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Device for applying negative pressure to a wound

Granted 21 Oct 2025 · no office action yet

Current assignee: T.J. Smith And Nephew, Limited · originally T. J. Smith & Nephew, Limited

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Inventors: Hannah Bailey Weedon, David Michael Elder, Danielle Susan Johnson, James Cunningham Glencross +2 · Examiner: Kendra Leslie Hamilton · AU 2919 · TC 2900

Application
29/831,882
filed 23 Mar 2022
Publication
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US D1099288
granted 21 Oct 2025

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top, front, and left…

FIG. 1 is a top, front, and left side perspective view of a device for applying negative pressure to a wound.

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof.

FIG. 3 is a back view thereof.

FIG. 4 is a right side view thereof.

FIG. 5 is a left view thereof.

FIG. 6 is a top view of thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof.

The broken lines in the drawings depict portions of the device for applying negative pressure to a wound and form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D24/108

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Examiner
Kendra Leslie Hamilton
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