Patent ID: 11878104
Assignee: CONVATEC LIMITED
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 9:
10. A wound dressing for pressure gradient wound therapy, the wound dressing comprising:
an adhesive layer comprising an adhesive region for providing a seal between the wound dressing and a periphery of a wound site, wherein the adhesive layer further comprises a plurality of sensors embedded within the adhesive region, configured to monitor one or more conditions indicative of a hermeticity of the seal between the wound dressing and the periphery of the wound site; and
one or more indicators operable to provide an indication to a user of the wound dressing in dependence on the one or more conditions monitored by the one or more sensors; wherein the one or more indicators comprise one or more of a visual indicator and an audible indicator;
wherein the plurality of sensors are distributed about the periphery of the dressing body and each of the plurality of sensors are configured to identify a pressure associated with the seal between the adhesive region and the periphery of the wound site for each of the plurality of sensors.