US 12,127,916 B2
High-density evaporative bridge dressing
Christopher Brian Locke, Bournemouth (GB); Justin Alexander Long, Lago Vista, TX (US); Benjamin Locke, Bournemouth (GB); Benjamin Andrew Pratt, Poole (GB); and Thomas Alan Edwards, Hampshire (GB)
Assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Company, Maplewood, MN (US)
Appl. No. 16/755,814
Filed by Solventum Intellectual Properties Company, Maplewood, MN (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 29, 2018, PCT No. PCT/US2018/048527
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 13, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/083607, PCT Pub. Date May 2, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/575,983, filed on Oct. 23, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0268561 A1, Aug. 27, 2020
Int. Cl. A61F 13/05 (2024.01); A61F 13/00 (2024.01); A61M 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 13/05 (2024.01) [A61M 1/913 (2021.05); A61F 2013/00246 (2013.01); A61M 1/915 (2021.05); A61M 1/916 (2021.05)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for managing fluid from a tissue site, the apparatus comprising:
a dressing comprising a tissue interface and a cover;
a fluid transfer bridge comprising:
an envelope having a vapor-transfer surface,
a first fluid transfer layer disposed within the envelope,
a second fluid transfer layer disposed within the envelope adjacent to the vapor-transfer surface,
an attachment device disposed between the first fluid transfer layer and the envelope, the attachment device configured to couple the first fluid transfer layer to the envelope, and
a fluid exchange layer comprising a reticulated foam disposed between the first fluid transfer layer and the second fluid transfer layer, the fluid exchange layer coextensive with and having surfaces in contact with the first fluid transfer layer and the second fluid transfer layer, the fluid exchange layer configured to transfer liquid between the first fluid transfer layer and the second fluid transfer layer; and
a fluid interface between the dressing and the fluid transfer bridge, the fluid interface fluidly coupling the tissue interface to the first fluid transfer layer.