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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2017
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA (US);
Jeremy Nicholas Carey, Papworth Everard, GB;
Raymond M. Dunn, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Victoria Jody Hammond, Hull, GB;
Edward Yerbury Hartwell, Hull, GB;
Sarah Elizabeth Knight, Cambridge, GB;
Marcus Damian Phillips, Wakefield, GB;
Diego Alfredo Punin-Albarracin, Cambridge, GB;
Mark Richardson, Grimsby, GB;
Carl Dean Saxby, Brough, GB;
Michael Sugrue, Donegal, IE;
Iain Webster, York, GB;
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
A negative pressure wound closure devices, systems and methods. Embodiments of the invention facilitate closure of the wound by preferentially contracting under negative pressure to provide for movement of the surrounding tissues. Some embodiments may utilize a stabilizing structure with a plurality of cells configured to collapses more in the x-direction than in the y-direction.