Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Negative pressure wound closure device
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Application No.: US15030841Application Date: 2014-10-21
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Publication No.: US10660992B2Publication Date: 2020-05-26
- Inventor: Philip David Canner , Raymond M. Dunn , John Alan Greenwood , Victoria Jody Hammond , Edward Yerbury Hartwell , John Kenneth Hicks , Elizabeth Mary Huddleston , Andrew Kelly , Andrew Linton , Marcus Damian Phillips , Mark Richardson , Carl Saxby , Tim Stern
- Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc. , University of Massachusetts
- Applicant Address: US TN Memphis US MA Boston
- Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.,University of Massachusetts
- Current Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.,University of Massachusetts
- Current Assignee Address: US TN Memphis US MA Boston
- Agency: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2014/061627 WO 20141021
- International Announcement: WO2015/061352 WO 20150430
- Main IPC: A61M35/00
- IPC: A61M35/00 ; A61M1/00 ; A61F13/00 ; A61M27/00 ; A61F13/02
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a negative pressure wound closure system and methods for using such a system. Preferred embodiments of the invention facilitate closure of the wound by preferentially contracting to provide for movement of the tissue. Preferred embodiments can utilize tissue securing portions that aid in securing the invention within a wound.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160287765A1 NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND CLOSURE DEVICE Public/Granted day:2016-10-06
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