The consistent delivery of negative pressure to wounds using reticulated, Open cell foam and regulated pressure feedback

Wounds

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 114-120

  McNulty, Amy ^a   Spranger, Ian ^a   Courage, James ^a   Green, Jeff ^a   Wilkes, Robert ^a   Rycerz, Anthony ^a  

^a Kinetic Concepts Inc   (United States)

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