Methods for using polymer foam absorbent materials in wound dressings

    公开(公告)号:US10004646B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-06-26

    申请号:US14463602

    申请日:2014-08-19

    申请人: Dristi, LLC

    发明人: Ranjit Chatterjee

    IPC分类号: A61F13/00 A61F13/02

    摘要: Disclosed are methods for using open-celled polymeric foam wound dressings made from high internal phase emulsions (HIPEs). The wound dressings have a high capillary pressure and may reduce or obviate the need for treatments like negative pressure wound treatment (NPWT). Also disclosed are structures for HIPE foam wound dressings. The HIPE foam wound dressings typically include at least two layers of HIPE foam with different, but homogeneous, average cell sizes. The average cell sizes form a cell size gradient, with cell size typically decreasing from the front or face layer of foam toward the back layer of foam. The back layer of foam may be a collapsed layer, while the front layer or layers may be expanded. Compared with HIPE foams for other absorbent applications, the wound dressing foams may be higher in hydratable salts and higher in initial moisture levels.

    Hybrid Dressings of Hydrophilic Material and Polymer Foam

    公开(公告)号:US20180263823A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-09-20

    申请号:US15985700

    申请日:2018-05-22

    申请人: Dristi LLC

    发明人: Ranjit Chatterjee

    IPC分类号: A61F13/00

    摘要: Disclosed are hybrid wound dressings that include at least one front layer of a hydrophilic absorbent material and at least one layer behind the front layer that is made of an open-celled polymeric foam made from high internal phase emulsions (HIPEs). The hydrophilic absorbent material may be a natural polymeric material; a synthetic, non-foam polymer; or a material like glass microfiber. Each layer has a rate of fluid absorption and a capillary suction pressure (CSP) for a working fluid like blood plasma. The CSP increases from the front layer toward the layers behind the front layer, such that fluid is drawn away from a wound.