WOUND CARE ARTICLE HAVING A PATTERN OF INCISIONS AND/OR PUNCHINGS
The invention relates to a wound care article, comprising a planar absorption body made of a nonwoven material or air-laid material containing superabsorbent polymers, wherein said planar absorption body has a pattern of incisions and/or punchings.
1 . A wound care article, comprising a planar absorption body made of a nonwoven material or air-laid material containing superabsorbent polymers, wherein said planar absorption body has a pattern of incisions and/or punchings.
2 . The wound care article according to claim 1 , characterized in that the incisions and/or punchings are formed and/or arranged in such a way so that they enhance the softness, conformability and/or the wearing comfort of the wound care article.
3 . The wound care article according to claim 2 , characterized in that the incisions and/or punchings are formed and/or arranged in such a way so that they facilitate the entry of liquids into the wound care article.
4 . The wound care article according to claim 3 , characterized in that the incisions and/or punchings are formed and/or arranged in such a way so that they define folding lines, along which the wound care article can be folded.
5 . The wound care article according to claim 4 , characterized in that it comprises an at least partially liquid-permeable envelope.
6 . The wound care article according to claim 5 , characterized in that the planar absorption body, in top view onto its planar side, has an area (F1) which in the non-wetted state is 3% to 75% smaller than the area (F2) of the flattened envelope.
7 . The wound care article according to claim 6 , characterized in that the absorption body is fixed in the envelope.
8 . The wound care article according to claim 7 , characterized in that the absorption body has a content of ≧40% by weight of superabsorbent polymers.
9 . The wound care article according to claim 8 , characterized in that the envelope comprises at least partially an elastic material.
10 . The wound care article according to claim 9 , characterized in that the wound care article comprises silver, silver ions or silver-containing compounds.
11 . The wound care article according to claim 10 , characterized in that the wound care article comprises a preparation comprising bacteriophages or their components.
12 . A use of a wound care article according to claim 1 as tamponade for the treatment of fistulae and/or treatment of wound cavities.
13 . A use of a wound care article according to claim 1 in a vacuum wound care system.