Wound contacting members and methods

Abstract

Wound contacting members and methods, apparatuses, systems and kits incorporating the same are disclosed. The wound contacting members offer improved performance in terms of preventing or inhibiting tissue in-growth and improving tissue granulation growth. The wound contacting members may be used in negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) applications.

1 . A wound contacting member for negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) selected to reduce pain upon removal from a wound, the wound contacting member comprising a network of strut elements separated by pores, wherein the wound contacting member comprises at least one attribute selected from the group consisting of
 at least 95% of the strut elements having a thickness of between 0.007 and 0.5 mm, and   one or more strut element having a thickness of 0.23 mm or more, as measured by micro-CT.   
     
     
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