It was a defense measure to keep other companies from entering the NPWT market. They should have just killed the inferior product and paid off the university that had the IP.
It is the technology of the future! Affordable AND delivers 125 mmHg pressure which is scientifically proven to heal wounds at the ideal rate. Thank goodness it is not 120mmHg or even 100mmHg because that would mean that the wound gets infected and a negative outcome occurs. Thankfully the products is set to always deliver 125mmHg at the wound site so it is optimal outcomes. It was such a genius idea I bet KCI RVPs unanimously voted on picking it up.