Patents Assigned to University of Massachusets
  • Negative pressure wound closure device
    Patent number: 10130520
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a negative pressure wound closure system and methods for using such a system. Preferred embodiments of the invention facilitate closure of the wound by preferentially contracting to provide for movement of the tissue. Preferred embodiments can utilize tissue grasping elements to apply a wound closing force to the tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignees: Smith & Nephew, Inc., University of Massachusets
    Inventors: Raymond M Dunn, Victoria Jody Hammond, Edward Yerbury Hartwell, John Kenneth Hicks, Elizabeth Mary Huddleston, Andrew Kelly, Andrew Linton, Mark Richardson, Carl Saxby, Tim Stern