61L 15/26 (2013.01); A61L 15/28 (2013.01); A61L 15/60 (2013.01)]

22 Claims

1. An absorbent wound dressing comprising a superabsorbent material that, in use, is adapted to be in fluid communication with the surface of a wound upon which the absorbent wound dressing is applied, wherein the superabsorbent material is enclosed in an envelope having a non-wound-facing surface and a wound-facing surface, wherein the wound-facing surface is knitted from a yarn comprising a blend of gelling fibres and non-gelling fibres, and wherein the superabsorbent material is sodium polyacrylate polymer.