Patents by Inventor Edward Yerby Hartwell

Edward Yerby Hartwell has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND CLOSURE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20150190288
    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: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventors: Raymond M. Dunn, Victoria Jody Hammond, Edward Yerby Hartwell, John Kenneth Hicks, Elizabeth Mary Huddleston, Andrew Kelly, Andrew Linton, Mark Richardson, Carl Saxby, Tim Stern