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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2018
Applicant:
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Inventors:
Ed Armstrong, Palm Harbor, FL (US);
Iain Michael Blackburn, East Yorkshire, GB;
Robert Emmerson, East Riding of Yorkshire, GB;
Michael B. Mosholder, Palm Harbor, FL (US);
Assignee:
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 39/10 (2006.01); F16L 37/08 (2006.01); F16L 21/00 (2006.01); A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61F 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 39/1011 (2013.01); A61F 13/00068 (2013.01); A61M 1/0023 (2013.01); A61M 1/784 (2021.05); A61M 1/86 (2021.05); A61M 1/90 (2021.05); A61M 1/964 (2021.05); A61M 39/10 (2013.01); F16L 21/00 (2013.01); F16L 37/08 (2013.01); A61M 2039/1027 (2013.01); A61M 2205/7518 (2013.01); A61M 2205/7563 (2013.01); A61M 2210/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are several embodiments of a reduced pressure appliance and methods of using the same in the treatment of wounds. Some embodiments are directed to improved fluidic connectors or suction adapters for connecting to a wound site, for example using softer, kink-free conformable suction adapters. Certain embodiments are directed to connectors used to connect fluid passage tube used in transmitting negative pressure to a fabric channel used in a suction adapter.