Patent ID: 7935858

Claim:
An apparatus for administering a reduced pressure treatment to a projected tissue growth site of a patient, comprising: a tissue spacer including a shaped member having perforations therethrough and having an outer surface which generally confines about but does not substantially occupy a the void of a wound which is surrounded by generally normal dermis tissue of a patient and is configured to take a shape of a projected outer surface tissue which spans and connects surrounding generally normal dermis tissue of the patient and further characterized to include a contour complementary to the patient's surrounding generally normal dermis tissue and said shaped member having a peripheral edge extending laterally downward from said outer surface which is of a length configured to lay below the surrounding generally normal dermis tissue; and a reduced pressure supply device equipped for creating a pressure differential through said tissue spacer in a manner such that when said tissue spacer is disposed on the patient said device causes growth of tissue in a manner to conform with the shape of said contour of said tissue spacer and fill the void over time which further includes a porous growth limiting material disposed on said outer surface of said tissue spacer to limit tissue growth in a manner substantially beneath said outer surface.