Patent ID: 8808258

Claim:
A method for treating a wound having granulation tissue in a wound bed, the method comprising the steps of: deploying an epithelialization dressing proximate the granulation tissue in the wound bed, wherein the epithelialization dressing comprises: a dressing body having a first side and a second, tissue-facing side, wherein the dressing body comprises a plurality of apertures, each of the apertures disposed through the first side and the second, tissue-facing side, and a plurality of projections, each projection having a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end having a plurality of pores, the proximal end coupled to the second, tissue-facing side of the dressing body between the plurality of apertures; causing a compression force on the epithelialization dressing such that the plurality of projections impinge upon the granulation tissue; and allowing sufficient time for epithelium tissue to form proximate the projections.