US 12,324,727 B2
Wound treatment apparatuses
Edward Yerbury Hartwell, Hull (GB); Mark Richardson, York (GB); and Carl Saxby, Brough (GB)
Assigned to Smith & Nephew PLC, Watford (GB)
Filed by Smith & Nephew PLC, Watford (GB)
Filed on Aug. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/461,455.
Application 17/461,455 is a continuation of application No. 16/240,380, filed on Jan. 4, 2019, granted, now 11,103,385.
Application 16/240,380 is a continuation of application No. 15/113,403, granted, now 10,179,073, issued on Jan. 15, 2019, previously published as PCT/EP2015/050959, filed on Jan. 20, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/929,864, filed on Jan. 21, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2022/0117794 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 13/01 (2024.01); A61F 13/00 (2006.01); A61F 13/05 (2024.01); A61M 1/00 (2006.01); B32B 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 13/05 (2024.01) [A61F 13/00987 (2013.01); A61F 13/01017 (2024.01); A61F 13/01034 (2024.01); A61M 1/915 (2021.05); A61M 1/916 (2021.05); A61F 2013/00174 (2013.01); A61F 2013/00536 (2013.01); A61F 2013/00578 (2013.01); B32B 3/12 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
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1. A method of designing a bespoke tissue engaging apparatus, the method comprising:
by a processor of a computing device:
retrieving a three-dimensional model of an area to be treated, the three-dimensional model generated by scanning a tissue location; and
modifying the three-dimensional model of the area to be treated to generate a three-dimensional model of a bespoke tissue engaging apparatus using a repeating building block, the modifying accounting for attributes of the area to be treated, the bespoke tissue engaging apparatus comprising at least a first plurality of identical repeating sections configured to collapse in a manner determined by the three-dimensional model.