Patent ID: 11896462
Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 26:
27. A dressing filler for treating a tissue site, comprising:
a plurality of filler elements, each filler element including a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface and separated from the first surface by a thickness; and
a tissue interface layer including a first side configured to be positioned facing the tissue site and a second side positioned opposite the first side, the tissue interface layer expandable between a relaxed state and an expanded state; and
an attachment device comprising a plurality of separate adhesive points configured to separately couple the first surface of each of the plurality of filler elements to the second side of the tissue interface layer such that a distance between each of the plurality of filler elements and a distance between each of the plurality of adhesive points increases in the expanded state;
wherein the plurality of filler elements comprises detached blocks of porous material.