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US 10,130,520 B2Granted
Negative pressure wound closure device
AssigneesSmith & Nephew, Inc., University of Massachusets
InventorsRaymond M Dunn, Victoria Jody Hammond, Edward Yerbury Hartwell, John Kenneth Hicks, Elizabeth Mary Huddleston, Andrew Kelly, Andrew Linton, Mark Richardson, Carl Saxby, Tim Stern
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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.
Claims24
A stabilizing structure for insertion into a wound,
- comprising:
- a plurality of elongate strips;
- a plurality of intervening members connecting the elongate strips, wherein the plurality of intervening members are configured to pivot relative to the strips to allow the plurality of elongate strips to collapse relative to one another;
- wherein the intervening members between a first strip and a second strip are configured to pivot independently of the intervening members between a second strip and a third strip;
- wherein the plurality of elongate strips and the plurality of intervening members connecting the elongate strips form a plurality of cells defined by one or more walls;
- and
- wherein a top foam layer is provided above the stabilizing structure, the top foam layer comprising fingers that extend into the stabilizing structure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.