ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,196, issued on May 26, was assigned to CHUNGNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL (Daejeon, South Korea) and THE INDUSTRY & ACADEMIC COOPERATION IN CHUNGNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY (IAC) (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Wound dressing patch" was invented by Joo-Hak Kim (Daejeon, South Korea) and Sang-Ha Oh (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wound dressing patch includes a backing film; an absorbent foam pad coupled to a portion of one surface of the backing film; an adhesive sheet provided on a remaining portion of the one surface of the backing film; and a lining material provided along a peripheral edge portion of the adhesive sh...