ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,648,878, issued on June 9.
"Enhanced trauma bandage" was invented by Jonathan Owen (Brightwood, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an enhanced trauma bandage suitable for use as a compression dressing, the structure including an elastic bandage roll, a pass-through structure attached to one end of the elastic bandage roll, a pass-through structure having both an opening and a bandage guide structure at one edge of the opening; a support surface on a lower surface of the pass-through structure; and an absorbent pad removably attached to the lower surface of the pass-through structure."
The patent was filed on April 6, 2020, u...