Patent ID: 7976519

Claim:
A surface-wound healing dressing including: a foam core with a perimeter and upper and lower surfaces; a fabric wick covering said lower surface of the foam core; an overdrape cover assembly draped over the wick-covered foam core for placing over a patient's skin and around the wound; the cover assembly trapping liquid in the foam core; the cover assembly transferring air to the foam core; the cover assembly including a cover return ring extending inwardly from the foam core perimeter below the fabric wick and underlying a portion of the foam core lower surface adjacent to the foam core perimeter; adhesive on the cover return ring for releasably attaching the foam core to the patient's skin surface around said surface-wound below the foam core perimeter; a drain in the overdrape cover assembly over the foam core upper surface; a vacuum capable of applying negative pressure to the wound site, the vacuum connected to the drain; the wick spreading patient fluid from the wound laterally outwardly from the wound over the cover return ring and around and through the foam core; and the vacuum removing patient fluid from the wick and out of the dressing through the drain.