ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,219, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to KCI Manufacturing UnLtd. Co. (Westmeath, Ireland).
"Bio-absorbable dispersible rapidly deployable wound interface" was invented by Timothy Mark Robinson (San Antonio) and Christopher Brian Locke (San Antonio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides multivalent cation alginate (e.g., calcium alginate) string wound filler compositions suitable for negative pressure wound therapy. In particular, wound filler compositions are well-suited to filling in complex wound sites, retain porosity when compressed under negative pressure, and resorbable/dispersible if left in contact wit...