Some arrangements disclosed herein relate to devices and methods for treating a wound, comprising applying negative pressure to the wound through a cover applied over a wound, monitoring the internal pressure to the wound, and controlling the closure of the wound by controlling the amount that a wound packing material positioned under the cover collapses within the wound based on the monitored internal pressure. The wound packing material collapse can be controlled to ensure that the monitored internal pressure does not exceed a threshold value. Additionally, some embodiments or arrangements disclosed herein relate to a visualization element to visualize a location of a wound surface. The visualization element can comprise a radiopaque member that is configured to be positioned on or adjacent to a surface of an open wound.

A unitary adhesive retractor is provided for supporting a patient's excess/redundant tissue to maintain the excess/redundant tissue away from an incision or other existing wound. The retractor defines a top-to-bottom length and a side-to-side width greater than one-half the top-to-bottom length, and comprises a stretchable, air-permeable fabric layer adherable directly to the excess/redundant tissue by means of a silicone gel adhesive which coats at least a substantial portion of a bottom surface of the fabric layer. When the retractor is placed in tension upon application of the retractor to a patient, due to the weight of the excess/redundant tissue, forces generated by the weight of the excess/redundant tissue are transferred through the gel adhesive to the fabric layer, such that the gel substantially protects the dermis of the patient from sheer forces generated by the weight of the excess/redundant tissue being evenly distributed to the dermis of the patient.

A negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) device for a deep abdominal wound. The compressive component includes a body having a first compressive profile. The body includes a plurality of removable portions of the material. The plurality of removable portions are configured to be selectively removed to form a pattern of voids to transform the first compressive profile of the body into a second compressive profile of the body based on the pattern of voids. The pattern of voids includes at least one void.

A surgical drain device includes an adhesion matrix of biodegradable polymer material and a plurality of drain tubes attached to the matrix. The device is implanted within a surgical wound to treat the presence of seromas, for example, and is used to promote drainage, tissue adhesion, and wound closure. The drain tubes converge into a common collection tube that leads wound fluid outside the body under gravity feed or negative pressure applied to the collection tube. The matrix contains an array of apertures that allow tissue contact across the device. The device also can include a coating of surgical adhesive and a tissue anchoring system of hooks or barbs. The device can be used with a negative pressure system to further improve the drainage band can also be used with a wound dressing. The device and systems containing the device are particularly useful to promote the healing of surgical wounds from abdominal surgery.

Protective dressing for abdominal viscera for application of negative pressure therapy in open abdomen, made up of an upper layer (1), an intermediate layer (3) and a lower layer (2), each of which consists of a laminar body. The upper layer (1) includes a plurality of first holes (6) for the passage of fluid and the intermediate layer (3) includes numerous low pressure gas filled bubbles (7) and a plurality of second holes (8) for the passage of fluid. These bubbles (7) prevent possible damage to the abdomen and prevent the sheets from sticking together. The three layers adhere to each other at their respective perimeter edges.

The invention concerns a support garment for a pregnant woman, comprising tights and a belt assembled together, the tights being a medical compression orthosis or everyday tights, characterized in that the belt comprises: a first band which extends around the waist in an uninterrupted manner between two joined ends and which is intended to come into contact with the skin, on the abdomen and the back of the pregnant woman, by putting it on or by employing adjustment means disposed at the two ends, and a second band made of a material that is less elastic than the first band and disposed on the first band as a reinforcement in order to support the weight of the forwardly swelling abdomen and thus relieve the back of the pregnant woman. The invention also concerns a method for the manufacture of a support garment for a pregnant woman.

A multi-ply adhesive retraction device is provided which comprises a top layer, a backing layer and a stretchable middle layer between the top and backing layers. A middle-ply adhesive applied to substantially the entirety of the middle layer bottom surface to removably adhere the backing layer to the middle layer bottom surface. The device includes at least one bottom ply tab integral with the device which is operable to remove at least a portion of the backing layer from the middle layer to expose the adhesive of the middle layer. Additionally, the device includes at least one top ply tab which is operable to remove the top layer from the middle layer. The device can be applied pre-operatively, and then the top layer can be removed post-operatively to remain in place during healing of, for example, an incision site.

A bandage device for the glans and foreskin of a penis. The bandage device includes a securing member that extends from a first end to a second end and a pad. The pad is shaped to surround the glans of the penis and the securing member can be placed around the glans to both secure the pad and prevent the foreskin from fully extending. The securing member may preferably have elastic properties and the pad is composed of absorptive materials. In use, the foreskin is pulled back, the pad is placed over the glans, the securing member is looped around the penis, secured, and the foreskin is then released. Medication may be applied to the pad prior to application of the bandage device.

An endoscopy support apparatus that includes a primary wrap sized for placement around a subject's lower abdomen. At least one elastic strap extends from the primary wrap and is configured to extend across at least a portion of the primary wrap and to fasten to a third portion of the primary wrap to adjust the amount of pressure applied by the endoscopy support apparatus. The endoscopy support apparatus includes at least one visual indicator provided on the primary wrap or the at least one elastic strap that indicates placement of the endoscopy support apparatus relative to the subject or adjustment of the at least one elastic strap.

A surgical drain device includes an adhesion matrix of biodegradable polymer material and a plurality of drain tubes attached to the matrix. The device is implanted within a surgical wound to treat the presence of seromas, for example, and is used to promote drainage, tissue adhesion, and wound closure. The drain tubes converge into a common collection tube that leads wound fluid outside the body under gravity feed or negative pressure applied to the collection tube. The matrix contains an array of apertures that allow tissue contact across the device. The device also can include a coating of surgical adhesive and a tissue anchoring system of hooks or barbs. The device can be used with a negative pressure system to further improve the drainage band can also be used with a wound dressing. The device and systems containing the device are particularly useful to promote the healing of surgical wounds from abdominal surgery.