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Wound treatment apparatus

US8540687B2 · kind B2 · utility

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491References

18Claims

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Assignee

KCI Licensing, Inc. · US

Inventors

Alan Henley · Knoxville, US
Leigh Marie Moses · Summerville, US
Ronald Leslie Sanderson · Charleston, US
John Howard · Charleston, US
James H. Price · Mount Pleasant, US
Russell W. Bessette · Prospect, US

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 20, 2010
Grant date	Sep 24, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 20, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61M2205/368
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A wound treatment apparatus comprises: a fluid drainage tube configured to be coupled to a fluid drainage passageway of a wound bandage; first and second fluid drainage receptacles coupled to the drainage tube; and first and second valves coupled between the fluid drainage tube and the first and second fluid drainage receptacles, respectively.

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