A61M 1/91
Suction aspects of the dressing
Official title: {Suction aspects of the dressing}
A61M1/91 (Suction aspects of the dressing) appears on 1,501 US grants and 2,196 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Sensor positioning and optical sensing for sensor enabled wound therapy dressings and systems6 Oct 2026US 12,751,864 B2Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Electrostatic discharge protection for sensors in wound therapy29 Sep 2026US 12,745,951 B2Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Sub-atmospheric wound-care system29 Sep 2026US 12,746,321 B2J&M Shuler Medical, Inc.
- Adaptable wound drainage system15 Sep 2026US 12,734,285 B2IC Surgical, Inc.
- Fluid storage container15 Sep 2026US 12,734,287 B2KCI Manufacturing Unlimited Company
- 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
- Reduction of false alarms during provision of negative pressure wound therapy1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295144 A1T.J. Smith and Nephew, Limited
- 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 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
- Apparatus for removing fluid from a wound1,682US 5,549,584 AThe Kendall Company · 1996
- Device for treating tissues, for example skin1,592US 4,382,441 A1983
- Fastening system and method1,590US 5,261,893 A1993