Negative pressure wound closure device

An apparatus for treating a wound with negative pressure wound therapy, comprising:

• a stabilizing structure having an oculiform shape for insertion into a wound and comprising a first plurality of cells along a central transverse axis, the stabilizing structure configured to collapse more in a horizontal plane parallel to a length and a width of the stabilizing structure than in a vertical plane perpendicular to the horizontal plane;
• wherein the stabilizing structure comprises two extended sections extending in opposite directions from the central transverse axis and along a longitudinal axis extending along opposite ends of the stabilizing structure, the extended sections each comprising a further plurality of cells in rows in a transverse direction wherein the rows in each extended section have fewer cells along a transverse direction than the first plurality of cells along the central transverse axis and wherein each extended section includes at least two cells that extend along the longitudinal axis at the opposite ends of the stabilizing structure;
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• wherein the stabilizing structure comprises curved outer walls on opposite sides of the longitudinal axis defining a perimeter, wherein the curved outer walls converge at the extended sections such that the extended sections extend beyond an outer edge of a virtual ellipse formed by a majority of the perimeter along the longitudinal axis of the stabilizing structure.