Wound cleansing apparatus in-situ

a wound cleansing and in-situ technology, applied in the field of wound cleansing apparatus, can solve the problem that relevant devices tend to be not portable, and achieve the effect of promoting wound healing
US20110087179A2Active Publication Date: 2011-04-14SMITH & NEPHEW PLC
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Authority / Receiving Office
US · United States
Patent Type
Applications(United States)
Current Assignee / Owner
SMITH & NEPHEW PLC
Publication Date
2011-04-14

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Abstract

An apparatus for cleansing wounds, in which wound exudate is removed from a wound bed and selectively cleansed and returned to the wound. The cleansing means removes materials deleterious to wound healing, and the cleansed fluid, still containing materials that are beneficial in promoting wound healing, is returned to the wound bed. The associated wound dressing and cleansing means are conformable to the wound, and may have irrigant fluid circulated from a reservoir by a device for moving fluid through a flow path which passes through the dressing and a means for fluid cleansing and back to the dressing.
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10 / 575,871, published as US 2007 / 0167926 and filed on Jan. 29, 2007, which is a U.S. National Phase of the PCT International Application No. PCT / GB04 / 04549, filed on Oct. 28, 2004, which claims priority to application GB 0325129.5, filed on Oct. 28, 2003.FIELD OF THE INVENTION

[0002] The present invention relates to apparatus and a medical wound dressing for cleansing wounds, and a method of treating wounds using such apparatus.

[0003] It relates in particular to such an apparatus, wound dressing and method that can be easily applied to a wide variety of, but in particular chronic, wounds, to cleanse them of materials that are deleterious to wound healing, whilst retaining materials that are beneficial in particular to wound healing. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0004] Before the present invention, aspirating and / or irrigating apparatus were known, and tended to be us...

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