ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,200, issued on May 26, was assigned to AATRU MEDICAL LLC (Cleveland).
"Negative pressure wound therapy device with oxygen control" was invented by Timothy Wojciechowski (Westlake, Ohio), Thomas E. Lash (Chardon, Ohio), John Buan (Maple Grove, Minn.), Richard L. Middaugh (Rocky River, Ohio) and Edward Armstrong (Chagrin Falls, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for negative pressure and hypoxic tissue therapy including a chemical pump assembly, a dressing to cover a tissue site, a plurality of hoses, and a cover layer to cover a portion of the dressing. Each hose is configured to fluidly connect the dressing to the assembly. ...