US 12,127,917 B2
Low profile flexible pressure transmission conduit
Christopher Brian Locke, Bournemouth (GB); Timothy Mark Robinson, Shillingstone (GB); and David George Whyte, Wareham (GB)
Assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Company, Maplewood, MN (US)
Filed by Solventum Intellectual Properties Company, Maplewood, MN (US)
Filed on Apr. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/226,976.
Application 17/226,976 is a division of application No. 14/630,290, filed on Feb. 24, 2015, granted, now 11,026,844.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/947,399, filed on Mar. 3, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2021/0220182 A1, Jul. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61F 13/05 (2024.01)
CPC A61F 13/05 (2024.01) [A61M 1/915 (2021.05); A61M 1/96 (2021.05)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A low-profile conduit assembly for use in treating a tissue site, comprising:
a low-profile conduit comprising a receiving end and a transmitting end separated by a length, the low-profile conduit further comprising:
a manifold comprising a non-woven material including a plurality of fibers defining a plurality of fluid communication voids through the manifold, the fibers adapted to engage one another, wherein the plurality of fibers comprise a plurality of longitudinal fibers positioned on a first surface of the manifold and a plurality of vertical fibers positioned on a second surface of the manifold opposite to the first surface; and
a sealing member encapsulating the manifold between the receiving end and the transmitting end;
wherein the transmitting end of the low-profile conduit is adapted to be coupled in fluid communication with a dressing at the tissue site through a hydrophobic filter to preclude the passage of liquids from the tissue site into the low-profile conduit.