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Patent US8021348 - Wound treatment apparatus - Google Patents
An apparatus comprising a housing, a controller, a fluid source, a negative pressure source, and a canister. The controller, the fluid source, the negative pressure source, and the canister are carried by the housing. The fluid source is couplable to the bandage. The negative pressure source is couplable...http://www.google.com/patents/US8021348?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8021348 - Wound treatment apparatus
Publication number US8021348 B2
Application number US 11/515,983
Also published as US6824533, US7678090, US20020198503, US20050090787, US20070005028
Publication number 11515983, 515983, US 8021348 B2, US 8021348B2, US-B2-8021348, US8021348 B2, US8021348B2
Original Assignee Kci Medical Resources
Patent Citations (600), Non-Patent Citations (272), Referenced by (10), Classifications (22), Legal Events (4)
US 8021348 B2
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U.S. Classification 604/305, 604/319
International Classification A61M3/02, A61F13/00, A61M1/00, A61M27/00, A61M35/00
Cooperative Classification Y10T292/93, A61M35/00, A61M27/00, A61M2205/52, A61M2205/3331, A61M1/0031, A61M2205/18, A61M3/0258, A61M1/0088, A61M1/0058
European Classification A61M27/00, A61M3/02D8B, A61M35/00, A61M1/00T6, A61M1/00K