Patent 10130519 was granted and assigned to Smith & Nephew on November, 2018 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A wound dressing, a method of manufacturing a wound dressing, and a method of treating a patient are disclosed. The wound dressing may include an absorbent layer for absorbing wound exudate; and an obscuring element for at least partially obscuring a view of wound exudate absorbed by the absorbent layer in use.