IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,279,932
Granted Patent B2
US 12,279,932 · App. 18/375,313 · Granted Apr 22, 2025

Releasable medical drapes

Inventors: Christopher Brian Locke (San Antonio, TX); Timothy Mark Robinson (San Antonio, TX); Li Yao (San Antonio, TX)
Assignee: Solventum Intellectual Properties Company
A61F13/05A61F13/025A61F13/0253Y10T156/1056
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,279,932
App. No.
18/375,313
Filed
Sep 29, 2023
Granted
Apr 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Examiner
LEWIS, KIM M
Art Unit
3786
USPC
604/319
Abstract

A releasable medical drape, and systems and methods having the same, includes at least a liquid-impermeable, vapor-permeable layer, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, and a soft-gel layer having a plurality of apertures. The soft-gel layer is configured to be disposed adjacent to a tissue site. A portion of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer extends through the plurality of apertures in the soft-gel layer to contact the tissue site. The soft-gel layer forms a good seal with the tissue site and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer extending through the plurality of apertures forms a firm—but releasable—coupling with the tissue site.

Claims (33)

1. A releasable medical drape comprising:

a film;

a mesh coupled to the film;

a plurality of strands coupled to at least one of the mesh and the film;

a pressure-sensitive adhesive coating the mesh; and

a soft-gel coating the plurality of strands.

2. The releasable medical drape of claim 1 , wherein the film is flexible.

3. The releasable medical drape of claim 1 , wherein the film is liquid-impermeable.

4. The releasable medical drape of claim 1 , wherein the film is vapor-permeable.

5. The releasable medical drape of claim 1 , wherein the film has a thickness between about 15 microns and about 50 microns.

6. The releasable medical drape of claim 1 , wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive has a coating weight between about 15 grams/m2 to about 70 grams/m2.

7. The releasable medical drape of claim 1 , wherein the soft-gel has a coating weight between about 30 grams/m2 and about 70 grams/m2.

8. The releasable medical drape of claim 1 , wherein the soft-gel has a stiffness between about 5 Shore OO and about 80 Shore OO.

9. The releasable medical drape of claim 1 , wherein the mesh comprises a plurality of interlocked strands.

10. The releasable medical drape of claim 1 , wherein the mesh and the plurality of strands are misregistered.

11. A system for treating a tissue site comprising:

a manifold configured to be disposed over the tissue site;

a reduced-pressure source configured to be fluidly coupled to the manifold to supply negative pressure to the tissue site; and

a releasable medical drape comprising:

a film;

a mesh coupled to the film;

a plurality of strands coupled to at least one of the mesh and the film;

a pressure sensitive adhesive coating the mesh; and

a soft-gel coating the plurality of strands.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the film is flexible.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the film is liquid-impermeable.

14. The system of claim 11 , wherein the film is vapor-permeable.

15. The system of claim 11 , wherein the film has a thickness between about 15 microns and about 50 microns.

16. The system of claim 11 , wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive has a coating weight between about 15 grams/m2 to about 70 grams/m2.

17. The system of claim 11 , wherein the soft-gel has a coating weight between about 30 grams/m2 and about 70 grams/m2.

18. The system of claim 11 , wherein the soft-gel has a stiffness between about 5 Shore OO and about 80 Shore OO.

19. The system of claim 11 , wherein the mesh comprises a plurality of interlocked strands.

20. The system of claim 11 , wherein the mesh and the plurality of strands are misregistered.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 22, 2024
From: LOCKE, CHRISTOPHER BRIAN; ROBINSON, TIMOTHY MARK; YAO, LI
To: KCI LICENSING, INC.
Reel/Frame 068964/0521 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 1, 2024
From: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
To: SOLVENTUM INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES COMPANY
Reel/Frame 066432/0206 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation 17001073 · Aug 24, 2020
Continuation 15600451 · May 19, 2017
Continuation 13715967 · Dec 14, 2012
Provisional Application 61576774 · Dec 16, 2011
Related Publication 20240024164A1 · Jan 25, 2024
References Cited (400)
US 1355846A · Rannells · 1920 [cited by applicant]
US 1944834A · Bennett · 1934 [cited by applicant]
US 2399545A · Davis · 1946 [cited by applicant]
US 2547758A · Keeling · 1951 [cited by applicant]
US 2552664A · Burdine · 1951 [cited by applicant]
US 2632443A · Lesher · 1953 [cited by applicant]
US 2682873A · Evans et al. · 1954 [cited by applicant]
US 2860081A · Eiken · 1958 [cited by applicant]
US 2910763A · Lauterbach · 1959 [cited by applicant]
US 2969057A · Simmons · 1961 [cited by applicant]
US 3066672A · Crosby, Jr. et al. · 1962 [cited by applicant]
US 3122140A · Crowe, Jr. · 1964 [cited by applicant]
US 3172808A · Baumann et al. · 1965 [cited by applicant]
US 3183116A · Schaar · 1965 [cited by applicant]
US 3214502A · Schaar · 1965 [cited by applicant]
US 3367332A · Groves · 1968 [cited by applicant]
US 3376868A · Mondiadis · 1968 [cited by applicant]
US 3515270A · Yang et al. · 1970 [cited by applicant]
US 3520300A · Flower, Jr. · 1970 [cited by applicant]
US 3568675A · Harvey · 1971 [cited by applicant]
US 3645835A · Hodgson · 1972 [cited by examiner]
US 3648692A · Wheeler · 1972 [cited by applicant]
US 3682180A · McFarlane · 1972 [cited by applicant]
US 3742952A · Magers et al. · 1973 [cited by applicant]
US 3762415A · Morrison · 1973 [cited by applicant]
US 3774611A · Tussey et al. · 1973 [cited by applicant]
US 3777016A · Gilbert · 1973 [cited by applicant]
US 3779243A · Tussey et al. · 1973 [cited by applicant]
US 3811438A · Economou · 1974 [cited by applicant]
US 3826254A · Mellor · 1974 [cited by applicant]
US 3852823A · Jones · 1974 [cited by applicant]
US 3903882A · Augurt · 1975 [cited by applicant]
US 3967624A · Milnamow · 1976 [cited by applicant]
US 3983297A · Ono et al. · 1976 [cited by applicant]
US 4060081A · Yannas et al. · 1977 [cited by applicant]
US 4080970A · Miller · 1978 [cited by applicant]
US 4096853A · Weigand · 1978 [cited by applicant]
US 4139004A · Gonzalez, Jr. · 1979 [cited by applicant]
US 4141361A · Snyder · 1979 [cited by applicant]
US 4163822A · Walter · 1979 [cited by applicant]
US 4165748A · Johnson · 1979 [cited by applicant]
US 4174664A · Arnott et al. · 1979 [cited by applicant]
US 4184510A · Murry et al. · 1980 [cited by applicant]
US 4233969A · Lock et al. · 1980 [cited by applicant]
US 4245630A · Lloyd et al. · 1981 [cited by applicant]
US 4256109A · Nichols · 1981 [cited by applicant]
US 4261363A · Russo · 1981 [cited by applicant]
US 4275721A · Olson · 1981 [cited by applicant]
US 4284079A · Adair · 1981 [cited by applicant]
US 4297995A · Golub · 1981 [cited by applicant]
US 4323069A · Ahr et al. · 1982 [cited by applicant]
US 4333468A · Geist · 1982 [cited by applicant]
US 4343848A · Leonard, Jr. · 1982 [cited by applicant]
US 4360015A · Mayer · 1982 [cited by applicant]
US 4373519A · Errede et al. · 1983 [cited by applicant]
US 4382441A · Svedman · 1983 [cited by applicant]
US 4392853A · Muto · 1983 [cited by applicant]
US 4392858A · George et al. · 1983 [cited by applicant]
US 4414970A · Berry · 1983 [cited by applicant]
US 4419097A · Rowland · 1983 [cited by applicant]
US 4465485A · Kashmer et al. · 1984 [cited by applicant]
US 4475909A · Eisenberg · 1984 [cited by applicant]
US 4480638A · Schmid · 1984 [cited by applicant]
US 4525166A · Leclerc · 1985 [cited by applicant]
US 4525374A · Vaillancourt · 1985 [cited by applicant]
US 4529402A · Weilbacher et al. · 1985 [cited by applicant]
US 4540412A · Van Overloop · 1985 [cited by applicant]
US 4543100A · Brodsky · 1985 [cited by applicant]
US 4548202A · Duncan · 1985 [cited by applicant]
US 4551139A · Plaas et al. · 1985 [cited by applicant]
US 4569348A · Hasslinger · 1986 [cited by applicant]
US 4600146A · Ohno · 1986 [cited by applicant]
US 4605399A · Weston et al. · 1986 [cited by applicant]
US 4608041A · Nielsen · 1986 [cited by applicant]
US 4617021A · Leuprecht · 1986 [cited by applicant]
US 4640688A · Hauser · 1987 [cited by applicant]
US 4655754A · Richmond et al. · 1987 [cited by applicant]
US 4664652A · Weilbacher · 1987 [cited by applicant]
US 4664662A · Webster · 1987 [cited by applicant]
US 4705543A · Kertzman · 1987 [cited by applicant]
US 4710165A · McNeil et al. · 1987 [cited by applicant]
US 4715857A · Juhasz et al. · 1987 [cited by applicant]
US 4733659A · Edenbaum et al. · 1988 [cited by applicant]
US 4743232A · Kruger · 1988 [cited by applicant]
US 4753230A · Carus et al. · 1988 [cited by applicant]
US 4758220A · Sundblom et al. · 1988 [cited by applicant]
US 4773408A · Cilento et al. · 1988 [cited by applicant]
US 4787888A · Fox · 1988 [cited by applicant]
US 4826494A · Richmond et al. · 1989 [cited by applicant]
US 4832008A · Gilman · 1989 [cited by applicant]
US 4838883A · Matsuura · 1989 [cited by applicant]
US 4840187A · Brazier · 1989 [cited by applicant]
US 4842594A · Ness · 1989 [cited by applicant]
US 4848364A · Bosman · 1989 [cited by applicant]
US 4863449A · Therriault et al. · 1989 [cited by applicant]
US 4871611A · LeBel · 1989 [cited by applicant]
US 4872450A · Austad · 1989 [cited by applicant]
US 4878901A · Sachse · 1989 [cited by applicant]
US 4897081A · Poirier et al. · 1990 [cited by applicant]
US 4906233A · Moriuchi et al. · 1990 [cited by applicant]
US 4906240A · Reed et al. · 1990 [cited by applicant]
US 4919654A · Kalt · 1990 [cited by applicant]
US 4930997A · Bennett · 1990 [cited by applicant]
US 4935005A · Haines · 1990 [cited by applicant]
US 4941882A · Ward et al. · 1990 [cited by applicant]
US 4953565A · Tachibana et al. · 1990 [cited by applicant]
US 4961493A · Kaihatsu · 1990 [cited by applicant]
US 4969880A · Zamierowski · 1990 [cited by applicant]
US 4981474A · Bopp et al. · 1991 [cited by applicant]
US 4985019A · Michelson · 1991 [cited by applicant]
US 4995382A · Lang et al. · 1991 [cited by applicant]
US 4996128A · Aldecoa et al. · 1991 [cited by applicant]
US 5010883A · Rawlings et al. · 1991 [cited by applicant]
US 5018515A · Gilman · 1991 [cited by applicant]
US 5025783A · Lamb · 1991 [cited by applicant]
US 5028597A · Kodama et al. · 1991 [cited by applicant]
US 5037397A · Kalt et al. · 1991 [cited by applicant]
US 5042500A · Norlien et al. · 1991 [cited by applicant]
US 5086170A · Luheshi et al. · 1992 [cited by applicant]
US 5092323A · Riedel et al. · 1992 [cited by applicant]
US 5092858A · Benson et al. · 1992 [cited by applicant]
US 5100396A · Zamierowski · 1992 [cited by applicant]
US 5112323A · Winkler et al. · 1992 [cited by applicant]
US 5127601A · Schroeder · 1992 [cited by applicant]
US 5134994A · Say · 1992 [cited by applicant]
US 5149331A · Ferdman et al. · 1992 [cited by applicant]
US 5151314A · Brown · 1992 [cited by applicant]
US 5152757A · Eriksson · 1992 [cited by applicant]
US 5167613A · Karami et al. · 1992 [cited by applicant]
US 5176663A · Svedman et al. · 1993 [cited by applicant]
US 5180375A · Feibus · 1993 [cited by applicant]
US 5215522A · Page et al. · 1993 [cited by applicant]
US 5232453A · Plass et al. · 1993 [cited by applicant]
US 5244457A · Karami et al. · 1993 [cited by applicant]
US 5246775A · Loscuito · 1993 [cited by applicant]
US 5261893A · Zamierowski · 1993 [cited by applicant]
US 5266372A · Arakawa et al. · 1993 [cited by applicant]
US 5270358A · Asmus · 1993 [cited by applicant]
US 5271987A · Iskra · 1993 [cited by applicant]
US 5278100A · Doan et al. · 1994 [cited by applicant]
US 5279550A · Habib et al. · 1994 [cited by applicant]
US 5298015A · Komatsuzaki et al. · 1994 [cited by applicant]
US 5342329A · Croquevielle · 1994 [cited by applicant]
US 5342376A · Ruff · 1994 [cited by applicant]
US 5344415A · DeBusk et al. · 1994 [cited by applicant]
US 5356386A · Goldberg et al. · 1994 [cited by applicant]
US 5358494A · Svedman · 1994 [cited by applicant]
US 5384174A · Ward et al. · 1995 [cited by applicant]
US 5387207A · Dyer et al. · 1995 [cited by applicant]
US 5419769A · Devlin et al. · 1995 [cited by applicant]
US 5423778A · Eriksson et al. · 1995 [cited by applicant]
US 5429590A · Saito et al. · 1995 [cited by applicant]
US 5437622A · Carion · 1995 [cited by applicant]
US 5437651A · Todd et al. · 1995 [cited by applicant]
US 5445604A · Lang · 1995 [cited by applicant]
US 5447492A · Cartmell et al. · 1995 [cited by applicant]
US 5458938A · Nygard et al. · 1995 [cited by applicant]
US 5501212A · Psaros · 1996 [cited by applicant]
US 5522808A · Skalla · 1996 [cited by applicant]
US 5527293A · Zamierowski · 1996 [cited by applicant]
US 5549584A · Gross · 1996 [cited by applicant]
US 5549585A · Maher et al. · 1996 [cited by applicant]
US 5556375A · Ewall · 1996 [cited by applicant]
US 5585178A · Calhoun et al. · 1996 [cited by applicant]
US 5599292A · Yoon · 1997 [cited by applicant]
US 5607388A · Ewall · 1997 [cited by applicant]
US 5611373A · Ashcraft · 1997 [cited by applicant]
US 5634893A · Rishton · 1997 [cited by applicant]
US 5635201A · Fabo · 1997 [cited by applicant]
US 5636643A · Argenta et al. · 1997 [cited by applicant]
US 5641506A · Talke et al. · 1997 [cited by applicant]
US 5645081A · Argenta et al. · 1997 [cited by applicant]
US 5653224A · Johnson · 1997 [cited by applicant]
US 5678564A · Lawrence et al. · 1997 [cited by applicant]
US 5710233A · Meckel et al. · 1998 [cited by applicant]
US 5714225A · Hansen et al. · 1998 [cited by applicant]
US 5736470A · Schneberger et al. · 1998 [cited by applicant]
US 5759570A · Arnold · 1998 [cited by applicant]
US 5776119A · Bilbo et al. · 1998 [cited by applicant]
US 5807295A · Hutcheon et al. · 1998 [cited by applicant]
US 5830201A · George et al. · 1998 [cited by applicant]
US 5878971A · Minnema · 1999 [cited by applicant]
US 5902439A · Pike et al. · 1999 [cited by applicant]
US 5919476A · Fischer et al. · 1999 [cited by applicant]
US 5941863A · Guidotti et al. · 1999 [cited by applicant]
US 5964252A · Simmons et al. · 1999 [cited by applicant]
US 5981822A · Addison · 1999 [cited by applicant]
US 5998561A · Jada · 1999 [cited by applicant]
US 6071267A · Zamierowski · 2000 [cited by applicant]
US 6083616A · Dressler · 2000 [cited by applicant]
US 6086995A · Smith · 2000 [cited by applicant]
US 6135116A · Vogel et al. · 2000 [cited by applicant]
US 6159877A · Scholz et al. · 2000 [cited by applicant]
US 6174306B1 · Fleischmann · 2001 [cited by applicant]
US 6191335B1 · Robinson · 2001 [cited by applicant]
US 6201164B1 · Wulff et al. · 2001 [cited by applicant]
US 6228485B1 · Leiter · 2001 [cited by applicant]
US 6238762B1 · Friedland et al. · 2001 [cited by applicant]
US 6241747B1 · Ruff · 2001 [cited by applicant]
US 6262329B1 · Brunsveld et al. · 2001 [cited by applicant]
US 6287316B1 · Agarwal et al. · 2001 [cited by applicant]
US 6345623B1 · Heaton et al. · 2002 [cited by applicant]
US 6457200B1 · Tanaka et al. · 2002 [cited by applicant]
US 6458109B1 · Henley et al. · 2002 [cited by applicant]
US 6488643B1 · Tumey et al. · 2002 [cited by applicant]
US 6493568B1 · Bell et al. · 2002 [cited by applicant]
US 6495229B1 · Carte et al. · 2002 [cited by applicant]
US 6503855B1 · Menzies et al. · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US 6548727B1 · Swenson · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US 6553998B2 · Heaton et al. · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US 6566575B1 · Stickels et al. · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US 6566577B1 · Addison et al. · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US 6626891B2 · Ohmstede · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US 6627215B1 · Dale et al. · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US 6648862B2 · Watson · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US 6680113B1 · Lucast et al. · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 6685681B2 · Lockwood et al. · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 6693180B2 · Lee et al. · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 6695823B1 · Lina et al. · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 6752794B2 · Lockwood et al. · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 6787682B2 · Gilman · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 6806214B2 · Li et al. · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 6814079B2 · Heaton et al. · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 6855135B2 · Lockwood et al. · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 6856821B2 · Johnson · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 6979324B2 · Bybordi et al. · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 7070584B2 · Johnson et al. · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 7154017B2 · Sigurjonsson et al. · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 7402721B2 · Sigurjonsson et al. · 2008 [cited by applicant]
US 7569742B2 · Haggstrom et al. · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 7645269B2 · Zamierowski · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 7846141B2 · Weston · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 8062273B2 · Weston · 2011 [cited by applicant]
US 8216198B2 · Heagle et al. · 2012 [cited by applicant]
US 8251979B2 · Malhi · 2012 [cited by applicant]
US 8257327B2 · Blott et al. · 2012 [cited by applicant]
US 8298197B2 · Eriksson et al. · 2012 [cited by applicant]
US 8398614B2 · Blott et al. · 2013 [cited by applicant]
US 8449509B2 · Weston · 2013 [cited by applicant]
US 8529532B2 · Pinto et al. · 2013 [cited by applicant]
US 8529548B2 · Blott et al. · 2013 [cited by applicant]
US 8535296B2 · Blott et al. · 2013 [cited by applicant]
US 8551060B2 · Schuessler et al. · 2013 [cited by applicant]
US 8568386B2 · Malhi · 2013 [cited by applicant]
US 8632523B2 · Eriksson et al. · 2014 [cited by applicant]
US 8679081B2 · Heagle et al. · 2014 [cited by applicant]
US 8764732B2 · Hartwell · 2014 [cited by applicant]
US 8834451B2 · Blott et al. · 2014 [cited by applicant]
US 8920830B2 · Mathies · 2014 [cited by applicant]
US 8926592B2 · Blott et al. · 2015 [cited by applicant]
US 9017302B2 · Vitaris et al. · 2015 [cited by applicant]
US 9192444B2 · Locke et al. · 2015 [cited by applicant]
US 9198801B2 · Weston · 2015 [cited by applicant]
US 9211365B2 · Weston · 2015 [cited by applicant]
US 9289542B2 · Blott et al. · 2016 [cited by applicant]
US 9572719B2 · Long · 2017 [cited by examiner]
US 9861532B2 · Locke · 2018 [cited by examiner]
US 9877873B2 · Coulthard et al. · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 9956120B2 · Locke · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 10945889B2 · Locke · 2021 [cited by examiner]
US 20010030304A1 · Kohda et al. · 2001 [cited by applicant]
US 20010051178A1 · Blatchford et al. · 2001 [cited by applicant]
US 20020009568A1 · Bries et al. · 2002 [cited by applicant]
US 20020016346A1 · Brandt et al. · 2002 [cited by applicant]
US 20020065494A1 · Lockwood et al. · 2002 [cited by applicant]
US 20020077661A1 · Saadat · 2002 [cited by applicant]
US 20020090496A1 · Kim et al. · 2002 [cited by applicant]
US 20020115951A1 · Norstrem et al. · 2002 [cited by applicant]
US 20020119292A1 · Venkatasanthanam et al. · 2002 [cited by applicant]
US 20020120185A1 · Johnson · 2002 [cited by applicant]
US 20020130064A1 · Adams et al. · 2002 [cited by applicant]
US 20020143286A1 · Tumey · 2002 [cited by applicant]
US 20020150270A1 · Werner · 2002 [cited by applicant]
US 20020150720A1 · Howard et al. · 2002 [cited by applicant]
US 20020161346A1 · Lockwood et al. · 2002 [cited by applicant]
US 20020164346A1 · Nicolette · 2002 [cited by applicant]
US 20020183702A1 · Henley et al. · 2002 [cited by applicant]
US 20020198504A1 · Risk et al. · 2002 [cited by applicant]
US 20030014022A1 · Lockwood et al. · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US 20030070680A1 · Smith et al. · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US 20030109855A1 · Solem et al. · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US 20030158577A1 · Ginn et al. · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US 20030199800A1 · Levin · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US 20030208175A1 · Gross et al. · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US 20030212357A1 · Pace · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US 20030225347A1 · Argenta et al. · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US 20030225355A1 · Butler · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US 20040002676A1 · Siegwart et al. · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 20040030304A1 · Hunt et al. · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 20040064132A1 · Boehringer et al. · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 20040077984A1 · Worthley · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 20040082925A1 · Patel · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 20040099268A1 · Smith et al. · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 20040118401A1 · Smith et al. · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 20040127836A1 · Sigurjonsson et al. · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 20040127862A1 · Bubb et al. · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 20040133143A1 · Burton et al. · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 20040163278A1 · Caspers et al. · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 20040186239A1 · Qin et al. · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 20040219337A1 · Langley et al. · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 20040230179A1 · Shehada · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 20040241214A1 · Kirkwood et al. · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 20050034731A1 · Rousseau et al. · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 20050054998A1 · Poccia et al. · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 20050058810A1 · Dodge et al. · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 20050059918A1 · Sigurjonsson et al. · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 20050065484A1 · Watson · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 20050070858A1 · Lockwood et al. · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 20050101940A1 · Radl et al. · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 20050113732A1 · Lawry · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 20050124925A1 · Scherpenborg · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 20050131327A1 · Lockwood et al. · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 20050137539A1 · Biggie et al. · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 20050143694A1 · Schmidt et al. · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 20050158442A1 · Westermann et al. · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 20050159695A1 · Cullen et al. · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 20050161042A1 · Fudge et al. · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 20050163978A1 · Strobech et al. · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 20050214376A1 · Faure et al. · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 20050233072A1 · Stephan et al. · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 20050256437A1 · Silcock et al. · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 20050261642A1 · Weston · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 20050261643A1 · Bybordi et al. · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 20050277860A1 · Jensen · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 20050283105A1 · Heaton et al. · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 20060014030A1 · Langen et al. · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 20060020235A1 · Siniaguine · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 20060079852A1 · Bubb et al. · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 20060083776A1 · Bott et al. · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 20060154546A1 · Murphy et al. · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 20060236979A1 · Stolarz et al. · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 20060241542A1 · Gudnason et al. · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 20060271020A1 · Huang et al. · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 20070027414A1 · Hoffman et al. · 2007 [cited by applicant]
US 20070028526A1 · Woo et al. · 2007 [cited by applicant]
US 20070078366A1 · Haggstrom et al. · 2007 [cited by applicant]
US 20070135787A1 · Raidel et al. · 2007 [cited by applicant]
US 20070161937A1 · Aali · 2007 [cited by applicant]
US 20070185426A1 · Ambrosio et al. · 2007 [cited by applicant]
US 20070190281A1 · Hooft · 2007 [cited by applicant]
US 20070225663A1 · Watt et al. · 2007 [cited by applicant]
US 20070265585A1 · Joshi et al. · 2007 [cited by applicant]
US 20070265586A1 · Joshi et al. · 2007 [cited by applicant]
US 20070283962A1 · Doshi et al. · 2007 [cited by applicant]
US 20080009812A1 · Riesinger · 2008 [cited by applicant]
US 20080027366A1 · Da Silva Macedo · 2008 [cited by applicant]
US 20080082059A1 · Fink et al. · 2008 [cited by applicant]
US 20080090085A1 · Kawate et al. · 2008 [cited by applicant]
US 20080095979A1 · Hatanaka et al. · 2008 [cited by applicant]
US 20080119802A1 · Riesinger · 2008 [cited by applicant]
US 20080138591A1 · Graham et al. · 2008 [cited by applicant]
US 20080149104A1 · Eifler · 2008 [cited by examiner]
US 20080173389A1 · Mehta et al. · 2008 [cited by applicant]
US 20080195017A1 · Robinson et al. · 2008 [cited by applicant]
US 20080225663A1 · Smith et al. · 2008 [cited by applicant]
US 20080243044A1 · Hunt et al. · 2008 [cited by applicant]
US 20080269657A1 · Brenneman et al. · 2008 [cited by applicant]
US 20080271804A1 · Biggie et al. · 2008 [cited by applicant]
US 20090025724A1 · Herron, Jr. · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 20090088719A1 · Driskell · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 20090093779A1 · Riesinger · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 20090124988A1 · Coulthard · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 20090177172A1 · Wilkes · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 20090216168A1 · Eckstein · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 20090216170A1 · Robinson et al. · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 20090216204A1 · Bhavaraju et al. · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 20090227968A1 · Vess · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 20090227969A1 · Jaeb et al. · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 20090234306A1 · Vitaris · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 20090234307A1 · Vitaris · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 20090264807A1 · Haggstrom et al. · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 20090292264A1 · Hudspeth et al. · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 20090299251A1 · Buan · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 20090312662A1 · Colman et al. · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 20090326487A1 · Vitaris · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 20090326488A1 · Budig et al. · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 20100028390A1 · Cleary et al. · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 20100030170A1 · Keller et al. · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 20100030178A1 · MacMeccan et al. · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 20100063467A1 · Addison et al. · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 20100069863A1 · Olson · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 20100106106A1 · Heaton et al. · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 20100106118A1 · Heaton et al. · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 20100111919A1 · Abuzaina et al. · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 20100125259A1 · Olson · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 20100159192A1 · Cotton · 2010 [cited by examiner]
US 20100168633A1 · Bougherara et al. · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 20100168635A1 · Freiding et al. · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 20100185163A1 · Heagle · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 20100191197A1 · Braga et al. · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 20100212768A1 · Resendes · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 20100226824A1 · Ophir et al. · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 20100262090A1 · Riesinger · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 20100267302A1 · Kantner et al. · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 20100268144A1 · Lu et al. · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 20100286582A1 · Simpson et al. · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 20100305490A1 · Coulthard et al. · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 20100305524A1 · Vess et al. · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 20100312159A1 · Aali et al. · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 20100318072A1 · Johnston et al. · 2010 [cited by applicant]