Device; medical device; compression bandage; scar; hypertrophic
scar; healing; wound healing; wound healing; high scar; pathological
scar; hypertrophic scar; fibroproliferative scar; keloid;
rehabilitation; compression; pressotherapy; compression therapy; spring
compression; silicone; adhesive; and, elastic mesh
In parallel, the same keywords and the International Patent
Classification (A61B-17/00, A61B-17/03 and A61F-13/00) were carried out
to track patents and registered utility models. The websites searched
were the INPI database (Brazilian National Institute of Industrial
Property): http://www.inpi.gov.br/, Google patents:
https://patents.google.com/, of the Latin American Espacenet:
http://lp.espacenet.com, from Espacenet:
https://worldwide.espacenet.com/, the United States Patent and Trademark
Office (USPTO): https://www.uspto.gov/, and the World Intellectual
Property Organization (WIPO) ):
http://www.wipo.int/portal/en/index.html, State Intellectual Property
Office (SIPO): http://english.sipo.gov.cn, and the Japan Patent Office
(JPO): http //www.jpo.go.jp.