US Patent Issued to i2r Medical on June 2 for "Portable medical device system" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,904, issued on June 2, was assigned to i2r Medical Ltd. (Dorset, Great Britain).

"Portable medical device system" was invented by Keith Heaton (Dorset, Great Britain) and Ian Hardman (Dorset, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides an apparatus comprising a wound dressing connected to a fluid container via a pump, wherein the wound dressing is in communication with a mechanical pressure control valve, the fluid container is provided with an inlet and an outlet. Also provided are (i) flexible fluid containers comprising of at least two layers of film with an integrated vent, (ii) wound dressings and ...