REDUCED PRESSURE, COMPRESSION SYSTEMS AND APPARATUSES FOR USE ON JOINTS

摘要

A system for providing reduced-pressure treatment to a movable tissue site, such as a joint, includes a flexible dressing bolster. The flexible dressing bolster has a first side and a second, inward-facing side, and a plurality of flexion joints formed on the flexible dressing bolster. The system further includes a sealing subsystem for providing a fluid seal over the flexible dressing bolster and the patient's epidermis and a reduced-pressure subsystem for delivering a reduced pressure to the sealing subsystem. The sealing subsystem and reduced- pressure subsystem are operable to deliver a reduced pressure to the movable tissue site. The flexible dressing bolster is operable to allow articulation or movement of the movable tissue site. The sealing subsystem may include a drape with folds. Other systems, apparatuses, and methods are presented.