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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2023
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA (US);
Philip David Canner, Cambridge, GB;
Raymond M. Dunn, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
John Alan Greenwood, West Yorkshire, GB;
Victoria Jody Hammond, Hull, GB;
Edward Yerbury Hartwell, Hull, GB;
John Kenneth Hicks, Pocklington, GB;
Elizabeth Mary Huddleston, Copmanthorpe, GB;
Andrew Kelly, Hitchin, GB;
Andrew Linton, Woodthorpe, GB;
Marcus Damian Phillips, Grimsby, GB;
Mark Richardson, Grimsby, GB;
Carl Saxby, Brough, GB;
Tim Stern, Belper, GB;
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
Examples of a negative pressure wound closure system and methods for using such a system are presented. Certain embodiments facilitate closure of the wound by preferentially contracting to provide for movement of the tissue. Certain embodiments can utilize tissue securing portions that aid in securing the system within a wound.