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US 12,350,129 · App. 18/397,762 · Granted Jul 8, 2025

Wound dressing sealant and use thereof

Inventors: Sarah Jenny Collinson (Hull, GB); Nicholas Charlton Fry (Pocklington, GB); Philip Gowans (Doncaster, GB); Edward Yerbury Hartwell (Hull, GB); Marcus Damian Phillips (Wakefield, GB)
Assignee: Smith & Nephew PLC
A61F13/05A61F13/0253A61L15/42A61L15/58A61M1/90A61M1/915A61M1/918A61M1/92A61M1/94A61M1/985
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Patent No.
US 12,350,129
App. No.
18/397,762
Granted
Jul 8, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to sealing compositions for negative pressure treatment systems and wound dressing systems, devices containing the same, apparatuses, uses and methods for creating a main wound dressing portion for use in wound care, more particularly for sealing a trimmable dressing, having a main dressing portion or cell in fluid (e.g., gas) communication with additional dressing portions or cells, for use in wound care, more particularly that may be used for the treatment of wounds. In particular, some embodiments are directed to compositions for improving the versatility of wound dressings for wounds of different shapes or sizes.

Claims (24)

1. A method of treating a wound, comprising:

providing a wound dressing;

removing a portion of the wound dressing to create a main wound dressing portion with an exposed portion,

positioning the main wound dressing portion over a wound;

dispensing a composition comprising a silicone curing system to the exposed portion of the main wound dressing portion thereby sealing the exposed portion, the composition shear thinning or shape conforming when subject to load such that the viscosity of the composition is reduced when the composition is subject to shear forces during dispensing; and

wherein the composition is configured to be drawn into a transmission layer by negative pressure prior to curing.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein dispensing the composition comprises internally impregnating the transmission layer at the one or more exposed portions.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising impregnating the transmission layer to a distance in the range of 0.2 to 25 mm within the transmission layer.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising applying negative pressure to the wound through a backing layer of the main wound dressing portion.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising drawing the dispensable composition up to 25 mm within the transmission layer at the exposed portion via the negative pressure.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the wound dressing exhibits no change or substantially no change in compressibility at the location of the seal on initiation of the negative pressure.

7. The method of claim 4 , further comprising dispensing the dispensable composition with formation of an air-tight elastomer which is configured to contain the negative pressure.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the dispensable composition, when cured, is conformable.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising subjecting the dispensable composition to shear forces during application to the one or more exposed portions, wherein the dispensable composition reduces viscosity when subjected to the shear forces.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the dispensable composition has a curing time at 23° C. in the range from 0.5 to 5 min.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the dispensable composition has a curing time at 32° C. in the range from 0.5 to 7 min.

12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising dispensing the dispensable composition directly at the exposed portion through an exposed face of the transmission layer.

13. The method of claim 4 , further comprising applying negative pressure to the main wound dressing after sealing the exposed portion.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the composition does not flow from the location.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the silicone curing system comprises two or more components, the silicone curing system exhibiting zero or low tack for 0.5 to 25 minutes after mixing of the two or more components.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein the composition comprises a viscosity in the range of 10 to 100 Pa·s.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the dispensable composition comprises a viscosity in the range of 11 to 14 Pas.

18. The method of claim 1 , wherein the wherein the composition when cured exhibits tensile strength greater than or equal to 5 kgfcm −2 .

19. The method of claim 1 , wherein the composition is provided in a static mixer.

Priority Claims (2)
GB 1309662 · May 30, 2013 · national
GB 1309709 · May 30, 2013 · national
Continuity (8)
Continuation 16779436 · Jan 31, 2020
Division 14776088
Provisional Application 61907350 · Nov 21, 2013
Provisional Application 61906865 · Nov 20, 2013
Provisional Application 61829187 · May 30, 2013
Provisional Application 61828604 · May 29, 2013
Provisional Application 61800040 · Mar 15, 2013
Related Publication 20240139035A1 · May 2, 2024
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