ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,321, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to J&M Shuler Medical Inc. (Athens, Ga.).
"Sub-atmospheric wound-care system" was invented by Brett A. Freedman (Landstuhl, Germany) and Robert L. Pauly (Athens, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems are provided for a sub-atmospheric wound-care (SAWS) system for treating an open wound. The SAWS system includes a regulated vacuum source for developing a negative pressure, a flow rate meter configured to measure a flow rate of liquid removed from the wound, a primary pressure regulating sensor located proximate the wound for directly measuring the negative pressure at the wound, ...