Patents
US 12082997 B2: Removable and replaceable dressing interface for a negative-pressure therapy system
- Granted
- 2024-09-10
- Filed
- 2020-01-24 application 17424282
- Type
- Utility · 14 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A dressing interface for connecting a negative-pressure source to a dressing may have a coupling member comprising an aperture, a first adhesive region having a first region peel strength, and a second adhesive region having a second region peel strength less than the first region peel strength. The dressing interface may further have a flange coupled to the coupling member, and a conduit housing coupled to the flange and extending through the aperture in the contact layer.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg240910.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KCI Licensing, Inc. 911 patents | US company or organization | San Antonio, TX | TX:32096292969 State business registration EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Rice | Denver, CO | 30 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Matthew Francis Cavanaugh, II | San Antonio, TX | 20 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Christopher Brian Locke | Bournemouth, GB | 580 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Christopher A. Carroll | San Antonio, TX | 32 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Benjamin Stokes | Crow, GB | 12 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Benjamin Andrew Pratt | Poole, GB | 109 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Thomas A. Edwards | Chilcomb, GB | 38 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| A61F | Filters implantable into blood vessels; prostheses; devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents; orthopaedic, nursing or contraceptive devices; fomentation; treatment or protection of eyes or ears; bandages, dressings or absorbent pads; first-aid kits | A61F13/05 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| A61M | Devices for introducing media into, or onto, the body ; devices for transducing body media or for taking media from the body ; devices for producing or ending sleep or stupor | A61M1/90 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-08-19 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | CAVANAUGH, MATTHEW FRANCIS, II signed 2024-08-17 | KCI LICENSING, INC. SAN ANTONIO, TX | 68329/694 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2024-07-30 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | LOCKE, CHRISTOPHER BRIAN signed 2023-07-09 EDWARDS, THOMAS ALAN signed 2023-09-14 RICE, JUSTIN signed 2023-09-17 CARROLL, CHRISTOPHER ALLEN signed 2023-09-20 STOKES, BENJAMIN signed 2023-09-27 PRATT, BENJAMIN ANDREW signed 2023-10-02 | KCI LICENSING, INC. SAN ANTONIO, TX | 68121/204 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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