Patent ID: 8926593
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A device for vacuum therapy of a wound, the device comprising: a vacuum dressing that seals the wound space in an essentially vacuum-tight manner; a connecting device, said connecting device having a suction tube to which a vacuum can be applied and a two-dimensional vacuum-tight, flexible support means for the suction tube, said support means being structured for application, in an essentially vacuum-tight manner, to said vacuum dressing, wherein said vacuum dressing overlaps and seals the wound with respect to atmosphere such that said suction tube communicates with the wound space through at least one opening in said support means and in said vacuum dressing; a wound support disposed beneath said vacuum dressing in the wound space, wherein the wound support comprises a flexibly compliant foamed material having through-hole that extends in a direction of a wound depth and a sleeve disposed in said through-hole, said sleeve having a collar on one side or on both sides of said foamed material, said collar resting axially against a side of said foamed material that surrounds said through-hole with respect to a longitudinal axis of said sleeve; and a fluid feed tube, said fluid feed tube structured for introducing a fluid medium to the wound space in order to promote healing of the wound, said fluid feed tube disposed in a same plane as said suction tube and fed to said support means, said fluid feed tube having a thickness which does not exceed a thickness of said suction tube, wherein said fluid feed tube is passed, in a sealed manner, through an opening in said support means to protrude beyond a wound-facing side of said support means and to project through an opening in said vacuum dressing into said sleeve, said sleeve thereby being disposed, structured and dimensioned to guide an end section of said fluid feed tube for conveying liquid through said fluid feed tube into deep regions of the wound without having an end section of said fluid feed tube rest against a base of the wound.