Apparatus for aspirating, irrigating and/or cleansing wounds
CA 2586948 C · Owner: Smith & Nephew Plc · Inventors: Martin, Robin
Overview
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An apparatus for cleansing wounds in which irrigant fluid from a reservoir connected to a conformable wound dressing and wound exudate from the dressing are moved by a device (which may be a single pump or two pumps) for moving fluid through a flow path which passes through the dressing and over a biodegradable scaffold in contact with the wound bed (which encourages healing tissue growth from the wound bed). The apparatus has means (which includes the device(s)) for providing simultaneous aspiration and irrigation of the wound. A dressing assembly including the dressing and the scaffold and the dressing , and a method of treatment using the apparatus.
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- Filed October 28, 2005 and granted December 18, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 28, 2025.
- Certificates of supplementary protection extend only drug patents, and it isn't classified as one.
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