Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Negative pressure wound closure device
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Application No.: US14415539Application Date: 2013-07-16
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Publication No.: US09962295B2Publication Date: 2018-05-08
- Inventor: Raymond M Dunn , Victoria Jody Hammond , Edward Yerbury Hartwell , John Kenneth Hicks , Elizabeth Mary Huddleston , Andrew Kelly , Andrew Linton , 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/US2013/050619 WO 20130716
- International Announcement: WO2014/014871 WO 20140123
- 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 grasping elements to apply a wound closing force to the tissue.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150196431A1 NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND CLOSURE DEVICE Public/Granted day:2015-07-16
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