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- Patent Title: Devices and methods for preventing localized pressure points in distribution components for tissue therapy
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Application No.: US16449750Application Date: 2019-06-24
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Publication No.: US11534343B2Publication Date: 2022-12-27
- Inventor: Thomas Alan Edwards , Christopher Brian Locke
- Applicant: KCI Licensing, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX San Antonio
- Assignee: KCI Licensing, Inc.
- Current Assignee: KCI Licensing, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX San Antonio
- Main IPC: A61F13/02
- IPC: A61F13/02 ; A61F13/00

Abstract:
Apparatuses and dressing components for tissue treatment with negative pressure and methods of making and using the dressings and dressing components are disclosed. For example, an apparatus for managing fluid from a tissue site may comprise at least two fluid pathways formed along the length of the apparatus. The apparatus may have at least one hinge line spanning along the length of the apparatus between at the at least two fluid pathways, and the apparatus may be curved about the hinge line. Some examples of the apparatus may comprise multiple layers assembled in a stacked relationship, which may be bonded together using weld lines to define at least two fluid pathways along the length of the apparatus. In some examples, the apparatus may be curved about the weld lines.
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