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.