A surgical dressing is disclosed. The surgical dressing may have a dressing element, a connection element, and a tube element. The dressing element may be applied to a wound site of an organic body. The dressing element and tube element may be coupled at opposing ends of the connection element. The tube element may be coupled to a tube extending from the wound site. A secondary layer may be coupled to the connection element to retain the connection element in a stretched condition. The secondary layer may be removed from the connection element to enable the connection element to stretch or retract in response to forces applied to or removed from the tube.

When configuring a skin protection sheet covering the skin disease site (including a potential skin disease site, hereinafter the same) of the user by affixing it to the inside surface of the undergarment of the user, a protective sheet main part configured in a gathered shape is provided by forming three-layered surface parts respectively formed by two fold-backs crossing in a predetermined direction at a plurality of positions in a predetermined direction, of a sheet material formed of a nonwoven fabric material, and by providing suture parts sutured in the predetermined direction by a thread material at a predetermined spacing in a direction intersecting the predetermined direction, and one, two, or more sheet affixation parts are provided on one surface of the protective sheet main part for making the protective sheet main part attachable to and removable from the inside surface of an undergarment.

A substrate that can be applied to a user's body part having a region of temporally-controlled elasticity that transitions between a first state and a second state when activated, wherein the first state is more relaxed than the second state, and the substrate can at least partially revert from the second state to the first state over an extended time period resulting from the temporally-controlled elasticity of the substrate, and wherein the substrate can apply a treatment/mechanical force to the body part, as the substrate transitions from the second state to the first state.

A wound recovery garment includes a multilayer fabric. The multilayer fabric comprises at least first layer including opalescent microparticles, a second layer for absorbing and holding moisture, and a third layer adjacent to tissue or a wound enabled to absorb moisture and provide microsensor beads to an immediate area to detect a state of the tissue or wound. The first layer is formed from compressive, elastic material that supplies compression forces to tissue. The first layer is an elastic exterior layer incorporating the opalescent microparticles and is visible to outside viewers. The microparticles change color according to a stretch factor of the first layer indicating a pressure reading to the viewer.

A bacteria-responsive color-changing, core-shell nanofiber, comprising polyurethane (PU), a hemicyanine-based chromogenic probe localized in the core-shell nanofiber near the surface of the shell, polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) dopant in the shell, the hemicyanine-based chromogenic probe further comprising a labile ester linkage that is enzymatically cleavable by bacterial lipase released from clinically relevant strains of bacteria including Pseudomonas aeruginosa and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).

An apparatus for filling a wound can include an array of at least four truncated ellipsoids interconnected to define at least one fluid path through, for example perpendicular to, the array. The longest principal axis of each ellipsoid may be perpendicular to the array. Each truncated ellipsoid may be a spheroid and/or may include an approximately elliptical contact surface at each contact surface between two interconnected ellipsoids. Each fluid pathway may have four continuously-curved concave sides and may have a parallelogram-shaped cross-section with continuously-curved concave edges. A dressing may include the apparatus, a dressing layer coupled to the apparatus, a backing layer disposed over a surface of the dressing layer opposite the apparatus, and an attachment device disposed on at least a margin of the backing layer. Methods of treating various tissue sites using the apparatus or dressing with negative-pressure therapy are also disclosed.

Methods and apparatuses are disclosed relating to the creation and use of bespoke wound fillers and other wound treatment apparatuses. Some embodiments provide for the creation of bespoke wound fillers based on characteristics of a wound. Certain embodiments also include the use of bespoke wound fillers in combination with negative pressure to treat a wound.

Some embodiments have a pump assembly mounted to or supported by a dressing for reduced pressure wound therapy. The dressing can have visual pressure, saturation, and/or temperature sensors to provide a visual indication of the level of pressure, saturation, and/or temperature within the dressing. Additionally, the pump assembly can have a pressure sensor in communication with the flow pathway through the pump, and at least one switch or button supported by the housing, the at least one switch or button being accessible to a user and being in communication with the controller. The pump assembly can have a controller supported within or by the housing, the controller being configured to control an operation of the pump. The pump can be configured to be sterilized following the assembly of the pump such that all of the components of the pump have been sterilized.

A material and apparel that positively affect the health and well-being of a mammal include fibers that are formed with a semiconductor. Upon contact of the material or apparel with a region of the mammal's body, a positive effect occurs that relates to the health and wellbeing of that mammal. The material includes a region that includes an expanse. The expanse is formed with a semiconductor and constructed for contact with the skin of the mammal. The apparel has a body that includes a region that has a wearable form made of a semiconductor, and is constructed for making contact with a human body when the human wears the apparel.

Tubular bandage, in particular a finger or toe bandage which is formed as a tube comprising an outer layer which is connected to an inner layer, and wherein the outer layer has a diameter and an elasticity such that the bandage can be clamped adhesive-free around the body part to be treated, in the particular, said finger or said toe, and wherein the inner layer is made of an elastic wound-protective material, wherein said outer layer is made of an air-permeable and water-repellent material, and wherein, at the open endings, said outer layer extends in the longitudinal direction over the inner layer over a distance of more than 0.5 mm, such that the outer layer touches the body part to be treated, in particular a finger or toe, with its endings when applied.