SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kinetic Concepts, Inc. (NYSE: KCI) will highlight the latest addition to the KCI Negative Pressure Technology Platform (NPTP), the ABThera™ Open Abdomen Negative Pressure Therapy System (the ABThera OA NPT System), during a symposium sponsored by the Company on October 2nd at the 68th Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, the preeminent annual event for Trauma surgery, in Pittsburgh. The ABThera OA NPT System is an easy-to-use solution designed to assist surgeons in the management and treatment of the open abdomen while helping achieve primary fascial closure.