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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:
Jul. 28, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2011
Applicants:
Joanna Perkins, San Antonio, TX (US);
Paul Slack, San Antonio, TX (US);
Kevin Higley, San Antonio, TX (US);
Kenneth Mitchel Knowles, Bandera, TX (US);
Aidan Marcus Tout, Alderbury, GB;
Inventors:
Joanna Perkins, San Antonio, TX (US);
Paul Slack, San Antonio, TX (US);
Kevin Higley, San Antonio, TX (US);
Kenneth Mitchel Knowles, Bandera, TX (US);
Aidan Marcus Tout, Alderbury, GB;
Assignee:
KCI Licensing, Inc., San Antonio, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61M 35/00 (2006.01); A61F 13/02 (2006.01); A61F 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/0084 (2013.01); A61F 13/02 (2013.01); A61M 1/0031 (2013.01); A61M 1/0088 (2013.01); A61F 2013/00174 (2013.01); A61F 2013/00536 (2013.01);
Abstract
Wound treatment systems and methods (e.g., having hydrophilic wound inserts), such as for negative-pressure and/or fluid-installation wound therapies. Some embodiments include a check-valve assembly between a wound dressing and a vacuum source.