PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To eliminate or reduce limitations of the prior art for the management of wounds of, particularly those of a small surface area below approximately 200 cm2 or of an internal volume below 1000 cm3 without sticking to the exclusive use of conventional absorbent dressings.SOLUTION: An apparatus is configured to apply a topical negative pressure treatment to a wound site (10). The apparatus includes: a wound contacting element (14) which retains a wound part exudate fluid therein and includes an absorbent material for absorbing an exudate, and a liquid transport blocking element (22) which blocks liquid transport beyond the element (14) a wound covering element (18) which provides an airtight seal over the wound contacting element and the wound site and is equipped with an aperture (20) a cup-shaped connecting member (30) which has a flange part (34) seated on an upper surface (36) of the element (18) for forming a seal with the upper surface and is arranged on the wound covering element on the liquid transport blocking element and a vacuum connecting tube (28) which is connected to the cup-shaped connecting member (30) by an aperture (32) and is connected to the wound site via the aperture (20).COPYRIGHT: (C)2015,JPO&INPIT【課題】従来的な吸収性ドレッシングのみを使用することに訴えることなく、とりわけ約200cm2を下回る小表面積の、または1000cm3を下回る内部体積の創傷の管理に関する先行技術の制限を解消または軽減する。【解決手段】創傷部位(10)に局所的負圧療法を施す装置。本装置は、創傷部滲出液流体を保持する創傷接触要素(14)であって、滲出液を吸収する吸収性材料と、要素(14)を越える液体移送を阻止する流体移送阻止要素(22)とを備える創傷接触要素(14)と、創傷接触要素と創傷部位の上に気密シールを提供し、孔(20)を備える創傷カバー要素(18)と、要素(18)の上面(36)に対して着座しかつそれと共にシールを形成するフランジ部分(34)を有して、流体移送阻止要素上の創傷カバー要素上に配置されるカップ形状連結部材(30)と、孔(32)でカップ形状連結部材(30)に対して連結されかつ孔(20)を介して創傷部位へ連結される真空連結チューブ(28)とを備える。【選択図】図1
