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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2020
Solventum Intellectual Properties Company, Maplewood, MN (US);
Shannon C. Ingram, Bulverde, TX (US);
Christopher Brian Locke, Bournemouth, GB;
Peter Arnold, Northumberland, GB;
Timothy Mark Robinson, Shillingstone, GB;
Christopher Allen Carroll, San Antonio, TX (US);
Michael E. Manwaring, San Antonio, TX (US);
Solventum Intellectual Properties Company, Maplewood, MN (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for disrupting material at a tissue site is described. A contact layer may be selected for use on the tissue site and positioned adjacent to the tissue site. The contact layer may include walls defining a plurality of through-holes. A sealing member may be positioned over the contact layer and sealed to tissue surrounding the tissue site to form a sealed space enclosing the contact layer. A negative-pressure source may be fluidly coupled to the sealed space. The negative-pressure source may supply negative pressure to the sealed space and the contact layer to draw tissue into the through-holes to form nodules. The negative pressure may be vented from the sealed space to release the nodules.