US Patent Issued to KCI Manufacturing UnLtd. on Jan. 20 for "Two-piece dressing including switchable adhesive" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,904, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to KCI Manufacturing UnLtd. Co. (Westmeath, Ireland).

"Two-piece dressing including switchable adhesive" was invented by Benjamin Andrew Pratt (Poole, Great Britain), Christopher Brian Locke (Bournemouth, Great Britain) and Justin Alexander Long (Lago Vista, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure describes devices, systems, and methods related to two-piece dressings. In one aspect, a two-piece dressing includes a drape including a first light switchable adhesive, and a pad. The pad includes a second light switchable adhesive configured to couple the pad to the drape and a light sourc...