Patent ID: 11903798
Assignee: SMITH & NEPHEW PLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A negative pressure wound therapy device comprising:
a wound dressing including a backing layer having an opening and adapted for close contact with an outer periphery of a wound site; and
a pump unit including a housing and a pump,
wherein the housing includes
a joint portion joined to the wound dressing, and
an inlet communicating with the pump,

wherein the housing is adapted for communicating with a closed space formed by the backing layer and the wound site via the opening of the backing layer and the inlet of the housing,
wherein the negative pressure wound therapy device further includes an absorbing member adapted for being disposed in the closed space to absorb a liquid, and an exudate passage preventing member with the absorbing member interposed between the exudate passage preventing member and the opening, and
wherein the absorbing member is configured to absorb and store exudate from the wound site.