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US 12,324,727 B2Granted
Wound treatment apparatuses
AssigneeSmith & Nephew, Inc.
InventorsEdward Yerbury Hartwell, Mark Richardson, Carl Saxby
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Abstract
Methods and apparatuses are disclosed relating to the creation and use of bespoke wound fillers and other wound treatment apparatuses. Some embodiments provide for the creation of bespoke wound fillers based on characteristics of a wound. Certain embodiments also include the use of bespoke wound fillers in combination with negative pressure to treat a wound.
Claims5
A method of designing a bespoke tissue engaging apparatus, the method comprising:
- by a processor of a computing device:
- retrieving a three-dimensional model of an area to be treated, the three-dimensional model generated by scanning a tissue location;
- and
- modifying the three-dimensional model of the area to be treated to generate a three-dimensional model of a bespoke tissue engaging apparatus using a repeating building block, the modifying accounting for attributes of the area to be treated, the bespoke tissue engaging apparatus comprising at least a first plurality of identical repeating sections configured to collapse in a manner determined by the three-dimensional model.
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