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US 2016/0354086 A1Published application
Negative pressure wound closure device
AssigneeUniversity of Massachusetts
InventorRaymond Dunn
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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.
Claims21
1-200. (canceled)
A method of treating a wound, comprising:
- positioning a wound closure device at a wound site, the wound closure device comprising at least one sensor element;
- applying negative pressure to the wound site, wherein the wound closure device preferentially contracts along a first direction relative to a second direction upon application of negative pressure;
- and
- measuring force or pressure on tissue at the wound site with the at least one sensor element as negative pressure is applied.
1 more element
The method of claim 218, wherein the at least one sensor measures an amount of force or pressure on tissue within an abdominal cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.