A61F 13/05
Bandages or dressings: specially adapted for use with sub-pressure or over-pressure therapy
Official title: specially adapted for use with sub-pressure or over-pressure therapy, wound drainage or wound irrigation, e.g. for use with negative-pressure wound therapy [NPWT]
A61F13/05 (Bandages or dressings: specially adapted for use with sub-pressure or over-pressure therapy) appears on 1,592 US grants and 2,376 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Wound dressing and method of treatment6 Oct 2026US 12,751,865 B2Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Long-term wear tissue interfaces for high-closure force negative-pressure therapy dressings25 Aug 2026US 12,714,608 B2Solventum Intellectual Properties Company
- Two-part wound dressing25 Aug 2026US 12,714,831 B2Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
- Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) bandage18 Aug 2026US 12,708,566 B2Stryker Corporation
- Adhesive nitric oxide delivery bandage for skin condition healing11 Aug 2026US 12,702,594 B2Noxy Health Products, Inc.
- Tissue Interface For Tissue Debridement8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306303 A1KCI Manufacturing Unlimited Company
- Negative-Pressure Therapy Dressing With Expandable Depth1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294692 A1KCI Manufacturing Unlimited Company
- Using minimally invasive systems for hemostasis of tissue24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283620 A1PROCEPT BioRobotics Corporation
- Wound dressing and method of use24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283855 A1Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Apparatuses and methods for negative pressure wound therapy24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283856 A1Smith & Nephew, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Wound treatment employing reduced pressure2,003US 5,636,643 AWake Forest University · 1997
- Wound dressing and treatment method1,821US 4,969,880 A1990
- Method of treating tissue damage and apparatus for same1,737US 5,645,081 AWake Forest University · 1997
- Fastening system and method1,644US 5,527,293 AKinetic Concepts, Inc. · 1996
- Device for treating tissues, for example skin1,592US 4,382,441 A1983