Patent ID: 8722961
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: A61F,A61H,A61M

Abstract:
1. A hyperbaric dressing comprising; a first layer and a second layer associated together to form a) an oxygen supply portion comprising a pouch in which the first layer is a sheet formed of a fluid-impermeable material and the second layer is a sheet formed of a gas-permeable and liquid-impermeable material; and b) an exudate removal portion comprising at least one sealed-together in-register portion of the first and second layers, defining a hole through the first and second layers; and a delivery means arranged to supply oxygen to between the first and second layers to pressurize the pouch; wherein the oxygen can permeate out of the pouch through the second layer, wherein a fluid comprising wound exudate cannot permeate through the second layer into the pouch, and wherein the hole defined through the first and second layers of the at least one sealed-together in-register portion is of such a diameter to allow the fluid comprising wound exudate to flow through the second and first layers.